The Korea Football Association's (KFA) Power Reinforcement Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Power Reinforcement Committee), which ran for four months to elect a new head coach of Korean football, broke down ahead of the final gate. Amid voices that the power reinforcement committee, which led the appointment of the coach, has not gained strength, concerns are mounting that a second former coach Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany) could take place.
Chung Hae-sung, the head of the committee, recently resigned from his position. Despite hardships for four months, the soccer community says it is embarrassing because he quit after a total of 10 meetings to make final candidates for negotiations. Analysts say that he must have been under heavy pressure due to the reality of not being able to bring in a top coach from Korea, which had been a priority, and difficulty in bringing in a foreign leader worthy of a name that the public wants.
The KFA is known to have around 3 billion won (approx. Realistically, the amount is impossible to bring in a foreign head coach of the team.
Some speculate that the final candidates, organized by Chairman Chung Hae-sung and members of the National Power Reinforcement Committee, were not accepted because they did not suit the taste of the high-ranking KFA. This is because Chairman Chung expressed his gratitude after compressing the 16 candidates for the first coach to four and reporting them to Chung Mong-kyu, president of the Korea Football Association.
Just in time, Ulsan HD head coach Hong Myung-bo said on the 30th of last month, "When I look back on my past experience (working as KFA executive director), the fact that Chairman Jung Hae-sung, who is in charge of the heavy duty at this point, has resigned means something has happened," adding, "I don't think anyone from the association would have supported Chairman Jung Hae-sung, and I think he was isolated alone."
Leaving behind Chung's sudden resignation, the KFA appointed Lee Im-saeng, a technical director, as a new head coach. The technical director will go abroad this week to have an interview with the final candidate set up by the KFA.
Concerns remain. The Korea Football Leaders' Association, which was launched last month, said in a statement on the 1st, "We have virtually appointed a coach that Chairman Chung Mong-gyu wants," adding, "The Korea Electric Power Reinforcement Committee recommended another coach among Chairman Chung Mong-gyu's intentions, and Chairman Chung distrusted and burdened not only Chairman Chung Hae-sung but also the Korea Electric Power Reinforcement Committee."
Some say that the final candidate interviewed by Lee Im-saeng, a technical director, is different from the contents submitted by the Korea Power Enhancement Commission. There is an atmosphere of concern that he will recreate the nightmare once again.
The KFA is known to have appointed Klinsmann as a "top-down" method. The committee is designed to prevent such a rule-of-thumb appointment process and to lead rational choices. However, if the committee is again appointed as a coach by pressing on top of the board as public concern, the hardships of the past four months will become useless.
Chances are high that Klinsmann will fail again, just like the former coach. Former coach Klinsmann, whom Chairman Chung Mong-kyu wanted, destroyed Korean soccer over the past year. Everyone clearly saw the result. Klinsmann was only disappointed when his team failed to advance to the semifinals of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, in which the national team was aiming to win the title, and only had a negative impact on Korean soccer for the past year.
As the committee is virtually dismantled ahead of the final minutes, the official procedure is omitted. This is why the soccer community is concerned about a second Clinsman crisis.
The possibility of being at a disadvantage in negotiations with the group of supervisory candidates has increased as well as facing the worst situation. 메이저사이트 Foreign leaders who will sit at the negotiation table can take advantage of the fact that the KFA is under pressure to quickly appoint a director, such as the situation with the Power Enhancement Committee. If the KFA is at the mercy of the candidates, the negotiations could collapse and go back to square one.
Clearly, there have been many unfavorable factors in the appointment of the coach. Still, a "second Clinsman crisis" should be avoided.