Chapter 165 – Ace’s Influence (2)

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Chet. I can’t even joke.
But that ignorant bastard is just practicing overhead kicks at the youth training ground… I’m open to it.

“But it is kind of funny. Do you still think these are centipedes?”

It’s funny.
The club knows they are the top.

Usually, the club is right.
Anyway, during the contract period, you have to be tied to the club, and if the club wants to, you can put it in the 2nd team during the contract period. It’s not just a young joke that I’m just putting a kid in the middle of the day and only practicing overhead kicks.

Well, the overhead kick is a real joke.
Anyway, this is just a normal player or something… When you become a giant like me, your position changes.
It’s the so-called Super Eul.

“If I don’t play, there are things that will immediately plummet from the league rankings. I’ve done enough to prove it anyway, so there are many clubs that want me even if I give up a year. But is Frankfurt rich enough to give up my huge transfer fee? They’re not. They’re attracted to me. I have no choice but to attend because I have two years left on my contract.”

Contract renewal?
There’s no way.

I can’t either.
I was thinking about playing for another year because of my loyalty to Shin Se-jin-geo, the teammates I became close to, and the coach… Immigration is the answer.

Even so, I was tired of struggling on a weak team.
Central midfielder? Of course it’s fun. It’s fun… Still, my preference is for more aggressive rolls.

The position is not the problem, but the situation where you can focus on the attack.
I will also focus on attacking on a strong team.

“I wanted to be considerate of the club’s position as much as possible because of my loyalty to the coach, but I can’t help it if this is the case.”
“That’s what I’m talking about. In fact, the director informed me about the club’s internal trends and information.”
“… The director?”
“Yes. The director seems to be having a hard time blocking the leadership in the middle. I think the decision was delayed even by the club’s leadership because they endured by mediating.”

As expected, he’s a gentleman, so our director.
However, gratitude to the coach cannot stop the movement of the club’s leadership anyway. After all, it is the board of directors, not the director, who is at the top of the medical structure.

“Harin. Call the journalist sister. Let’s hold an interview after a long time.”
“Playing with the press is not a good idea. Calm down.”
“Of course, I’m not going to mention it directly. I’m just going to slip it in in the middle of the interview.”
“At this point, you’re doing an interview that you don’t usually do. Without any trigger, no matter how indirectly, you know everything, right?”
“The trigger is… Yes. That’ll do it.”

Coincidentally, on the TV screen that Daye Yoon was watching seriously, the anchor was talking hard.

“The Europa draw ended an hour ago. Prospects, predictions, commitments for the Europa League… Well, let’s do an interview roughly like that.”

* * *

The conference room heated up.
Even the cold-hearted attendees of the marathon meeting on the same subject, who do not know how many times have already been held, are spitting with reddened faces with fever.

“We shouldn’t treat Hong Min-joon like this! What do you see as a replacement player? This player is a player who will lead the football world in the future! What is he talking about when he can’t even make a good impression and maintain a good relationship with the players! If anyone can’t see this player’s shining talent, just get out!”
“What? Are you done talking? Yes, let me tell you the truth. This player is wrong! I’ve already made up my mind! To my ungratefulness, I can’t find any loyalty or loyalty to the club. This guy is!! What on earth do we have to be considerate of when we just want to transfer while snorting at our offer to renew the contract?”
“That’s the problem! Do you think the unfair treatment of Ace makes sense? Has Hong Min-joon ever been unprofessional? We are a professional team, and Minjun Hong is a professional player. We can’t rationalize our irrational behavior! You can transfer later. What’s wrong with that? It’s a legitimate right! The problem is that we don’t show Ace any respect! How can other players trust our team if they do this!!”
“He has not proven to be ineffective in the squad. He is different from the guy who can be transferred at the end of this season. We will continue to stay at the club. Think carefully about what is really for ‘our club’. Satisfying a modest moral sense. Whether it’s important to do it, or whether it’s important for the future of the club.”

Franz Balder watched the directors’ bickering with a haggard face.
Yesterday, I attended the draw ceremony for the Europa League finals in Lyon, Switzerland. I returned to Frankfurt at dawn this morning, and I attended the executive meeting with a tired body, and all I saw was the fight between the executives.

The chairman, who had been listening for a while, spoke for the first time.

“Coach Franz. The board of directors has made a decision. You cannot give up the future of the club for a player whose transfer cannot be prevented. There are less than three months left in the season, so let’s move on.”
“But Hong Min-jun is not a player to be treated like that. Who would trust the club when the team’s ace is treated so badly? What about the morale and mood of the team after seeing the unfair treatment of the ace?”
“Has it been confirmed that Hong Min-joon has no influence on the squad? There will be no problems in the future as it is now. Besides, the manager. The player the manager should pay attention to is not the player who will be responsible for the future of the club than Hong Min-jun, whose transfer is certain?”

Franz Balder let out a deep sigh.
In the meantime, he did his best to protect and mediate Hong Min-joon from the executives who tried to make hasty judgments, but in the end, he could not defeat the will of the board.

No matter how much he is a ‘manager’ with more authority than other team managers, it is the board of directors that runs the club after all.
Another voice interjects as if to comfort the sighing Franz Balder.

“After seeing the manager, I will send a request to the players to renew the contract. And Nicola Svyetz is also a player brought in by the coach himself. Besides, the agent told me. I transferred with full faith in the promise that the coach and the club would actively use me in the first team, but I wonder if I am enduring that I was pushed out as a backup member this season.”

Was that already several years ago?
Nikola Svyetz has been the starting pitcher for the past two seasons. This season, with the recruitment of Hong Min-jun and Alberto Mondi, he was only pushed to the bench, but didn’t he give him enough opportunities?

“If this goes well, we will consider renewing the contract in a positive way. Rather than catching Hong Min-jun, who is impossible, wouldn’t it be better to focus on a player who can be caught.

At the words of the directors, Franz Balder laughed.
A positive review. Even a verbal promise has no meaning until it is stamped, this bottom physiology, but there is no meaning in a positive review.

Does this happen in the end
Franz Balder let out a deep sigh.

It was then.
The conference room door burst open and a group of people entered.

“Something?”
“It’s a big deal. Chairman, you should look at this…”

The newspaper the employee hands over is Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a daily newspaper in Frankfurt that he is familiar with.

And on the front page, the face of Hong Min-joon, an impressive handsome man who can be recognized at a glance from afar, was featured in the headlines.

『Hong Min-jun, finally open your mouth! Rumors of discord are true!』

“…It’s ruined.”

* * *

Experts clamored that Frankfurt’s real trouble in the second half was from March.
This is because March is the time when the European competition should be held in earnest.

Our team ranked first in the Europa League group stage and became the round of 16 seed team, and the 8 teams that came up through the round of 16 playoffs became non-seeded teams, and a total of 16 teams will be drawn.

Thus, our team’s opponent was Manchester United of the EPL.
It was Man United.

Although Manchester United has been going downhill since the retirement of legendary manager Sir Alexon Ferguson, its capital power based on worldwide popularity is still enormous.

Man Utd, who had been participating in the prestigious Champions League qualifier competition, advanced to the Champions League this season, but was unfortunately eliminated in the group stage and fell to the Europa League.

Fortunately, they won the P.O. In the round of 16 and advanced to the round of 16, where they faced Frankfurt in the quarterfinals.

A match against Manchester United, who made a huge bet on the recruitment of Frankfurt ace Hong Min-jun in the winter transfer window.

In addition, it should have been a huge topic as it was a match against Man Utd, the prestigious EPL, which is popular all over the world.

『What is the quarrel with his colleague that Hong Min-jun revealed in the interview?』
『Hong Min-jun vs Nicola Svyets! The club is contemplating the punishment!』

An incident that Hong Min-joon mentioned in an interview with a Korean media was illuminated and caused a big wave.
During an interview about the Europa League match against Man Utd, which is also famous and popular in Korea, the German media caught him mentioning that he had recently quarreled with a colleague.

From all sorts of jokes that already sensed abnormal currents within the team to things that could not be linked to the left side in the game, public opinion flared up, and what brought a bigger storm to this was the interview with the Frankfurt players.

『Chicharo, who is in rehabilitation, said, “Hong Min-jun is the most professional player I have ever seen. Some claims that he is the cause are unreasonable.”
『The club’s punishment for Hong Min-jun, who leaked the club’s internal circumstances!』
『Frankfurt players rebel against unfair discipline!!』
『Respect for Ace! Captain Alexander Meyer Interview!』

Europa League round of 16 first leg.
Ahead of the match against Manchester United, Frankfurt exploded.

‘Oh my… What is all this about?’

At the epicenter of the explosion, the person concerned was very relaxed.

And the day before Manchester United.
Finally, the club…

『Frankfurt withdraws disciplinary action against Hong Min-jun! To Nicola Svyets instead?』
『Nikola Svyetz club’s own disciplinary action confirms relegation to the 2nd team!』

‘The leadership effect is certain.’

Got down on his knees