Scuro addresses why Balogun and Camara transfers stalled at Monaco

Monaco’s sporting director Thiago Scuro gave his account this Wednesday of why the transfers of Folarin Balogun and Lamine Camara did not go through, after the club’s long-awaited big sale failed to materialise. As reported by L'Équipe, Scuro also looked ahead to the possible consequences.

The “day after” at training

According to L'Équipe, the training session highlighted two different situations: Balogun was not on the pitch, while the Senegalese midfielder was present, taking part in coordination drills and getting support from his teammates during the warm-up.

Deals that didn’t land

The backdrop, per L'Équipe, is that both players were living the “day after” following the failure of moves linked to Chelsea and Everton.

The club’s message is that Monaco couldn’t close those exits and, therefore, the major sale they had been counting on did not happen. That puts pressure on what comes next, either in terms of squad planning or reshaping their approach to the market.

For now, the focus is on how this stop affects Monaco’s next steps after the dead-end talks involving Balogun and Camara, as L'Équipe frames it.