Many teams have made significant changes to their squad after the end of V.League 2020. In the list of foreign players, transferring in the style of "old man, new man" is an inevitable trend. The COVID-19 epidemic has made teams not dare to take risks, spending large sums of money to try new faces in Vietnamese football.
Mr. Nguyen Minh Chau - a long-time player broker at V.League shared that the cost of sending a player from abroad to Vietnam for a trial, 14-day quarantine, food and beverage... is estimated at 10,000 USD/person (more than 230 million VND). This is a fairly large number, so not every team is " Lucid" or looking for new foreign players.
Therefore, after the end of V.League 2020, many teams recruited foreign players who were old faces. Nam Dinh signed a contract with Filipe Martins, after this striker parted ways with Song Lam Nghe An. Da Nang signed with Rafaelson and Gustavo, two former foreign players of Nam Dinh and Binh Duong. Hanoi parted ways with Omar and quickly convinced the former Saigon midfielder Geovane to join the army.
At this time, attention is focusing on changing coaches in some of the top teams in V.League. Ho Chi Minh City has parted ways with Mr. Chung Hae-seong after 2 seasons of association. The team is actively hunting for a coach to sit in the hot seat. Through a Thai broker, the team wanted to bring in a Thai coach to take charge.
However, to date, the identity of the new captain for the team is still unknown. Candidate choketawee Promrut denied having any contact with Ho Chi Minh City. Other famous Thai players such as Kiatisak, Dusit or Tawan Sripan are either calm or not interested in returning to V.League.
Mr. Duc's Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) will also almost have a change of general. The coach duo Nguyen Van Dan - Duong Minh Ninh did not leave much of an impression when they only helped HAGL have 2 wins and 6 losses at the end of last season.
Former Kiatisak and Mr. Phan Thanh Hung - coach of Than Quang Ninh are the two most promising candidates to sit in the hot seat at Pleiku Stadium. Fans are really hoping that the team will have a big strategist, exploiting the full potential of stars Tuan Anh, Xuan Truong... to turn HAGL into a doi tuong in the race for the championship instead of "playing for fun".
Changes on the coaching bench in teams with great strength and appeal to the media, including Hanoi, will certainly attract great attention, no different from real blockbuster contracts.
