On February 1, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) expected an annual salary budget of up to $2 million after tax for the head coach of the national soccer team, according to a report by Punch News Network.
Previously, the CFA wanted to feel familiar with Chinese and Asian soccer, so names like Ola Royo, Paulo Bento, Queiroz and Stojkovic were mentioned.
However, the CFA will fully pay the national soccer coaches compared to the salary model of sponsoring national soccer coaches in the golden dollar era. In recent years, the CFA has seen a decline in spending big revenues and is now somewhat shy. It is reported that the CFA's psychological expectation of the coach's annual salary is up to 2 million dollars after tax.
As a result, foreign coaches like Ola Royo, Paulo Bento and Stojkovic, who have no shortage of job offers and high incomes, find it difficult to be considered for national soccer coaching positions. However, this should not be the reason for the slow progress in the selection of national soccer coaches - coaches earning $300,000 or $500,000 a year after taxes in Europe's second-tier leagues are everywhere. The status of national soccer coach is still a good job for candidates such as Ivan Leko and Vitor Pereira.
As a matter of fact, after Camacho's dismissal, CFA's experience in choosing Pelan can be used as a reference. At that time, Pelan had a certain reputation in Europe and his salary demand was around 1 million dollars, and this type of coach should be the one that can be considered by the national soccer coaches nowadays. Even in the Chinese Super League, Zhejiang coach Qiaodi and Chengdu Rongcheng coach Xu Zhengyuan have shown quite good leadership skills in the past season. The Chinese Football Association can also consider these cost-effective coaches.
