Monaco to build 'Centre for sporting excellence', investing €55 million

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - AS Monaco v OGC Nice - Stade Louis II, Monaco - January 16, 2019 AS Monaco President Dmitry Rybolovlev REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

PARIS (Reuters) - Ligue 1 Monaco are investing in a brand new 'Centre for sporting excellence' featuring three football pitches, as well as a fitness and medical centre from the 2020-21 season, the Ligue 1 club said on Wednesday.

President Dmitry Rybolovlev added that the 'premium boxes' of the Louis II stadium would be renovated and a dormitory for the youth academy players would be built.