Guangzhou R&F, which has a vacant coach, is stepping up the selection of the new manager, in addition to the already exposed Tubakovic, Golan Tomic and Djukic, the top level of R&F has actually contacted former coach Dragan Stojkovic. A few days ago, Stojkovic was interviewed by serbia's "K1 TV", according to his own confirmation, Guangzhou R&F had sent him three invitations in November, but he refused them all. With the global epidemic still not completely lifted, Stojkovic prefers to stay at home and work, for him, becoming the new manager of the Serbian national team is a good choice.
Stojkovich
At the end of the 2019 season, Stojkovic terminated his agreement with Guangzhou R&F and returned to live in Belgrade. In the past year, Stojkovic has received no few coaching invitations, but considering the complicated epidemic prevention situation, the Serbian coach did not agree to go out of the mountain.
A few days ago, a Japanese manufacturer invested in the construction of a tire factory in Ingiya, Serbia, and Stojkovic, who has a deep relationship with Japan, was invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremony: "This summer, I agreed to attend this event, because this is a cooperation project with Japan, I have lived in Japan for thirteen years, it is a beautiful country, where people are very hardworking and willing to learn." You'll feel very comfortable being in it. ”
Stojkovic with Serbian President Vucic
After Tubbakovic's dismissal, Stojkovic was seen as the number one candidate for the manager of the national team, and it was clear that he was happy to help the national team, in whatever form: "I actually went back here [referring to Serbia] for a while, but I kept resting and didn't appear in the media. This time, it was my first public appearance (after returning home), and naturally it will attract the attention of all parties. Everyone was keen to discuss me, and in fact, they did come to me a few years ago, and I knew there was such a willingness and invitation. I'm here, I can help the Serbian national team in any way, we lost the opportunity to play in the European Championship, I am puzzled by this, because you can't believe that you will lose to an opponent who is not as good as you. ”
According to Stojkovic, after Van Bronckhorst left, Guangzhou R&F invited him to return to the team, but he refused: "What I want to tell you is that in November, I refused to return to Guangzhou to coach three times, and I made this decision because we are in a special time and special conditions, we all have to wear masks, this year, there are many people who have passed away, this is not a joke." ”
In the current situation, Stojkovich is reluctant to return to China to teach: "We have a responsibility to comply with these [epidemic prevention] regulations, I don't have any idea of going there to work, because the measures there are very strict, I have to be quarantined, I don't know if my family can go with me, in this case, I have no motivation to work there." 」 ”