Coach Polking stays in Thailand
According to a source from MetaSports, Polking started a meeting with Football Federation President Somyot Poompanmoung at 2pm. Here, the German-Brazilian military leader shared about the possibility of returning to the V-League and his desire to liquidate the contract. However, after about two and a half hours of discussion, he was persuaded by Chairman Somyot to stay to complete the contract until the end of 2023. Currently, it is unclear whether the 47-year-old military leader will be able to extend the contract. contract to lead Thailand to the 2023 Asian Cup finals - taking place in early 2024.
Previously, Coach Polking received the attention of the Hanoi Police Club. He himself was excited about the prospect of returning to the V-League, so he expressed his desire to sign a three-year long-term contract and bring two assistants to Vietnam. Polking even raised the issue of "signature", but the leader of the CAHN club confirmed that he would only negotiate after he had solved the problem in the Thai team.
With Polking's decision, matters concerning CAHN's coaching staff continued to be obscure. Today, they liquidated the contracts with assistant coaches Hua Hien Vinh, Le Phuoc Tu, Tran Hung Cuong and an analyst. The title of head coach still belongs to Paulo Foiani. However, in the last match - beating Nam Dinh 4-0 in the 7th round of the V-League 2023, Mr. Foiani was absent for "health reasons".
As a rookie, but CAHN has high expectations after recruiting many quality players such as Doan Van Hau, Phan Van Duc, Ho Tan Tai, Vu Van Thanh... However, after seven rounds, the team has not yet formed. play style, ranked 5th with 11 points.
Polking used to work in the V-League, when he led Ho Chi Minh City in 2021. Before the tournament was canceled because of Covid-19, the Thong Nhat Stadium team faced the risk of relegation, so the two sides agreed to part before the time. term.
He was then invited to be Thailand's head coach on a four-month contract, replacing his predecessor, Akira Nishino, who was recently fired. After defeating Vietnam in the semi-finals and then defeating Indonesia in the final to win the AFF Cup 2020, he was granted a contract extension. At the 31st SEA Games in May 2022, Polking brought Thailand U23 to the final but lost to host Vietnam. After that, he and the Thai team "collected debt", by overcoming Vietnam in the final to defend the AFF Cup 2022 championship.
