Recently, a number of media reports, Guangzhou City FC's Dutch coach Van Garst has been "dismissed", according to Sports Weekly, Van Garst dismissed the decision was made a month ago by the state-owned enterprise consortium.
Van Garst, who entered his vocation only two months ago, is a member of the Canton City (formerly the
Guangzhou R&F
) The 7th head coach in team history and the only head coach to be installed as an assistant coach for the team, Van Garst came to Guangzhou in the early 2020's as the number one wingman alongside compatriot Van Bronckhorst. After helping Guangzhou City
relegate
After the success, Van Bronckhorst hung up his hat and left, which gave Van Garst a rare opportunity to fly solo.
Last season, Van Garst, who was making his debut as a first-team head coach, took Canton City to the
China Super League (soccer league)
Contending group, finished early
relegate
mission and capped his maiden season as head coach with a 7th place finish in the league, also earning the opportunity to continue coaching Guangzhou City.
Van Garst's handing over the reins in the off-season was no surprise. Although the club's share reform because of the old and new owners of the debt disagreement once stalled, with the return of the former club general manager Zhang Bin to play the role of coordinator of the transition between the old and the new team, the FuLi era of the club's operating team members began to withdraw one by one, Guangqi led by the state-owned enterprise consortium is expected to complete the full takeover in August, the decision to change the manager is the state-owned enterprise consortium team finalized a month ago. At that time, the team was in the trough of the losing streak, coupled with the
China Super League (soccer league)
With the implementation of the closed club system, the difficulty of changing the manager is steeply increased. Furthermore, the main reason for the team's successive defeats is not Van Garst's coaching ability or tactical problems, the club's shareholding reform is not finalized and the problem of salary arrears cannot be solved, which is the key to the team's lack of morale and the lack of combat power, the Dutchman is more of a helpless backstabber.
In any case, Guangzhou City is the first station of Van Garst's coaching career for the first time, even if this coaching experience can not get the most ideal ending, Van Garst does not regret, "Overall, come here (Guangzhou City) coaching is a wonderful experience, where to feel the different cultures and learn more things, which is priceless. "
