Big name Foyet also said K-League is difficult, he knows the key to success...
Jan 01, 2025
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Attention is focusing on 2025 as head coach Gus Foyet, who will take the helm of Jeonbuk Hyundai. Expectations are high for what kind of soccer he will play in Jeonbuk, where he was from Uruguay and won the title of the English Premier League 'Master '.
Coach Foye has no choice but to hope for success as much as Jeonbuk.
The career was a modest downward curve. He has been a wildebeest for three years since he was dismissed from Bordeaux eight months after he had a friction with the club over the transfer of players in 2018. After taking over as coach of Chile's Univercid Katolica in 2021, he seemed to be revived by winning the Cup, but was eventually replaced in six months due to poor league performance. He took over as coach of the Greek national team in February 2022 but left the team in March due to the expiration of his contract after failing to advance to the Euro 2024 finals. Rumors have circulated that Ireland and South Korea are candidates for the national team's coach, but in the end, they did not lead to the final appointment. He seemed to be moving away from the soccer world while working on YouTube for a while, but he took the opportunity again at Jeonbuk's offer.
In a cold light, it is far from its heyday.
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Therefore, there are mixed expectations and concerns about whether coach Foyet will be able to achieve results in the K-League. While some say that they will quickly take control of the locker room and produce results with their accumulated experience and fame, others say that they will have no choice but to go through an adaptation period like any foreign coach who has passed the K-League. Jeonbuk brought in coach Jeong Jo-guk and Hwang Hee-hoon to play a bridge role in line with the appointment of Foye coach, but some predict that the latter situation will be more likely than the former as the center of the 'Foye Division' composed of a large number of foreign coaches. Coach Foye himself aimed to raise the ranking. I think changes are needed and realistic goals are needed. It would be nice to win the championship, but if we have a chance, I think we can say exactly what our goals are in June or so", suggesting that adaptation is necessary.
Jeonbuk's walk is a good reference.
Jeonbuk experienced Jose Moraes and Dan Petrescu before Foye. The results were contradictory. Coach Moraes won the K League 1 title in the 2019 season and succeeded in the first double (K League 1, FA Cup) in the club's history in the 2020 season. On the other hand, Petrescu, who took over in the middle of the 2023 season, finished fourth in the K League 1 and was the lowest in five games last year, eventually voluntarily resigning due to poor performance.
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Director Foyet seems to know this well. He showed an open attitude to communication and adaptation. He believes that he has the ability to experience many countries and understand culture quickly. I want to improve my competitiveness by learning the basics"As a result of communicating with the Korean coaching staff, I was very impressed and had a lot to learn. It is important to communicate with Korean coaches who know better about Korea and its players as much as possible."
The same is true of director Foyet's view on the journey that everyone wants to succeed. The sketch is expected to be made in Thailand's winter training camp, which will begin on the 2nd.
Reporter Park Sang-kyung ppark@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
