As 2028 reached its midpoint, while still lambasting the foolish decisions of the national football team and the Football Association, I never dreamed that I would transition from A
However, the job of club manager is very difficult for professional players. Most professional players' best choice after retirement is to become a coach.
If a professional player merely transitions to coaching, then whether this coach is qualified is still a big question mark!
Moreover, every professional player has their own market value, especially international superstars, whose market values are generally around tens of millions of euros.
If they transition to coaching, even if their market value can be appropriately lowered, tens of millions of euros will still have to be spent.
So the question arises, which team would be willing to spend tens of millions of euros to hire such a professional player as a coach?
Clubs willing to hire may not have that much money, while clubs with that much money do not believe that a professional player can successfully transition into a professional coach.
And the position of coach is extremely critical; if they cannot motivate the entire team, they might drag down the whole team, or even mess up the locker room, causing intense conflicts between players, leading to everything developing towards negative side effects.
Therefore, after Messi retired, apart from spending time with his family, he probably couldn't find any football-related work.
It was just that no one expected that two years later, Messi would announce that he would become the head coach of the Am team.
Firstly, they were shocked that Messi would be willing to coach such a small regional team. Secondly, they were shocked that such a small region would be willing to spend tens of millions of euros to hire Messi.
So when this news was announced, there was an uproar both domestically and internationally.
But as the news spread further, and people learned that the team was actually backed by Jiangnan Group and the world's richest man, everything became clear. After all, a team fully supported by the world's richest man, it would be ridiculous for it to be short of money, and it would be equally ridiculous for Messi to refuse.
But they didn't know that Messi had actually refused at first because he didn't lack money and didn't want to waste his precious time on a team that was unlikely to amount to anything. It was only after he watched a few of the players' games that he realized that perhaps things were not as he had imagined.
[PS: I don't know if Messi is suitable to be a coach, as this is something that has never happened in reality. Messi as a coach might be very poor, but he might also be very outstanding. However, considering that the current head coach of Argentina was Messi's former teammate and also transitioned to coaching after being a professional player, I think it's reasonable to have some expectations for Messi.
The reason for writing this is mainly to ride on Messi's popularity.]
Messi becoming the head coach of the Am team was just the beginning. Subsequently, a large number of very well-known coaches and support staff from around the world announced their joining the Am team. Thus, in just one month, the Am team directly inflated into a super team with a lineup of stars.
The most crucial aspect, however, is whether the players of the Am team, with an average age of around 17, can unleash their strength commensurate with such a configuration. All of this will have to be verified in actual combat.