On December 26, Beijing time, the offseason Chinese Super League ushered in a blockbuster news, and the previous rumors were confirmed.
Shanghai Shenhua officially announced that Wu Jingui will no longer serve as the head coach of the Shenhua football team.
Note that the original text of Shenhua's official message reads: "After the club's research, it has been decided not to renew the contract with Mr. Wu Jingui after the expiration of the work contract. ”
Although Shenhua officially said: "The club fully affirms the efforts made by Director Wu during his coaching of the team and the achievements made by leading the team, and thanks him for his contribution to the construction of the club." I wish Director Wu all the best in his future work and life!"
However, the official announcement did not mention words such as "after friendly negotiation between the two sides" and "the club has always made every effort to retain it".
This season's Shenhua performed quite well at the beginning of the game, and was in the championship group for a long time, which also surprised the expectations of many fans, which also reflected Shenhua's "inconsistency between expectations and results" to a certain extent.
For Shenhua fans, it is a pity that in the final game of the Chinese Super League, Shenhua lost to the Zhejiang team and lost the qualification for the AFC Champions League at the league level, but the team still won the FA Cup and directly entered the group stage of the AFC Champions League next year.
Although some media and fans criticized Shenhua's playing style for not being gorgeous enough and the game process not exciting enough, Wu Jingui's results have reached the terms of the contract after winning the 5th place in the Chinese Super League and directly entering the group stage of next year's AFC Champions League Elite League.
It is understood that Wu Jingui's contract with Shenhua is 1+1. According to the contract, the renewal clause in the contract should have been automatically activated if the grades were met. But, for some reason, "automatic" became "none".
According to previous media reports, Shenhua's next coach is likely to be former CSKA Moscow and Russian national team coach Slutsky. The 52-year-old Slutsky has been in charge of CSKA for seven years and has won three Russian Premier League titles. He also led Russia to Euro 2016.
Regarding Wu Jingui's departure, some fans sighed: Could it be that the Chinese Super League version of Ranieri has to make up for it in the middle of the season?