Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years! He ate 100 million!
According to CCTV News, on December 13, 2024, the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning City, Hubei Province, publicly sentenced the case of Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team. Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the crimes of accepting bribes, offering bribes, offering bribes by units, accepting bribes by non-state employees, and offering bribes to non-state employees.
According to reports, in order to become the head coach of the men's national football team, Li Tie lobbied the Zall Club to pay for his work, saying that if he could "get promoted", he would also repay the club in many ways. The club took out 2 million yuan to bribe Chen Mouyuan. On the other hand, Li Tie felt that Liu Yi, the then Secretary-General of the Football Association, also had a lot of say, so he paid Liu Yi 1 million yuan out of his own pocket.
The day after confirming that he had obtained the position of head coach of the men's national football team, Li Tie flew to Wuhan to discuss the deal with the Zall Club. Li Tie signed a so-called "contract" with the Zall Club for a total of 60 million yuan, which was actually just a cover to cover up the essence of power-for-money transactions. Afterwards, he quickly selected four players from the Zall team into the national team roster.
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