Sven-Göran Eriksson rumored to be Guangzhou R&F’s next manager; GM says not a done deal

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   Donald Ross

   03/06/2013 at 16:07

   Saw this report on Sina earlier, I wonder who got the story first?

   Like Lee Jang Soo and Arnold of the Central Coast Mariners, Sven has previously denied he was in talks but if he has really resigned from Al Nasr then he could well be coming to Guangzhou. I’d still much rather get Lee Jang Soo but at least, if this is true, a decision is imminent.

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     bcheng

     03/06/2013 at 17:41

     It does look suspicious that Sven just resigned, but then again, the day before he resigned, the club’s board fired their manager, Walter Zenga, so things in Dubai were a little chaotic anyways.

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   Yiddo Huayi

   03/06/2013 at 16:37

   Putting aside Lippi who has so many resources behind him, is this obsession with foreign managers really justified?

   In an earlier post I tongue-in-cheek suggested that Lee Jang Soo was a successful local who seemed to be overlooked, but really – he virtually is local given his experience in the CSL.

   Other than Gao Hongbo are there any other Chinese/Asian coaches in CSL or China One?

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     bcheng

     03/06/2013 at 17:26

     Zhu Jiong (Shenxin) and Ma Lin (Liaoning) are still going strong, flying the flag for Chinese managers. Other than those two & Gao, with Li Ming, Dalian’s caretaker manager, replaced by a foreigner today, the only remaining manager is Guizhou’s Gong Lei, who is also a “caretaker”. It is somewhat unfortunate because the season started off with two more non-caretaker managers, but both resigned. Of course there are also 2 Asian managers, Chang Woe Ryong is going strong at Qingdao, and Takeshi Okada is doing alright in Hangzhou.

     The China League is much better, something like 10 or 11 of 16 are Chinese, plus there is one Korean.

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       Yiddo Huayi

       03/06/2013 at 17:45

       Thanks bcheng. I suppose if you have the RMB you may as well throw it at whatever takes your fancy.

       And I suppose that foreign coaches may introduce different concepts and methods that may benefit Chinese football. But I don’t think they will hang around for more than a few seasons and so wonder how long-lasting those benefits might be.

       Anyway, good luck to SGE if he takes up the job with Fuli.

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