Zinedine Zidane, China's Head Coach Candidate, Including Abnormal Explosive Barça Legend Xavi + Germany Winning Loeb

Aug 14, 2025

Zinedine Zidane, China's Head Coach Candidate, Including Abnormal Explosive Barça Legend Xavi Germany Winning Loeb



China is dreaming of a dream that cannot be achieved.

Chinese media Sohu said on the 14th (Korea time) 'As the Chinese national team's appointment of a new head coach begins in earnest, world-class masters are being mentioned in the candidate group. The next five masters, who are currently unemployed, will emerge as candidates for the next director,' he said, revealing a group of five candidates. The candidate group was not normal.

Starting with Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez, Joachim Loeb, who led Germany to the World Cup championship, and world soccer legend Zinedine Zidane are among the candidates for the next head coach of the Chinese national team. Considering the realistic possibilities, it is nothing short of delusional.
Zinedine Zidane, China's Head Coach Candidate, Including Abnormal Explosive Barça Legend Xavi Germany Winning Loeb
First of all, regarding Xavi, he led the team to the Spanish La Liga championship and built a legion of outstanding prospects. However, he has been unemployed for more than 400 days since his resignation in 2023. Xavi has expressed his desire to build a new team with four years to pursue a long-term team building. The European mid-tier team is difficult to meet his demands, but the Chinese national team, which has already failed to qualify for the next World Cup, could be the right stage for his project,' he said, insisting that the Chinese national football team was the right place for Xavi.




It's a ridiculous claim. Even if Xavi wants to lead the team for four years, there's no reason to do it in China, where he can't even go to the World Cup.

As for Löw, he brought a lot of innovation to the German national team as the winning coach of the 2014 World Cup. After a four-year hiatus, he recently received an offer from the Uzbekistan Football Association but has yet to decide. Although Loeb has rich competition experience and original tactical eye, he should be older and have a high execution ability for his players in tactical performance. It's unlikely because it doesn't meet the preference of the Chinese Football Association's "non-aged coach" criteria, he told Loeb as if China was not good enough. In fact, in China right now, if Coach Loeb comes, he should at least bow and bring him.
Zinedine Zidane, China's Head Coach Candidate, Including Abnormal Explosive Barça Legend Xavi Germany Winning Loeb
Sohu is a legendary coach who has won three consecutive European Champions League titles at Real Madrid and created a golden age. However, he has been on a 1,322-day hiatus since his resignation in 2021, and is likely to lead the French national team in 2026 to replace Didier Deschamps. The reputation is splendid, but there is little real possibility because both salary and goal are far from the reality of the Chinese national team. In the first place, China is an option without Zidane's future. It is zero, not the level of 'little likely'.

He is Zidane, who also rejected Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), and also walked out on his own in the world's strongest Real. It will not even take China's offer.




What is realistic was the other two candidates. Fabio Cannavaro, who has a lot of ties to China, and Juan Carlos Osorio, who previously led the Mexican national team. The three coaches mentioned above are those who can only be negotiated at the level of Europe, Brazil, or Argentina.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.