Related News
Shenhua ends deal with Manzano
Print Edition
GREGORIO Manzano is parting company with Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, the club said yesterday, despite taking it to a fourth-place finish in this year’s Chinese Super League.
The CSL has a reputation for a quick turnaround of managers. Manzano is the second coach in just a week to take his leave of a Shanghai team, hot on the heels of former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson’s departure from Shanghai SIPG last Friday. The Swede was replaced by former Tottenham and Chelsea boss Andre-Villas Boas of Portugal.
The decision was made “due to considerations about the team’s future strategic development and in order to achieve its objectives for the new season, while also taking into account the differences in football principles between East and West”, Shenhua said on a verified social media account.
It expressed its “heartfelt thanks” for how the coach had raised the team’s technical and strategic skill levels, stating: “We wish Mr Manzano and his coaching staff every success in their future work and life.”
Manzano, 60, headed Malaga, Atletico Madrid and Mallorca in his native Spain before landing his first job in China at Beijing Guo’an in 2014.
He and Eriksson are not the only foreign hires on the mainland to be shown the door after a period of moderate success.
In 2012 Guangzhou Evergrande replaced Lee Jang-soo with Marcello Lippi mid-season after the South Korean coach had taken it to promotion and the CSL title in consecutive years.
Evergrande also moved swiftly to replace Lippi’s eventual successor, Fabio Cannavaro, with Luiz Felipe Scolari after the Italian had guided it to the top of the table last year.
Lippi has since been named China’s national team coach.
Meanwhile, Inter Milan on Tuesday named the experienced Stefano Pioli as its third coach in just four months following the sacking last week of Dutchman Frank de Boer.
Taken over in June by new Chinese owners, Inter is struggling badly this season and is sitting ninth in Serie A and last in its Europa League group after a disastrous start to the campaign.
Pioli, 51, faces a fiery start to his reign — a local derby at city rival AC Milan on November 20.
The Italian has signed a contract until June 2018 to take over from de Boer, who was sacked a week ago following a 0-1 defeat at Sampdoria, Inter’s fifth loss in 11 outings. Pioli is vastly experienced, having previously coached an array of Italian clubs, including Parma, Sassuolo, Bologna and Lazio, leading the latter to third place in Serie A in 2015, before being fired in the middle of last season.
Since de Boer’s departure youth team coach Stefano Vecchi has overseen a 1-2 Europa League loss at Southampton and a hard-fought win over tailender Crotone in Serie A.
New owner Suning appointed de Boer as a replacement for Roberto Mancini two weeks before the start of the Serie A season.
In Spain, Joaquin Caparros was appointed as the new head coach of La Liga side Osasuna, the club said on Tuesday.
“Osasuna has reached an agreement with coach Joaquin Caparros until 30 June 2018,” the statement said.
Osasuna parted company with Enrique Martin on Tuesday after the coach led the club to just one win from its opening 11 league games, which left it sitting second from bottom.
The 61-year-old Caparros has coached a long list of clubs, including Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao, and left his last job with Granada in January 2015 and will open his Osasuna career against fellow struggler Leganes on November 21.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
