The Wind Rises in Sunshine City, San Remo Waves His Check

Milan star Latuidi transfers to San Remo!

<Human touch! Latuidi joins on a free transfer, the whole city of Milan bids him farewell!>

<Building a mini-Milan in Serie C! San Remo fully covers Latuidi's million-euro salary, becoming the richest team in Serie C!>

<Soto: Welcome to my good brother for joining; we will work together to lead San Remo into the next stage!>

<Latuidi: Soto told me we will only stay in Serie C for one year!>

<Latuidi: There are many factors that moved me about San Remo, and Soto's invitation was crucial. But what decided everything was witnessing San Remo's final match of last season with my own eyes!>

<Latuidi: I have never seen a player like Lu Yang. Soto wants me to teach him more, but he is already doing better in many aspects than I was at his age!>

<Serie C superstar Lu Yang: I grew up watching Latuidi play. He is one of my football idols. I really like his style of play, and it has guided me!>

A Serie A star transferring to Serie C is undoubtedly the biggest news in the Serie C transfer market this year.

Moreover, Latuidi did not take a pay cut; his annual salary is one million euros!

This exceeds the total market value of many Serie C teams.

Latuidi alone is enough to rival the total market value of several Serie C teams.

Regarding this transfer, everyone has nothing but praise and shock.

After all, even if a Serie B team made such a move, they would become the top candidate for promotion next season, let alone a Serie C team.

Following this, San Remo signed new contracts with most of the players on the team.

Some of these players moved into administrative roles, becoming members of the team's coaching staff, or becoming youth team coaches and scouts.

The age structure of the original San Remo squad was on the older side, and many players had long since reached the point where they could no longer keep up.

Last season was their final glow.

Starting from this season, San Remo will gradually begin to renew and replace its roster.

Starting with Latuidi, San Remo has almost dominated all the news in the lower-league transfer market.

They spent 300,000 euros to package six players who were still in their prime from Serie C and Serie D.

Two forwards, two midfielders, and two defenders.

But this is just the beginning!

They still have multiple high-profile signings to come!

Milan Sports: "San Remo buys 32-year-old veteran Palacios from Serie B side Empoli for 150,000 euros. Palacios has played in Serie B for five years with stable performances. He is a key member of Empoli's defensive line and the team's third captain."

"This year, Empoli is attempting to push for promotion to Serie A, and they purchased a starting center-back from La Liga's Atletico Madrid. Palacios is unwilling to be a substitute, and San Remo can meet his salary requirements."

Tuttosport: "San Remo packages Serie B Perugia's starting goalkeeper Jarrad and backup right-back Mathias for 200,000 euros."

"San Remo's goalkeeping situation was already stretched thin last season; it was difficult for him to handle Serie C-level matches. The 35-year-old Jarrad is San Remo's best choice. Jarrad performed steadily last season, and he can play in this position until he is thirty-eight! He still possesses Serie B-level quality."

"The 27-year-old Mathias may not have much potential, but his ability is enough to make him a starting-level right-back for a Serie C team. He will share playing time with San Remo's original right-back, and considering the other player's age, Mathias may soon secure a starting position."

Roma Sports: "San Remo loans young Benevento player Jorsen Fernandez. The loan contract includes a buyout clause, with a maximum cost of 200,000 euros to complete the purchase."

"Fernandez, 18, has played three matches for the Benevento first team before returning to the youth squad. He has solid technique and excellent passing. His characteristic is that he is not fast enough, so he has never stood out as a right winger. However, he still has potential to be tapped, and he has the ability to swing between right forward and right midfielder at San Remo."

Genoa Sports: "Breaking news! San Remo once made an offer for Roma's backup right forward Bechir Aguilar!"

Among the dense stream of news, there are always some that are pleasant and some that are unpleasant.

For example, the inquiry regarding Bechir Aguilar.

Roma is one of the traditional giants of Serie A, and 23-year-old Aguilar has been in the Roma first team for nearly two seasons. However, his performance has never won the trust of the head coach and the fans.

His immediate impact is decent; his speed, passing, dribbling, shooting, and organizational skills are all quite good. It can be said that he could secure a starting position in any Serie B-level team.

But what Roma needs is clearly not his Serie B-level immediate impact.

Roma needs a Serie A star-level right winger.

Aguilar is not their answer.

And considering Aguilar's awkward age, Roma is indeed interested in letting him go.

Twenty-three.

To say he is old at this age is naturally an exaggeration.

But to say he is full of talent, then where does that leave those seventeen or eighteen-year-old prodigies?

In all fairness, although there are indeed players who only start to show their brilliance at twenty-three or twenty-four, more talented players begin to realize their potential before that.

Many visionary scouts and coaches believe that Aguilar, in fact, has no more potential to be tapped.

There won't be much difference between the current him and the future him.

Of course, there are still people who believe that Aguilar is worth looking forward to.

So, Roma ultimately kept Aguilar.

San Remo therefore temporarily loaned Fernandez from Benevento as a supplement for the right forward position.

This was actually a very normal offer and transaction.

Some refuse, some accept, some are the white moonlight, and some are the backup.

Fernandez would not complain about San Remo just because he was someone else's backup; he looked forward to gaining more playing time and being valued at San Remo.

But the problem lay with Aguilar, who had learned that San Remo had made an offer for him.

In an interview with the media, Aguilar stated: "I don't know why any trash team dares to send me an offer. Do they really think money can desecrate football?"

"Yes, their offer is an insult to me! This is the greatest humiliation I have received in my life. I hate teams like them that always think about unrealistic things. They are just a Serie C team; who do they think they are?"

"I am a Roma player. I play for a giant club like Roma, and only giants of the same or higher level are qualified to have me!"

Aguilar's attitude was extremely arrogant.

And because of the phrase "higher level giants," he not only offended San Remo and many lower-level teams but also offended the fans of his own team, Roma.

Everyone knows that Roma is not the top giant in the football world, but... as a Roma player, is it appropriate to say that?

Look at the Roma wolf king Perotta; faced with invitations from La Liga super giants Real Madrid and Premier League super giants Manchester United, he proudly said No!

That is true loyalty and protection for the team.

Not that kind of fake loyalty where "Roma is my father now, but when there is a richer father, Roma, you can go to hell."

Aguilar's words caused trouble, and he was met with a wave of abuse from his own fans.

In this regard, San Remo and the fans of the vast number of lower-level leagues expressed their appreciation for the Roma fans.

Seeing that the fans' reaction was wrong, Aguilar, under the guidance of his agent, accepted an interview again: "I am not a person who is good at expressing myself. I hope everyone can feel my heart for the team. I just don't want to become a person who needs to rely on various gimmicks to play football. I want to play football well, not think about taking shortcuts."

"I really don't like the San Remo team, just because they have such players in their ranks."

This time, Aguilar's statement was barely accepted by his own fans.

But the kind of player who takes shortcuts that he spoke of was undoubtedly referring to Lu Yang.

This could be described as an inexplicable bucket of dirty water.

Moric immediately tagged Aguilar on social media: "Hey buddy, are you mocking my good brother? So you are actually just purely jealous of his relationship with Sophia?"

"If you could also score a bicycle kick from thirty-three meters away, and you could dribble past a group of Serie A players as if you were chopping down a pile of wood, maybe you could also gain the favor of some female celebrities."

"But unfortunately, you can't. Of course, even if you could, it wouldn't work, because you don't have that handsome face of my brother that makes women go crazy when they see it!"

"I have watched your games. I like watching high-level football leagues; I watch the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A. With all due respect, your level is actually more suitable for Serie B. I believe you can feel it yourself; you are struggling in Serie A."

"And Lu Yang, at your age, will become a Serie A star. This is the gap between you. The one taking shortcuts is not him, but you, who clings to the fame of a giant club and is reluctant to leave, yet cannot bring new glory to Roma!"

The players of San Remo had long since experienced Moric's sarcasm and bitterness.

This time, he fired with full force, spraying Aguilar until he was full of holes.

And the method was also very high-end and elegant.

For a time, many fans watching the show supported Moric and became his sarcastic fans; after all, this was a great benefactor to all men in Europe.

Soon, Sophia also reposted Moric's remarks and replied to Aguilar: "I don't ask you to lead the team from the relegation zone to the championship in half a season. I don't ask you to always be able to score a winning goal at the most critical moment of the game. I don't ask you to sew stitches on the sidelines after being injured without leaving the field. I don't ask for any of these from you, because who you are is not important to me at all; I don't care at all."

"But I warn you, don't try to belittle and insult Lu Yang again. It is true that he is a lower-level player, but anyone who has watched his games knows that he is a real player. Anyone who loves football could not possibly say things that attack him..."

"He may not be the greatest football player in the entire football world, but he is the greatest man in my, Sophia's, heart!"

Sophia's statement made the onlookers completely boil over.

Not only the fans, but also many fans from the entertainment industry expressed their attention to this war of words.

Although Sophia's deep love for Lu Yang was undisguised in her words, this time everyone was not sour at all.

Because that is what Lu Yang deserves.

He is worthy of such praise from Sophia!

For a time, Italian football ushered in a highlight moment of traffic.

This traffic was attracted by Sophia and did not belong to Italian football.

This feeling of extra traffic pouring in was something Italian football had not experienced for a long time.

Everyone knows that Serie A is declining; stars and fans are passing away, but no one has any way to stop it.

Capital shifts, stars naturally follow the capital, and fans will follow the stars; this is the rule.

But... can Italy create its own stars?

Real stars are forged through victory after victory.

But fake stars can be cultivated through some other means.

It shouldn't be difficult to at least create a batch of popular young idol stars, even if we don't seek to build a group of top stars like Carlisle, Ancarelli, Maniero, and Soto, right?

The appearance of Sophia and the explosion of Lu Yang gave many ambitious people in Italian football inspiration.

Soon, the Italian football world ushered in a grand event.

"Hello, Arthas." Lu Yang answered his phone.

"Lu Yang, pack your things and come to Turin." Arthas was very excited.

"What is it?" Lu Yang asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Italy National TV Sports Channel has invested heavily in a football reality show that will document the training process of talented players in a reality format. The show is tentatively titled Star of Italy, and it will invite over forty superstars currently playing in Italy to gather together," Arthas said. "You've been selected too, Lu!"

"Do you know what this means? You are one of the forty-plus young people considered the best in the entire Italian football scene! You have conquered the public and the judges with your perfect performance!"

"I used my personal connections to check, and among them, you are the only one from Serie D! Most of the others are talented youth players from Serie A or Serie B, or mainstays of reserve teams, or even substitutes for first teams!"

After listening, Lu Yang was indeed a bit excited, but he quickly reacted: "I am a Serie C player now, not Serie D, sir. By the way, what about Moric?"

Arthas said: "Regrettably, Moric was not selected. As I said, you are the only one from Serie D—er, Serie C."

Lu Yang thought for a moment, then asked: "So isn't this strange? Why am I the only one from a lower-level league? Is it really because my talent or performance attracted this so-called Star of Italy production team?"

Arthas was stunned, having already found the answer in his heart.

Lu Yang's selection must have something to do with Sophia.

He carries massive traffic!

Arthas knew some inside information: the Italy Football Star Training Camp reality show was essentially designed to ripen young Italian players, allowing them to gain fame quickly before they truly stepped onto the battlefield, thereby manufacturing fake stars to retain fans.

This concept was learned from the Premier League, and the method was derived from the trainee selection system of South Korea in the East.

And the reason Arthas could access this level was that the initiator of the officially invited training camp was none other than his brother, Maniero!

That's right, to have enough prestige in the football world, possess high national popularity to call upon the public to watch, be able to convince young people, be willing to promote them, be relatively friendly, and not be tied down by the trivialities of club teams or the national team—only Maniero fit the bill!

"I want Moric to participate as well, otherwise I will decline this training camp." A smile played on the corners of Lu Yang's mouth, his tone firm. "Arthas, I believe you have a way, don't you?"

Arthas gave a wry smile and said: "Fine, I will find a way."

This Lu Yang knows how to hold out for a better price; he will make the most of his own value and won't be used for nothing. That is a good trait.

But it is just a pity for him, the agent, who has to waste his breath for every inch of ground Lu Yang fights for.

Fortunately, Moric is known as Little Maniero, which should be enough to convince the production team.