Football: Platini’s Heir

In his previous life, Ethan Cross watched his football dreams rot in the Tottenham youth academy. Sabotaged by a corrupt director and wrecked by chronic injuries, he was forced into early retirement before thirty. Now, back in his sixteen-year-old body, history tries to repeat itself. Passed over for first-team winter training, Ethan refuses to swallow the insult. One crisp slap across the director’s face terminates his contract, and in doing so, triggers the dormant [Football Legend System].His activation reward? Peak Michel Platini’s passing model. Short passing: instantly maxed out to 99. Left with zero options in England, Ethan catches the eye of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who signs him on the spot. But with manager Brendan Rodgers blocking senior minutes at Anfield, Ethan chooses the hardest path available: a six-month winter loan to Serie A outfit Fiorentina. The Italian press calls him a cheap, unproven stopgap for an injured Borja Valero. The Florence fanbase expects nothing from a sixteen-year-old English discard. Even manager Vincenzo Montella doubts he can survive professional football. They have no idea what is about to hit them. With precision passing that bends reality, ice in his veins, and a chip on his shoulder, Ethan turns Florence into his personal proving ground. From Serie A battlegrounds to the European stage, the boy Tottenham threw away is about to show the world how a true midfield emperor controls the pitch. Tottenham thought they threw out garbage. Liverpool thought they signed a project. They just unleashed a football god. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Football: Platini’s Heir — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠