Regarding the news that central defender Nguyen Duc Chien parted ways with The Cong Viettel club, this morning (July 2), the army team has made an official announcement.
The Cong Viettel Club informed: "Immediately after Duc Chien returned to the national team, the Board of Directors met and discussed directly. However, Duc Chien announced that he would not sign a contract with the club again.
At the same time, Duc Chien also did not ensure the quality of the next training sessions to prepare for the remaining matches of the season.
In particular, Duc Chien proactively asked the head coach that he was not physically fit enough and did not play the match against Hanoi FC while the team was lacking players.
The desire to win is always in us and only those who want to leave can say otherwise.
Previously, according to many sources, the relationship between the two sides had been tense since Duc Chien refused to extend. He was not in the squad for the last 3 matches of the season, including the semi-finals of the National Cup.
Yesterday (September 1), player Duc Chien also informed that he had spent 3 billion VND to release the contract 2 months ahead of schedule.
"In terms of the club's philosophy, we always focus on training talent, the next generations so as not to be too greatly affected by the market, especially when the value of players is always changing.
For other teams, not just The Cong Viettel, we always have to ask what the true value of the players is. With that value, can we buy better foreign players or will we create conditions for young players to show themselves? To make an important decision, we always consider it a problem that must be carefully considered.
The club has also seen these problems in the past as the players it has trained have become sought-after targets for other teams.
With the support of the Group's leaders, we have also created the best conditions for Duc Chien to stay, even offering an attractive bargaining deal with Duc Chien.
However, the two sides could not find a common voice. The transfer market of Vietnamese football is quite complicated, but we will always pursue our own views and philosophies.
We always believe and hope that professional football will always need a professional way of behaving, informed The Cong Viettel club.
