Antwerp FC may have to look for a new head coach much faster than planned. Head coach Ivan Leko (42) received a lucrative offer from China.
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According to this, the Chinese first division team Guangzhou R&F, the club of ex-national player Mousa Dembélé, is interested in Ivan Leko.
Before the game against Charleroi on Sunday, Leko confirmed the lucrative offer from the Far East: “There is indeed interest from China (…) If we had lost against Waasland-Beveren on Sunday, I might have been fired. Now we’ve won and I’m a good coach again. Will I sit on the bench on Sunday? I still have a contract here. When I signed, the goal was to stay four or five years. But: I can’t say what will happen tomorrow … ”
Should Ivan Leko actually disembark, FC Antwerp could already have a successor in Marc Wilmots. (mn)
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