I left Jose Mourinho’s technical team at Real Madrid and arrived in Monaco at [vice-president] Vadim Vasilyev’s invitation in 2013, the year the club returned to Ligue 1. The initial project was of high financial investment, leading to the signing of players like [Radamel] Falcao, James Rodriguez and Joao Moutinho.
My role required a rebuilding of a club that was not prepared for the highest level. The reorganisation of areas such as the medical department, training department, team management, the study of opponents and the implementation of a new player scouting methodology were the first steps in the architecture of this new Monaco. [Claudio] Ranieiri was the coach and I was able to count on the collaboration of an exceptional expert named Riccardo Pecini.
Following an extraordinary second-place League finish, Ranieri and Pecini left and another restructuring had to be made. The patronage investment was over. It was impossible for Mr Rybolovlev to continue to put many millions into the club. We would have to build success in another way, and in this respect I feel like the architect of a process that ended for me with the construction of this superteam of 16/17.
From one moment to the other the ability to invest in confirmed talents disappeared and I saw many people despair. If we wanted to continue at the highest level, we had to radically change policy and find young talents, put them in a good showcase, and then sell to make strong financial contributions to sustain the project.
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