I AM the Football Star-Chapter 410 - 117: San Remo Has Gone Mad, and So Has Maniero

"The last player to win the Italian Cup Golden Boot was Ancelotti, with an annual salary of 3.8 million euros!"

"The last player to win the Italian Cup Assist King was Perrotta, with an annual salary of 3.8 million euros!"

"And Lu Yang, is the core, best player, Golden Boot, and Assist King of this Italian Cup-winning team!"

Martivini was clearly trying to uphold the authority of the Italian Cup while also having to praise Lu Yang a bit.

His statement carries a certain authority.

In response, the Republican Newspaper directly confronted Martivini: "Juventus is a team with three consecutive Serie A championships! Audi and Ancelotti brought eleven championships of various sizes to Juventus, Perrotta holds two Serie A Golden Boots and one Serie A Assist King, leading Rome to the Champions League for three consecutive years, achieving the UEFA Europa League semifinals and the Champions League quarterfinals with Rome!"

"And Lu? What has he brought to San Remo? An Italian D Division champion trophy? An Italian Third Division champion trophy? And an Italian Cup champion trophy? Anything else? If not, how can he be compared to those great players mentioned above?"

The Republican Newspaper, with one move of sowing discord, directly placed Lu Yang in opposition to many Serie A superstars, making Lu Yang’s situation in public opinion worsen.

But Lu Yang also had strong supporters emerging.

Hans, who once endorsed the idol Butcher, a top media figure who faced confrontation, published an article "Bring the Next Champions’ Trophy" that immediately made headlines in European Football.

"For a long time, people have been asking what a player can bring to a club? Especially for top club players, under such questioning, they often lose themselves because no matter how much they bring to the club, it is never as much as the club’s existing honors."

"And now, Lu Yang’s emergence gives these players an answer!"

"When I asked Lu Yang, with such a high salary from San Remo, what he can bring to San Remo, Lu Yang said, ’I don’t know what I can bring to San Remo, I think it might be the next champion trophy!’"

"That’s right, it’s the next trophy! No number, no definition, endless! This is the spirit that players in top clubs should possess the most... an infinite craving for victory and honor!"

"In any battle, always strive for victory; in any competition, always fight for the crown! If you can do this, even if you are just an ordinary Italian Third Division or Serie B player, you will have a day to rival top Serie A stars!"

"This three-million contract is not so much given to Lu Yang as it is given to all aspiring youths in the world of football!"

A word from the wise is better than ten years of study.

After reading Hans’ report, countless aspiring young football players painfully expressed that they indeed do not get a single penny of the three million, it all goes to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang’s contract has clearly opened a new topic.

Can a non-superstar player be worthy of a big contract?

And the answer to this topic must be they are worth it!

Because there are more non-superstars in this world, even if just to please the public, most conclusions on the market are the same.

This is akin to the core ideas expressed by "The bigger the heart, the bigger the stage," "Star Avenue," "The Voice of China," "Direct Pass to the Spring Festival Gala," and all those expressions that aim to make people see the light, to give people hope.

If a society enters an era where young people and ordinary people see no hope, like in Japan, then the collapse of that society is merely a matter of time, and the outcome of that society will not just be entering a "period of low desire," there are more terrifying futures waiting for them.

The world of football clearly doesn’t hope to see such results.

Moreover... with the influx of large amounts of capital, European football is entering a brand-new period, where the first batch of wealthy teams are now recruiting. They lack not money, but talent. They need such slogans to attract more outstanding players.

So... what’s still a topic of debate in Italy, in England, it’s a settled matter.

Star Best: "I don’t know if Lu Yang deserves an annual salary of three million euros, but I know his future is definitely worth more than three million euros!"

Star Tessli: "Yes! As long as you dare to fight and contribute sincerely, defenders and strikers alike should be able to earn top pay! Young rookies and seasoned players should earn the same salary as long as you are outstanding! That’s the way it should be!"

Arsenal manager Mr. Winter: "If my boss is willing to give me enough funds, I would offer Lu such a contract as well!"

Liverpool star Jelando: "I don’t know what salary is appropriate for Lu, but I know the spirit of Liverpool ’You’ll Never Walk Alone’ is worth far more than three million euros. And Lu is the best heir to that spirit in my eyes!"

Liverpool’s chief assistant coach Laird: "Some players’ high salaries can destroy a team because they do nothing. This makes players who do a lot very dissatisfied."

"But Lu is different; he does everything in the team. If someone wants to earn as high a salary as him, it’s simple, do the work Lu does and do it better than him."

"But such a player, I think doesn’t exist, at least not in Serie B, and even in Serie A it’s rare... perhaps in the Premier League there might be, but we don’t know their name yet!"

Full affirmation!

The English in media are just ludicrous like that.