On January 10th in Beijing time, a heavy news came - the head coach of Guoan team Bilic announced to step down. In the interview, Bilic revealed his gratitude to Guoan. Looking back at this season's four major failures, Guoan team is about to usher in the spring of reconstruction. And the new managerial candidate is foreign or local, this suspense or will soon be revealed, soccer newspaper also on the situation of Guoan in-depth analysis.
Chinese Super League teams are generally facing financial difficulties this season, and Guoan is not immune to this. During the season, rumors of unpaid wages abounded. However, under heavy pressure, Guoan's players remained resilient. At the end of the season, Li Ming communicated with Bilic and was deeply impressed by the difficulty of the season. Li Ming said frankly: "He was aiming to win the championship, but in the end suffered many unfavorable factors. It was not easy to finish the season in fifth place."
As the season comes to an end, Bilic's departure makes it necessary for Guoan to look into the future and make early preparations for the new season. In particular, the team's head coach has not yet been decided, and the blueprint for next season's team building needs to be outlined by a new coach. Whether Guoan will continue to hire foreign coaches or local coaches to take charge of the coaching whip is still undecided, but the answer may soon be revealed, because time waits for no one.
Soccer Daily conducted an in-depth analysis of Guoan's current situation, pointing out that if Guoan chooses a foreign coach, it needs to act as soon as possible, complete the signing and apply for a visa as soon as possible. After all, foreign coaches still need to experience isolation after coming to China. If the new season continues to use the match system, the foreign coach may still feel uncomfortable, and even the situation of leaving after the end of the season.
The report also mentioned that as the league returns to rationality, Guoan should also take a pragmatic route. Local coaches may not be a wise choice. This season, Shandong Taishan under the leadership of Hao Wei won the double, Changchun Yatai under the leadership of Chen Yang is to break into the Asian Championship, local coaches once again become the trend of the Chinese Super League. Soccer newspaper finally emphasized, in the old and new stage of Guoan, choose a familiar players, dare to use the young players of the local coach, in fact, in line with the future development needs of Guoan. (DD)
