Special correspondent Xu Yi reports "After four years, it's been a wonderful journey. It's been a pleasant journey, not just for myself, but for the club and the fans. This is Jody's farewell speech to Zhejiang football.

On the last day of 2024, Zhejiang FC officially bid farewell to Jodi: four years is a short time, thank you again for the glory and memories left by Jody to Zhejiang FC and fans and friends, thank you for the meeting, thank you for your dedication, and wish you all the best luck in the future. Starting from 2025, the Zhejiang team will enter a new era under the leadership of the new coach.

On January 1, 2021, Jody became the head coach of the Zhejiang team, and in the past four years, he has led the team to a lot of gains, as the club summarized: in the four years of coaching the Zhejiang team, Jody led the team to surpass, broke into the FA Cup final, and won the third place in the Chinese Super League for two consecutive years, creating club history. Also under the leadership of Jodi, the Zhejiang team returned to the AFC Champions League after 12 years and appeared in the AFC Champions League for two consecutive years.

After Jody took office, he led the Zhejiang team to Foshan for training in an interview with reporters, and talked about why he chose the Zhejiang team, Jody said that there are many reasons, "For example, the team is well managed, and this is a club with a long history; In addition, the Zhejiang team has a short-term, medium-term plan and long-term plan, which many Chinese clubs do not have. I'm looking forward to the future of the Zhejiang team, so I think I should come. ”

Now leaving, Jody is also full of gratitude for the past four years, "I would like to thank the club for their trust in me, and also thank the club's general manager Mr. Jiao Fengbo for his trust in me, all the staff have taken good care of me, thank all the players I have worked with, thank them for their hard work and dedication, and we as coaches have also been greatly improved." Thanks to Greentown Group for planting the seeds of dreams, working hard over the years to turn dreams into reality step by step. Thanks to the arrival of Hangzhou Business Travel and Zhejiang Energy, let us continue to fulfill our dreams and reach the heights that everyone expects. Thanks to Hangzhou, we had a very pleasant time here, it is a very beautiful city, and also thank Huzhou for the invitation and support to us. Thank you for your support, and hopefully to continue to support the club in the future and achieve the goals we all want, this support is a great motivation for the players and the coaching staff, and we need this support so much. Let's turn this page, in the future I will always pay attention to supporting the Zhejiang team, I wish the club can achieve greater success, thank you very much. ”

In that interview in Foshan, Jody talked about her previous impressions of China, "About 16 or 7 years ago, my wife and I traveled to China and visited many cities, and I liked China very much. When I set foot on this land again, I found that China had changed dramatically. I've watched Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies, and I like Chinese kung fu very much, and I hope to have the opportunity to see it live when I come to China this time. ”

Jody should miss this good time, and maybe in the future, he will have the opportunity to coach in China again.

Jody left, announcing that the Zhejiang team is about to usher in a new era. The coaching staff travelled to Manchester to speak with Pep Guardiola's coaching staff, Caneda. If all goes well, Caneda will become the new head coach of the Zhejiang team. It is reported that Caneda plans to invite former head coach of La Liga Tenerife Cano as an assistant coach to assist him in leading the team. Cano has just left Tenerife in September 2024 and has been coaching in the Spanish professional league first team.

On January 5, the Zhejiang team will go to Hainan to continue training, and will not have a holiday during the Spring Festival, but choose to train in Dubai. The new coach will complete the team's physical reserves and tactical drills through these two training camps, and at the same time, the new coach, new signings and the team will run in.

The introduction of internal and external aid in the Zhejiang team is advancing, and Tonglianglong's defender Wang Shiqin will join; The "Greentown Youth Training" product, Tong Lei, a native of Quzhou, Zhejiang, will also return; In the first 17 rounds of the German B, Zivcivaze scored 12 goals to help Karlsruhe rank second in the Bundesliga, only 2 points behind the leader Cologne, and is the favorite to rush to the first division.

In the new season, the introduction and formation of the Zhejiang team will continue the previous style and pursue cost performance, and at the same time, it will continue to focus on building the club's youth training and strive to cultivate more talents for Zhejiang and Chinese football.