February 25
That is, on the third day after the official assembly of the Wuhan team, Wuhan Football Club officially announced to the outside world: after friendly consultation and full communication, Wuhan Football Club and Li Jinyu officially reached an agreement that he will continue to serve as the head coach of Wuhan team in the new season. After the head coach is determined, the Wuhan team will officially start the preparation for the new season.
On February 16, Arthur Junmin launched a salary bargain on Weibo, and five players who played for Wuhan last season expressed the same demand. At 10 o'clock that night, Wuhan Football Club issued a five-point statement, on the one hand, it said that it would actively cash in on the player's salary, and at the same time, the focus of the club's future development was on youth training and women's football, and it was also revealed that it would use a new generation of local players in the new season. A few days after this statement, Wuhan Football Club informed the team to regroup on the 22nd.
On February 22, the coaching staff and team members, including Li Jinyu, all returned to Wuhan. After two days of normal training, the whole team took a day off on the 24th and informed the whole team that the training would resume on the afternoon of the 25th. In just three days, there was a lot of debate about the fate of the six players who initiated the salary negotiation and who would be the head coach. Until the afternoon of the 25th, the club officially announced that Li Jinyu would stay in office. This means that Li Jinyu has agreed with the club on the goals of the new season, and the team will start preparations.
Continuing to coach the Wuhan team, li Jinyu who stayed in office faced a variety of complicated problems, first of all, the composition of the personnel, including whether the six people who asked for salaries will continue to stay in the Wuhan team, how to choose foreign aid in the new season, etc., which will test the coping ability of Li Jinyu and Wuhan Football Club. If you can retain most of the players who were relegated last season under the premise of salary cuts, it will definitely be li Jinyu's favorite; conversely, Li Jinyu needs to choose a lineup among the remaining personnel to deal with the new season.
With a long way ahead, Li Jinyu and Wuhan Football Club will both meet new and difficult challenges in the new season, and we look forward to them giving fans a satisfactory answer!
Text/Hubei Daily reporter Cai Yi
Photo: Hubei Daily reporter Shi Gong and Xinhua News Agency