EXCLUSIVE | Thilo Kehrer: ‘Wherever I have gone, the objective is winning titles.’

18 months after leaving Ligue 1, Thilo Kehrer (27) is back. In an exclusive interview with Get French Football News, the German international discusses his exit from Paris Saint-Germain, his time at West Ham United, his integration at AS Monaco and his plans for the future.

How have you found your integration at AS Monaco? It isn’t necessarily easy changing club mid-season…

Indeed, changing clubs mid-season is always a bit particular. That’s why it was important for me to get as much information as possible, and to have as many exchanges as possible with the manager, with the club, and with the management. Since my arrival, it has gone pretty much 100% as I would have wanted. My integration into the group has been pretty quick. It helps that I already spoke the language. Having played at different clubs in different countries means that adapting to different situations and different teams is a quality that I have. I was really well welcomed by everyone who works here. Since I arrived, I’ve tried to repay that with performances on the pitch. 

The language element must help a lot, especially at a multilingual club like Monaco…

It helps a lot. It’s actually one of the reasons that I decided to come here. It was one of the reasons why Monaco recruited me too in the January transfer window. It can only help! 

After your spell at PSG, did you have a desire to return to Ligue 1 and, coming back to France’s top-flight, do you feel as though the league has changed at all? 

Yes. The experiences that I had at PSG helped me enormously in terms of personal development and as a professional player. The experiences that I had in these four years, I’ll take them with me. It was also a reason for coming here, not one of the most important