Suning coach Olaroyu revealed in an interview that there are a total of 5 candidates for the new coach of the national football team, including him and Scolari. Previously, according to the report of " Football News ", the materials of three local coaches Li Xiaopeng , Li Tie and Wang Baoshan have been submitted by the Football Association to the relevant departments.
However, Olaroyu admitted that Suning is unlikely to let him leave to coach the national football team. Scolari arrived in Beijing on the 24th, but left after a brief 30-hour stay in Beijing. According to the Beijing Youth Daily, sources close to Scolari revealed that Scolari is more inclined to take over Guoan is the coach, not the coach of the national football team.
Olaroyu revealed in an interview with Romanian media "adevarul" that he was a candidate for the new coach of the national football team, "I am indeed one of the five candidates, and Scolari is also among them. But I think The emphasis is that it is very difficult for Suning to let me leave.”
reported by Romanian media earlier that the Romanian Football Association intends to let Olaroyu coach the Romanian national team, but Olaroyu stressed that he will not leave China, “I and I Suning still has a contract, I have a good impression of this country, I like Chinese fans, thank them for their love for me, I will not leave China at the moment, if I want to terminate the contract, I need to pay a large amount of liquidated damages to Suning
With Olaroyu voluntarily admitting that he is one of the 5 candidates for the new national football coach, plus previously reported news, Li Xiaopeng, Li Tie and Wang Baoshan participated in the "competition", the candidates for the new national football coach Divided into two camps, namely the two foreign coaches Scolari and Olaroyu who are quite familiar with Chinese football and players, while the local coaches are the three best local coaches participating in the competition.
But so far, the Football Association has not made clear the direction of coach selection, whether to use local coaches or continue to hire foreign coaches. Moreover, with the consistent practice of the Football Association, the candidates for the new coach will not be revealed this year, and the final candidates may be determined early next year.