the departure of Paul Mitchell is about to be completed!

Fourth in the Ligue 1 standings, just two points off the podium, AS Monaco are more than ever in the race to do as well, or even better, than their last two seasons (3rd each time). But if it makes less noise than in Paris or Marseille, the princely club does not stay long without causing internal upheavals.

And this time, it’s done. The Team announces that Paul Mitchell will definitely leave the Rock after the summer transfer window of 2023. Arrived in 2020 from the Red Bull galaxy, the Englishman had often been announced in the sights of several Premier League leaders (Manchester United, Newcastle, Chelsea), but he had always sworn loyalty to the ASM until then. Under contract until 2024, Mitchell turned down several extension offers submitted by Dmitry Rybolovlev.

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Mitchell will have to find his successor

The Russian boss of the Red and Whites had even offered him the post of chairman and managing director after the departure of Oleg Petrov. In vain. “Paul feels that he has reached the end of the mission entrusted to him. With the creation of effective internal organizational processes, the change of culture in the work. He gave a clear identity to the game by exporting intense football and managed to reduce the number of players in the squad. When he arrives, there are 77 players under contract”said his entourage on a daily basis.

Mitchell would therefore be on the way out, Monaco will therefore have to find a new sporting director if he really leaves the Rock. A mission that the Englishman should assume without problems before giving up his apron. Indeed, the ASM asked its future ex-leader to find him a “young, creative, connoisseur of European markets” element. Will the Briton find the rare pearl before leaving? The countdown begins.