Monaco have fired coach Sebastien Pocognoli after failing to qualify for the Champions League.
Pocognoli replaced Adi Hutter in October last year having guided Union Saint-Gilloise to the Belgian Pro League title in 2024-25.
However, after being eliminated from the Champions League in the play-off round, losing a two-legged tie to eventual champions Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco could only manage one seventh place in Ligue 1finishing six points behind fourth place, which would have secured a place in the third qualifying round of the Champions League.
Instead, Monaco will enter the play-off round of the Conference League, and that disappointment cost Pocognoli his spot.
Meanwhile, Lille, who finished third in Ligue 1 to secure a place in the league stage of the Champions League, have appointed Carlo Ancelotti’s son Davide as their new coach.
Ancelotti replaces Bruno Genesio, who left Lille after ending his two-year contract at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
The 36-year-old has worked as his father’s assistant at several different clubs and briefly with the Brazil national team.
He was appointed Botafogo manager in July, but was dismissed in December after just over five months in charge and having won 15 of his 33 games.
“I am very proud and happy and I thank president Olivier Letang for his trust and for this opportunity,” Ancelotti told Lille’s official website.
“We talked a lot together, I found a human connection, aligned ideas and values. The LOSC project corresponds to me, with a clear identity, demands, hard work.
“It is a serious, ambitious, competitive club regularly present on the European scene. It is an honor for me to represent Lille today.”
