Monaco recalled Lamine Camara to their squad for Saturday’s Ligue 1 trip to Toulouse, but Sébastien Pocognoli was again forced to work around a long list of absentees for the matchday 31 fixture. The 22-man group named for the 21:05 kickoff on Saturday 25 April also left out Krépin Diatta.
Camara returned after serving a ban against Auxerre last Sunday. He was back in the frame just as Monaco headed to Toulouse trying to steady themselves after a 4-1 loss to Paris FC and a 2-2 draw with Auxerre.
Monaco’s squad for the trip was missing Mohammed Salisu, Takumi Minamino, Kassoum Ouattara, Vanderson, Caio Henrique, Paris Brunner and Stanis Idumbo. Ouattara has a knee issue, Brunner is out with a thigh problem, and Idumbo is set for surgery on a shoulder dislocation. The absences left Pocognoli with fewer options as he prepared to keep Monaco in a 3-4-2-1 formation in Toulouse.
That meant Denis Zakaria was set to move back into midfield after filling in at centre-back for the past nine matches. It also left Diatta in an awkward position. His contract expires in June, and a renewal is not understood to be planned, making his omission from the squad notable even before the club kicked a ball in Toulouse.
The timing matters because Monaco entered matchday 31 with little room to absorb another setback. Camara’s return gives Pocognoli one more body in midfield, but the deeper issue is the number of players still unavailable and the uncertainty around Diatta’s future. For Monaco, Saturday night in Toulouse looked less like a routine league trip than another test of how much of the squad can still be relied on at once.
