Shandong Taishan Football Club is at a critical turning point, actively preparing for the winter training of the new season while also facing significant adjustments to its management structure. These changes stem from the team's failure to meet expectations in the previous season, particularly with unsatisfactory results in the Chinese Super League (CSL), the FA Cup, and the AFC Champions League, which has led to widespread criticism and dissatisfaction among fans.
In this context, current head coach Choi Kang-hee has naturally become the focus of public opinion. Many fans and industry insiders believe that Choi should bear primary responsibility for the team's poor performance, with calls for his dismissal growing louder. In fact, the club's management has recognized this issue and has held in-depth discussions about changing the head coach. However, the reality is that the contract signed between the club and Choi Kang-hee includes a high breach of contract clause worth 30 million yuan. In the current overall environment of Chinese football, this amount of breach of contract is not a small sum for any club.
Facing this dilemma, Taishan team has shown a pragmatic and wise side. The club finally made a compromise decision: let Choi Kang-hee continue to serve as the head coach, but at the same time clearly define and restrict the scope of his authority. According to the new arrangement, Choi Kang-hee will mainly be responsible for the technical and tactical work of the team and on-site command during the game, which maintains the relative stability of the team's technical level and avoids the economic burden caused by paying a high breach of contract.
More importantly, the club has introduced the legendary star Su Maozhen, who holds an important historical position, into the management. Su Maozhen has an indelible influence in the history of Taishan team. He is not only the former top scorer of the team but also led the team to create the glorious record of winning both the CSL and the FA Cup. It is precisely this kind of meritorious background that makes Su Maozhen have a very high prestige and voice in the hearts of the team and fans.
Under the new management structure, Su Maozhen will be fully responsible for the team's recruitment work, which is a strategic arrangement with great significance. As a meritorious star who deeply understands the club culture and the Chinese football environment, Su Maozhen has unique advantages in player selection and introduction. At present, Taishan team has locked the focus of recruitment on Brazil Sports Team. This choice is not accidental because Brazil Sports Team has an excellent reputation in player cultivation and has sent many outstanding players to the top five European leagues, the most representative of which is the central defender Bremer who currently plays for the Italian giant Juventus.
This arrangement, which limits Choi Kang-hee's responsibilities to the technical and tactical aspects while having Su Maozhen fully responsible for recruitment work, shows the wisdom and foresight of the club in dealing with personnel issues. On the one hand, it avoids the huge breach of contract that needs to be paid due to the termination of the contract, maintaining the economic interests of the club; on the other hand, it injects new vitality into the future development of the team by introducing meritorious stars who are familiar with the club culture to control the direction of recruitment.
Su Maozhen's joining will not only play an important role in recruitment but also become the only person who can effectively communicate and balance with Choi Kang-hee at the club level. The establishment of such a check-and-balance mechanism helps ensure that the club's decisions are more scientific and reasonable, avoiding situations where a single will dominates.
Currently, fans are full of expectations for Su Maozhen's arrival, especially in terms of recruitment work. Considering the excellent youth training system and talent cultivation ability of Brazil Sports Team, people expect that under Su Maozhen's operation, Taishan team can discover and introduce more potential outstanding players from it. This will not only strengthen the strength of the team but also lay the foundation for creating better results in the new season's CSL and FA Cup events.
This series of management structure adjustments reflects the wisdom and foresight shown by Taishan team when facing difficulties. By reasonably distributing responsibilities, it maintains the stability of team management while injecting new vitality into future development. It is believed that in the new season, the team will appear in front of the fans with a brand-new appearance and bring more exciting games to Chinese football.