Last season

Having played in both the Champions League and Europa League last season courtesy of a third-place finish in 2021/22, missing out on European football completely means last term was a huge disappointment for Monaco after they ended the campaign in sixth spot.

A slow start saw them win just one of their first five league games; a hangover from exiting the Champions League at the hands of PSV Eindhoven in the final qualifying round. However, a run of 14 wins from their next 19 games either side of the new year saw them hit third spot in February, when a 3-1 win against PSG ignited slim hopes of a title challenge.

However, a miserable run of four wins from their final 14 games saw them slip down the table, and exit the Europa League at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen in the knockout play-off round. That poor form saw head coach Philippe Clement dismissed at the end of the campaign.

The manager

Austrian Adi Hutter was installed as Clement’s successor last month, who made his name in his homeland by winning the domestic double with Red Bull Salzburg in 2014/15 - a side he represented for seven years as a player. He also had a successful stint in charge of Young Boys where he won the Swiss league before moving into German football with Eintracht Frankfurt.

There he guided them to the Europa League semi-finals where they were beaten by Chelsea to land him Coach of the Year accolades, and after three seasons he joined Borussia Monchengladbach. However he lasted just a year there before sitting out the last 12 months before being offered the Monaco job.