As things stand, the one to take over from Chen Xuyuan as the new CFA president is roughly within the range of these three men. Currently, he is the most popular candidate, which is chief vice-chairman Gao Hongbo. Gao Hongbo was born in 1966, six years younger than Du Zhaocai. He is still old enough to be a very famous candidate in both his playing career and coaching career. His positive voices far outweigh the negative ones and he was once the head coach of the Chinese national team.
More importantly, we can see that the two anti-gambling and anti-triad storms in soccer after a lapse of 12 years have not affected GAO Hongbo, which fully demonstrates that he is really a person who treasures his own feathers very much. Therefore, we will not make the mistake of Chen Xuyuan. At present, looking at the entire Chinese football sector, there is no doubt that he is the first candidate who can treasure his feathers as much as he does, who has a good reputation and who is capable of doing business.
Second on the list is another vice president, Sun Wen. But in contrast, Sun Wen is more in charge of women's soccer related work to the hot potato of the CFA. If she were in charge of the female vice-chairman, she would undoubtedly be pushed into the fire. So in comparison, Sun Wen's voice is much smaller than Gao Hongbo's, and Sun Wen himself realizes this, so he should not take the initiative to touch this hot potato. Before that, Sun Wen expressed his mindset on social media, and this is the quote.
At that time, Sun Wen clearly said: "I know I am small when I look at heaven and earth, and I know I am shallow when I look at the world. Those who play soccer don't necessarily teach soccer, those who teach soccer don't necessarily engage in competition, those who engage in competition don't necessarily know how to do marketing, those who know how to communicate don't necessarily know how to do it, and those who do not know how to do financial management don't necessarily know how to do it. I know what kind of profession I belong to. Respecting the profession means paying attention to my duties. It can be seen that Sun Wen may prefer to put all her energy into the women's soccer career that she is more specialized in.
Then another candidate should come from the system, a candidate for Du Zhaocai. In fact, in recent years, the CFA has begun to try to release its power. Chen Xuyuan is the first person appointed by the CFA after it tried to release its power. She was someone who came from a state-owned enterprise and then had professional management skills. After the failure of the pilot, he may consider giving further support related to soccer professionals. In this way, Gao Hongbo, who fulfills all conditions, may have an advantage over anyone else in the system. After all, the CFA doesn't want to repeat the same mistakes. If they fight gambling for the third time, they may be saved.
