V.League may change foreign players; Because of Cong Phuong, HCMC Club 'takes advantage' to do business

Football teams secretly rejoice when V.League can change foreign players

On February 15, 2020, Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF) issued a Notice amending the Regulations of the 2020 LS National Championship, changing the pre-season and mid-season registration time. Accordingly, teams participating in the V.League will have more time to change their roster before the new season.

Although the match schedule has changed, the Vietnam Football Federation and VPF affirmed that the national team's training plan to compete in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Asia will still be ensured in full and on time.

The deadline for registration and competition documents of clubs will be moved to 5:00 p.m. on February 22 instead of February 8 as originally scheduled. In addition, teams are allowed to replace or add up to 3 foreign players, no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 4.

Because of Cong Phuong, Ho Chi Minh City Club "took advantage" to... do business

Ho Chi Minh City Club shocked everyone when it announced the ticket price to watch Cong Phuong and Bui Tien Dung play at Thong Nhat Stadium with the highest price in V-League 2020.

The most successful team, Hanoi FC in the 2019 season, also only sells tickets for the same price of 50,000 VND (A2, A3, A4), or has many beloved stars like HAGL this season, announcing season tickets for only 1 million VND for the VIP area.

More specifically, to own the best ticket in stand A1, fans of Ho Chi Minh City FC must spend 150,000 VND. Stands A2, A3 or B, C, D have face values ​​of 100,000, 70,000 and 50,000 VND respectively.

Hong Linh Ha Tinh cannot touch Nguyen Manh and Khac Ngoc because the price is too high.

Recently, coach Pham Minh Duc of Hong Linh Ha Tinh revealed that this team could not recruit goalkeeper Tran Nguyen Manh and midfielder Ho Khac Ngoc despite asking for their services when the contracts of these two players with SLNA expired.

According to Mr. Duc, Hong Linh Ha Tinh only has about 10 billion VND for transfers, so the coaching board prioritizes finding players with average quality and experience in V.League.

“The financial issue is the reason why Hong Linh Ha Tinh cannot get the signatures of midfielder Khac Ngoc or goalkeeper Tran Nguyen Manh after the two players’ contracts with SLNA expired. Hong Linh Ha Tinh approached this duo but the transfer fee and signing bonus were too high, forcing the team’s management to withdraw,” coach Pham Minh Duc shared with the media.

Chelsea lost their third consecutive match against MU after being rejected by VAR twice.

Thanks to two goals from Anthony Martial and Harry Maguire, MU defeated Chelsea with a score of 2-0. Notably, the home team had two attempts on goalkeeper De Gea but were both denied by VAR.

Maguire scores the winning goal for MU in a 2-0 victory over Chelsea

MU won 2-0 against Chelsea. This is MU's 3rd consecutive victory against Chelsea in the 2019/20 season (2 in the Premier League and 1 in the FA Cup).

Currently, MU is ranked 7th in the Premier League with 38 points and continues to hope in the race for a ticket to the 2020/21 Champions League when the gap between them and Chelsea in 4th place is only 3 points.

Guardiola: 'I will stay even if Man City is relegated to 4th place'

Coach Pep Guardiola has boldly declared that he will not leave Man City, despite the team being at risk of being demoted to League Two by the English Football Association (FA).

Faced with this dark prospect, many opinions say that coach Guardiola and a series of stars such as Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne or Raheem Sterling will find a way to escape from the team.

After Pep's statements, Man City's training session to prepare for the match against West Ham in the Premier League on February 20 took place in an optimistic atmosphere.

Currently, Pep still has a contract with Man City until 2021.