I AM the Football Star-Chapter 408 - 116: What’s So Great About a Cripple? San Remo Checks Fly Again
If the arrival of Calafiori made people worry whether he would put on the airs of a Serie A veteran, leading to conflicts with the San Remo players who rose from lower leagues.
If Sogel’s high-priced loan renewal made people worry whether he might awaken to a sense of ownership and no longer want to be a supporting role upfront, demanding more shots and finishing rights.
If Bernulin’s transfer with a high salary of 2 million might cause changes or even unrest in the captain sequence and locker room leadership of the San Remo Team.
Then this time, the San Remo management has shown everyone with actions that the trouble caused by Becher’s recruitment will definitely not appear in San Remo again.
Lessons from the past serve as a guide for the future.
San Remo has understood the rules of the game and will naturally use them to express their stance.
The core and leader of San Remo will never change!
"Blockbuster! Morici’s new contract exposed, annual salary comparable to Serie A star Andrés!"
"Why! A 19-year-old Italian Third Division youngster actually holds a million-annual-salary major contract!"
"On what basis! The second in assists in Italian Third Division, yet has a million annual salary! A single assist worth fifty thousand euros, the priciest assist in Italian Third Division!"
"Golden midfielder Morici! Not just in skills but truly golden!"
Morici’s contract sparked intense attention in Italy.
A four-year contract with an annual salary of 1.2 million euros, increasing by 20% each year!
Theoretically, in the fourth year, Morici could earn a 2 million annual salary!
And by then, he’d be only twenty-three!
What kind of concept is this?
The 24-year-old Andrés plays as a main midfielder at AC Milan, but his annual salary is also just 1.2 million euros.
Although his salary is definitely going to increase substantially in a year, under normal circumstances, it might only be a bit over two million, still not higher than Morici’s!
Throughout Serie A, only two people had a higher salary at twenty-three than twenty-three-year-old Morici, they are Izalelt and Gutierrez!
One must ask, why is Morici’s name in the same frame as these two?
This is something many fans don’t understand, even becoming the first point of attack against San Remo.
But their way of calculating is actually not quite fair.
On one hand, Morici still has four years until twenty-three, and his salary is two million then.
Similarly, Izalelt and Gutierrez already had their two million three to four years ago, in and out, seven to eight years, and the purchasing power of two million euros is completely different.
On the other hand, currency itself is depreciating, and future two million might not even be worth one million previously.
So this simple comparison is meaningless, purely meant to catch eyes.
But Morici having a Serie A star-level salary is an undeniable fact.
This signifies San Remo’s high regard for Morici and also expresses San Remo’s positioning for Morici.
Team core, no doubt!
Even the new arrival Canyes has to play according to Morici’s preference.
The Becher’s incident will never come back.
The Republican Newspaper immediately raised questions about Morici’s salary and harshly attacked San Remo.
As a relatively professional media entity in football, their starting point wasn’t as simple as money or depreciation; they directly hit the point, discussing the "salary system".
They stated directly that Morici’s high salary could trigger jealousy among teammates, cause internal salary system disorder, and destroy team unity at San Remo, and so on.
These statements are not problematic since high salaries can easily trigger such issues.
Many times internal structural chaos in world football teams in recent years started with unreasonable high salaries.
Sanchez’s sky-high salary at Manchester United, and later the high renewal of Pogba, and then De Gea’s Premier League top salary became significant issues for Manchester United later on.
It’s not that players don’t deserve the salary, but the consequences triggered by such salaries are chain reactions, so you can’t just look at whether it’s worth it or not.
And AC Milan’s high salary demands ranging from Donnarumma to King of Ball and Casey are similar. If this issue isn’t resolved, then AC Milan with its great momentum is essentially like performing a high-wire act, and the great situation might collapse without warning.
Not to mention Barcelona’s absurdly inflated salary structure.
Messi deserves any amount, but Umtiti with twelve million is ridiculous! The four captains averaging twenty million euros is equally terrifying!
These are chain reactions triggered by the highest salary within the team.
But this problem at San Remo isn’t as exaggerated as imagined by outsiders.
The simplest point... Morici actually holds an extremely unreasonable dominance within the San Remo team.
This dominance partly comes from Lu Yang, and partly from Morici’s control over the game and the team!
To be frank, all teammates can feel Morici’s excellence, an excellence sufficient for them to accept themselves earning thirty thousand euros, while Morici earns one hundred twenty thousand euros!
Because sometimes Morici’s role on the field is indeed greater than three or four players, this cannot be denied!
Last season, San Remo consecutively defeated Samp, Rome, and AC Milan, and while the direct reason was undoubtedly Lu Yang.
Morici’s qualitative change for the team was equally significant; without him, even if Lu Yang could perform godly feats, he’d have no foothold.
Having Morici elevated San Remo’s midfield from Italian Third Division level to top Serie B level, one hundred twenty thousand, truly worth it!
If you’re unconvinced, step up!
If there was someone who could replace Morici, San Remo wouldn’t have needed to exhaust Lu Yang playing as an attacking midfielder, nearly ruining half of his meniscus last season!
Therefore, Morici’s salary will not bring trouble to San Remo.
The only trouble, perhaps, will be when San Remo recruits in the future, Morici will have to conquer those who haven’t yet understood his greatness.
Just like how Lu Yang conquered Becher’s.
But that’s Morici’s own issue.
If he cannot conquer the opponent even with a home advantage, it indicates he has lost control of the team, or the newcomer is just too strong.
If the former occurs, San Remo will consider changing the core; it means Morici is no longer competent for his job. If the latter happens, San Remo doesn’t mind offering the other party an even higher salary, because they must be exceptional.
San Remo can’t lose either way.
The Republican Newspaper tried to cause trouble for San Remo, but the day after, when San Remo disclosed Lu Yang’s salary, they appeared like clowns, with their accusations against Morici having no force.
Because if Morici’s salary exceeded most people’s expectations, then Lu Yang’s salary... exceeded any normal person’s predictions!
To be fair, Lu doesn’t understand why a mere annual salary of one million euros warrants such a life-or-death discussion?
If you discuss a one million euro salary with such intensity like Mars colliding with Earth, then once my salary is announced, wouldn’t you just burst into tears and have a breakdown?
