On February 25, the Wuhan team of the Chinese Super League officially announced that Li Jinyu would continue to serve as the team's head coach in the new season. In the middle of last season, Li Jinyu temporarily replaced Li Xiaopeng as the head coach of wuhan team and led the team to complete the relegation task. Recently, the problem of wage arrears in Wuhan has become the focus of attention, Arthur Junmin, Huang Zichang and other main players issued documents to ask for salaries, Wuhan team officials clearly stated that they hope that the main players will be reduced, a number of main players may leave the team, Li Jinyu's coaching difficulty in the new season has increased.
Li Jinyu is a meritorious player of Taishan, who has won 3 Chinese Super League championships and 2 FA Cup titles in Taishan, and won the top scorer of the Chinese Super League. After retiring, Li Jinyu served as the deputy team leader of the Taishan team, and also served as an assistant coach and head coach in Shenbei, Shenyang. In 2016, he served as deputy general manager of Yongchang in Shijiazhuang and from 2017 to 2019 at Jiangsu Suning Football Club.
In 2021, Li Jinyu followed Li Xiaopeng as the assistant coach of the Wuhan team, in the middle of the season, Li Xiaopeng served as the coach of the national football team, and Li Jinyu was appointed as the head coach of the Wuhan team, and led the team to successfully complete the relegation task. Now, the Wuhan team officially confirmed that Li Jinyu continues to serve as the coach of the Wuhan team, and he is full of confidence in the coaching of the new season, which is also the first time that Li Jinyu has served as the manager of the Chinese Super League team since the beginning of the season, and is fully responsible for the preparation of the team.
For Li Jinyu, the biggest problem encountered by the team today is the salary arrears of the main players. On February 16, Arthur Junmin, Zhao Hongluo, Huang Zichang, Yang Boyu, Ye Chongqiu, Tian Yinong and other main players issued a document asking for salaries, clearly pointing out that the Wuhan team owed them wages and bonuses. In response to the salary of the main players, the Wuhan team official also issued a response: "We encourage players to take the initiative to lower their personal salary standards. After the players return to Han, we will cash in on last season's salary and communicate with the players one by one to discuss a new salary plan. ”
Judging from the attitude of the Wuhan team, the team hopes that the main players will be reduced, but the specific salary plan needs to be coordinated and communicated by both sides. It should be pointed out that the above 6 players are all new signings who joined Wuhan in the 2021 season, and they should have signed a multi-year contract when they joined, and the salary treatment is also good. Now, the Wuhan team still wants players to cut their salaries in arrears, and it may be difficult to reach an agreement. Once the main players leave the team, the overall strength of the Wuhan team will decline, and the prospects for the new season are not optimistic.
In addition, the Wuhan team also clarified the idea of reusing young players in the new season, which is also a new challenge after Li Jinyu led the team, how to reasonably build the team's lineup for the new season, and directly determine the trend of the new season. Of course, there are many teams that have encountered difficulties in the Chinese Super League today, as of the 25th, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, Hebei Team, Guangzhou Team and Shanghai Shenhua have not yet re-concentrated, especially the problems in Chongqing and Hebei are very obvious, and their lineup in the new season also has great variables.
In the new season, Wuhan has two Chinese Super League teams for the first time, and Wuhan plans to change its name to Wuhan Yangtze River Team, and their Chinese Super League experience is more abundant. Wuhan three towns are promotion horses, their development momentum is better, after the super has signed 3 new foreign aid, but also may sign a number of internal aid, further enhance the strength of the team, the new season is expected to become a dark horse in the Chinese Super League, in the Wuhan derby will also have the upper hand.