“Immediately after Duc Chien returned from the national team, the Board of Directors directly met and discussed with this player. However, Duc Chien announced that he would not sign a new contract with the club, and at the same time did not ensure the quality of the next training sessions to prepare for the remaining matches of the season. In particular, Duc Chien proactively asked the head coach that he was not physically fit enough and would not play the match against Hanoi FC while the team was very short of players," said a representative of The Cong Viettel Club.

Speaking to the press, Duc Chien said he had to pay 3 billion VND in compensation for the remaining 2 months of his contract to be able to leave. This player said that he had no chance to play, and could not even practice with the first team. After saying goodbye to The Cong Viettel , Duc Chien is expected to play for Ninh Binh Club.

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Duc Chien paid compensation for his contract to leave. Photo: FBNV

Viettel The Cong Club stated: "The desire to win is always in us and only those who want to leave will say otherwise. In terms of the club's philosophy, we always focus on training talents and the next generations so as not to be too affected by the market, especially when the value of players is always changing.

For clubs, not just The Cong Viettel, we always have to ask ourselves what is the real value of a player. With that value, can we buy better foreign players or will we create conditions for young players to show their ability? To make an important decision, we always consider it a problem that must be carefully considered."

"The club also foresaw these problems, when the players it trained became the target of other clubs. With the support of the group's leaders, we created the best conditions for Duc Chien to stay, even offering an attractive negotiation, but the two sides could not find a common voice.

The transfer market of Vietnamese football is quite complicated, but we always pursue our views and philosophy, believing and hoping that professional football needs a professional way of behaving," the representative of the army team affirmed.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/duc-chien-den-bu-2-thang-hop-dong-3-ti-the-cong-viettel-len-tieng-2417348.html