'Complete Committee to Collapse' Chairman Jung Hae-sung and the members of the committee'Leave'

Jul 01, 2024

It's about getting a point. The journey of finding a new coach for the A national team is drifting.

Jeong Hae-sung, chairman of the national power reinforcement committee, who was leading the team, expressed his resignation in a surprise move, and the members who were discussing together also stepped down. A person familiar with the situation in the soccer community told Sports Chosun that several members of the committee expressed their intention to resign. I have already conveyed my intention to Lee Im-saeng, the technical director," he gushed. This is the result of the fact that Chairman Chung, who selected them himself, has disappeared and will continue his power as a whole, and that the current KFA (Korea Football Association) could be reduced to a "puppet".

It's a series of chaos. Chairman Chung expressed his resignation on the 28th. KFA, which was panicked, decided that it could no longer delay the appointment of the A national team head coach, so it entrusted the key to Lee Im-saeng, the technical director. He already presided over the first video conference with the members of the committee 30 days ago. However, some 'old faction members' were absent from the meeting, which eventually led to their resignation. In other words, the entire river of the Jeonghae Seongho, which has been sailing since February, has virtually collapsed.

The KFA, which aimed to be appointed earlier this month, is in a embarrassing atmosphere as even all the members of the committee resigned. While maintaining the existing members, he planned to speed up the appointment by putting director Lee, who has been in the process of appointing the head coach of the A national team, to the forefront. The director is scheduled to travel to Europe this week to meet with foreign director candidates. After returning home, he also decided to continue his interview with a domestic director candidate. However, in the process, all the members of the committee to share and discuss together resigned one after another, and even the legitimacy was shaken.

Although the authority was reduced after a sudden revision of the articles of incorporation in 2021, the committee is effectively more of an independent body. Most of the committee members, including incumbent directors and commentators, do not belong to the KFA. Chairman Chung also said, `I will not act as a handshake" reported his inauguration. However, recently, there was a disagreement with the high-ranking KFA over the final candidate group, which eventually led to Chairman Chung's resignation.

Now, it is entirely up to the KFA to appoint a new coach from the selection of the coach candidate group to the decision. However, there are already loud concerns. There are doubts about whether the director, who suddenly took the helm, will be able to speak out. This director is eating the rust of the KFA. KFA has already made bursting sounds with different voices. "What kind of learning was done when the KFA appointed Jurgen Klinsmann?" Who helped Chairman Chung. No one did it at the association. Unfortunately, I was isolated alone."The chairman and director change, but the inside of the association does not. Ulsan HD coach Hong Myung-bo said, "If they don't change, they don't change in the end."

In this situation, no matter who becomes the new coach, he has no choice but to start in the mud, not in the flower field. This is why the current chaos is unfortunate.

vanbasten@sportschosun.com