Chapter 356: Buying the Premier League! Sky-high release fee! Beating Guardiola, I am the most professional! [Subscribe]
In the 26th round of the Premier League, before Klopp led Liverpool to challenge Bayswater Chinese away, Yang Cheng said this in an interview with the British media at the pre-match press conference.
"I think Klopp has not adapted yet, or has not had time to adapt to the Premier League!"
"He is like a restless teenage boy. He needs to become more mature and rational!"
It's really funny!
Yang Cheng, 35, advised Klopp, 48, to be more mature.
Many people believe that this was a psychological tactic played by Yang Cheng with Klopp before the game.
But only Klopp himself knows the answer.
Yang Cheng is instructing him!
After coming to the Premier League, he played several games and drank with Yang Cheng a few times.
What Yang Cheng emphasized most to him was the difference between the Premier League and the Bundesliga.
Klopp feels that he is mentally prepared.
But Yang Cheng felt that he didn't.
This made Klopp feel unconvinced for a while.
But after the entire season, 26 rounds have passed and Liverpool has reached the semi-finals of the League Cup.
Klopp asked himself: Yang Cheng is right!
The tactics that he was best at in the Bundesliga brought about earth-shaking changes to Liverpool when he came to the Premier League.
The tactics and team philosophy are highly compatible on the spiritual level, making Klopp's high-pressure pressing and quick counterattacks almost like a fish in water in Liverpool.
The game looked very exciting.
All the fans were thrilled.
Many people even say that Klopp is the best head coach for Liverpool since the new century.
There is nothing wrong with this!
But after the initial honeymoon period, various problems began to emerge.
Liverpool has played well in strong matches this season, but energy distribution has always been a huge problem.
It's certainly cool when you keep charging forward.
But what happens after the fun?
When your physical strength starts to run low, you will be pinned to the ground by your opponent.
The League Cup semi-final match against Bayswater Chinese was the best proof of this.
Yang Cheng said that we need to become more mature and rational.
In Klopp's understanding, this is telling him to learn to control the game and control the rhythm.
Fast and slow, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, this is reasonable!
The biggest difference between the Premier League and the Bundesliga is that the mid- and lower-level teams in the Premier League are so damn strong!
When Klopp coached the Bundesliga, he basically didn't take other teams seriously except Bayern, especially the mid- and lower-level teams.
But what about in the Premier League?
Klopp's tactics of high pressing and quick counterattack are actually not as effective in the Premier League as in the Bundesliga.
Why?
Because the Premier League is basically about quick counterattacks.
The tempo is very fast.
The biggest bargaining chip left is high-pressure defense.
But the most disgusting thing about the mid- and lower-level teams in the Premier League is that they also have their own set of game strategies.
Relying on their strong purchasing power, they do not recruit superstars, but focus on talented players, and basically they are dark and tough center forwards and incredibly fast wingers.
The main feature is an impact flow.
In the past few years, the defensive level of European football has improved by leaps and bounds.
The mid- and lower-level Premier League teams also have enough strength to buy excellent defenders, so each of their teams has built a solid defense.
So, when they meet a strong team, they defend and counterattack.
What they are least afraid of is a team like Liverpool that presses forward and attacks.
Once your front attack fails to be effective, they will counterattack you from behind.
Black and Hard and Flash immediately start teaching you how to behave!
This situation is rarely seen in the Bundesliga.
The mid- and lower-level teams in the Bundesliga basically cannot achieve the same level as them.
Therefore, what the Premier League teams fear most are the ball possession styles of Manchester City, the passing and cutting styles of Bayswater Chinese and Arsenal.
Look, Mourinho’s style of play doesn’t work at Chelsea anymore.
Van Gaal also encountered trouble at Manchester United.
Klopp is now too.
The reason lies in what Yang Cheng said, if you can't play offense, you have to control the ball, readjust, sort it out, and then play again.
If the first wave doesn’t work, the second wave, the third wave, and so on will be launched one after another until the opponent’s defense is broken!
But this requires a player who can control the rhythm in the midfield.
Liverpool don't have such players now.
During the winter break, Klopp wanted to sign Gundogan from Dortmund, but they failed to agree on the price.
At the beginning of the season, the reason why Klopp spent a lot of money to sign Mane was because he firmly believed that the lack of speed would make it impossible to play in the Premier League.
As it turned out, he was right.
But now, he finds that without an excellent organizing core, he still cannot play in the Premier League.
Many people only saw that Bayswater Chinese had consecutive one-goal leads in January, including a 0-0 draw, and felt that Yang Cheng and his Bayswater Chinese seemed a bit overwhelmed.
But no one knows how much Klopp envies Yang Cheng.
The point of winning in a dirty way is not about being dirty, nor is it just about winning.
More importantly, behind the vulgarity is the physical adjustment of the Chinese players of Bayswater.
After this wave of physical adjustment, the Chinese in Bayswater were still full of energy in the second half!
What’s despairing is that they can win even during the adjustment period!
Liverpool, on the other hand...
In the 26th round of the Premier League, Klopp learned from previous experiences and lessons, hoping that the team could be a little more stable in the first half and allocate physical energy reasonably.
Avoid the situation similar to before, where the team ran out of energy in the second half.
Especially kicking the Bayswater Chinese.
If you run out of energy in less than 60 minutes, what's the point of playing?
That's a good idea.
But just thoughts.
Because when Liverpool was unable to exert enough pressure on the Bayswater Chinese in the frontcourt, Yang Cheng's team used offense to break down Liverpool's defense time and time again.
In the 20th minute, Toni Kroos assisted Harry Kane to score.
In the 33rd minute, Modric broke into the penalty area and knocked on Liverpool's goal again.
Liverpool conceded two goals just half an hour into the first half.
Klopp realized very clearly that he was wrong!
Try your best to suppress the opponent, but perhaps after 60 minutes, your team will be physically exhausted and passively beaten.
But at least I can last 60 minutes.
After 60 minutes, there might be a glimmer of hope if we adopt a defensive strategy.
But if he gave up his best weapon, wanting to press and oppress while also wanting to save energy, the end result would be nothing.
The game hadn't even reached 60 minutes yet, strictly speaking, it had only been half an hour, and he had already lost!
There was nothing unexpected in the second half.
Liverpool did perform well after 60 minutes.
Suarez scored a goal for the team in the 65th minute.
But in the 67th minute, Gareth Bale once again put the team ahead.
In the 76th minute, Kolarov was shown a second yellow card and was sent off directly with a red card for a foul when blocking Walcott.
In the League Cup semi-final, Kolarov was passed by Walcott.
This time he tried desperately to stop it, but the price was a red card.
This is just like Klopp's situation!
The harder he tried to struggle against the Chinese in Bayswater, the faster he died.
In the end, Klopp's team lost 1-3 away from home!
…
On the evening of February 17, the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout match.
Bayswater Chinese will challenge the Serie A's Giallorossi Roma away.
Today's Roma can be considered to be strong, with famous players such as El Shaarawy, Totti, Pjanic and Nainggolan in the team.
But at their home ground, Spalletti's team still failed to stop the attack of the Bayswater Chinese.
The Red Wolves held on for 43 minutes.
Walcott made a cross from the right, and Gareth Bale scored against Roma from the left, opening the scoring for the team.
After the second half, in the 54th minute, Gareth Bale got the ball on the left, suddenly started, shook off Florenzi, forced the ball into the left side of the penalty area, and shot low into Roma's goal.
2 to 0!
Just six minutes later, Giroud sealed the victory for Bayswater Chinese with a fierce header.
3 to 0!
The game was only 60 minutes in at this time.
Although Nainggolan scored a goal for Roma in the subsequent game, the Red Wolves eventually lost 1-3 at home and basically handed over the right to advance.
…
On February 20, in the fifth round of the FA Cup, Bayswater Chinese Football Club visited White Hart Lane to challenge Tottenham Hotspur.
As the game entered first-half injury time, Kyle Walker received the ball on the right side of Tottenham's half.
As he caught the ball, he raised his head and glanced ahead.
Salah pulled to the right, almost sticking to the right sideline, ready to receive his pass.
This made Kyle Walker know what he should do.
England's right-back moved forward quickly, but diagonally to the flank.
When he entered Tottenham's 30-meter area, without waiting for Bentaleb to get close, he made a cross pass and continued to sprint forward.
When Modric ran out sideways to receive the ball, he saw Salah on the right sideline raising his hand to ask for the ball.
At almost the same time, Kyle Walker had rushed to the right flank outside the penalty area.
Tottenham's left-back Daniel Rose was attracted by Walker and moved closer to the penalty area.
After years of cooperation between the two teams, Modric immediately guessed how the attack would be launched.
He suddenly stopped and changed direction to move forward.
This immediately made Bentaleb, who was originally close to the wing, choose to retreat.
But at this moment, Modric, who was originally making a forward run, suddenly sent a pass with the outside of his right foot, passing the ball diagonally to the right sideline and to Salah's feet.
Bentaleb was close to the middle, while Salah was almost unmarked on the right sideline.
Tottenham's left-back Daniel Rose rushed over immediately.
Unfortunate Daniel Rose had no idea that Salah was waiting for him to run out.
As soon as the Egyptian received the ball, he made a diagonal pass into the right side of the penalty area without waiting for Daniel Rose to get close.
Kyle Walker, who had just rushed to the outside of the penalty area, suddenly accelerated and quickly moved to the right side from the ribs, just catching up with Salah's diagonal pass.
Kyle Walker stopped on the right side of the penalty area and confronted Alderweireld with his body.
Taking advantage of this momentum, Kyle Walker caught up with the ball and shot with his right foot.
The goalkeeper Vorm from the Netherlands is only 1.83 meters tall and moves very quickly when going down the flank.
But Kyle Walker's shot went straight over his head, passed between his hands and went into the goal behind him.
1 to 0!
Kyle Walker turned around and ran excitedly, running all the way out of the stadium.
Yang Cheng couldn't help but applaud on the sidelines.
Kyle Walker has really been outstanding this season.
Everyone can clearly see that the 30-year-old Piszczek is gradually unable to control his teammate.
He is really fast and very strong in physical confrontation.
An average of 6.3 ball recoveries per game is enough to prove his excellence.
In the next few years, until Arnold matures, the right side of the Bayswater Chinese will depend on him!
…
After the fifth round of the FA Cup, the team had a week of rest.
A week later, the Premier League ushered in the 27th round, but Bayswater Chinese and Manchester City had to play the League Cup final.
But before this final, Yang Cheng took time out to go to Zurich, Switzerland, to attend the FIFA Special Congress held in Zurich on the 26th.
The date of this conference was finalized at the board meeting in Tokyo, Japan last December.
The site chosen was not at the FIFA headquarters, but at the Hallen Stadium in the north of Zurich city.
This is a fully enclosed indoor gymnasium that is usually rented out. It can host basketball, boxing, ice hockey and other events, as well as concerts, stage plays and the like. It is a very popular multi-purpose stadium.
Now, the stadium has been arranged into a very spacious meeting venue.
Yang Cheng arrived in Zurich ahead of schedule on the 23rd.
On the 24th, he attended an internal meeting of the Supervisory Board, which was mainly about the progress of reform and the agenda of the special general meeting on the 26th. This is a FIFA congress that is held only once every few years and is very grand.
On the 25th, Yang Cheng and members of the Supervisory Board met with FIFA's Council to mainly discuss the agenda for the 26th and FIFA's subsequent reform plans.
There is also the preparation and deployment of some major events, etc.
At around 8 o'clock in the morning on the 26th, representatives of FIFA's members from more than 200 countries and regions, FIFA's senior executives and employees, media reporters from all over the world, and everyone who cares about the development of international football, gathered at the Haren Stadium.
None of the media reporters entered the venue, but instead blocked outside to conduct interviews and reports.
Yang Cheng is undoubtedly the focus of everyone's attention.
As Chairman of the FIFA Supervisory Board, Yang Cheng will deliver the opening speech on behalf of FIFA.
This is the first time in history!
Traditionally, this has always been the job of the FIFA president.
But this is the second time that Yang Cheng has performed his duties on behalf of the FIFA President.
The first time was at the FIFA Awards Ceremony in January.
The Chinese in Bayswater can be said to have won a great victory.
Among the 11 players in the annual best team, 7 were from Bayswater Chinese.
Yang Cheng won the Best Men's Football Coach Award!
Gareth Bale also won the FIFA Ballon d'Or twice in a row!
At that time, it was Yang Cheng who personally presented the award to Gareth Bale, which also became a good story of FIFA.
Now, Yang Cheng is once again acting as FIFA president.
Over the past period of time, as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Yang Cheng has often released some progress and news on the reform of the Supervisory Board and FIFA, and everyone has paid close attention to this time.
Yang Cheng smiled and expressed his affirmation of FIFA's achievements over the past period of time.
"For more than half a year, we have fought a very beautiful war against corruption and achieved a major victory!"
Are there any specific fruits of victory that can be revealed in advance?
Yang Cheng said with a smile, "In the past, at every special meeting, you could only wait outside the stadium, but now, we can enter the venue, which is a big improvement!"
There was a burst of warm applause at the scene.
That’s true!
In the past, everyone could only wait outside, waiting for the final press release from FIFA.
Now, they can enter.
Of course, the entire special conference will be broadcast live to the public.
All interested fans around the world can watch this live broadcast through the Internet.
At 9:40, the special meeting officially began!
As Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Yang Cheng delivered an opening speech on behalf of FIFA.
He extended a warm welcome to all member representatives, FIFA colleagues and media reporters present.
Yang Cheng said that in the past period of time, FIFA has faced unprecedented severe challenges and various problems accumulated over the past decades.
"Today, the eyes of the whole world are focused on this special conference of ours!"
"After more than half a year, fans around the world are waiting for us to give an answer."
"I want to say that as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, over the past six months or so, all my colleagues and I have always held the view that only by unswervingly promoting reform can we help FIFA rebuild its credibility and regain the trust of fans!"
There was a burst of warm applause at the scene.
Yang Cheng said that since Indonesia and Kuwait had their membership suspended, there were 207 representatives of member associations present today.
The entire special meeting will be divided into two parts.
The first step is to vote on a number of proposals, including the FIFA Statutes, the Regulations on the Application of the Statutes, the Rules of Procedure of the FIFA Congresses, etc.
Among them, the various reform measures previously taken by FIFA, including the reform of the Executive Committee into a Council, the term of office and age limits for officials, etc., are all reflected in these proposals.
Once the vote is passed, it will mean that a new management framework for FIFA will begin to be implemented.
After the vote, it is the FIFA presidential election that everyone is very concerned about.
There are currently 3 candidates.
One is David Gill from the UK.
The other two are from Asia, Prince Ali of Jordan, and Sheikh Salman, president of the Asian Football Confederation and vice-president of FIFA.
The first agenda item was chaired by David Gill, head of the reform team.
He first read out all the reform proposals, and also explained the content of the amendments and the necessity of the reform.
In fact, many of them had already been approved internally before, but this time they were brought out publicly and voted on in front of everyone to prove their authority.
And the final vote was basically passed.
Every time a reform proposal was passed, there was warm applause from the audience.
This also allows everyone to see that FIFA advocates for reform.
This trend is unstoppable!
Yang Cheng presided over the subsequent election of three candidates.
One very obvious signal was that David Gill received the warmest applause during his pre-election speech.
The Englishman used reform as his campaign slogan, and he himself personally participated in the entire process of FIFA reform, which was recognized by most people.
Most importantly, he is virtually scandal-free.
On the contrary, his biggest competitor, Sheikh Salman, the President of the Asian Football Confederation from Bahrain, was exposed by the British media for a bribery scandal during his campaign for FIFA Executive Committee in 2009 after announcing his candidacy.
He spent $1.6 million to run it.
But the money actually came from the sports development funds allocated by FIFA to Bahrain.
Sheikh Salman's lawyers have denied the allegations, but it has raised some concerns about his situation.
In the past few years, the FIFA president has either been from Europe or America.
No one has ever been elected from Asia or Africa.
So much so that some people joked that if Yang Cheng ran for election, he would definitely be elected.
But once Yang Cheng runs for election, he will not be able to do many things.
Sheikh Salman, as the person being promoted by the AFC, is also highly anticipated.
After all, if he can break the "monopoly" of Europe and America on the FIFA president, it would be considered bringing a new trend.
I just didn't expect that he would be exposed to such a scandal and his image would be damaged.
As the chairman of the Supervisory Board, Yang Cheng presided over the entire voting process and also announced the start of the voting.
According to the rules, in the first round of voting, if one of the three candidates can get more than two-thirds of the votes, he or she will win immediately.
If the number of votes does not exceed two-thirds, the two candidates with the most votes will enter the second round of voting.
After the voting began, the 207 member representatives sitting in front of the stage began pressing the electronic buttons in their hands to cast their precious votes.
The big screen on the stage also displays the number of votes in real time.
The atmosphere in the entire stadium suddenly became tense.
Although Yang Cheng doesn't mind who becomes the chairman, he still hopes that David Gill will win.
And the facts have proved that David Gill has been leading almost from the beginning, and the gap has gradually widened.
Even getting bigger and bigger.
After the voting began, the only suspense left was whether David Gill could get two-thirds of the votes.
And the answer was soon revealed.
The final number was fixed at 143 votes!
Sheikh Salman received 47 votes and Prince Ali received 17 votes.
David Gill did not have to enter the second round and directly won the position of FIFA President with a majority of more than two-thirds of the votes!
In an instant, the entire stadium was filled with thunderous applause.
Everyone was satisfied with the result.
Because over the past period of time, the results of the FIFA reforms led by David Gill have been obvious to all.
And now, his election also indicates that FIFA's reform will continue to advance.
When Yang Cheng announced the result as the chairman of the Supervisory Board and invited David Gill to the stage, the Englishman excitedly hugged Yang Cheng and did not let go for a long time.
“I can’t describe how I feel right now!”
"The past six months have been an extraordinary experience for me. I have met many amazing people who love football and I have learned a lot from them."
"I hope to work with you and everyone else to create a new era for international football!"
When introducing his ideas for FIFA in the future, David Gill said he would be steadfast in pushing for reform.
At the same time, he was also very grateful to the Supervisory Board headed by Yang Cheng for its supervision of himself, the FIFA Council, the football federations of all continents and all member associations.
He believes that this is very necessary based on the history of the past 100 years.
David Gill said there would be no changes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
The reason is simple. Both Russia and Qatar have invested huge amounts of money in the preparations for these two World Cups.
Moreover, canceling their hosting rights is not in the interests of FIFA.
But for these two events, David Gill said that FIFA will invest more time and energy and will strive to make them two successful football events.
David Gill also talked a lot about his own ideas.
Yang Cheng stood aside, listening with a smile on his face.
But in fact, he didn't listen at all.
In his heart, he still felt somewhat sad.
This guy finally got what he wanted!
He also clearly remembered that he had only encouraged David Gill to become the God of Wealth.
But who could have thought that he would become the President of FIFA today.
Things in this world are changing so fast!
He was not worried about whether David Gill would fulfill his promise, because his request was actually very simple.
The authorization for events such as the International Champions Cup has already been obtained.
What remains is to increase support for China in terms of youth training.
It's not just a matter of money, the most important thing is talent.
To develop youth training, we absolutely cannot do without talents.
Youth training coaches, the establishment of youth training systems, and other aspects all require talents.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the youth training base in Xinjiang Province.
Yang Cheng spent money to invite outstanding youth training coaches to coach in Eastern Europe, but no matter how much he appealed, it was not as effective as FIFA's intervention.
This is also a good thing for David Gill.
China's economy is booming now, but its football is so backward, especially the men's football.
Whoever is elected as FIFA president will certainly want to help China enter the World Cup finals.
Who could have imagined that football, the world's largest sport and the most authoritative football tournament, would not have a presence in the World Cup finals with a population of 1.4 billion?
Oh, and neither does India.
But can the value of China be compared with that of India?
Not to mention anything else, every year China's sponsors are far better than India's.
Therefore, David Gill can fully and confidently push forward the effort to help China improve its football level.
However, it was at the lunch party after the election that Yang Cheng met Nasser of the Qatari consortium.
He came to Zurich as part of a Qatari delegation.
And Nasser brought Yang Cheng a shocking piece of news.
"We have made a breakthrough in a deal we have been working on with a Premier League club."
When Nasser told the news with a smile, Yang Cheng was a little surprised.
"Which team?" Yang Cheng asked without thinking.
"Tottenham Hotspur!"
"Ah?" Yang Cheng was even more surprised.
How could it be Tottenham Hotspur?
Weren’t there many teams involved before?
In fact, Yang Cheng never thought it would be Southampton.
Why?
Because Southampton is not in a big city after all.
Over the past period of time, there has indeed been constant news coming out from the outside world, such as Everton.
Buying this team and going to fight against Liverpool's city rivals is actually quite good.
Then there is West Ham United in London.
The latter has won a long-term lease on the London Stadium, which is a very popular stadium.
There are even rumours of teams from the south bank of the Thames, such as Crystal Palace.
But Yang Chengzhen didn't expect it to be Tottenham Hotspur.
Because Joe Lewis and Daniel Levy are both too dark!
There have been investors interested in Tottenham in the past, but their asking prices were very high.
"How much did you spend?" Yang Cheng asked with great interest.
He was already expecting to receive an astronomical sum of money.
"1.5 billion pounds!"
really!
Although Yang Cheng had experienced transactions with Manchester United and Chelsea in his previous life, he was somewhat desensitized to numbers.
But the news of the £1.5 billion acquisition of Tottenham Hotspur would surely shock the European football world and even the whole world.
This will further drive up the prices of Premier League clubs!
Frankly speaking, this is not very friendly to the several Chinese consortiums that are currently interested in investing in the Premier League.
"It's too high!" Yang Cheng shook his head repeatedly.
Nasser smiled and nodded, "Yes, but Tottenham Hotspur also has a project that we are very interested in."
"You mean the Northum Poland Development Plan?"
"Yes, we are very interested in this plan. We even think it can be made bigger," Nasser said excitedly.
The northeast area of London where Tottenham Hotspur is located is actually quite remote and poor, and the various facilities are not very complete.
The reason why the London City Council insisted on placing the London Bowl in the east of the city was to revitalize East London.
It has been at least 10 years since Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium plan was proposed.
Based specifically on Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium project, the district government worked with the club to propose a Northumberland plan to revitalize the area's old town.
The plan is divided into three parts.
In the middle is the stadium, and to the north is a two-story complex that houses a supermarket, parking lot and some commercial space.
The most important part of the project is on the south side of the stadium, where four independent residential buildings are planned to be built.
In Yang Cheng's previous life, this project of Tottenham Hotspur was revised again and again.
For example, the complex in the north was changed from two floors to four floors because Tottenham Hotspur later moved the club's office into this building.
The residential building on the south side has also been modified again and again, from 200 units to 285 units.
But after the stadium was built, no residential building was started.
Before Yang Cheng traveled through time, the latest news was that they would not build residential buildings anymore and were going to redevelop the area, starting with building a 30-story hotel.
But whatever it is, this project is indeed very attractive.
"We are in close discussions with the City of London and Haringey Council and we are even looking to expand the Northumberland Scheme to cover a wider area."
"We hope to build a landmark complex in east London around the new stadium project, just like the Prudential Stadium in Bayswater, which will drive the development of the surrounding area."
Yang Cheng laughed secretly when he heard this.
Are we driving the development around Bayswater?
But if the Qatari consortium really intends to do this in Tottenham, it will indeed drive the development of surrounding areas.
Because the surrounding area is quite poor.
"1.5 billion pounds is indeed very expensive." Yang Cheng exclaimed.
"But it's worth it, isn't it?" Nasser said with a smile.
For them, what matters most is not the numbers but the assets.
If the £1.5 billion, plus subsequent investments, can bring them high-quality assets in the London area, it would be a pretty good deal.
What's more, there is also Tottenham Hotspur.
Ever since the Chinese in Bayswater became successful, all these foreign investors have been following the lead and moving in.
They all clearly realized that running a football club does not necessarily mean making money from the football club.
There may be other, even more, better money-making projects.
"London becomes really lively after you come in." Yang Cheng also laughed immediately.
Bayswater Chinese, Chelsea, Arsenal, and now Tottenham Hotspur.
Four powerful teams in London, this is simply amazing!
"By the way, I remember that last time you said that you would sign a superstar, were you talking about Ibrahimovic?" Yang Cheng suddenly thought of this question.
Ibrahimovic is currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain, so it is normal for him to transfer to Tottenham Hotspur in London.
“And Neymar!”
"Who?" Yang Cheng was stunned for a moment, suspecting that he had heard wrongly.
"Neymar of Barcelona!" Nasser repeated word by word.
Yang Cheng was really surprised this time.
Are they going to bring Neymar to London?
Aren't you going to take it to Paris?
Nasser was very satisfied with Yang Cheng's surprise because this was the effect he wanted to achieve.
Even Yang Cheng was so shocked. Once the news spread, one can imagine how shocked the whole world would be.
"We have basically reached a consensus with Neymar's team. We are willing to pay him a release clause of 220 million euros. He will move to Tottenham Hotspur, plus Ibrahimovic."
"In addition, we will also introduce other stars to build a top team that is the most competitive in the Premier League and even in European football."
Yang Cheng automatically ignored Nasser's next words.
What really surprised him was that Neymar was coming to the Premier League and joining Tottenham Hotspur.
This was what surprised him the most.
Because everything has changed!
The world he was familiar with was changing more and more.
In fact, it's completely different.
Why did Neymar come to the Premier League?
Shouldn’t the Qatari consortium continue to invest in Paris…
etc!
Yang Cheng immediately realized the problem.
Why did the Qatari consortium invest in Paris?
Because of the 2022 World Cup.
It was the French who helped them win the bid for the World Cup, and in return, they invested in Ligue 1 and Paris Saint-Germain.
But now, the FIFA President is David Gill, and the Supervisory Board Chairman Yang Cheng's main career is in the UK.
Before, Yang Cheng had always heard that the Qataris were mediating in London in the hope of retaining the right to host the 2022 World Cup.
Whether as a reward or for investment considerations, they chose to invest in Premier League teams.
This is actually a very good deal!
In Yang Cheng’s previous life, why did the Qatari consortium want to acquire Manchester United after investing so much money in Paris Saint-Germain?
Ultimately, it comes down to the influence and value of the Premier League.
Under such circumstances, Neymar's coming to the Premier League is undoubtedly not worth making a fuss about.
"I need to digest this carefully. If you guys do this now, will the competition in the Premier League be too cruel in the future?"
"When the time comes, we play the London derby and someone might actually die!"
Nasser burst out laughing when he heard this.
As a head coach or player, it is actually normal to complain like this.
But as an investor and a club operator, we actually hope to see this situation.
Because this will make the overall brand value of the Premier League and Premier League events more valuable and more attractive to fans.
…
Yang Cheng had not yet completely recovered from the shock brought by the Qataris, even when he left Zurich and returned to London.
When he told Xia Qing and Adam Crozer the news, they were also shocked.
Tottenham Hotspur for £1.5 billion.
Together with the Northumberland plan, at least another £1.5 billion will be needed.
3 billion pounds!
God, how come Qataris are so rich?
"Xiao Qing, what do you think if we just sell the club, take the money and run away, and then rely on collecting rent from these buildings in the future?" Yang Cheng asked suddenly with a brain cramp.
Xia Qing gave him a sidelong glance in annoyance.
Fortunately, I was in my office and there was no one else around.
If this gets out, no one knows what kind of storm it will cause.
“I tell you, I don’t know about the other clubs, but the Chinese in Bayswater can’t be sold even for £5 billion.”
"Why?"
"With 5 billion pounds, where can you start a business that can earn you hundreds of millions of pounds every year?"
Yang Cheng really wanted to remind his wife.
The Chinese in Bayswater can make so much money because they are there.
When I retire, my earning power will probably be reduced.
But no matter what, it should be quite profitable.
After all, today's Bayswater Chinese has already reached a far-leading level in terms of revenue.
Besides, Yang Cheng is not stupid.
The clubs under his command are of extraordinary value.
He's not mentally ill, why sell him?
"The Qataris' investment and Neymar's entry into the Premier League are both good things for us," Xia Qing analyzed.
Yang Cheng also agreed with this.
"Oh, by the way, you just mentioned Everton. We have received reliable intelligence that Everton has also been acquired."
"Who acquired it? When did it happen?"
Yang Cheng was a little surprised.
"Just recently, the only thing that is certain is that it is a consortium from the Middle East, but the details have not been disclosed to the public. It is estimated that it still needs to remain a bit mysterious."
Some consortiums are indeed unwilling to disclose information, especially some sensitive ones, such as royal families or oligarchs.
“How much did Everton sell?”
"Two hundred million pounds."
The gap with Tottenham Hotspur is too big.
This is the difference between Liverpool and London.
The Qatari consortium would rather buy Tottenham Hotspur for 1.5 billion pounds than buy Everton for 200 million pounds.
"In addition, football transactions in the City of London have become increasingly popular in recent times. Consortiums from the United States, Asia and the Middle East are very interested in Premier League, Championship, and even League One and League Two teams."
Yang Cheng nodded. He was not surprised.
Because the new Premier League broadcasting contract will come into effect in the summer of 2016.
By that time, every Premier League team will be able to receive that much money every season.
For these investors, acquiring a Premier League club is actually a very worthwhile deal.
Everton only has 200 million pounds!
Of course, when it comes to football business, we cannot just look at the cost of this acquisition; the club’s subsequent operating expenses are the bulk of the expense.
With the entry of these capitals, the competition in the Premier League will become more and more fierce, but the overall influence will definitely become greater and greater.
"By the way, have you figured out how to play against Manchester City?"
Xia Qing asked with concern.
"I heard that Guardiola locked the entire Manchester City team in the training base for a closed training session this week to recuperate and build up their strength for the League Cup final."
"Really?" Yang Cheng laughed when he heard it.
If this is true, then Guardiola does attach great importance to the League Cup.
Of course, this is not surprising.
From the current perspective, Manchester City has fallen behind a lot in this season's Premier League.
Given Guardiola's character, he will definitely grab the League Cup title first and then try to make a comeback in the league.
"Don't worry, if it was someone else, I might not be so sure, but I am the most professional when it comes to beating Guardiola!"
Yang Cheng's exaggerated remarks made Xia Qing couldn't help but burst out laughing.
But if you think about it carefully, it seems that Yang Cheng has never lost in the duel with Guardiola.
"Then how do you plan to kick?" Xia Qing looked at Yang Cheng with concern.
"Klopp's style of play is good. It will be very useful to restrain Guardiola's passing and controlling the ball." Yang Cheng said with a smile.
Klopp's playing style is a bit unreasonable, like using random punches to defeat a master.
But you have to admit that his style of play is indeed quite effective.
It seems very aggressive, but in fact, through the suppression of the front players and the ability of the players, the opponent's defense line was turned upside down.
As strong as a team like Bayswater Chinese were, weren't they suppressed for most of the game?
"No wonder I saw Flick and Brian Kidd practicing tactics during the past period of time. But how are you going to solve the problem of physical energy consumption?" Xia Qing was a little curious.
Yang Cheng grinned, "I don't need to solve the problem of physical energy consumption. It can't be solved unless physics doesn't exist."
Xia Qing was a little puzzled after hearing this.
"If Klopp doesn't solve the problem of physical energy consumption, won't he still lose?"
“That’s Klopp!”
Yang Cheng looked very proud.
"Moreover, Klopp lost not because his tactics were wrong, but because his team couldn't score."
Xia Qing seemed to understand, but she didn't understand anything.
"As long as we can score before Manchester City when our physical energy is exhausted to a certain extent, Klopp's problem will no longer be a problem!"
Xia Qing finally understood it now.
Although she still didn't fully understand it, she vaguely guessed that Yang Cheng had decided to fight Manchester City to the death.
Moreover, it was a high-pressure defense, a head-on confrontation!
This will undoubtedly make the game more suspenseful.
How will Guardiola want to play?
(End of this chapter)
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