The transfer window of the Chinese Super League has been opened, but the first thing to come is not the official announcement of the recruitment, but a large wave of coach changes. With the official announcement of the Henan team after Sarko stepped down and Nan Jiyi took office, half of the 16 teams in the Chinese Super League have completed the change of coach before the start of the new season. It is very rare for at least 8 teams to change coaches in a transfer window, but it also alludes to the fact that in the case of unsatisfactory results and no money to upgrade the squad, changing coaches is a relatively good choice, which is both a helpless move and a positive measure to change.
Henan failed to achieve good results under Sarko's leadership last season, and the results in the middle and lower reaches forced the team to abandon their cooperation with Sarko. Xavier, who was originally in charge of the team, has parted ways with Harbour, but the Henan team did not want to bring back the Spaniard, but chose South Korean coach Nam Ki-il. According to news from Korean media, Nan Jiyi's signing with the Henan team did not go well, because Wuhan Three Towns was also contacting him, and the latter even rejected the offer made by the Henan team, and Nan Jiyi also rejected the lobbying of Wuhan Three Towns, because he felt that the risk of the Chinese Super League was too great, but when the Henan team sent a new offer, Nan Jiyi chose to accept.
Nam Ki-il has a very high level and also enjoys a high reputation in the K League, especially Li Weifeng, who once stayed in Suwon Samsung, and after he became the vice president of the Henan team, he highly recommended Nam Ki-il. The latter's last coaching club was Jeju United, and after leaving Jeju United, he went to Europe for further study, and when he returned from his studies, he received invitations from Wuhan Three Towns and Henan United. He has been coaching in the K League for 10 years, and coaching the Henan team will be his first overseas coach. Of course, he should not feel Xi to the Super League, because there are also his old friends Cui Kangxi and Xu Zhengyuan. Three South Korean coaches are coaching the Chinese Super League at the same time, which shows that South Korea's coaching level has ushered in explosive development.
In addition to the cooperation between Henan and Nan Jiyi, the other seven new pairs include Shenhua and Slutsky, Shanghai Port and Muscat Motors, Wuhan Three Towns and Rodriguez, Meizhou Hakka and Pablo, Qingdao Manatee and Yasen, Qingdao West Coast and Kurosaki Hisashi, Nantong Zhiyun and Mihalo. There are gradually more foreign commanders, and only Yu Genwei, Zhao Junzhe and Chen Yang are left as the top ten coaches. Yu Genwei led the Jinmen Tigers to achieve good results, and also proved his value for himself, it makes sense not to change him, Chen Yang is also very stable, and the 2024 season will be his fourth season in charge of Changchun Yatai.
Although the Chinese Super League has now become a foreign handsome, the salary level of the foreign handsome is not necessarily high. At present, the annual salary of the Taishan team Cui Kangxi team is the highest in the Chinese Super League, reaching 4 million US dollars, followed by the Haigang Muscat and Shenhua Slutsky teams, with an annual salary of more than 2 million US dollars. Most of the foreign handsomes have an annual salary of about $1 million, and those with little fame and little resume are only about $200,000. It can be said that the Chinese Super League is no longer a big-name era, but so many foreign coaches and such a big change of coach make the 2024 season more interesting.