Chen Jiayuan's revelation for his successor

Chen Jiayuan fell from the horse, considering that he was suspected of "serious violations of discipline and law", and it is very likely that he will not escape the fate of being imprisoned. After Xie Yalong and Nan Yong, another president of the Football Association may taste the bitterness of tears behind bars.

The lessons left by Chen Jiayuan are painful and profound. For his successor, the bottom line of adhering to the law should be the first code of conduct to remember after taking office.

In previous articles, we have also dissected why the president of the Chinese Football Association has become a high-risk position. In addition to human greed and cowardice, Chinese football is also one of the key factors. Chen Jiayuan was able to withstand the test in the post of chairman of SIPG, but he was dragged down when he reached the post of chairman of the Football Association, which was somewhat wrapped up in the Chinese football environment.

I'm not trying to excuse Chen. He had to pay a terrible price for his actions. Xie Yalong was also a star in politics before coming to the Football Association, and Nan Yong has been deeply engaged in Chinese football for many years, and his reputation is not bad. They and Chen Jiayuan eventually went to a common destiny and became a tear of the times.

However, there are also people who have withstood the test, such as Wei Di, Zhang Jian, and Cai Zhenhua. Before they came to the Football Association, they were even laymen in football, and even their understanding of football was not as good as Chen Jiayuan. Before becoming president of the Football Association, Chan had led SIPG to the Chinese Super League title, although the title was widely believed to have been built with money.

Under the unique environment in China, professionalism will not become a mandatory requirement for evaluating the president of the Football Association. The future president of the Football Association may not be a hero in football. Du Zhao, the party secretary and vice chairman who now presides over the Chinese Football Association, is an ice hockey player who previously managed hand hockey, softball and athletics.

Chen also loves to play football in his spare time, and his football level may be higher than that of several of his predecessors. However, what truly reflects the professional level of the president of the Football Association is whether he can find out the law of China's football development in the fastest time, sort out the intricacies in this muddy water, and find solutions to effectively improve the level of Chinese football.

In this regard, Chen Jiayuan is obviously unqualified. His predecessor Cai Zhenhua was a table tennis player, creating a golden age of Chinese table tennis, and after taking over the head of the Football Association, although there were many bizarre policies, Chinese football still experienced a more dynamic period under him.

Admittedly, he was a promoter of the Kim Yuan football era and profited from this wave. World Cup winning coach Lippi became the head coach of the Chinese men's football team and performed well in the World Cup qualifiers, it was under him.

At the beginning of Lippi's tenure, there was a discussion that he could become a real litmus test of Chinese football, whether Chinese football was a problem for coaches or players.

Lippi's level goes without saying, leading the national team to the World Cup and the club to the Champions League. He has been immersed in Chinese football for many years, leading Guangzhou Evergrande to win the Chinese Super League championship many times and also to the top of Asia. Such a master tactician, except for the only flaw of gui, should have nothing else to blame.

After losing to Syria in the last World Cup Top 40 tournament, Lippi resigned again for interesting reasons - "My annual salary is very high, I don't do it!" ”

At that time, the Chinese Football Association had completed the change of office, and Chen Jiayuan stepped into the forefront. Doubts about Lippi's excessive annual salary have not only fermented among the fan base, but also similar voices within the football association. It is rumored that Lippi's annual salary is as high as 23 million euros, but the football association only bears 600,000 US dollars, and the rest is borne by Evergrande. For the Football Association, in addition to the question of the unclear relationship between this move and Evergrande, the appointment of Lippi is almost the best solution.

However, after Lippi's resignation, the Chinese Football Association immediately approved it, and did not sincerely retain him. Chen Jiayuan later chose domestic coach Li Tie. According to currently known information, the deep binding with Li Tie may be the core driving force that pushed him down the abyss.

Blindly superstitious domestic coaches are obviously biased in Chen Jiayuan's cognition. In the first year of happiness in Huaxia, Li Tie led the team to the last eight consecutive victories and successfully overtook him. In 2016, he led Huaxia Happiness to play in the Chinese Super League, but was still terminated despite good results. From the perspective of hindsight, Huaxia Happiness knows the trickiness behind Li Tie's eight consecutive victories, and it also understands Li Tie's details. Li Tie later led Zall to rush to the Super League, and led the team to play in the Chinese Super League, how much moisture is behind it, insiders should know it. Chen Jiayuan believed in Li Tie, and after Li Tie led the national football team to successfully break through from the top 40, he sent a 5-year contract. This is somewhat bizarre.

Cai Zhenhua's distrust of Gao Hongbo and Chen Jiayuan's high trust in Li Tie formed a sharp contrast. Of course, domestic coaches have their own advantages, such as being better at handling intra-team relations, but in terms of level, the gap between them and foreign top coaches is obvious. Li Tie once shouted at the press conference, is a domestic coach worse than a foreign coach? Of course, domestic coaches should not be self-deprecating and self-deprecating, but the level is worse than first-class foreign teachers, which does not need to be argued too much. Chen Jiayuan did not have a clear understanding of this, exposing the amateur side of outsiders.

Based on this, we also have reason to speculate that Chen Jiayuan's overall perception of the current situation of Chinese football is also biased. This is again reflected in his attitude towards naturalized players.

There is no doubt that naturalized players will not be able to save Chinese football. They are mercenaries, who take money to do things and leave when they are done. If Chinese football really wants to stand up, it must take root in youth training and consolidate the league system. But for Chinese football, which is in a desperate situation, naturalized players can quickly improve the immediate combat effectiveness of the national football team. They must treat the symptoms of Chinese football, but the improvement of performance in the short term can still promote the progress of Chinese football.

What's more, the huge amount of money spent to naturalize players is basically paid for by Evergrande. Moreover, this is also in line with the relevant regulations of FIFA, and even Qatar, the Philippines and other countries are recruiting naturalized players in large numbers, and the Chinese Football Association should be happy to see it. Chen Jiayuan and Li Tie's disappointment to naturalized players is obvious. Even so, Luo Guofu, Allan and others have proved that they have better abilities than many local players in their limited playing time.

Chen Jiayuan's attitude towards naturalized players may be related to the fact that this policy is dominated by his predecessor, or it may be because Evergrande is the initiator, or he does not agree with the path of naturalization in his bones. Whatever the reason, he bears unshirkable responsibility for the collapse of the naturalized player wave.

At the current level of Chinese football, foreign coaches are the only preferable option. Li Tie is already a leading domestic coach, and his level and conduct are still not enough to lead Chinese football out of the quagmire. Of course, naturalized players are not a panacea to save Chinese football, but even doping, it still has a certain stimulating effect. It's a pity that the curtain of Jinyuan football has fallen, and the road of naturalization has basically become a dead end.

For Chen Jiayuan's successor, it does not mean that a foreign coach must be selected for the national football team, or that he must be hanged on the crooked neck tree of naturalized players, but he must have a clear and accurate understanding of Chinese football, at least not be blinded by the blinding methods of some people with ulterior motives.

The future president of the Football Association may not necessarily know Chinese football well, but should have a strong learning ability, respect and be able to quickly grasp the laws of football development. He is on the side of the law, not on the side of the so-called quacks and morality, and he should not become a puppet of the rabble in the big dye vat.