Chapter 341 Super Black Shop! Monopolizing Power! The Triangle Transfer That Shocked the World! Let's Surrender! [Subscribe]
“We lost!”
In the hotel in Zurich, Blatter looked at the four brothers in distress in front of him. His cloudy and old eyes had completely lost their former luster and became dull.
Blatter, Platini, Valcke, Infantino and Villar...
They are more like a group of losers! "Let's surrender!" Jerome Valk suggested in a panic.
As the Secretary General of FIFA, he knew very well what would happen next once Yang Cheng started the financial audit of FIFA. They had no chance!
"Surrender? What a joke! He wants to kill us all. Should we surrender now?" Bilal obviously didn't understand the situation clearly.
"Didn't we say this before? As long as you don't resign voluntarily, what can they do?"
Two years ago, the bribery scandal of former German Football Association President Zwanziger was confirmed, but he did not resign voluntarily, and even FIFA could not do anything about it.
In the end, it was Blatter who asked Beckenbauer to step in, and finally the German Football Association to step in, and it took a multi-pronged approach to get Zwanziger to withdraw.
He is just one of the 24 executive members.
Those present were the top executives of FIFA and UEFA.
Surrender before the battle even starts?
Infantino glanced at Bilal and felt speechless.
He always felt that this Spaniard was very stupid.
But I didn't expect it to be so stupid.
He can't even see the current situation clearly. How short-sighted.
"Now that FIFA's reform momentum has been built and the framework has been drawn up, has it been agreed upon by the president, secretary general, vice presidents and others?"
Infantino's question left Villar with no answer.
Blatter, Valcke and Platini all looked unhappy.
They don't even have the qualifications to attend the class as auditors, they are worse than Yang Cheng.
“We’ve all been sidelined!”
Infantino stated a fact that everyone present knew but was unwilling to admit.
“Even if we are sidelined, as long as we don’t retreat, what can they do?” Bilal was even more confident.
This Spaniard has a kind of attitude that says, "I'm a dead pig that's not afraid of boiling water."
Platini also spoke up at this time, "The reason why we don't withdraw is to bargain. At the very least, we want to get a decent resignation, such as FIFA coming forward to protect us and let us withdraw unscathed."
"At the very least, don't dwell on our past problems."
None of them spoke out about this matter, after all, it was somewhat embarrassing to say it out loud.
But unexpectedly, Bilal didn't see through it.
My God, what kind of brain is this? "What about now? No more exchange?" Bilal still didn't understand.
"What in exchange?" Valk's tone was no longer friendly. "Yang Cheng is now auditing the finances. Do you know how many bad debts there are? They just need to grab a handful and hand them over to the Swiss Public Prosecutor's Office, and we'll all be finished."
When Valk said this, he sighed again.
After taking a look at Blatt, he continued indignantly, "Yang Cheng now controls the Board of Supervisors and has the right to audit. If he audits the finances, do you know what that means?"
"This means that almost all FIFA representatives may have evidence in his hands. It is easy for him to investigate or take action against anyone he wants!"
Although everyone present was aware of this, they still felt a little creepy when Valk said it himself.
On the surface, after the reform, the chairman of the supervisory board is an independent outsider who is only responsible for compliance supervision.
But the internal corruption of FIFA was too outrageous and too serious.
Not to mention anything else, over the past few years, the exchanges between those representatives, executive committee members, and representatives of football associations of various countries, and the various expenses and fees such as air tickets and hotels that they reimbursed, are there really no problems?
Valk knows better than anyone that there are a lot of tricks involved.
There are even some executive committee members and representatives who appear to be very upright and just, and are fair in their words and deeds, but what is the reality?
I don't know how much he earns from this kind of reimbursement.
Because no one cares about such small amounts of money.
FIFA has not had its finances audited for decades, so there is no risk at all.
In fact, to a certain extent, Blatter has always relied on this to win over everyone.
It's ok now.
Yang Cheng had all the evidence in his hands.
As soon as the audit is conducted, all the problems will be exposed.
By then, Yang Cheng only needs to present evidence and file impeachment, and each one will be more accurate than the last.
The same is true for Blatter, Valcke, Platini, Infantino and Bilal.
No one is clean! "Surrender!"
Valk was the one who knew best how ruthless Yang Cheng's move was.
"If we surrender now and beg for mercy, we may be given a lighter sentence. At least we will have less evidence to submit, so our guilt will be lighter."
This sentence silenced the other four people.
They knew they had lost, but they didn't expect to lose so completely.
This is really too cruel for them.
Because not long ago, they were all the famous and high-spirited top leaders of FIFA.
Now, they have all become prisoners.
The one who had the power of life and death over them was Yang Cheng, whom they had looked down upon before.
But the situation no longer allowed them to hesitate or delay.
Once Yang Cheng gets solid evidence, it will be too late for them to surrender.
…
Yang Cheng has been really busy during this period of time.
He almost completely put aside his own affairs and devoted himself to FIFA affairs.
I don’t know how many large and small meetings we held.
Even at night, when I returned to the Barr au Lac, many people would still come to visit me.
Some can be pushed, some cannot be pushed, you have to see it.
Yang Cheng took some time to go to Basel and met with Mark Pease.
The first meeting between the two was a very pleasant conversation.
Before this meeting, Yang Cheng took the time to read several reports and suggestions that Mark Pease and the IGC team had submitted to FIFA.
It also includes a set of indicators proposed by experts from the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration to assess the transparency of governance of international sports organizations, and finally provides as many as 59 recommendations.
But FIFA ultimately adopted only seven.
Yang Cheng feels that many of the 59 suggestions are indeed overly idealistic among scholars, but they still have many merits.
For example, restrictions on the age and term of office of officials, disclosure of employee salaries, regular asset reviews of officials, and financial disclosure processes for FIFA and its member organizations.
These are actually very good.
But unfortunately, it was not implemented at that time.
This time, when Yang Cheng met Mark Peace, he still hoped that he could join the Supervisory Board as an expert, mainly responsible for supervising and helping FIFA and member organizations to reform their processes.
Mark Peace was certainly happy to do so.
Even though he was fired once, he is still very active.
The reason is actually very simple.
There are so many international organizations in Switzerland, and they all have a very urgent need to reform their organizational structures.
If Mark Peace can help FIFA complete the reform first, the subsequent business will make him a lot of money.
After dealing with Mark Peace, Yang Cheng began to target sponsors.
Currently FIFA's top sponsors are Adidas, Coca-Cola, VISA and Hyundai Kia.
Hyundai Kia has the least experience, and South Korea's Chung Mong-joon is also now embroiled in a scandal.
Speaking of which, this guy is really outrageous.
You tell me, who with a discerning eye couldn't see what you Koreans did in 2002?
You got an advantage, that's fine, after all, Korean football has really made great progress in recent years, right? But Chung Mong-joon, in 2014, when he ran for mayor of Seoul, he even boasted in public that he helped Korea get a referee in 2002.
Are you electing a mayor? Are you sure you're not blowing yourself up?
As early as when Blatter was chairman, Chung Mong-joon had been handed over to the Ethics Committee for review.
Yang Chengke didn't expect to rescue him.
VISA has been cooperating with FIFA since 2007, but its qualifications are not as good as Adidas and Coca-Cola.
But this American credit card company was the first among all sponsors to come forward and accuse FIFA.
A position on the Supervisory Board should be reserved for him.
Yang Cheng called VISA's chairman Dee Hawke, who said that he was too old, already in his eighties, and not suitable for the responsibility, so he recommended CEO Charlie Scharf to take over.
As for Adidas, this company has close ties with major football organizations, clubs and players, so he is not suitable to join the supervisory board.
Not to mention Nike, it's not even a sponsor of FIFA.
If Adidas can’t get in, it’s even more impossible for Nike to get in.
The situation of Coca-Cola is basically the same as that of Adidas.
So the sponsor is the representative of VISA.
The players also need to choose one.
As Mark Peace said, this can send a positive signal to the outside world that it is people-oriented.
Pele is the best candidate.
Maradona's image is somewhat problematic.
As for Beckenbauer, to be honest, the German football emperor himself has a lot of problems now. Not only in the bid for the 2006 World Cup, but also in the subsequent sessions, he was not clean.
He was obsessed with taking charge of FIFA and got too deeply involved.
The global image and popularity of the King of Football Pele are obvious to all.
As for media people, the first person Yang Cheng thought of was Marie Odile Amory.
Many people's impression of this French lady probably comes from the Tour de France. She ranks first among the most influential people in the world cycling community and is also the controller of the Tour de France.
But in fact, she also controls the Amaury Group, whose media include two authoritative media outlets, L'Equipe and France Football Magazine.
Yang Cheng knew Marie Odile Amory, but not very well. On the contrary, he was very familiar with Xia Qing.
So, Yang Cheng asked Xia Qing to talk to her about it, and the other party said that she would seriously consider it.
After all, joining the FIFA Supervisory Board at this moment is a recognition of one's own reputation and status, but it is also an endorsement of FIFA's credibility.
At their level, to put it bluntly, they don't have to pay much attention to FIFA at all.
But precisely because of this, their entry into the Supervisory Board is more convincing.
In addition, there is a reformist from within FIFA, one of the FIFA executive committee members and president of the United States Soccer Association, Sunil Gulati.
He is what David Gill calls a staunch reformer.
Don't ever think that Sunil Gulati is a football official. On the contrary, he is an economist at Columbia Business School in the United States. In the past few years, he has led the United States Soccer Association to achieve an astonishing pace of development. He is a typical technical person.
Oh, and he is of Indian descent.
This is actually very necessary because there are various complex factors to consider.
For example, the representative of women's football, Lydia Skylar from Africa.
She is a leading figure in promoting women's football in Africa and around the world. She was once an internal auditor, served as president of the Burundi Football Association in 2004, later worked in the Confederation of African Football, and was a member of the 2008 Olympic Organizing Committee.
She joined the International Olympic Committee in 2009 and is now the Chairperson of the Women's Sports Committee.
Yang Cheng, Marie-Odile Amaury, Charlie Schaaf, Sunil Gulati, Lydia Skylar, and the King of Football Pele, these six people come from all walks of life and are leaders in their respective fields.
The remaining 3 are all professionals.
Not to mention Mark Pease.
The remaining two are also very powerful people.
One is Michael Hershman, president and CEO of the Fairfax Group in the United States.
Michael Hershman has been involved in intelligence and investigations in Europe since the 1960s, when he was an agent for the US Military Intelligence Agency, working in counter-terrorism.
After retiring from the military, he joined the New York Attorney General's Office, where he worked to combat government corruption and financial fraud.
The battle that made him famous was the Watergate scandal in the United States, for which he was the chief investigator.
He later joined the Federal Election Commission as chief investigator and security director, responsible for auditing and investigating all presidential candidates and campaign committees.
He is an internationally recognized expert on transparency, accountability, governance and security-related matters.
Guillermo Jorge, an Argentine, is a law professor who runs a law firm specializing in the prevention and enforcement of anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws and regulations, as well as asset recovery remedies.
Since 2003, he has served as an independent consultant on financial crime, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption for many international organizations, including the United Nations, the World Bank, and Latin American governments.
He is recognized worldwide as an expert in anti-corruption, compliance and anti-money laundering.
Although Mark Peace, Michael Hershman and Guillermo Jorge will all join the Supervisory Board as individuals, they will actually lead their respective teams into FIFA.
Their task is to supervise and assist the FIFA Council and Committees to complete comprehensive reforms within FIFA as well as the continental football confederations and associations below it.
Over the past few years, Charlie Scharf has helped VISA complete its data transformation and achieved tremendous success.
This time he will also provide FIFA with his valuable experience to help this aging international organization complete reform and transformation.
The entire list was led by Yang Cheng, with input from FIFA executives such as David Gill, and was ultimately put together.
Therefore, the 9-man list was quickly submitted to the FIFA Congress for review.
In the end, the list was unanimously approved by the representatives.
From this moment on, FIFA's first Supervisory Board will officially play its role! It was at this time that Yang Cheng received a message from David Gill.
Blatter and Platini surrendered! The five of them decided to resign in exchange for FIFA's leniency.
After discussing with David Gill, Yang Cheng decided to accept their surrender.
The main reason is that there is a lot of noise going on within FIFA right now about the internal reforms, and people are in a panic.
But this is not a long-term solution after all.
Continuously pursuing it relentlessly will only make reform more difficult.
Of course, for Blatter, Platini and others, there is no such thing as surrendering and losing half.
Even if they surrender now, the evidence should still be handed over to the Swiss prosecutor's office.
After all, this is a case that has attracted worldwide attention. Raising it high and then letting it go is not Yang Cheng's style, and it is not a good thing for the reform of FIFA.
Within FIFA, Yang Cheng meant a lifetime ban and permanent expulsion from the football circle.
As for how the Swiss prosecutor's office would rule, Yang Cheng didn't care. They should figure it out on their own.
For Yang Cheng, not adding insult to injury was already the greatest kindness.
Besides, he will be able to explain to the fans when the time comes.
After all, FIFA's penalty is already the maximum penalty, and Yang Cheng and FIFA have no way to interfere with what the Swiss prosecutor's office decides.
…
“I have been reflecting deeply on my tenure as chairman.”
"I love FIFA very much and I only want to do what is best for FIFA and football."
“But my efforts were thwarted.”
In front of many media, Blatter explained his behavior in a slightly choked voice.
He affirmed the current reforms of FIFA.
But he said this was something he had always wanted to do but couldn't.
He also agreed that corruption in FIFA has reached a point where it must be thoroughly reformed.
"Yes, I have always emphasized that we should evolve, not reform."
"But it turns out I was wrong, and we need a dramatic reform."
"I am very happy to see the tremendous changes that have taken place in FIFA in recent times."
"They changed the charter, they changed the governance structure, and they're going to introduce age limits and term limits for officials."
"This is a good thing, I've always wanted to do this, but the resistance is too great."
Regarding the establishment of the Supervisory Board, Blatter said that this was a very bold change, which was recognized by the media and fans around the world and was something he was happy to see.
“I have fought hard for these changes before, but everyone knows that I have not succeeded.”
"Therefore, I have to choose to withdraw and end my term as FIFA president early."
Blatter said it was a sad decision, but he believed it was the right one.
"I discussed it with them and gave them my suggestion that the regular FIFA Congress in Mexico City in May 2016 was too far away and that an impromptu meeting should be held in the middle of the day."
"Candidates interested in the FIFA presidency still have about half a year to prepare, and FIFA can also take the opportunity to examine all the candidates."
"I heard that the Board of Supervisors will propose for the first time to conduct integrity checks on all candidates and establish integrity files for officials. I think this is a very good change."
“I sincerely wish them success!”
Blatter said he had not yet spoken with Supervisory Board Chairman Yang Cheng, but after he steps down, Supervisory Board Chairman Yang Cheng will be responsible for overseeing the election of his successor.
"He has the trust of FIFA and beyond, especially the media and fans around the world, which is undoubtedly crucial for FIFA now. I believe he can do the job."
“That’s what prompted me to make this decision today.”
Finally, Blatter said that his era is over, but football goes on.
He hopes that football will always be a winner! After Blatter, Valcke, Platini, Infantino and Villar have successively issued their resignation statements.
These five people have all been investigated by the Swiss prosecutor's office, and FIFA's reputation has been damaged, so there are strong calls for them to resign.
But they kept putting it off until today, and finally decided to resign.
After the news came out, it immediately caused widespread discussion among media and fans around the world.
This is FIFA's desperate reform.
Especially Yang Cheng.
He keeps announcing the progress of the FIFA Supervisory Board on Twitter and other online platforms.
In particular, the resumes and backgrounds of the nine members of the Supervisory Board have allowed everyone to see the transformation of FIFA.
Apart from anything else, looking around the world, it would be difficult to form another supervisory board with such prominent strength and background. This also makes everyone full of confidence in this reform.
At the same time, FIFA's Ethics Committee also made a series of rare judgments.
Although Blatter, Platini, Valcke, Infantino and Bilal all resigned voluntarily, they still received the necessary punishment.
Chief Justice Hans Joachim Eckert from Germany announced a lifetime ban for the five men.
And it is executed immediately.
The charges against South Korean official Chung Mong-joon began in January 2015, and this time he was directly sentenced to a 10-year ban.
This is actually longer than Yang Cheng's previous life.
There is no way. Who made this Korean run into the muzzle of the current anti-corruption campaign?
After everything was settled, Yang Cheng convened the first nine-member Supervisory Board meeting in Switzerland.
The main focus was on discussing the division of labour and cooperation between the two parties.
After all, people like Yang Cheng, Marie-Odile Amaury and Charlie Scharf do not work full-time for FIFA.
The board of supervisors is like an independent director and is only responsible for supervision.
Although the entire operating mechanism and architecture have not yet been established, for Yang Cheng and others, all that remains is to take the time to gradually promote and build it.
Therefore, after the nine-person meeting and the division of labor was clarified, Yang Cheng and others left Zurich.
…
Over the past period of time, Yang Cheng has been busy with FIFA affairs.
Instead, he put all his own affairs aside.
Just for this spirit, FIFA should really give him a special chairman's award!
However, one thing must be mentioned here.
Since Blatter resigned and was banned for life, the awards originally presented by the president at the 2015 FIFA Awards Ceremony will now be presented by Yang Cheng.
This allowed him to fully indulge in the role of FIFA President.
Yang Cheng called Gareth Bale and asked him to work harder in the next period of time.
"It would be best if I could give you the award then!" Yang Cheng was really looking forward to it.
Gareth Bale solemnly agreed on the phone.
As soon as Yang Cheng returned to London, Florentino flew over before he could even start working on many things.
The two dined together at the Lancaster Royal Hotel at the North Gate of Hyde Park in London.
Florentino asked about FIFA with concern.
And the Supervisory Board was vaguely mentioned.
Yang Cheng explained that there are only 9 people on the Supervisory Board and there is a severe shortage of staff.
In fact, Florentino knew very well in his mind that if Yang Cheng and the Chinese from Bayswater were allowed in, Real Madrid would have basically no chance, so he didn't care much about this matter.
However, Yang Cheng gave him another surprise.
"UEFA's executive committee will also undergo a reform, and club representatives will be selected from the European Football Club Association to join the executive committee. Currently, three people have been tentatively confirmed."
Florentino's eyes lit up.
He cannot compete with Yang Cheng for a seat on the FIFA Supervisory Board, but Real Madrid should at least be qualified to take a seat on the UEFA Executive Committee, right?
And since we are talking about UEFA, we cannot avoid mentioning the issue of elections after Platini's resignation.
Now, both FIFA and UEFA are leaderless and both need to hold elections.
From the current perspective, UEFA should be the first to choose, and FIFA will have to wait until February next year at the earliest.
By that time, the entire FIFA reform should have taken shape.
"From the current perspective, it is unlikely that a big country will be elected this time. It is more likely that someone from a small country will be elected."
Yang Cheng reminded.
The current corruption problem is so serious that people from countries including Spain, Germany, France and Italy are more or less involved in it, which leads to a natural disadvantage for big countries to participate in elections.
More importantly, small countries have more votes.
The UK is now doing its utmost to support David Gill in his bid for the presidency of FIFA, so it will basically not participate in the election of the UEFA president.
After all, if a British person were really elected as the president of UEFA, David Gill would not be able to become the president of FIFA.
But no matter what, whether it is FIFA or UEFA, their power will be constrained.
The fact that three club representatives have joined the UEFA Executive Committee is the best proof of this.
Moreover, UEFA is also subject to supervision and audit by the FIFA Supervisory Board.
When Florentino heard what Yang Cheng said, he roughly knew what he should do.
Of course, he also knew very well that if he and Real Madrid could get Yang Cheng's support if they wanted to enter the UEFA Executive Committee, it would definitely be much easier.
"By the way, what do you want to talk to me about?" Yang Cheng looked at the Real Madrid president with a smile.
No one goes to the temple unless he has something to do.
He absolutely did not believe that Florentino would come to him for dinner for no reason.
Sure enough, Florentino didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.
Real Madrid wants to buy Hazard!
"Why?" Yang Cheng was surprised.
"Because you definitely won't sell Gareth Bale." Florentino said as a matter of course.
Yang Cheng laughed angrily, "No, I mean, you already have Ronaldo and Di Maria, why do you want to buy Hazard?"
When Florentino heard this question, he was a little speechless.
"It's all that damn Manchester United's fault!"
This left Yang Cheng, who had been a little out of touch with football in recent times, confused.
It was not until Florentino explained it that I understood a little.
Isn't Casillas of Real Madrid old? Although they signed Navas from Nice in Ligue 1, the Costa Rican international is not a big name after all.
Given Florentino's personality, the most suitable goalkeeper for Real Madrid must be Spanish goalkeeper De Gea.
Therefore, in the past two years, Real Madrid has been negotiating De Gea's transfer with Manchester United.
Manchester United is also ruthless enough.
He had threatened before that Ramos would be exchanged for De Gea.
Real Madrid will definitely not do that.
Who is Ramos?
A local player signed by Florentino, he is naturally the first choice for captain of Real Madrid after Casillas left.
Sell to Manchester United?
Is his brain still okay? Otherwise, Manchester United has become smarter now.
Ramos is not for sale, right? Then let's go with Ronaldo!
Florentino almost rushed to London and killed Sandezi.
But Ronaldo actually also considered returning to Manchester United.
Moreover, the Portuguese is already 30 years old.
From the perspective of a later generation, Yang Cheng certainly knew that the president could continue to play for many more years.
But at this moment, who knows?
It is a consensus that players start to decline when they turn 30.
This summer, Ronaldo first had a scandal with Paris Saint-Germain, and then had news with Manchester United.
The Portuguese no longer have any tax advantages in Spain.
But after Messi and others arrived in the Premier League, their annual salary increased so much. In addition, the Premier League is becoming more and more prosperous now, so Ronaldo must have thought about returning to Manchester United.
As a result, Real Madrid and Manchester United got together.
But Florentino is no pushover either. He first stabilized Manchester United and tried to poach Hazard from the Chinese in Bayswater.
The Belgians' attitude is also quite ambiguous.
On the one hand, he did play well for Bayswater Chinese, but he was still inferior to Gareth Bale.
In addition, Walcott also posed some threats to him from time to time.
If he went to Real Madrid and filled the vacancy left by Ronaldo, he would be the undisputed top player of Real Madrid.
Should they stay at Bayswater Chinese and play second fiddle to Gareth Bale? Or should they go to Real Madrid and become the star player?
This shouldn't be a difficult choice.
But the Bayswater Chinese disagreed.
Adam Crozier refuses to sell Hazard.
Moreover, Yang Cheng didn't say that no one could take Hazard away.
So, Florentino came to the door.
Yang Cheng didn't expect that it would become a triangular transaction.
"I need to study this matter with the technical team, so I can't give you an answer for the time being." Yang Cheng was also very frank.
Florentino certainly understood.
"Then I'll wait for your call!"
…
After having dinner with Florentino, Yang Cheng did not take a car but walked directly along the north side of Hyde Park, heading east, and soon arrived at Grosvenor Square in the SOHO area.
The most prominent office building here is Yang Cheng’s property.
Going straight to the office on the top floor, Xia Qing had already informed the front desk.
As soon as Yang Cheng arrived, he went to the conference room for a meeting.
The first thing Yang Cheng asked was about Hazard's transfer.
"The players should be quite tempted," said Adam Crozier.
Yang Cheng had an idea in mind, and this was pretty much what he had guessed.
"What do Flick and Brian Kidd say?"
"Of course they are not very willing." Adam Crozier laughed, "But they all said that if the players really want to leave, they still have to ask for your opinion and it will be up to you."
Yang Cheng nodded.
In fact, if Hazard transfers, it will not have much impact on the Chinese in Bayswater.
Gareth Bale, Walcott and Sterling have all become combat-ready.
Sancho and others in the youth team are still too young.
But Felipe Anderson of Atlanta, Mane and Salah of Nice are all very mature.
Therefore, Yang Cheng is really not afraid of Hazard leaving.
“How much did Manchester United offer De Gea?”
"40 million pounds for Navas."
"Fuck, will Florentino agree to this?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as Yang Cheng said this, Adam Crozer laughed.
"Real Madrid is even more ruthless, asking for 150 million pounds for the 30-year-old Ronaldo."
Yang Cheng burst out laughing on the spot.
Sure enough, this is a ruthless world!
"So how much did he report to Hazard?"
"100 million pounds."
Yang Cheng yelled at me on the spot, "Tell him to get out of here!"
What a good deal!
Using a 30-year-old Ronaldo to exchange for a top goalkeeper and a top winger? Florentino's calculations are really shrewd.
"Real Madrid made a lot of moves this summer, signing two Brazilian full-backs, Danilo and Alex Sandro, from Porto, and are now eyeing Atalanta's Biglia and Nice's Kovacic."
Yang Cheng was a little puzzled, "Is Real Madrid so rich now?"
"It is said that the revenue last season exceeded 600 million euros."
Yang Cheng nodded.
The Chinese in Bayswater still have the highest income, by a long way.
Real Madrid came in second.
Bayswater Chinese are now full of talented people.
But as Yang Cheng had learned before, there is actually no big problem with the main lineup.
But I am afraid that other teams will adopt this Tian Ji horse racing style of poaching.
"Then you can go and talk to Real Madrid. If 30-year-old Ronaldo can be sold for 150 million pounds, then there is no way that 24-year-old Hazard can be cheaper than Ronaldo. What do you think?"
Adam Crozier nodded on the spot.
…
During the time that Yang Cheng stayed in Switzerland and presided over FIFA affairs, a lot of things happened in European football.
For example, former Dortmund coach Klopp is in charge of Liverpool.
Unlucky Ronald Koeman lost to Klopp in the competition for the Reds coaching position.
The boxer still moved into Anfield Stadium just like Yang Cheng in his previous life.
However, thanks to his outstanding coaching in Nice, Ronald Koeman successfully "defeated" Southampton head coach Pochettino and became the head coach of Tottenham Hotspur.
This is completely different from Yang Cheng's previous life.
From Nice in the Champions League semi-finals to coaching Tottenham Hotspur, which cannot play in the Champions League, Ronald Koeman admitted that he was convinced by Tottenham's grand goal.
He hopes to lead Tottenham to achieve better results in the Premier League.
It would be best if we could get into the top four!
After Ronald Koeman took office, the first person he poached was Nice winger Mane.
As a result, Mane also faced competition from Liverpool and Chelsea.
The African player performed very well in both Ligue 1 and the Champions League last season.
Liverpool hopes that Mane's joining will enhance the team's offensive power in the frontcourt.
Especially the partnership with Suarez.
According to the Liverpool Echo, the two wingers chosen by Klopp are Mane and Salah.
In the battle for Mane, the player's value continues to rise.
Nice, in particular, is holding on to its prices.
After Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea withdrew from the competition, Liverpool directly raised its offer to 60 million pounds, which convinced Nice.
At the same time when Nice announced that Mane was transferring to Liverpool for 60 million pounds, Bayswater Chinese also announced that they had signed Salah from Nice.
The specific transfer amount was not disclosed.
But the media revealed that Salah's transfer fee will only be more expensive than Mane.
After missing out on Mane and Salah, Tottenham Hotspur announced that they had signed South Korean player Son Heung-min from Bundesliga Leverkusen for £30 million.
This is somewhat of a consolation for Ronald Koeman.
After missing out on Mane, Chelsea signed Pedro from Barcelona for £25 million.
While signing Pedro, Mourinho's team also set their sights on Nice central defender Koulibaly.
This central defender with dual Senegalese and French nationality performed quite well in the Champions League last season.
Mourinho likes this young central defender very much. He is strong, has excellent positional sense and strong passing ability.
But Chelsea suffered a series of setbacks in the negotiations with Nice.
Especially after Liverpool and Bayern joined the competition for Koulibaly, the central defender's value immediately soared.
In the end, in the competition among the three major European giants, Koulibaly finally joined the Premier League Liverpool from Nice for a sky-high price of 50 million pounds.
The Reds have been suffering from the pain of their defense over the past few years.
In addition to Koulibaly, Klopp also hopes to sign one of his former favorites, Hummels or Subotic, from Dortmund to reorganize Liverpool's defense.
In the frontcourt, Firmino transferred from Hoffenheim to Liverpool for a high price of 30 million pounds.
But at the same time, Balotelli was loaned to AC Milan.
Players such as Borini and Lambert also left the team one after another.
Klopp is determined to complete a round of transformation of Liverpool.
With the joining of Mane, Koulibaly, Firmino and others, everyone believes that Liverpool will be completely renewed in the new season.
In addition, Liverpool also signed defender Clyne from Southampton Saints for a transfer fee of 15 million pounds.
In addition to selling Clyne, Southampton also sold French midfielder Schneiderlin to Manchester United for a transfer fee of 30 million pounds.
But in terms of signings, Southampton has been slow to make any progress.
In the City of London, word gradually spread that the Saints were looking for an international buyer.
The Liebherr family behind Southampton is interested in selling its shares in Southampton.
Everyone knows that this is actually a very obvious signal to exit.
For Southampton, which has performed well in recent years, it makes no difference to them what ranking they achieve as long as they can stay in the Premier League.
The Liebherr family is no longer willing to invest time and energy in Southampton.
In fact, as early as 2014, there have been rumors that Southampton will be sold and has been looking for international buyers.
Faced with the club's lack of ambition and the team's continuous sale of key players, Southampton head coach Pochettino finally chose to leave in frustration.
Because of the appearance of Yang Cheng, Southampton's development is far worse than in the previous life. Pochettino's coaching results have also been affected. He did not coach Tottenham Hotspur like Yang Cheng did in his previous life.
This time he chose to leave Southampton precisely because he received an invitation from Ligue 1.
Nice invited Pochettino to coach in Ligue 1.
It is easy for Pochettino to make a decision between leading Southampton to avoid relegation and leading Nice to play in the Champions League.
Moreover, Yang Cheng also called him personally.
The Argentine chose to coach Nice.
But on the day he chose to coach Nice, the French Ligue 1 team announced that it would sell its young striker Martial to Manchester United for a transfer fee of 60 million pounds, plus floating clauses, which could reach a sky-high price of 70 million pounds.
At the same time, Chelsea signed French midfielder N'Golo Kante for a whopping £50 million.
Real Madrid announced that they had signed Kovacic from Nice for a whopping £50 million.
All the media and fans around the world were completely shocked.
Mane for £60 million, Martial for £60 million, Kante for £50 million, Kovacic for £50 million, plus Koulibaly for £50 million.
5 players were sold for a total of 270 million pounds.
Everyone was completely shocked!
On the one hand, the transfer value of players in European football is rising steadily and getting higher and higher.
Especially the purchasing power from Premier League teams is simply terrifyingly high.
On the other hand, isn't Nice a shady shop? They earned £270 million in one summer.
And that doesn't even include Salah.
Completely crazy!
But the entire French Ligue 1 is also clearly aware that the teams that reached the semi-finals of the Champions League last season were divided up by Premier League teams overnight.
Even fellow club Paris Saint-Germain didn't have the chance to get a piece of the pie.
All the players were poached by the four major leagues.
And what about Nice?
The French Ligue 1 team didn't make much moves.
After the departure of the trident of Mane, Salah and Martial, the team still has Choupo-Moting, Thauvin and Ousmane Dembélé, and the young player Mbappé was promoted from the youth team.
Nice then signed young player Marcus Thuram from Sochaux in the French Ligue 2.
Signed 16-year-old Mouani from youth club Torcy.
Signed 19-year-old center forward Cero Guirassi, who has dual French and Guinean citizenship, from French Ligue 2 side Laval for a transfer fee of 500,000 euros.
At the same time, Nice also poached the 12-year-old young player Camavinga from Rennes' youth training camp.
Signed 15-year-old youngster Joan Armeni from Bordeaux's youth training camp.
After suffering heavy losses, Nice returned to the business model of training young players.
It was at this time that The Sun suddenly broke the news.
The Bayswater Chinese, Manchester United and Real Madrid completed a triangular deal that shocked the world of football.
Manchester United announced that they had signed Cristiano Ronaldo and Navas from Real Madrid for a transfer fee of £100 million for Gaethje.
This deal caused a huge shock among media and fans around the world.
The Spanish media in particular were filled with grief.
With Messi's departure, Ronaldo has now returned to the Premier League.
The 30-year-old Portuguese is undoubtedly still in his prime and in excellent form.
The new season of the Premier League will undoubtedly become more star-studded, especially the Manchester derby between Ronaldo and Messi, which will become a very attractive derby.
After sending Ronaldo away, Real Madrid announced that they had signed Hazard from Bayswater Chinese for 150 million pounds.
This once again shocked the whole world.
It was not until this moment that everyone suddenly realized why the Chinese in Bayswater wanted to sign Salah from Nice.
It turned out to be to let Hazard go.
These two sky-high prices completely detonated the summer transfer market!
But at the same time, other teams, including Manchester City, have also turned their tentacles to poach the Chinese in Bayswater.
(End of this chapter)
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