On July 4th, local time, Belgium "Morning News" published an exclusive interview with Chris van Puvelde, who had just resigned as Chinese Football Association technical director. In an interview with
, Van Puvelde said that he had enjoyed his nearly four years in China very much and was very safe. He believed that many of Europe's views on China were untrue.
At the same time, he also pointed out that the "Golden Yuan Era" of Chinese football is unbalanced. The team is eager for success, and 90% of the big-name players they spend a lot of money to bring in are just for money, which does not help much in the development of Chinese football.
Belgian Van Puvelde, 62, came to China in 2018 to serve as the technical director of the Chinese Football Association, mainly responsible for the long-term development of players and coaches. In mid-June this year, the Chinese Football Association announced that Van Puvelde declined the request to renew his contract due to physical and family reasons.
Now, van Puvelde has returned to Belgium for a short vacation. During this period, he talked with local media about his experience of working in China, which was published in the Belgian "Morning Post" on July 4, local time. In the interview with
, Van Puvelde first talked about the end of the "Golden Yuan Era" of Chinese football, believing that this was an uneven development phenomenon. "In recent years, the bubble of Chinese football has burst. Some clubs have spent too much money (on signings), and there is no balance at all."
This is also one of the reasons why China has difficulties in cultivating young players and coaches. "Because the team always wanted to have immediate results, they bought many stars. But 90% of these players came for money, so they did not substantially help the progress of Chinese football."
However, Fanpu Wilder mentioned the foreign aid Fellaini who is currently in the Shandong Taishan team. He believes that this former English Premier League player is very popular in the team because he is working hard.
In addition, van Puvelde believes that Chinese football needs to adapt to football in some aspects instead of mechanically executing instructions.
He gave an example, "Previously in China, players would feel embarrassed because of dribbling errors. But on the football field, you must dare to dribble, and losing the ball is not necessarily a bad thing. So they must seek changes at this point. On, now they are really improving."
It is worth noting that Van Pewerde also mentioned a small episode. He revealed that he had previously rejected the invitation from the chairman of the Chinese Football Association to serve as the head coach of the Chinese men's football team.
" It was a well-paying and interesting job, but I refused. Everyone present was shocked, because in China, people are less likely to reject people with status. I explained that I wanted to support the country The coach of the team assisted him to help him move forward. ”
Van Puvelde recalled that his decision was respected by the Football Association , which is why he and his team compiled a youth training outline for Chinese coaches.
According to reports, the youth training outline is called "Red Picture Plan" and was written by Van Puvelde after investigating Chinese youth football matches and analyzing the shortcomings of Chinese football youth training. He hopes to help China’s youth training “take the next step.” In the last part of the interview with
, Van Puvelde talked about his true feelings about living in China. He believes that many of Europe's views on China are incorrect.
"I have lived a good life in China and enjoyed it very much. Many of the things we heard about China in Europe are not true. Chinese people are very polite, whether in the north or the south, they are very polite. Welcome. At the same time, the football and culture here have always inspired me. China is an amazing country and very safe.”
He added that his bank account and mobile phone number in China have not been cancelled. We haven’t completely left China yet.”
Talking about the future, van Puvelde said that he has received some invitations, but they are still being processed. However, he said that he would not rule out the possibility of returning to China as a consultant. "I'll have to look at the future. I want to make the right choice for myself and my family." Before
came to China, van Puvelde served as the technical director of the Belgian Football Association and won third place in the World Cup in Russia with the team. name.According to reports, Martinez, the then coach of the " European Red Devils ", was chosen by him.
In the past four years in China, he has also actively contributed to Chinese football. " Beijing Youth Daily " once quoted a relevant staff member of the national football team as saying, "Fampvelde is not only professional, but also very enthusiastic and sincere. As long as he can, he will do his best to help Chinese football."
The media said that in the past three years, For half a year, Kreis has provided huge technical support to Chinese football, especially national teams at all levels. For example, last year, he spent almost the whole time with the national football team in the Qatar World Cup preliminaries. In October last year, while in isolation with the national football team in Suzhou, he also participated in the national women's football coach selection interview remotely.
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