Henan team, which finished 10th in the league last season, successfully completed the share reform in the offseason, after Jianye Group, which had been controlling the club, completely withdrew from operations. Next season, Henan will compete in the Chinese Super League under the leadership of their new owners. After the new owner took over, the top management of the Henan team also ushered in a new round of reshuffle. Not long ago, the Henan team officially announced the resignation of Chen Ming, the deputy general manager of the original club, and former international player Li Weifeng will replace Chen Ming as deputy general manager responsible for the team's youth training and the daily affairs of the club. According to the information provided by Henan football bloggers, the Henan team has started training to prepare for the new season of the league.
It is understood that at present, three players have come to the Henan team for trial, including Yang Kuo, a veteran of Henan who has expired his contract with Wuhan Three Towns. Yang Kuo, who debuted in the Luneng youth training system, transferred to Henan Jianye in the 2014 season, and in the 2021 season, he transferred to Wuhan Three Towns with his outstanding performance in Henan Jianye and won the Chinese Super League championship with the team. After the end of this season, Yang Kuo's contract with Wuhan Three Towns is about to expire, and the share reform of Wuhan Three Towns Club has not made progress, and many players are looking for another home. If nothing else, Yang Kuo, who returned to the Henan team for trial, will return to his old club Henan team in the new season and become the first signing after Deputy General Manager Li Weifeng took office. In addition to Yang Kuo, Xu Jiamin, the main goalkeeper who played for Tianjin Jinmen Tigers last season, has also come to the Henan team for trial, but whether Xu Jiamin can successfully sign with the Dutch team depends on how he performs during the trial?
Recently, many domestic media broke the news: the Henan team is likely to fire the current coach Sarko. Invite Choi Yong-joo, a famous South Korean coach who once coached Jiangsu Suning, to be the new coach of the team. Last season, South Korean coaches Choi Kang-hee and Seo Zhengyuan led Shandong Taishan and Chengdu Rongcheng to achieve good results, which also made the Chinese Super League blow a gust of Korean wind again. Many South Korean coaches have been rumored to have coaching scandals with Chinese Super League teams. According to the news revealed by Li Xuan, a well-known domestic football media person, the Henan team has not officially contacted Cui Longzhu at present, and the Henan team has one year left on the contract with the current coach Sarko. It can be seen from Li Xuan's revelations that the Henan team does not seem to have the idea of changing the coach now, and the suspense of Cui Longzhu taking charge of Henan has also been revealed.
It is worth mentioning that Li Weifeng, the new deputy general manager, once served as the interim coach of Tianjin Tianhai and Guangzhou City teams in the Jinyuan football era. And led the disbanded Guangzhou City to successfully complete the relegation task. If Sarko has a poor coaching record in the new season, Li Weifeng, as the team's deputy general manager, is likely to be pushed from behind the scenes by the club to become the team's firefighting manager.