"The breakup between VFF and coach Troussier is completely different from the process that happened between KFA and coach Jurgen Klinsmann," Reporter Kim Myeong-seok of the news site Iplus – Sports Daily (Korea) wrote. This author mentioned two head coaches of the Vietnamese and Korean teams to compare the working methods of the two football federations.
Unlike Mr. Klinsmann's case, coach Philippe Troussier said goodbye to the Vietnamese team not because he was fired. The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and the French military manager reached an agreement to terminate the contract. VFF did not pay compensation to Mr. Troussier but only paid a support amount.
Coach Philippe Troussier
Meanwhile, the Korean Football Association (KFA) lost a large amount of money when it fired coach Klinsmann. This was an act of unilateral termination of the contract, because the head coach of the Korean team at that time was determined not to resign.
Reporter Kim Myeong-seok wrote: “Despite calls to resign, Mr. Klinsmann refused to leave voluntarily. The Korean Football Federation does not have a contract termination clause and no agreement has been reached. Finally, KFA decided to fire Mr. Klinsmann along with a contract fine.
The Korean Football Federation must pay up to 7 billion won (equivalent to more than 128 billion VND) to compensate coach Klinsmann for the remaining contract, including the assistants, up to 10 billion won. This loss will certainly have an impact on the process of selecting the next coach."
The Korean Football Federation fired coach Klinsmann after the 2023 Asian Cup. Having to pay a large amount of money in compensation caused KFA president Chung Mong-gyu to face a huge wave of criticism. Mr. Chung Mong-gyu announced that he would take responsibility by finding his own financial resources to pay compensation to coach Klinsmann and the entire assistant team.
Meanwhile, the case of VFF and coach Troussier is completely different. VFF also does not have to spend any other money to compensate Coach Troussier's assistants.
