Evgeniy Lovchev, former football player of Spartak Moscow and the USSR national team telegram channel He expressed the opinion that it would be difficult for coach Leonid Slutsky to work in China.
“China is an unusual market, football. If our coaches work less than two seasons on average, I think things are even more difficult there.
It will be very difficult for Slutsky. It’s even difficult to evaluate this business trip – whether it will work or not, because everything is completely unpredictable. One thing is for sure, no one will over-appreciate or expect the coach to realize his creative ideas. If there is no result, they will find the next one,” Lovchev wrote.
On December 19, journalist Ivan Karpov reported that Leonid Slutsky will head the Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua. According to the information obtained, Oleg Yarovinsky and Vasily Berezutsky will go to the Chinese Super League together with the 52-year-old specialist. They will fly to China before the end of December to take over the cases.
Slutsky’s last place of employment was Rubin Kazan, which he left on November 15, 2022. Since then, he has not been involved in coaching, but actively participates in various comedy programs and comments on matches.
The specialist also worked in Moscow, CSKA, Samara Krylya Sovetov, Hull City and Vitesse. With the army team, he became a three-time national champion, twice won the Russian Cup and the Super Cup.
From 2015 to 2016 he combined work for CSKA and the Russian national team. Under his leadership, the national team qualified for the 2016 European Championship but failed to qualify from the group.
Previously Lovchev explainedWhy doesn’t Slutsky want to work in Russia?