Take Gutby to watch the game
Hiddink has been in China for a long time, and even summoned Iranian coach Gutby, who is coaching in Shijiazhuang, as an assistant, but the official news of his signing has not yet come out. On the morning of Teachers' Day on September 10, the official website of the Chinese Football Association announced that Hiddink was officially appointed as the head coach of the U21 national team. Because this team has the responsibility of impacting the Olympic Games, this team is also what we often call the national Olympic team. Hiddink will lead the team in training competitions starting in October.
Officially announced by the Football Association
The 72-year-old Gus Hiddink has a very rich coaching experience, leading South Korea to the World Cup final four in 2002 and Russia to the Final Four of the European Championship in 2008. In recent years, however, Hiddink's coaching performance has been poor. After ending his firefighting career at Chelsea in 2016, Hiddink has been idle at home. Earlier, he said in an interview with the Dutch media that I had already retired. But the Chinese Football Association found me and gave me a very good job, which was very challenging.
Can Hiddink succeed?
Hiddink also revealed that if he did not lead the team to obtain the right to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, his contract would be automatically terminated. It is said that hiddink's team's salary is only 4 million euros / year, which is comparable to the coaching staff of Deschamps in France's World Cup. However, it is far from Lippi's salary of 20 million euros / year.