Successfully escaped, how is Song Lam Nghe An preparing for V.League 2024/2025?

After the important victory against The Cong - Viettel in the final round of V.League 2023/24, coach Pham Anh Tuan shared that the team will have more careful preparations, especially in terms of foreign players, to look forward to the new season 2024/25. And obviously, when staying in the league early, the Nghe An team will have more time to prepare for specific upcoming plans.

Last season, Song Lam Nghe An failed to borrow foreign player Raphael Success from Hanoi Police Club. Therefore, despite having a squad of talented and ambitious young players, there were times when the Nghe An team could not solve the game and relied heavily on striker Michael Olaha. The Nigerian player contributed many assists and 13 out of 27 goals.

In the 2023/24 season, Song Lam Nghe An Club has an average age of 22.7. A total of 28/29 players have played. Among them are many young players who participated in the V.League for the first time, many times appearing in the official squad such as Phan Ba ​​Quyen, Nguyen Quang Vinh, Le Dinh Long Vu, Bui Thanh Duc... In addition to Michael Olaha, there are 8 domestic players who have scored including: Manh Quynh (3 goals); Xuan Tien, Quang Vinh, Sy Hoang, Xuan Dai (2 goals); Ba Quyen, Van Bach, Van Luong (1 goal).

Immediately after the season ended, Nghe An Football Team returned Raphael Success to Hanoi Police Club and will call back young player Ho Van Cuong. The contract for Hanoi Police Club to borrow Ho Van Cuong ended on June 30, the same day V.League 2023/24 ended. Immediately after the end of the National U21 Tournament, the player born in 2003 will join his teammates at Team 1.

In order to have scientific and thorough preparations for the new 2024/25 season as well as standardize and improve training quality, Song Lam Nghe An will hire an expert from Japan to take on the role of Sports Director.

Song Lam Nghe An currently has a group of quality young players who have had early experience in the V.League, First Division, Second Division and up to 10 names are in the plan of U19 Vietnam. This Sports Director will help the Youth Training Center and Team 1 of Song Lam Nghe An have more fundamental and systematic plans and strategies to improve the quality of selection, training, operation and force building for Team 1.

According to the research, through the cooperation program with Tokyo FC (J.League 1) and Mito Hollyhock (J.League 2), Nghe An team will look for more candidates from foreign players playing in Japan. In addition to striker Michael Olaha, who is already in the plan, Song Lam Nghe An may look for a quality center back and striker to solve the force problem encountered last season.

Coach Pham Anh Tuan and his team had 10 days off and many young players competed in the National U21 Tournament as well as the Southeast Asian U19 Tournament in the U19 Vietnam team. After these tournaments, Song Lam Nghe An may continue to strengthen the young players who have played prominently in the first team.

Names like midfielder Nguyen Trong Tuan, defender Nguyen Mai Hoang, and center back Trinh Hoang Canh… are all good players and were loaned out to gain experience last season. They will have a chance if they perform well in upcoming youth tournaments at the national level and the national youth team.

With such preparations, it is hoped that Song Lam Nghe An will find more quality young players as well as foreign players, meeting the requirements of the coaching staff. From there, overcome weaknesses, gradually improve achievements and rankings in V.League 2024/25 and the following seasons. Worthy of the expectations and trust of Nghe An fans./.