Recently, beijing youth daily published an article, talking about the relevant situation of the national team coaching, the selection of the new national football coaching team will be implemented in 2022, Li Xiaopeng will most likely not stay in office, and the Chinese Football Association will not arrange the asian games team coach Yankovic to concurrently serve as the national team coach. The new coach may be a foreign coach who is familiar with Asian and Chinese football or who has coached in the Chinese Super League. Prior to this, Olaroyu, who led former Jiangsu Suning to win the 2020 Chinese Super League crown, was mentioned in the discussion of the work of the Chinese Football Association.
After leading the national football selection team to win the third place in this year's East Asian Cup, many media and fans have said that Yankovic should take over the national football team, but Yankovic has said that he will focus on the leadership of the Asian Games team. From the words, we can clearly feel that Jankovic did not take the initiative to take over the strong will of the national football team.
Considering that the Hangzhou Asian Games will be postponed to September to October 2023, and the 2023 Asian Cup is very likely to be "taken over" by South Korea, the 2023 Asian Cup will still be held in the summer of 2023, which means that the time of the football game at the Hangzhou Asian Games is close, and the time of the two important events is close, so it is really difficult for Yankovic to pick a shoulder. Because of this, the Chinese Football Association has abandoned the plan to arrange for Jankovic to concurrently serve as the manager of two national teams.
Shortly after the Beijing Youth Daily published the article, Olaroyu, who was mentioned by the Chinese Football Association, publicly responded. According to the UAE local media "alkhaleej", Olaroyu said in an interview: "I still have a contract with Sharjah Club, and I respect this contract very much. Recently, some Chinese media have said that I may coach the Chinese men's football team, and I would like to say that I am not interested in coaching the Chinese team now. ”
Interestingly, in an exclusive interview with the media in February this year, in the face of the question of "the outside world regards you as the most suitable head coach for the national football team, and there are also rumors that the national football team once looked for you", Olaroyu said at the time: "The Chinese national football team has not had contact with me." I would be very honored if this is possible in the future. ”
What is it that makes Olaroyu's attitude towards the national football team coaching position change so drastically? In February this year, Olaroyu may still be full of confidence in getting his salary back, but with the passage of time, Olaroyu has gradually understood that it is impossible to get this money back. Secondly, his current treatment at the club is very good, Andaroyu's annual salary at Sharjah Club is about 5 million US dollars, about 30 million yuan, and the current Chinese Football Association is unlikely to match his salary in any way. After all, the annual salary of Li Tie, the head coach of the national football team, was only 8 million yuan.
As far as the current situation is concerned, it is very difficult for the national football team to choose foreign coaches who are more familiar with Asian and Chinese football or have coaching experience in the Chinese Super League, such as the former Guangzhou Evergrande head coach Scolari, who is actually a good candidate, but the Brazilian old man is ready to retire at the end of this year, and his requirements for salary are also very high.
Former Guangzhou Evergrande head coach Cannavaro is also a suitable option, especially if the national football team is still engaged in long-term training in the future, Cannavaro is very suitable. Because the Italian is a training-type head coach, people in the industry know that the quality of cannavaro's training is very high. But without companies like Wanda and Evergrande funding the Chinese Football Association to pay the head coach's salary, Cannavaro would not have been able to coach the national football team.
From all aspects of the situation, former Guangzhou R&F coach Stojkovic is the most suitable candidate, he led the Serbian national team to successfully rush to the 2022 Qatar World Cup after leaving the Chinese Super League, and his annual salary is only 1 million euros, which is similar to Li Tie's annual salary. But Stojkovic may not be willing to take over the national football coaching position, although he has expressed his willingness to succeed Lippi to coach the national football team, but the reason for that statement is largely due to Lippi's huge annual salary is too tempting.
What kind of foreign head coach the national football team can finally choose, we do not know for the time being. However, in the process of selecting the coach, we must adhere to the bottom line thinking, that is, we must choose a suitable foreign head coach, and we must not finally go around in a circle and return to the local head coaches of Li Tie, Li Xiaopeng and Wang Baoshan. Since Lippi left the national football team in 2019, these three years can be said to be the three years that Chinese football has been stolen. Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng are indeed incompetent, but the talents who push them to the forefront should reflect and summarize. Restarting the high-level foreign coaching route is the first step in correcting the chaos in Chinese football.