AS Monaco’s reserve side, who were relegated from National 2 to National 3 at the end of last season, will not play in the league next year, the club that will sign him up for the Premier League-affiliated European competition announced on Thursday.
This team, led by Damien Perrinel, has now called “Elite Group”will participate “A competition that brings together some of Europe’s best clubs in the prestigious Premier League International Cup”The club of power is mentioned in the press release.
This competition is intended for players under the age of 23. On the other hand, the under-19 teams led by Frédéric Barillaro and the under-17 teams led by Manuel dos Santos will still participate in their respective national competitions in France.
According to the club’s sports management, “this new orientation, which is the result of reflection on the global project of developing young potential, marks the club’s desire to define the best possible training course for its young players.”
“In search of the best training course, this opportunity is the best way to develop the various bridges of our current ecosystem and to bring AS Monaco and Cercle Brugge even closer,” says development director Pascal de Maesschalk. ASM players.
“Monaco” is the second Ligue 1 team, after Paris Saint-Germain, to withdraw its reserve team from the French national championships.
During the 2021-2022 season, five L1 clubs (Monaco, Marseille, Montpellier, Metz and Lens) saw their reserve team drop from N2 to N3.
In the next season, 2022-2023, only six reserve teams (Auxerre, Lorient, Lyon, Reims, Nantes and Angers) from the 20 L1 clubs will participate in the French N2 championship. 20 years ago, in 2002-2003, they were 17 out of 20.
Bayern Munich is the last winner of the Premier League International Cup, 2018-2019. Since 2020, the competition, which hosted twelve English and twelve European teams, was suspended due to Covid-19.
Source: Le Figaro
