Many soccer superstars such as Hulk, Teixeira, Xavi, Paulinho have left the team, and the big name coaches of the Chinese Super League have been frequently scouted by European clubs. Cruyff has gone to Barcelona to coach, Beijing Guoan manager Bilic also attracted the strong attention of the Turkish giants Fenerbahce and the English Premier League relegation team Fulham and many other clubs.
Fenerbahce president Ali Cauchi is keen to bring in a top coach for the new season, with Rafa Benitez, Bilic, Ranieri, Espirito, Favre, Andre Villas-Boas, Fonseca, Marco Silva, Poland national team boss Paulo Sousa and Croatian national team boss Dalic all on his list of considerations, Turkish media website Fanatik's sports section editor Dăuran has revealed.
Ali Cauchi even conducted video interviews with all the candidates, Favre has refused, citing reluctance to coach in Turkey, Benitez is not popular with Fenerbahce fans, and the annual salaries of Fonseca and Boaz cost as much as five or six million euros, which Fenerbahce can hardly afford.
Bilic is therefore President Cauchi's first choice, as he knows Turkish soccer like the back of his hand, having coached Turkish side Besiktas. Despite the fact that Fenerbahce's annual salary offer (2-2.5 million euros) was not as much as Bilic's at Beijing Guoan, President Cauchi believed that Bilic would accept a return to Turkey. President Cauchi's contact with Bilic was last week and has lasted for about 10 days. The Croatian coach is said to be very satisfied with the conditions offered by Fenerbahce and a preliminary agreement has been reached between the two sides. However, Bilic emphasized that his trip to Turkey is conditional on the agreement of Beijing Guoan. Beijing Guoan's attitude is still hope to compete for the title this season, so will not let go of Bilic, the matter is temporarily shelved.
According to the plan of Fenerbahce's president, the official announcement of the team's new manager would be made on Monday, but it did not end up in a result. At present, it seems that Marco Silva, Fonseca and Bilic are the final candidates, although the first round of negotiations to Beijing Guoan's refusal to end, but the president of Cauchi did not give up. Last season, Fenerbahce hired former player Brute to coach the team, and halfway through the season in March, Emre took over, and ended up finishing in 3rd place by only 2 points, missing out on the title and Champions League qualification. President Kautschi is bitter about the loss, and believes that the team has the strength to compete for the title, but just needs a better coach. In the new season, Emre will assist the new coach, who will have a 2+1 contract with an annual salary of 2-2.5 million euros and a bonus clause.
The Sun revealed that Bilic is also one of the candidates for the new Fulham manager who has just been relegated to the Championship. Fulham's current boss Parker is leaving the club, and club owner Shahid Khan believes Bilic, who has a wealth of Premier League coaching experience, is the ideal successor.
The BJSC's position is clear that Bilic's departure is highly unlikely.
