Slutsky told about the goals of working in the Chinese club

 Former coach of the Russian national team and CSKA Leonid Slutsky said that after starting work in the Chinese "Shanghai Shenhua" hopes to do everything possible to help the club and Chinese football.

On Wednesday, Shanghai Shenhua announced the appointment of Slutsky as head coach of the team. The last place of work of the Russian was "Rubin" Kazan, which he left in November 2022. Under the guidance of the coach, the Kazan team were relegated from the Russian Premier League (RPL) at the end of the 2021/22 season.

"I am very grateful and happy that I have the opportunity to come to China. I hope everyone will support us, because I'm a little nervous, it's a very big challenge in my career. This is a very big challenge in my career: a new club, a new culture. "Shenhua" is a very serious club. I hope to do my best to help Shenhua and Chinese football," sohu.com quotes Slutsky.

"We will try very hard, I will always strive to win the title. I know that the competition is very tough, but I will do my best," the coach added.

Slutsky is 52 years old, in the RPL he coached "Moscow", Samara "Wings of the Soviets", CSKA and "Rubin". Under his leadership, the army became champions of Russia three times, twice won the National Cup and won two Russian Super Cups. Slutsky also headed English Hull City and Dutch Vitess. From 2015 to 2016, he served as the head coach of the Russian national team. With him, the national team played 13 matches, in which it won six victories, suffered five defeats and drew twice.