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Leonardo Jardim can never be made responsible for the precarious position that AS Monaco has slumped in the French League. The former Sporting CP manager had to rebuild his team every year after losing out his key players in all the season he has been with the club.
The Spanish born manager joined AS Monaco in 2014 after the departure of Claudio Ranieri and has helped the club clinch its first French league winners medal in 17 years when they triumphed over the mighty PSG in the 2016/17 season.
Jardim has seen more than 50 players being sold during his 4-year tenure with the club and has successfully managed to forge a good side in each of the seasons except the present one.
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Leonardo Jardim saw the sale of his best players during his tenure with key players like Joao Moutinho, Kylian Mbappe, Benjamin Mendy, Thomas Lemar, Bernardo Silva and Fabinho all leaving the club without the Monaco based side finding proper replacements for them.
After finally releasing the Spanish manager of his duties let us take a look at the best XI sold by him during his tenure with the French League club.
Goalkeeper - Marc-Aurèle Caillard
Probably the only position in which Jardim was able to keep hold of his star players. Leonardo Jardim was helped to stick on to former Croatian international goalkeeper Daniel Subasic during his tenure while selling off all the rest of his best players in other positions.
Marc-Aurele Caillard spent 4 seasons with the Monaco based club and made just only 1 appearance for the club before moving onto Clearmount in 2015 after running down his contract with the 2016/17 Ligue 1 winners.
Daniel Subasic was the first team goalkeeper during the Spaniard's tenure and he was the only key player not to have left the club during the reign of the Spaniard.
Stats Courtesy: Transfermarkt.co.uk
Defenders
Marcel Tisserand
Marcel Tisserand maybe familiar as a centre-back rather than the right-back position he holds in this team. The Democratic Republic of Congo defender is a product of the Monaco youth system and spent 3 years with the first team.
The 25-year old spent his first professional career with the reserve side while moving on loan to Lens and Toulouse in the next following years. The versatile defender spent 3 seasons with the club and failed to breach into the first team setup making just 7 appearances for the club before moving onto to join German side FC Ingolstadt.
Abdou Diallo
Another product of the AS Monaco academy, About Diallo, was born on the 4th of May 1996 and joined the AS Monaco Academy in 2011 and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2014.
The young Frenchman spent 3 seasons with the club with a year on loan at Zulte Waregem in 2016/17 season.
The French centre-back though couldn't break into the defensive line containing Kamil Glik and was eventually sold to Mainz in 2017 for a reported fee of €4.5 million, where he was very impressive opening the door to join Bundesliga giants Dortmund in 2018.
The 22-year old made just 10 appearances for the Monaco based side.
Aymen Abdennour
The Tunisian international born on the 6th of August 1989 and joined the Les Monegasques after an impressive loan stint in 2014.
The centre-back was immediately bought from Toulouse for a reported fee of €13 million by Monaco and made 16 appearances in the very next season before being sold to La Liga side for a reported fee of €22 million.
The defender now plies his trade in the French league with Olympique Marseille after joining the club on loan from Valencia.
Benjamin Mendy
A product of the famed Le Havre Academy, Mendy was born the 17th of July 1994 and joined AS Monaco from Olympique Marseille in 2016 for a reported fee of around €12 million. The first position with more than one world class player available for Jardim during his time. Benjamin Mendy eclipses his French counterpart and PSG left back Laywin Kurzawa barely due to the influence Mendy had on the title-winning Monaco side.
Mendy spent just a single season with the club making 25 appearances and crucially helping Monaco to their first title in 17 years.
Mendy moved onto to Manchester City for a reported fee of around €52 million in 2017.
Honourable mentions: Eric Abidal, Terrence Kongolo and Layvin Kurzawa
Midfielders
Fabinho
The former Real Madrid man was born on the 23rd of October 1993 and is a product of the Fluminense Academy. The defensive midfielder joined Rio Ave in 2012 without making a single senior team appearance for his boyhood club.
The midfielder joined Real Madrid on loan the first year and then later spend 2 seasons on loan with AS Monaco before finally making his switch to the Ligue 1 side permanent in 2015 for a reported fee of €6 million.
The 24-year was an integral part of the side that won the Ligue 1 title from PSG and has made over 233 appearances and scored 31 times.
The defensive midfielder then finally made his switch to Liverpool this year for a reported fee of €45 million.
James Rodriguez
The 2014 World Cup Golden Boot winner was born on the 12th of July 1991 and started his footballing career with Columbian side Envigado.
The attacking midfielder made way into Europe in 2010 with FC Porto before joining AS Monaco in 2013 for the then second highest transfer fee for a Columbian, reported to be around €45 million.
James Rodriguez just spent a season with the French side with Spanish giants Real Madrid singing the James Bond of Banfield for a reported fee of around €75 million.
The Columbian who now plies his trade with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, on loan from Real Madrid, made 38 appearances and scored 10 times for the French side.
Joao Moutinho
A Sporting CP youth product, Moutinho was born on 8th of September 1986 and spent 10 years of footballing life with Sporting CP, including the youth days, before joining rivals, Porto.
Moutinho spent 3 seasons with Porto before moving to AS Monaco in 2013 for a reported fee of €22.5 million along with teammate James Rodriguez. Moutinho was impeccable in the 2016/17 season when AS Monaco won the title.
The midfield maestro spent 5 seasons with the Monaco based side making a total of 211 appearances and scored 11 times before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers this year for a reported fee of around €8 million.
Honourable mentions: Geoffrey Kondogbia, Tiemoue Bakayoko.
Wingers
Thomas Lemar
Lemar was one of those players who joined Monaco during the tenure of Jardim, signing for the club in 2015 for a reported fee of around €4 million after almost 7 years with Caen.
Thomas Lemar was born on the 12th of November 1995 and started his footballing career with SM Caen.
The 22-year old World Cup winner was yet another integral part of the 2016/17 Ligue 1 winning team and made over 127 appearances and scored 22 goals for the Monaco side in his 3-year stint.
The versatile player, who is known to play in both the wings, was one of the last player's to leave the club under Jardim, joining Atletico Madrid in the summer for a reported fee of around €70 million.
Kylian Mbappe
A product of the AS Bondy youth system, Kylian Mbappe was born on the 20th of December 1998 and started his young footballing journey with AS Bondy before joining Monaco at the age of 15 after almost 9 years with AS Bondy.
The golden boy of French football signed his professional contract at the age of 16 with Monaco in 2015 and spent the season with B team before being elevated to the senior team.
The young forward was instrumental in the title run for AS Monaco in 2016/17 season as he made 29 appearances and scored an impressive 15 goals in the league ending the season with a total of 26 goals in 44 appearances.
The World Cup winner spent 4 seasons with the Monaco side making a total of 60 appearances for the senior team and scoring 27 goals before moving to PSG in 2017, initially on loan and then permanently in 2018, for world record fee, reported to be around €135 million+ add-ons, for a teenager and the second highest transfer fee ever paid.
Honourable mentions: Anthony Martial, Yannick Carrasco, Keita Balde, Bernardo Silva.
Striker
Valere Germain
The forward who paved the way with the arrival of Falcao, Germain was born on the 17th of April 1990 and started his footballing career with AS Monaco.
The French forward spent almost 12 years with the club and was instrumental in filling the gap left by Radamel Falcao, who dislodged his first-team position, when the Colombian was out with an ACL.
The forward made a total of 202 appearances and scored 53 goals for the Los Monegasques before joining Marseille for a reported fee of €7.2 million.
Honourable Mentions: Dimitar Berbatov
