China 'turns' Lippi into the highest paid coach in the world
Mr. Marcello Lippi became the highest paid national team coach in the world when he accepted to lead the Chinese team.
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| Coach Lippi (left) at the press conference. Photo: Internet. |
The Chinese Football Association has just officially announced that Italian coach Marcello Lippi will lead the national team to replace Mr. Gao Hongbo, who just resigned due to poor performance in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
Mr. Lippi signed a 3-year contract with the Chinese team, with a salary of nearly 18 million pounds/year and became the highest-paid national team coach in the world today.
With such a high salary, of course his responsibility will be extremely heavy. The immediate task of this 68-year-old strategist is to help China win a ticket to the 2018 World Cup, a campaign in which they have only 1 point after 4 qualifying matches.
In addition, Mr. Lippi also has the task of helping Chinese football improve its position in the international arena.
Coach Lippi is remembered by fans for winning the 2006 World Cup with the Italian team. He also led clubs such as Pontedera, Siena, Pistoiese, Carrarese, Cesena, Lucchese, Atalanta, Napoli, Juventus (twice), Inter... and won many titles.
He is also quite knowledgeable about Chinese football as he spent time leading Guangzhou Evergrande, helping the team win the National Championship for 3 consecutive years and become runner-up in the AFC Champions League.
According to Bongda
