Former national football coach Lippi recently gave a speech at a university in Rome, in which Lippi talked about his experience of coaching in China. Lippi said that he came to China to coach for money, and the first coach Evergrande found in early 2012 was Hiddink, but the Dutch gave up the opportunity to make money, and he seized it.
Lippi returned to his experience of leading Italy to the 2006 World Cup in his speech, and then said that he never fought for money during his time in charge of Italy, "Although I can do that, I never put money first during my time in charge of Italy. Based on such factors, when Evergrande's invitation was placed in front of me, I gladly accepted it. ”
However, Lippi revealed that in 2012, Evergrande first found a coaching candidate was not him, but the Dutch Hiddink, "Evergrande first found Hiddink, I also communicated with Hiddink, he told me that Evergrande gave him an annual salary of 10 million euros." So I said to him, if you don't want to go, please leave the opportunity for me. ”
In mid-2012, Lippi officially took over Evergrande, and then helped Evergrande win consecutive Chinese Super League championships and won the AFC Champions League in the 2013 season. After leaving Evergrande, Lippi soon became the manager of the national football team, and the annual salary reached a terrible 20 million euros, but during Lippi's tenure as the manager of the national football team, most of the salary was still borne by evergrande group.