PSG present new Monaco boss Moreno with toughest possible start

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Last Updated : Jan 10 2020 | 9:35 AM IST

Monaco have offered Robert Moreno the opportunity to bounce back after his short-lived stint as Spain coach, but the 42-year-old could not have been handed a tougher introduction to Ligue 1.

Moreno's first league game in charge comes on Sunday away to a Paris Saint-Germain side in ominous form, and the two teams will meet again three days later in a rearranged fixture.

The new Monaco coach was appointed at the end of December on a contract until June 2022 after Leonardo Jardim was sacked for the second time in 15 months.

It was a surprise move for a man who has never managed a club at the top level and whose short spell as Spain coach ended in November when he was forced to make way for the returning Luis Enrique.

"I have been coaching for 28 years. My dream has always been to be a number one. For me, what happened over the last few weeks is in the past," said Moreno, formerly Luis Enrique's assistant at Roma, Celta Vigo and Barcelona as well as Spain, at his unveiling.

"Not much is going to change for me. In the nine years I spent working as an assistant in professional clubs, I was always part of the decision-making process with top-level teams. The only difference is that the visible face was someone else."
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First Published: Jan 10 2020 | 9:35 AM IST

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