On August 18, 2021, a piece of news quickly fermented in the soccer circle. Nantong Zhiyun Football Club officially announced that the team's head coach, Xie Hui, had been suspended with immediate effect due to a drunken outburst at a private party.
Xie Hui himself responded to the incident, claiming that he was accidentally filmed after drinking too much at a friend's party, and that some of his drunken remarks were maliciously edited and disseminated on the Internet, seriously damaging his personal reputation. He emphasized his abhorrence of such behavior and said he would reserve the right to take legal action. At the same time, he also expressed his sincere apologies to the clubs mentioned in his remarks, including Chengdu Rongcheng, Shanghai Shenhua, Shanghai SIPG and Nantong Zhiyun.
In a video, Xie Hui bluntly mentioned at the drinking table, "Rich clubs, such as Shenhua and Shanghai Hong Kong, invest up to tens of billions of dollars. Our Nantong Zhiyun can get the fifth place in the Central League with an investment of 10 million dollars. I just want everyone to wake up and don't mess around. If Shanghai Harbor won the championship, I knew when I was at Shanghai Harbor that they spent 12 billion."
