On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, coach of Chinese club Guangzhou FC, Fabio Cannavaro, terminated his contract with the Chinese Super League team. The club being in a financial crisis without a future. A few days after this decision, the Italian technician went out to explain the situation.
It is through an interview given to the Italian media Corriere della Serra, that the forty-something has allowed himself to reveal to football lovers, the misery he lived by coaching the Chinese first division training. The former defender of Real Madrid and Juventus hinted that he had the “feeling of living in a prison, even golden” and that because of this situation, he had “left fifteen months salary in Guangzhou” to be able to free himself from his contract.
“To get home, I had to stay in a hotel alone for two weeks, then seven days at home without being able to go out and communicate my temperature every day. With the prospect of not being able to see my family for I don’t know how long. (…) The experience helps you to grow, to live intensely in a different place, to learn from it. And also to understand that at some point in life, there are priorities. It’s easy to sacrifice your family when you know you can see them every now and then, but the pandemic has changed everything. There were times when I missed being in touch with my family in a stifling way. Especially the last two years. The Covid pandemic made me think “, explained at length the now ex-coach of Guangzhou Evergrande.
As a reminder, Fabio Cannavaro, 48, has only coached Asian clubs like Chinese Guangzhou FC and Tianjin Tianhai, Saudi Al Nassr FC. The son of Naples spent a period of time at the head of the Chinese national team replacing his compatriot Marcello Lippi in 2019. After only two games (two defeats), Cannavaro lays down his arms, stressing that he wishes to devote himself fully to his family and his coaching job in Guangzhou Evergrande.
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