There are still three rounds left in this season's Chinese Super League. As long as Seaport beats Beijing Guoan in the next round of matches, they will lock up the Super League title in advance. Shandong Taishan is basically guaranteed an AFC Champions League spot. Shanghai Shenhua, Zhejiang and Beijing Guoan will fight for the last AFC Champions League spot. On the relegation front, Shenzhen seems to have locked up the relegation spot ahead of schedule. Promotion horse Qingdao Hainiu, Dalian Ren and Nantong Zhiyun are currently fighting for relegation. Promoted team Qingdao Hainiu, with a win, can finish the relegation task early.
As a result, the remaining relegation spot is likely to be created between Dalian Ren and Nantong Zhiyun. Dalian Ren are leading the relegation battle with Nantong Zhiyun on goal difference. Xie Hui successfully helped Dalian Ren finish the relegation last season. This season, the overall strength of Dalian Ren dropped significantly with many of the main team leaving the team, but under such unfavorable circumstances, Xie Hui could still lead the team to complete the relegation. This result is totally acceptable.
Personally, I think manager Xie Hui may part ways with Dalian Ren regardless of whether Dalian Ren finish the relegation task this season or not. Wanda Group has stopped injecting money into Dalian Ren, and with the lack of funds, Dalian Ren will not be able to keep the core players of the team. Similar to Xie Hui's situation, regardless of whether or not Dalian Ren complete their relegation mission, several of Dalian Ren's international players such as Lin Liangming, Wang Zhen'ao, Huang Jiahui, and He Yupeng are being targeted by other Chinese Super League (CSL) teams. In order to ease the financial pressure, if a team offers a suitable transfer fee, Dalian People will consider selling these key players to ensure the normal operation of the team. Only then can the team continue to survive.
And the clever woman can't cook without rice, Xie Hui, even if he has three heads and six arms, it's hard to fight against the traditional giants of the Chinese Super League with strong financial strength. Therefore, leaving Dalian to find another job has become the best choice for Xie Hui. From the current situation, if Xie Hui is dismissed from Dalian, he will probably return to Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Port, which may be the ideal place for Xie Hui. Dalian people have also started to look for an ideal replacement to replace Xie Hui as the team's new choice.
While browsing the media today, I came across this report that if Xie Hui is no longer the Dalian coach. Dalian will most likely hire former national soccer midfielder Zhao Xuri as the team's new coach. Zhao Xuri, nicknamed Zhao Yifu, is known for his amazing long-distance shots in the World Youth Championship. It is worth noting that Zhao Xuri started his career in Dalian Shide's youth training camp. In the era of gold-dollar soccer, he joined Chinese Super League A teams such as Guangzhou Evergrande, Tianjin Quanjian and Dalian Ren. He is an experienced veteran. He won the Chinese Super League title four times following Evergrande's pinnacle
Zhao Xuri will be 38 years old in two months. Currently playing for Guangxi Pingguo, Zhao Xuri is likely to retire at the end of the season and end his career. Zhao Xuri has the potential to become the team's head coach as a good midfielder. In his playing days, Zhao Xuri has gained a lot of playing experience in many of the Chinese Super League's landed teams, and can often be seen on the bench discussing the team's tactics and techniques with his teammates and head coach. After his retirement, Zhao Xuri will not leave soccer. He will most likely return to Dalian to continue his soccer career as a coach.
Although Zhao Xuri, who comes from a player background, does not have any substantial coaching experience at the moment, inviting the famous Dalian footballer to return to the team and replace Xie Hui as the team's new coach is the best option at the moment.
