On January 7, Beiqing Sports posted an article today about the selection of coaches for Chinese Super League teams. The media said that after Henan officially announced the appointment of South Korean coach Nam Ki I today, eight Chinese Super League teams changed coaches at the beginning of the new year, all of which were foreign coaches. Only 3 of the 16 clubs in the Chinese Super League are led by local coaches.
The media wrote: "After the past season's "recovery", the Chinese Super League gradually returned to the nature of professional soccer, but in the huge existential crisis and competitive pressure, most of the Chinese Super League clubs have to seek change to improve the situation. Although the reasons for changing coaches are different, there are only two purposes - either healthy 'live' or 'live' better."
"The clubs' access results have not yet passed the publicizing period and eight companies have already changed their coaches. Notably, all the new coaches they have chosen are foreign. Regarding such changes, a senior soccer agent analyzed that after three particularly difficult seasons from 2020 to 2022, the Chinese Super League returned to its normal track last season. After the introduction of foreign aid to the local league returned to normal, the introduction of foreign coaches has also become active again. Although with the 'golden dollar ebb', it is difficult for international coaches like Lippi and Scolari to reappear in the Chinese professional soccer world in a short period of time, and the 'position' of foreign coaches has correspondingly lowered quite a bit, there is all kinds of competition.
"Cui Kangxi is reportedly the most valuable of the Chinese Super League teams. His team earns about $4 million a year, followed by Hong Kong's Muscat and Shenhua's Slutsky at around $2 million to $3 million. Some of the other clubs are in the $1 million range, and some are only $200,000 to $300,000 dollars. However, regardless of whether the price is high or low, clubs are very cautious in signing contracts. In addition, the cost-effectiveness of pursuing new coaches is also reflected in the choice of target direction. For example, six of the eight new coaches mentioned above have experience coaching the J-League and K-League, which makes it easier to be familiar with Asian soccer."
"Currently, only three of the 16 teams in the Chinese Super League are led by local coaches. They are Cangzhou Lions coach Zhao Junzhe, Changchun Yatai coach Chen Yang and Tianjin Jinmen Tigers coach Yu Genwei. To a large extent, they can stay because the record of leading the team last season satisfied investors, but they may be more likely to be the 'backstabbers' for the club's poor record. Meanwhile, local managers are often habitually invited to become 'fire-fighters'. , transition coaches."
"From the actual situation in previous years, a considerable number of teams will not be set in stone over the course of a long season. the drama of the 2024 Super League managerial change is not yet complete."
