On May 24, Shenzhen Football Club assembled at their base to prepare for the second phase of the Chinese Super League. However, team manager Jordi Cruyff did not accompany the team, and he chose to fly to Spain during the break to negotiate the matter of joining Barcelona. At present, it seems that Cruyff will bid farewell to SZF, and his successor Carlos Granero will be in full charge of the team's training and games. In other words, Carlos may not only be the acting head coach of SZF.
Spanish media broke the news last week that Cruyff Jr. had arrived in Barcelona and met with President Laporta. When Laporta ran for the presidency, he promised to hire Cruyff as sports director, which is also Cruyff's personal pursuit. In August last year, Cruyff signed a contract with SZF with a clear "jump out clause": once Barcelona extends the olive branch, Cruyff will be able to terminate the contract with SZF, and if he serves as the sports director, he does not even need to pay any compensation to SZF.
Before departing for Spain, Cruyff Jr. was ready to leave the team. For this reason, he personally funded to invite Carlos to become his successor. In the deep football and Shandong team in the 5th round of the game, Carlos has appeared in the deep football coaching seat, at that time he is a member of the small Cruyff coaching team.
Talking about the addition of Carlos to the team, Cruyff Jr. said that Carlos has been able to help him in several ways. Now, with preparations restarting and Cruyff Jr. not returning, Carlos has naturally become the team's acting head coach. This means that until Cruyff Jr. returns to Shenzhen, SZFC's training and matches will be led by Carlos, while Cruyff Jr.'s coaching team will directly assist Carlos.
