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Cannavaro to replace Lippi

Source: AFP | November 4, 2014, Tuesday | Print Edition

ITALY’S World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro was being hotly tipped yesterday to replace his former national coach Marcello Lippi as boss of Guangzhou Evergrande after the 66-year-old announced he was stepping aside.

Guangzhou clinched its fourth successive Chinese Super League title on Sunday. “It is my last match as a head coach for the club,” said Lippi, who led the Guangdong club to AFC Champions League glory in 2013. “I will be 67 years old in the near future, and I do not want to be the head coach any more.”

Lippi will become the team’s chief technical officer. Cannavaro, his talismanic captain during the Azzurris’ fourth World Cup victory, will be unveiled as Guangzhou’s new coach next week, Chinese media reported.

“It is understood that, if all goes smoothly, Cannavaro will arrive in Guangzhou next week when the club will hold a press conference to formally unveil the new coach to the outside world,” the sports.163.com website said.

Meanwhile, the U Sports news portal said Liu Zhuo, vice president of Evergrande Real Estate Group, which owns the football club, had confirmed Cannavaro’s appointment.

The former center-back is currently being investigated by authorities in his home city of Naples on suspicion of illegally sidestepping one million euros (US$1.27 million) in tax.

The 41-year-old had a glittering career at Parma, Juventus and Real Madrid and won the world player of the year award in 2006. He is currently on the coaching staff at Al-Ahli in the UAE.

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