The senior management decided to invite the veteran with outstanding achievements back.
Evergrande won the AFC Champions League twice in three years. Shandong Luneng, who was thought to be able to wrestle with Evergrande at first, surprised the outside world and finally made great efforts to qualify for the AFC Champions League. This season, Luneng only won the qualification to play the AFC Champions League play-off with the third place in the league. It is after realizing that Luneng can no longer muddle along like this that the old club of Luneng issued a signal of reform at the end of this season, which is embodied in its determination to invite back the meritorious old players who came out of Luneng and let these real professional players take the stage.
Li, the former flag of Shandong football and the old captain of Luneng, is the first person appointed by the top management of Shandong Electric Power and even the State Grid. Why did you choose Li first? First, because when he was a player, he was famous for his big brains, high emotional intelligence, wide connections and high prestige in the circle; Second, in the position of general manager of Yongchang this season, Li is really like a duck to water. It can be said that he has completed a gorgeous turn from a football practitioner to a club manager.
It is understood that when the leader of his old club communicated with Li, he was also hesitant. After all, shijiazhuang yongchang gave him full trust this season and provided a stage for his big fist. The giants Luneng and Yongchang are different and have complicated internal relations. Everyone has his own career. How much power was given to Li after he came back? If you just come back as a club manager, you might as well not come back. There are still many aspects to consider, and Li's communication with the top management of the power company can be described as a lot of trouble. Finally, after nearly a month of communication and consultation, Li made up his mind to bid farewell to Yongchang and return to Luneng as the vice chairman of Luneng Club, holding real power.
Li led Luneng to bid farewell to yesterday.
It is understood that the condition for Li's invitation to return to China at that time was to exercise the power of the general manager. However, due to the state-owned enterprise background of Luneng's old club, his title was finally the vice president of the club. Also because Li is not from Luneng system, he belongs to the professional manager of the appointment system.
Last season in Yongchang, Li was a professional manager. This time Luneng also returned to Luneng in this role, indicating that Luneng should be completely different from the past state-owned enterprise management club model. "As the general manager of the club, we will never do anything beyond our authority, that is, fully support the work of the head coach, really do our own work and do our best." When talking to Li about the success of Yongchang last month, he said with emotion that "the club is for the team". It is conceivable that Li will also bring this kind of management to Luneng after his return, so that Luneng Club can really move closer to professional clubs.
It is understood that Li will enter the role immediately after signing with Luneng. As Luneng team will concentrate on 65438 on February 8, Li will personally ask about the decisions of the team coach and domestic and foreign aid. At the same time, the reporter learned that the members of the China coaching staff are also brewing changes. Former Luneng players who have performed well in other teams' coaching positions are the club's first choice. Li's return means Luneng has to change his lifestyle.