I AM the Football Star

Yes, Morici!

Lu Yang knows where Morici will go better than Morici himself.

Because they share the same agent, Arthas.

As the flagship star under Arthas, Lu Yang’s influence has long surpassed the player level, with close personal relationships with head coaches, club owners, and the Italian Football Association president, giving him privileges other players don’t have.

For strategic collaboration, Arthas also shares some club information with Lu Yang.

If you want to sell players at a high price, you must do your homework in these areas.

If a team needs a right-back, and you offer them a left-wing, even if it’s Robben, they might not want him.

Similarly, if a team is interested in a certain central forward, and you find a way to get another team to acquire that forward first, do you have a better chance of selling your central forward to them?

These are very simple thoughts, and in real transactions, there are deeper inside stories.

Includes but not limited to kickbacks, accounting, preventing competitors from buying and buying first, head coach helping Team B while coaching Team A and then switch to Team B, establishing team authority by buying loyal players, etc.

So Lu Yang knows that there are many teams looking to acquire Morici, but most... are Premier League teams.

Under Lu Yang’s influence, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga have long been excluded by Morici and Arthas.

In recent years, Ligue 1 has many new stars, but the ceiling is here; they cannot produce mega stars.

As for Bundesliga, just look at Robben’s plight this year.

La Liga is a good destination, but there are too many technical players there. Put Morici in La Liga, and you can’t immediately see what’s special about him.

Can’t just say he’s particularly short, right?

His turbo accelerator style is best deployed in the Premier League.

And the technical teams in the Premier League are indeed very skilled, with more than five clubs showing interest in Morici.

Including Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham, Leicester City, and other teams.

Among them, Tottenham’s intention is the strongest.

And unlike other teams, Tottenham stated their willingness to build the team around Morici.

This is really... very sincere.

Morici is currently very keen on Tottenham.

But in Lu Yang’s view, now is not a good time to go to Tottenham.

What does it mean to build a team around you?

That means needing time.

Real Madrid’s Galaxy Battleship, Chelsea’s Golden Yuan team, Paris Saint-Germain’s wealthy team, these extravagantly spending teams’ current formations took about three years, gradually bringing in many star players.

Switching to Tottenham, it means that for Morici, there is basically no hope of competing for various honors in the next three years.

It may not seem like a big deal; some players have just one chance in their lifetime to compete for honors and championships, which is enough.

But Morici is not an ordinary player.

He is one of the Miracle Twins!

He is Lu Yang’s best partner!

He is a representative player capable of revolutionizing modern football’s midfield play!

He... also represents Lu Yang’s prestige.

If Morici does poorly, Lu Yang’s standing will also diminish.

Lu Yang swears; he’s not helping Morici by arranging a fallback with Arsenal because of the last reason.

Additionally, Morici’s physical abilities are not his strength.

Over these years, he has trained his endurance alongside Lu Yang, and his speed and acceleration have improved somewhat.

But in terms of physical confrontation, collisions, these tests of innate static talent and genetic constitution, he’s still at a disadvantage.

The overall environment in the Premier League is too harsh.

The pace is too fast.

The collisions are too intense.

The confrontations are too fierce.

Lu Yang is confident he can be an outstanding core in mid or lower Premier League teams or strong teams.

But Morici cannot.

If he plays this role, it won’t be long before he’s lying in a hospital bed, and being able to play half of the games in a year would be lucky.

Among forwards, midfielders, and defenders, in other leagues, forwards are the most prone to injury, but in the Premier League, central midfielders outnumber injuries considerably more than forwards.

The reason lies in the strong aggressiveness of Premier League defense.

Forwards at least have the ball underfoot, and defensive players are somewhat cautious when fouling; their focus still needs to be on football.

But facing midfielders, Premier League players come charging with a combination of bumps and kicks, easily leading to injuries.

Additionally, defensive plays against forwards are usually by defenders or midfielders, who are skilled defensively.

However, midfielders face tackles from many forwards, whose defense can be somewhat rough.

Lastly, the Premier League’s pace is fast, with many transitions in attack, and carrying out a tactical foul on the ball-playing player as soon as possible is a crucial part of halting these transition attacks.

Midfielders are often responsible for distributing the ball, and even in counterattacks, most teams designate one or two initiators; players first pass the ball to them to launch the counterattack.

Such players are naturally more susceptible to injury.

Overall... these are all roles Morici needs to fill.

Transition attack initiator, team distributor, midfield core... Importantly, Morici’s stamina is decent; the more he runs, theoretically, the greater the chances of injury.