The Cong Viettel speaks out about Duc Chien leaving the team

(Dan Tri) - Before Duc Chien shared with the media about the reason he had to leave Viettel The Cong Club, the army team just announced about this noisy incident.

Midfielder Nguyen Duc Chien suddenly said goodbye to The Cong Viettel Club right before the derby match with Hanoi FC in round 25 of V-League 2024-2025, on the evening of June 15.

After parting ways with The Cong Viettel, there is information that Duc Chien will join Ninh Binh Club to reunite with Hoang Duc. The Hoa Lu ancient capital team has just won the First Division and will be present in V-League next season.

Sharing with the press, Duc Chien said he really wanted to be able to dedicate himself to the final season and say goodbye to the fans on the field. But unfortunately he did not have the opportunity to do that.

Midfielder Duc Chien says goodbye to Viettel The Cong Club (Photo: Manh Quan).

“Right after returning from the national team training session, I was suddenly asked to stop all team activities. I had to practice separately, was not allowed to participate in any activities or activities with the team even though my contract with the club still had two months left. I completely did not understand why I was treated like that,” Duc Chien said.

Regarding Viettel The Cong Club, in the announcement released this morning, the team clearly stated: “Immediately after Duc Chien returned from the national team, the Board of Directors directly met and discussed with him. However, Duc Chien announced that he would not sign a new contract with the club. At the same time, Duc Chien also 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 Head Coach Popov that he was not physically fit enough and would not play against Hanoi FC while the team was very short of players. The desire to win is always in us and only those who want to leave would say otherwise."

“In terms of the club’s philosophy, we always focus on training talent and the next generation so as not to be too affected by the market, especially when the value of players is always changing. With clubs, not just The Cong Viettel, we always have to ask the question of what is the real value of players.

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 Cong Viettel Club affirmed.

“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 also created the best conditions for Duc Chien to stay, even offering an attractive negotiation with Duc Chien, 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, always believe and hope that professional football needs a professional way of behaving", The Cong Viettel Club expressed its opinion.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/the-cong-viettel-len-tieng-ve-viec-duc-chien-chia-tay-doi-bong-20250702095023396.htm