Marcello Lippi happy to sign on to lead China to 2022 World Cup after building team for future
Italian boss willing to add another three years to his contract, but 2019 Asian Cup remains the immediate priority
In an exclusive interview published in Friday’s Chengdu Commercial Daily, Lippi revealed he is willing in principle to accept an extension of his existing contract by three more years to include the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifying campaign.
“My existing contract runs until January 2019 at the completion of the Asian Cup finals,” said Lippi, who is back home for the Christmas holidays.
“I would like to accept it, but since my current contract still has more than one year left on it, there may be changes of the situation during this period. Let’s see what will happen in the next couple of months.”
This is the first time the World Cup-winning manager has spoken about his future as China boss beyond the 2019 Asian Cup finals, according to the newspaper.