[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-am-the-football-star":3,"chapter-i-am-the-football-star-i-am-the-football-star-chapter-789":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I AM the Football Star",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1686670,2153,"Chapter 789 - 193: San Remo Supermarket Opens? If You’re My Brother, I’ll Send You Back to Take the Throne! (11,000-Word Mega - )","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-789",789,"\u003Cp>\"Breaking News! Nelka’s Transfer Fee of Ten Million Euros, Returning to Arsenal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Winter Relieved! Welcome Nelka Back to Arsenal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pursuing the Champions League! Arsenal Welcomes Back the Divine Striker from the Turkish Super League, Aspiring for the Champions League!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chelsea’s Wealth Can’t Help! Nelka’s Agent Reveals More Details, Even Chelsea’s Six Million High Salary Couldn’t Change Nelka’s Mind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher and Student Reunion, Golden Times Return! The French Alien Returns to Highbury, Will there be a Championship Celebration here again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Winter: It was Lu Yang who made me decide to take Nelka back; he asked me to give Nelka a chance, and to give myself a chance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsenal’s move to bring back the prodigal son brought tears to countless fans’ eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Gunners fans recalled their days of dominating the Premier League.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a team with such sentiment, the players play with extra motivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And being able to break one barrier, Mr. Winter, being such a smart person, can break more barriers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Arsenal promptly processed the transfer of their young winger and midfielder Joe Nils for Eight million euros.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This move was tantamount to Mr. Winter indirectly admitting his failure, as he was unable to train Nils to be better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the renowned Mr. Winter, known for nurturing talented players, has moments of misjudgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this move also sent a very clear message to the other young players in the Arsenal team that Arsenal won’t keep players who aren’t up to the mark; your opportunities are not infinite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who haven’t seized the opportunity will leave here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If kind words were effective, there wouldn’t be so many success stories of harsh education in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Winter’s actions, on the contrary, reignited the fighting spirit of many young players within the team, motivating them to keep practicing even during holidays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only at this point did Mr. Winter realize where he went wrong in the previous years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an effort to maintain his reputation, he inadvertently eroded the sense of urgency among Arsenal’s young players, causing the elimination mechanism to fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a pressing environment, how can young players be urged to be positive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only middle-aged people can work themselves to death without motivation, but young people won’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joe Nils was signed by Serie A club Lazio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Embarrassingly, while other leagues are splashing out tens of millions, even Lazio, one of the so-called Seven Sisters in Serie A, considers Eight Million a significant expenditure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this was only possible because Lazio retained Duwan Yilich for an additional year!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The matter created quite a stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>La Liga’s Atletico Madrid was willing to offer 18 million and take Duwan, and Duwan himself wanted to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lazio refused to let Duwan go under any circumstances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also knew that Duwan was the team’s offensive core, and once Duwan leaves, Lazio’s current seemingly eligible status for European competition would completely disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, if Duwan really left, could Pompey continue to stay at Lazio?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Difficult!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should know they once broke into the top three of the league last season!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they persist, perhaps they could even have a shot at the league title!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Lazio tried every possible means and eventually managed to keep Duwan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atletico Madrid naturally cursed at this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were also smart; since Duwan wasn’t available, they decided to look further in Serie A, in case there was another suitable central forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That player called Talista seems pretty good?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although notorious, Atletico Madrid is no stranger to dealing with notorious players; they have some confidence in this. But they kept a low profile, ready to snatch up this bargain at the end of the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then... trust me, they might be able to take Talista for less than Ten Million!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atletico Madrid’s business philosophy surely has its merits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Lazio’s reinforcement wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision or a complete compromise to Duwan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The decline in competitiveness of Serie A is a fact that many have felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, if you want to progress further in European competitions, you must accumulate star players and strengthen the roster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when one team does so, all other teams have to follow suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the internal conflict amongst the Serie A clubs during this twilight of the gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lazio formed a junior big-three lineup with Duwan, Pompey, and Nils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, over at Atlanta, they were not to be outdone. They already had the Belgian forward star Inzitens, and last year they recruited the big central forward Savio from Rome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Kadu Kuba, the central defender in Serie A’s best lineup backing them up, the strength framework was already in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as Inzitens aged, although his abilities remained sharp, his breakthrough and impact were not as strong as before. They needed an addition of a player with strong impact capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a selection process, Atlanta finally made a bid to Benevento, offering Eight million euros for Benevento’s former San Remo star—Vedian!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Benevento found themselves helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The polarization in Serie A now is severe; either you strengthen your squad to maintain the final dignity of a powerhouse,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or you get poached and struggle in the relegation zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless you have exceptionally loyal players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Vedian wasn’t a homegrown player for them; Vedian was a player they snatched up from San Remo for 1.5 million euros!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it seems like a bargain now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that time, spending 1.5 million euros on Vedian was actually an overpriced purchase!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>San Remo letting go of Vedian now would naturally be better, but at that time, when they couldn’t keep Vedian, being able to buy for a price of hundreds of thousands and sell for 1.5 million was already quite fortunate.\u003C\u002Fp>",948,"2026-06-06T13:45:23.672Z",1,"novelbin.me","ac9a3568d84a7621f38b9bcb08c2bf280df31df21b94912470029cf18efe321f","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-790","i-am-the-football-star-chapter-788",836,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-the-football-star-cover.jpg"]