A few days ago, in an interview, Lippi talked about why he chose to coach in China for 8 years. Lippi said he had won everything he could before coming to China to coach, but on the economic level, he didn't get what he deserved. Therefore, after receiving many offers, he decided to accept the contract with the highest offer. Guangzhou Evergrande invested heavily in Lippi at that time, which made the world champion coach finally move.
At that time, Evergrande saw that Lippi was hesitant to coach in the Chinese Super League, so it directly sent him an ultimatum. Evergrande hopes that Lippi can determine whether to come to the team as soon as possible, otherwise they will finalize Hiddink to take over. Lippi took the opportunity to set up the annual salary that Evergrande offered to Hiddink, and when it was confirmed that Evergrande offered an annual salary of 10 million euros for Hiddink. Lippi immediately replied to Evergrande and asked the club to send someone to talk about signing.
From Lippi's first response to why he came to China to coach, it is not difficult to see that he came to China for money. After Lippi came to Evergrande to coach, he got the highest annual salary in his coaching career. The reward that Lippi brought to Evergrande was a gold-laden AFC Champions League championship trophy. In the second season when Lippi took over Evergrande, he led the team to win the AFC Champions League. This is the first time that a Chinese club has won the AFC Champions League, which makes Evergrande and Chinese football shine on their faces.
Lippi has been coaching in China for 8 years, and when he picked the beams at Evergrande before, his reputation and wind evaluation have been good. Overall, Evergrande has invested tens of millions of euros in annual salaries for Lippi, which is great value for money. It's just that Lippi didn't achieve satisfactory results for the fans after he became the head coach of the Chinese team. In particular, Lippi, who took over the Chinese team for the second time, did not perform well after leading the team to the World Preliminary Round.
In particular, the national football team lost away to Syria, which reduced Lippi's reputation to a freezing point. Lippi directly picked up the pick after the game, saying that he did not come to the Chinese team to circle the money. Lippi ruined his name as the coach of the Chinese team because of his appointment, which was something he did not expect. Perhaps if Lippi can be given another chance, Lippi will choose to protect his reputation and resolutely refuse to coach the Chinese team.