Lu Yang turned on the loudspeaker, and typed to Morici: "Zidane helped us deal with Koschel. Koschel is willing to come out publicly now, which will completely resolve this issue."
Morici: "Why? He hadn’t come forward before, which means he still harbored some resentment towards you. Why is he willing to come forward and reconcile with you now?"
Lu Yang said: "You’d have to ask Zidane about that. He helped us, and he helped Koschel too."
Morici wasn’t slow to catch on: "Are you saying Zidane promised Koschel some benefits? So Koschel is willing to stand up?"
In fact, this was the best outcome.
Lu Yang said: "Something like that, probably."
Sure enough, Zidane later said: "I had also communicated with Mr. Winter before. He also hopes Koschel can look at this matter calmly and rationally, and not fall into someone else’s trap, becoming a pawn for others."
"Mr. Winter should have reassured Koschel. I’ve heard next season he might promote Koschel to be Arsenal’s second captain!"
Morici’s eyes reddened!
Damn, what kind of connections are these!
Mr. Winter also lent a helping hand!
Koschel is twenty-six, belonging to the rare middle generation in Arsenal’s lineup.
But he’s not from Arsenal’s youth training, he’s a mid-career apprentice brought in from Ligue 1.
By age and seniority, he shouldn’t be able to become the team captain.
But Mr. Winter is willing to make him the second captain of Arsenal, which is obviously a decision made for Lu Yang.
Of course, it’s not completely unfounded.
Koschel originally had the potential to succeed veterans like White, and his age holds sway over the young trainees. Given Arsenal’s previous captains weren’t that old, this promotion in the locker room can be seen as logical.
"Thank you, Zidane!" Lu Yang expressed his gratitude to Zidane.
The other party smiled without speaking.
Morici also realized at this point, although Zidane didn’t say how he settled things with Koschel, it was probably through similar methods.
Promises that Koschel would surely be selected for the National Team again after his recovery, guarantees of his status within the team, and care for Koschel in the National Team, etc.
Don’t think it’s something any player can easily achieve.
These promises are ones many national team Head Coaches can’t fulfill.
This is Zidane!
A player whose playing style differs greatly from Lu Yang’s, but whose off-field development follows a very similar path to Lu Yang’s.
While playing, they continuously expand their influence in football from various aspects, especially at the high-level.
So when people evaluate their on-field status, or even their standing in football, it might not be that high.
But their real influence and power locally and nationally isn’t comparable to other players who only focus on playing football.
Zidane’s impact on the French Football Association and French Football is several times more terrifying than Lu Yang’s on the Italian Football Association and football.
Because Zidane has already achieved great success on this path.
While Lu Yang is just starting out.
It seems that even within France, many people don’t want to confront Italy directly, as they were once excluded from the so-called "Four Major Leagues," and their position is already precarious, so it wouldn’t make sense to bring down Serie A.
Even if they did, it wouldn’t benefit them at all.
Contributing in vain to England and Spain, why bother?
That’s the larger trend.
But on a more specific level, Zidane must have his personal reasons for doing this.
"These skewed reports won’t have the effect Jeffery imagined. He has power and influence and knows how to tempt people with benefits, but he... doesn’t understand human nature." Zidane provided more information to Lu Yang, "Although some people in certain associations are willing to cooperate with him, those football clubs won’t do so, neither La Liga giants nor Premier League powerhouses will get involved."
"Oh? Why?" Lu Yang inquired knowingly.
Zidane laughed heartily: "You’re really interesting, do you really need me to spell it out? Because you’re excellent enough! So excellent that all the big clubs are willing to keep a path open for you to join."
"Your frank and straightforward personality is well-known. Any club that kicks you when you’re down now, you absolutely won’t join later."
"Gudiola wanting to bring in San Remo players won’t let Barça speak out."
"Over at Real Madrid, I’ve also talked with Old Sir over the phone."
"Under Mr. Winter’s leadership, Arsenal, more than ever, won’t support what is wrong."
"Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, even Bayern Munich... those with insufficient weight won’t speak, and those with sufficient weight won’t offend San Remo."
Zidane stopped there.
Lu Yang added for him: "Because everyone wants a piece of the San Remo pie, so they want to leave a good impression, right?"
Yes, splitting up San Remo, that’s what all the big clubs are thinking.
Jeffery knows how crucial association support is, so he thinks he can command everything with it.
But he doesn’t understand how important an outstanding player is to a club, so he can’t predict that this command is doomed to receive no response.
Will Barça fans remain once Messi leaves?
When C Luo left, who would watch Juventus’s late-night games?
Even a powerhouse like Manchester United, before C Luo joined, the audience for a major match was less than a third of any typical game after he joined!
How many people watched Paris’s games not for Neymar and Mbappe?