Chairman Jung Hae-sung, who endured 'repeated failures', suddenly expressed his resignation…Finalizing and Responsible for Director Appointment 'Mysterious'
Chairman Jung Hae-sung, who endured 'repeated failures', suddenly expressed his resignation…Finalizing and Responsible for Director Appointment 'Mysterious'
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Chairman Jung Hae-sung (66), who led the Korea Football Association (KFA) national power reinforcement committee and led the appointment of the national team's head coach, suddenly expressed his resignation. Not only the final work on the appointment of a new national team coach, which was known to have reached the end, but also the responsibility for the appointment of a new coach, who was nominated under Chairman Chung's system, has all fallen into mystery.
According to the soccer community on the 28th, Chairman Chung visited the soccer hall in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the same day and verbally expressed his intention to step down as chairman of the power reinforcement committee to KFA officials. While the KFA is reportedly dissuading the company, if the resignation is accepted, Chairman Chung will step down as chairman of the committee about four months after he was appointed as the new chairman of the power reinforcement committee in February.
Chairman Jung Hae-sung, who has maintained his position despite "repeated failures," suddenly expressed his resignation at a time when even the final candidate was selected in connection with the appointment of a new coach. Amid speculation that the conflict caused by disagreements between Chairman Chung and senior KFA officials eventually led to his resignation, some point out that the timing of expressing his resignation itself was irresponsible.
In fact, the power reinforcement committee under Chairman Chung has failed repeatedly over the past four months. Since its inauguration in February right after Jurgen Klinsmann's replacement, incumbent K-League coaches have been included in the list of candidates based on the "official appointment of coaches in March," and faced strong criticism, the committee has shifted the standard rapidly to appoint interim coaches in March.
At that time, Hwang Seon-hong, then head coach of the Olympic team, was chosen to serve as the head coach of the A team. As there was a month before the final qualifying round for the Olympics, there were loud concerns over his inability to concentrate on the Olympic team. At the time, Chairman Chung Hae-sung also said, "If I don't perform well, I will take responsibility." 스포츠토토
As a result, the Olympic team, led by Hwang Sun-hong, was eliminated from the final Olympic qualifying round, and Korean soccer was banned from playing on the Olympic stage for the first time in 40 years. Naturally, attention was paid to the responsible move of Chairman Jung Hae-sung, who gave Hwang the temporary baton of the A team, but Chairman Chung continued to work on appointing the A team coach without even making any official position.
Even the official appointment of the A team coach, which he had promised would be appointed in May at the latest, turned into a "failure." Candidates such as Jesse Marsi and Jesus Casas were mentioned, but negotiations have repeatedly failed. Eventually, the power enhancement committee under the leadership of Chairman Chung Hae-sung failed to appoint an official coach in June, leaving Kim Do-hoon as coach again. Following March, a skit took place in June in which the A team was run under the leadership of an "interim coach" system.
Critics continued to criticize that the justification for maintaining the power enhancement committee under Chung's leadership has disappeared. Chung was able to continue leading the power enhancement committee despite the Olympic debacle because the process of appointing a coach for the A team was "in progress." However, even the appointment of a coach failed in June, and as a result, the team decided to review the appointment from the ground up. There was no reason to maintain the power enhancement committee under Chung.
However, the situation was the same at the time. Chairman Chung did not step down at the end, and started work on appointing a new coach from the ground up without any change in the composition of the power reinforcement committee. However, some critics say that the new nominees fell far short of fans' expectations, and that there is a strong possibility for a new coach in Korea. As the European season is over, the number of foreign coaches will widen, leading to more options.
As the news spread that the final candidates for the new coach have been selected through meetings of the power reinforcement committee, it seemed that the process to select the new coach has come to an end. Meanwhile, news has been reported that Chairman Chung, who had been leading the process of selecting the coach, abruptly offered to resign. The ongoing process to appoint a coach for the A team has also fallen into the fog.