Recently, a video of Xie Hui, a former member of the national soccer team and head coach of Nantong Zhiyun, a Central League team, making a drunken slip of the tongue quickly went viral on the Internet, after which the Nantong Zhiyun club urgently announced that it was suspending Xie Hui's duties as head coach.
On August 22, Xie Hui formally announced through microblogging that he decided to resign from the position of head coach of Nantong Zhiyun Football Club. For the future planning, he said he will go to Germany to further study and accumulate experience.
Meanwhile, media personality Li Xuan revealed that Cao Rui is expected to become the new head coach of Nantong Zhiyun soon. Li Xuan mentioned in the report, "Coach Xie Hui publicly announced his resignation today, and I think the Nantong club may already have a new manager to take over. As far as I know, the club has already had in-depth communication with Coach Cao Rui before, and he is expected to take over the team soon."
Cao Rui, 40, played for Jiangsu Suntian as a central midfielder during his playing days, making a total of 41 appearances in the Chinese Super League.He has been part of the Jiangsu coaching staff since 2014.
