Determined to return
Hanoi FC ended the first leg of V.League 2024-2025 with a position in the top 5. In the immediate future, the tournament still has 13 return matches, the capital team still has a chance to narrow the gap and take the lead in the final race.
In the context of competitors such as Nam Dinh, Hanoi Police, Thanh Hoa being unstable in form, Hanoi FC has the right to believe in a comeback to win the V.League championship this year.
The board also assessed this as a golden time that the team needs to take advantage of. Because in the next season, it is very likely that V.League will welcome another ambitious club, Ninh Binh or Binh Phuoc. At that time, competing for the championship is even more intense.
Most recently, Hanoi FC has just signed a contract with a sponsor. Thanks to that, their investment budget for the force increased by 18 billion VND.
Chairman Do Vinh Quang shared: "This sponsorship not only helps Hanoi FC have more resources in training and developing players, but also motivates us to continue to aim for higher achievements, giving quality and emotional matches to fans".
Hanoi FC's determination to win the 2024-2025 V.League after 2 years of empty hands was also demonstrated in 2 other deals.
Accordingly, Hanoi has successfully invited famous coach Makoto Teguramori to lead the team. This strategist helped U23 Japan win the 2016 U23 Asian Cup, and was assistant coach of the Japanese team at the 2016 World Cup. In addition, he also has experience working in Southeast Asia, leading many famous clubs in Thailand.
Based on the certain success from the results and playing style of predecessor Daiki Iwamasa, Hanoi FC hopes to regain stability in the head coach position, like the golden period of Mr. Phan Thanh Hung or Chu Dinh Nghiem before.
Still has potential risks
The second deal that Hanoi FC is about to complete is to keep "veteran" Nguyen Van Quyet for 3 more seasons. It is known that the 34-year-old striker can receive up to 18 billion VND in signings.
They want to continue to have the service of classy striker Van Quyet. In the past 2-3 seasons, although he has passed the age of 30, he has been the leader in Hanoi FC's playing style. Most recently, the player born in 1991 also became the Vietnamese striker who scored the most goals in the V.League.
However, Hanoi FC's investment deals still have potential risks in operation. No one can guarantee that Mr. Makoto Teguramori will bring immediate success to Hanoi FC. The story of Mr. Bozidar Bandovic - a good coach from the Thai League to lead the capital team but was unsuccessful - is a typical example.
Mr. Teguramori himself also highly appreciated the safety of this cooperation deal when he has only signed a contract with Hanoi FC until the end of the 2024-2025 season.
In addition, paying a penalty of about 18 billion VND to Van Quyet also made fans worried. It is difficult to expect the former Vietnamese player to shine continuously for Hanoi FC when he is over 34 years old. With the above amount of money, Hanoi FC can completely choose a safer option.
However, with what Van Quyet has done and his dedication to the purple shirt, Hanoi FC has the right to put its trust in this man.
