Nguyen Manh and the 'chaotic' goalkeeper transfers in V.League 2020

Clean foreign goalkeeper

Currently, V.League does not have many good goalkeepers, SLNA does not have enough money to keep Nguyen Manh, but luckily they have Van Hoang (Saigon FC). Viettel Club has been "watching" this national goalkeeper in the conquest of the V.League championship even before the season ends.

By rationalizing his family, the Nghe An boy has helped Quang Truong reduce his anxiety in the position considered the most important of the Nghe An team. Van Hoang quickly integrated and took the main position of SLNA, which has not had a promising goalkeeper for a long time in the V.League.

After S.Khanh Hoa was relegated, goalkeeper Tuan Manh was the name that HAGL, B.Binh Duong and Nam Dinh invited. In the end, the captain remained loyal to his hometown team, forcing Nam Dinh to continue to stick with Xuan Viet, who is 37 years old. Meanwhile, HAGL had to invite goalkeeper Buu Ngoc (Pho Hien), from Dong Thap, to guard the goal. Last year, goalkeeper Wieger Sietsma had to leave Vietnam 3 rounds before the end of the season due to disagreements with coach Lee. There was no one in their squad that was trustworthy enough.

Goalkeeper Nguyen Manh is a valuable contract of Viettel. Photo Viettel.

Between the two goalkeepers Duc Cuong and Tan Truong, Nghe An goalkeeper Duc Cuong is considered to have a lower professional ability. But in the end, B.Binh Duong sent Tan Truong away and put their trust in SLNA goalkeeper Duc Cuong. Simply put, Tan Truong has caused headaches for the coaching staff and fans of the land of Thu many times because of his unexplainable "unlucky" goals.

Thanh Hoa had a time when they had 3 goalkeepers for the U23 and national teams, but after many ups and downs, Mr. De currently has no reliable goalkeeper. In the 2019 V.League season, they had the worst defense, so Mr. De invited Thanh Diep (HCMC) - who had to leave to make room for Bui Tien Dung. Before that, Mr. De said goodbye to "veteran" To Vinh Loi and let goalkeeper Vu Tuyen Quang return to Binh Dinh with coach Duc Thang, the former coach of the Thanh team.

Expensive contract

The most noisy one is that of CLB.TPHCM with goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung. Not long after returning from SEA Games 30, the goalkeeper from Thanh Hoa has completed a contract worth 8 billion VND, with a term of 3 years with the current V.League runner-up - CLB TP.HCM.

After the mistakes at the U23 Asian Cup, this goalkeeper still has to try very hard to compete with his senior Thanh Thang in the eyes of coach Chung Hae-seong. Certainly not a high salary or expensive transfer fee to get a position in football teams, the "national goalkeeper" is in a situation of being scrutinized.

“National goalkeeper” Bui Tien Dung will have to make a lot of effort in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Club.

When Van Toan competed successfully at SEA Games 30, goalkeeper Phan Dinh Vu HaiSatisfiedmoved to play for the Mining team on loan. Hai Phong's decision to loan Phan Dinh Vu Hai as well as the foreign duo Diego Fagan - Jeremie Lynch to Than Quang Ninh Club was a surprising decision. Even more surprising was that Hai Phong brought Minh Nhut, who is playing for XSKT Can Tho, in the first division, to be a backup for Van Toan.

Of course, because of that, Than Quang Ninh's reserve goalkeeper Hoai Anh had no choice but to find the new recruit Hong Linh Ha Tinh. Because if he stayed in Quang Ninh, he would only be ranked number 3, which no one wanted. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Tung Lam of the team on the south bank of Lam River went to Thong Nhat Stadium to find the number 2 reserve position for Saigon FC.

This season, Saigon FC has two goalkeepers Tong Duc An and Pham Van Phong who are very good, so coach Hoang Van Phuc is using "rotation" regardless of who is the main goalkeeper. Currently, there are only a few V.League teams where the reserve and official positions do not have a significant gap.

Meanwhile, coach Le Huynh Duc also said goodbye to goalkeeper Le Van Hung (XSKT Can Tho) in the team's revival. Meanwhile, Quang Nam showed that they do not need Minh Hoang, ready to let this goalkeeper go to Quy Nhon to join the team.

With many new, quality foreign players coming to V.League 2020, the teams are very interested in the goalkeeper position. But it is true that apart from Van Cong (Hanoi), Thanh Thang (HCMC), Tuan Linh (Quang Ninh), Nguyen Manh (Viettel)... there have not been many outstanding faces.