Although the parent company (Evergrande) is in a serious financial crisis, the Guangzhou team as a football club is not in danger of disbanding for the time being: according to some media, the Guangdong provincial government has decided to invest 10% to 15% of the shares, and if the 400 million adjustment fee refunded by the Football Association is added, then the Guangzhou team can operate normally at least this season.
In recent days, the Guangzhou team has ushered in a good news, the Evergrande Football School in Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, has opened as scheduled, completely smashing the false rumors from the outside world, I believe this is enough to reassure the fans who care about the Guangzhou team.
Since the Guangzhou team is not disbanded, then the next must be a good overall plan, can no longer be as "big as before" to spend money, every penny must be used on the blade. It is understood that the Guangzhou team is very likely to change the coach next, because the salary burden of the coaching team of Italian coach Cannavaro is too heavy, close to hundreds of millions of yuan.
Cannavaro will return to China at the end of September after his leave of absence, when he may negotiate with Guangzhou to terminate the contract. Not surprisingly, the era that belonged to Cannavaro will come to an end, and he himself will return to Europe to coach.
Once Cannavaro leaves the team, there is no leader, so the main task of the Guangzhou team is to find a new head coach. According to more and more media reports, the new head coach of guangzhou team has been circled and will choose between Peng Weiguo and Zheng Zhi.
Peng Weiguo is a famous football player in Guangdong, once the most representative figure of "Southern Football", and has won countless praises in the player era. It is worth mentioning that after Peng Weiguo retired, he also coached in the Guangzhou team, but after Evergrande entered the main team, he was transferred to the reserve team to coach, a total of 3 years.
Zheng Zhi does not need to introduce too much, he can say that he participated in the whole process of Guangzhou team from the Chinese First Division to the Chinese Super League, and then to the top of the AFC Champions League, is the team's legendary meritorious captain, occupies an extremely important position in the hearts of Guangzhou fans.
Peng Weiguo and Zheng Zhi have their own advantages, Peng Weiguo has a certain coaching experience, and the annual salary is not very high, it belongs to the "good quality and low price"; Zheng Zhi is more familiar with the Guangzhou team, after all, he has been an assistant coach for two or three years and has learned a lot of experience around Cannavaro. However, Zheng Zhi has one biggest flaw, that is, he does not have an A-level coaching certificate to coach the Chinese Super League for the time being.
In general, Peng Weiguo and Zheng Zhi have a certain possibility to succeed Cannavaro as the new head coach of Guangzhou, but it is not ruled out that the two of them will work together to coach. Given that Zheng Zhi is not currently qualified to coach the Chinese Super League, then Peng Weiguo will be the executive head coach on the surface, and Zheng Zhi is behind the scenes, equivalent to the role of an assistant coach.
No matter who takes over the coaching whip of the Guangzhou team, the next will usher in a very big test, because it may face a large loss of naturalized players and international players, when the strength of the Guangzhou team is not one, and relegation may be the most important task.