Leonardo Jardim has left AS Monaco after thirty-five days in charge. The Portuguese was brought in to replace former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri. Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev sacked Jardim earlier today.

Leonardo Jardim was born on the 1st August 1974. The 51 year old was born in Venezuela to Portuguese parents. Jardim started as assistant manager at his local team in Madeira, A.D Camacha. In the same year he was promoted to head coach at the third division side. Jardim has spells at G.D. Chaves, S.C. Beira-Mar, S.C. Braga and Olmpiacos before returning to Sporting Lisbon. His Lisbon side finished second in his debut campaign.

AS Monaco was founded on 1 August 1924 and plays at the Stade Louis II which has a capacity of 18,523. AS Monaco are classed as a successful club in France, having won seven league titles and five Coupe De France trophies. The club was also known around Europe having been runners up in the UEFA Cup Winners’ cup in 1992 and the UEFA Champions League in 2004. The club has slumped recently as a relegation to Ligue 2 in the 2010-11 season but the club soon was back in the French top flight with some help by their billionaire owner.

AS Monaco is a big club and the top managers will be fighting off the vacancy. The money they have will definitely interest the best. We will update you as soon as we know!

Unknown Portuguese, Manuel Neves has been announced as the new AS Monaco manager. The twenty year old from Porto has no past managerial experience but has great coaching qualifications. Dmitry Rybolovlev was pictured smiling with Neves outside of the Stade Louis II


Manuel Neves has a lot of money to improve the already strong team. They have strong players in almost every position but right back and goalkeeper can be improved. We have accessed the squad and can guess Neves key players.

Manuel Neves has took no time at all and has jumped straight into the transfer market bring in four players in three days! The newly appointed AS Monaco boss has a lot of money to spend and so far has spent it wisely. There are three that are widely known in Europe and two that are not as such but are young.

The first transfer to be announced was Sergio Romero coming in on a free as his Sampdoria contract ran out last month. The twenty seven year old spent last season on loan at Monaco so is known my fans and players. He is expected to take the number one spot in the starting eleven.


The second transfer to be announced was young Italian right back Matteo Darmian from Torino for an expected fee of £6.5 million pounds. Before Torino, Darmian had spells at AC Milan and Palermo. Matteo Darmian is expected to take the vacant right back role in the first team. This is a very good signing for Monaco as he has bags of potential but also can do the job now.



Next to be revealed was twenty two year old Casemiro. The Brazilian midfielder signed for £1.6 million pounds from Real Madrid. He will be back up for Jérémy Toulalan in the more defensive midfield position. Before joining Real Madrid, Casemiro appeared in sixty one games for São Paulo scoring six.



The last to join AS Monaco after there busy three days was Jonathan Biabiany. The French right winger joined on a free after he was released by administrated Parma. This is the first time Jonathan has played in his home country and hopes to show what he can do.



Will Manuel Neves improve his squad? Will he make a big money signing? We will provide the news when it happends!

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AS Monaco has dipped into the transfer market again and signed a French star and a Dutch defender with lots of experience. One of the players was playing in the Premier League last year and the other in Ligue 1.

The first player announced today was former Aston Villa centre back Ron Vlaar. The Dutch international is believed to be on £27.5 thousand pounds per week. He is expected to play along side Aymen Abdennour at the core of the defense. Before joining Aston Villa for £3.2 million in the summer of 2012, Vlaar enjoyed seven years in his home country at Feyenoord.