Monaco’s conveyor belt of young talent shows no signs of relenting | Luke Entwistle
Aurélien Tchouaméni and Benoît Badiashile have brought in €120m in the last six months – and the players keep comingBy Luke Entwistle for Get French Football NewsNew Chelsea signing Benoît Badiashile is the latest player to emerge from Monaco’s unrelenting conveyor belt of talent and he won’t be the last. The Monaco academy boasts a star-studded list of alumni: World Cup winners Thierry Henry, Emmanuel Petit, Lilian Thuram, David Trezeguet and Kylian Mbappé all graduated from the club. When Monaco tinkered with their successful formula of youth development, signing Radamel Falcao and James Rodríguez for big money, they won Ligue 1 and reached the Champions League semi-finals, but that strategy eventually proved unsustainable. They have since returned their focus to...