Song Lam Nghe An decided to loan young star Ho Van Cuong

Concerns about loaning young players

The end of the 2023 season saw a series of key players of Song Lam Nghe An say goodbye to their hometown team. Among them, the most regrettable are still Que Ngoc Hai and Xuan Manh. Explaining this series of departures, Song Lam Nghe An said that the club is thoroughly implementing a strategy to rejuvenate the squad. However, before the new 2023 - 2024 season, Song Lam Nghe An continued to make a very confusing decision when they agreed to let young star Ho Van Cuong, only 20 years old, go to another potential club on loan. This will greatly affect the playing style of Song Lam Nghe An (the team with the least experienced players in V.League) when entering V.League 2023 - 2024.

Song Lam Nghe An letting Ho Van Cuong leave will certainly cause strong opposition from many Nghe An fans. Because every year, Nghe An province has to spend nearly 30 billion VND in budget for Sports Joint Stock Company.Lam River Nghe Anto train professional football players. If these players have full capacity, ethics, and responsibility, they must serve Song Lam Nghe An (the only professional football team in Nghe An province) until they are 25 years old. However, Ho Van Cuong, only 20 years old, is a young star of Vietnamese football, but was soon transferred by Vinh Stadium to play at another club.

It is not yet clear how Song Lam Nghe An has benefited from this, but it can be seen that the transfer of Ho Van Cuong is contrary to the meaning, purpose and direction of Nghe An province for its football team.

Selling "green rice" creates a bad precedent

Ho Van Cuong became a player of Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center in 2019. Under the guidance of Nghe An coaches, Van Cuong quickly proved his ability and gained a solid position at the youth levels of Nghe An football team. In 2021, when he was only 18 years old, Ho Van Cuong was selected by the Song Lam Nghe An Coaching Board to compete in the National U21 tournament and contributed to winning the Silver Medal with his seniors.

After that impressive performance, Van Cuong was named in the list of Song Lam Nghe An's first team to participate in V.League 2022. Right in the first season, the player born in 2003 quickly won the main position at the club in the role of right-back.

2023 marked the impressive performance of the player from Hoang Mai when he always created trust in the eyes of coaches Hoang Anh Tuan (U20 Vietnam) and Troussier (U23 Vietnam). Currently, Ho Van Cuong is participating in the 2024 U23 Asian qualifiers with U23 Vietnam. With his brilliant performance, this young player is a reliable tactical "card" of coach Troussier. In the match against U23 Guam, the defender born in 2003 contributed 1 goal for the yellow star team.

It can be said that after Phan Van Duc and Pham Xuan Manh, Ho Van Cuong and Dinh Xuan Tien are the two most worth-watching players in Nghe An football. Ho Van Cuong's departure will create a bad and alarming precedent in Song Lam Nghe An. That makes many fans wonder whether the main sponsor of Song Lam Nghe An accepts to give away "green rice" as long as it achieves economic benefits and does not care much about the achievements of the Vinh Stadium team? In addition, when Van Cuong plays for a team with stronger economic potential and strength, it will create a bad mentality for many other talented players at Song Lam Nghe An.

It must be affirmed that Song Lam Nghe An is a club with a rich tradition, once the pride of the people of Nghe An, built and nurtured by many generations of passion for the province's football. If Song Lam Nghe An continues to show its current image, it will cause sorrow for many fans who love this team./.