After an away defeat to Zhejiang, Chinese Super League giants Beijing Guoan, who have had a fluctuating record this season, seem to have finally made up their minds to change coaches. According to a number of Portuguese media reports, Portuguese Premier League Estoril head coach Ricardo Suarez has confirmed that he has signed a contract with a Chinese Super League club and is about to go to China to work, and according to people familiar with the matter, this Chinese Super League club is Beijing Guoan.
Ricardo Suarez, 49, is a veteran coach of the Portuguese Premier League who has coached Estoril, Coimbra and Morerense and others. In this season's Portuguese Premier League, Suarez took over Estoril halfway, when the team's record was in shambles and it was thought that a relegation place had been locked, but after Suarez joined, he led Estoril to four valuable victories, and finally miraculously relegated, especially the final three rounds of the league to grab seven points, which shocked experts and fans alike.
At the end of the season, Estoril wanted to keep Suarez, but in the end, it was Beijing Guoan who took the lead. Portuguese media did not disclose Suarez's salary and contract length in Beijing Guoan, but all things considered, it is certainly much better than his stay in the Portuguese Premier League to coach. This will also be his second time coaching abroad.
Beijing Guoan's current coach Stanley, although he led the team to play a classic game such as a big victory over the Cangzhou Lions not long ago, but then lost to Zhejiang, causing him to eventually lose the trust of the club. This season, Beijing Guoan's performance has been uncertain, and it has never reached its best under Stanley, which is perhaps the main reason why Beijing Guoan is determined to change coaches.
With the departure of Stanley and the arrival of Suarez, Beijing Guoan is about to enter a new era. From the perspective of Suarez's coaching style in Estoril, he emphasizes attack and frontcourt pressure in the main 433, and also pays more attention to ball control, and has a certain fit with Guoan in style, I don't know if under his leadership, Beijing Guoan can rise again in the future.