Huang Shanhong focuses on the National Olympics! South Korea's top priority in selecting a handsome man is Renard!
After the South Korean team won the away game against Thailand, they took the initiative to qualify from the group. Interim head coach Huang Shanhong has returned to his regular job and has begun preparations to lead the Korean Olympic team to participate in the U23 Asian Cup starting on April 15. The Korean Football Association's first priority is to select an official head coach before the international break in June. Korean media believe that the most likely candidate to become the new coach is French women's football coach Renard, who has won the African Cup twice.
According to Naver, the Korean Football Association has received the resumes of more than 20 foreign coaches, and there are even rumors that Mourinho, who is currently unemployed, is among them. However, Mourinho is only willing to coach in Europe, and the Korean Football Association cannot pay him such a high salary. Renard is currently coaching the French women's football team until the end of the Paris Olympics in August. In addition, the Moroccan Football Association has contacted Henach in advance, hoping that he can coach the Moroccan men's football team after the Olympics.
The Korean Football Association plans to start discussing the candidate for a new head coach this week, and the Strength Enhancement Committee will hold a meeting on April 2 to initially screen out 4 to 5 candidates. Although the Korean Football Association has received many self-recommendation letters from foreign coaches, the salary budget of the Korean Football Association will be very tight due to the compensation fee for the dismissal of coach Klinsmann reaching 10 billion won (approximately US$7.4 million). Some members of the Strengthening Committee believe that if Huang Shanhong can lead the Korean Olympic team to obtain tickets for the Paris Olympics, he should be able to get a long-term contract with the Korean adult national team. However, Huang Shanhong has made it clear that he will continue to focus on the Korean Olympic team and will not consider work in the national team.
The Chinese team's new head coach Ivankovic is no stranger to the Korean team. He led the Iranian team to defeat the host South Korean team in the 2002 Busan Asian Games. In that game, the head coach of the South Korean team was Park Hang-seo, who led the Vietnamese team to defeat the Chinese team in 2022. Lee Young-jin, Park Hang-seo's assistant coach when he was in the Vietnam team, is now the assistant coach of the South Korean team. When the South Korean team plays the Chinese team in June, they will face the national football team again.
