Chapter 339 Seven Times a Night

Knock~knock~knock~

Sandro Rosell sits in his office at Barcelona's Camp Nou.

I heard someone knocking on the door and shouted, "Come in!"

Then Barcelona's first vice president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, opened the door and walked in.

"Something?" Russell was not surprised at all.

Bartomeu is his number one assistant and has to run to his office several times almost every day.

It is normal to come, and it would be abnormal not to come!

But soon, he noticed that Bartomeu's expression looked a little different.

The originally smiling expression suddenly turned serious.

"What happened?" Russell's tone also changed.

Bartomeu sighed, walked to Rosell's desk, sat down, and sighed deeply again.

Russell was not very satisfied with his old partner's action. He just looked at him without saying anything.

"I just received a call from Qatar Airways' European headquarters. Paul Johannes officially informed us that the sponsorship negotiations have been terminated!"

"What?" Russell stood up from his seat in surprise.

"Why? What happened? Weren't we talking well before? Why did you suddenly announce the termination of the negotiations?"

It is a termination, not a suspension or a pause!

Bartomeu smiled helplessly. "The other party didn't explain, but I went to find out. Someone in the industry revealed that the Southern Echo newspaper in the UK had an exclusive insider information that Qatar Airways will sponsor Southampton for five years starting from next season."

"Southampton?" Rosell certainly knew this team.

That was the greatest shame in his life!

Remember in the summer of 2010, he sold Ibrahimovic to Southampton at an unimaginably low price. Even now, this deal is still the evidence for countless Barcelona fans to ridicule and mock him.

Some even compared him with Gaspart, the most cowardly president in Barcelona's history.

"Yes, if the news is correct, they chose to sponsor Southampton!" Bartomeu was a little frustrated.

Originally, Barcelona took the initiative in this negotiation.

When Barcelona introduced the Qatar Charity Foundation, the two sides agreed that in the summer of 2012, the Qatar Charity Foundation could transfer this sponsorship to others, but it must be approved by Barcelona.

In fact, this was a foreshadowing laid by Russell.

You know, Barcelona has never put commercial advertisements on the front of its jerseys for so many years. When the team management first proposed to put commercial advertisements, the fans reacted very strongly, believing that this would be corrupted by commercialism.

Therefore, the Barcelona management adopted a compromise approach, cooperating with charitable organizations first, and then attracting investment for chest advertisements after the fans became familiar with the existence of commercial advertisements.

The plan was originally a great one and it went very smoothly, attracting the attention of many sponsors.

But who could have thought that something went wrong in the end.

The airline that is currently most interested in Barcelona's chest advertising is Qatar Airways.

According to Qatar Airways, they planned to obtain the sponsorship rights directly from the Qatar Charity Foundation at the same price as before, but Rosell refused to do so, believing that the price was two years ago and should be increased now.

Moreover, Russell's negotiating attitude was as tough as ever. After more than half a year of negotiations, the two sides were unable to make any breakthrough progress in many key areas.

This eventually led to Qatar Airways switching to Southampton!

Rosell looked gloomy after hearing what Bartomeu said.

He didn't understand and couldn't figure out why Qatar Airways would give up a top club like Barcelona and choose a Championship team?

Could it be that those Middle Eastern guys are just trying to get a bargain from Southampton?

"What kind of sponsorship money are they offering Southampton?"

"Thirty million pounds!"

"What?" Russell was shocked again.

This price was even a little higher than what he had asked for before.

He asked for 30 million euros!

A League One team is actually more valuable than the top club Barcelona!

If this were to be made public, what would football fans around the world think?

Bartomeu saw the expression on the club president's face and felt very uncomfortable.

The Southampton team is not at the same level as Barcelona, ​​but they have a lot in common.

I still remember that after the Chinese tycoon acquired Southampton, he launched a pursuit of Ibrahimovic.

A third-tier English League One team actually wants to sign the world's best center forward?

This made the whole world laugh at the time!

But in the end, Barcelona was really forced to send Ibrahimovic to Southampton.

Since the introduction of Ibrahimovic, Southampton has shocked the entire football world time and time again.

The famous Deloitte organization had previously conducted a survey, which showed that among the fans, Southampton's popularity and attention among all the top teams could only rank eighth, but among the non-fan group, Southampton ranked third.

In the field of Internet and social networks where young people gather, Southampton is undoubtedly the number one!

What is even more shocking is that the team is developing at an astonishing speed, one step forward every year. Next season, they are bound to return to the Premier League. By then, the Saints' influence will surely reach a new level.

It can be said that the more successful Ibrahimovic is in Southampton, the more embarrassing Rosell's situation becomes.

Now, the Saints have actually put their hands into Barcelona's pocket!

Rosell was depressed for a long time. He finally suppressed the anger in his heart, raised his head and looked at Bartomeu.

"Contact other sponsors immediately, we must take countermeasures!"

Bartomeu nodded in agreement with a difficult look on his face.

There are only four months left until the end of the season, and it is a bit difficult to get a chest advertising sponsorship in four months.

If he knew that this sponsorship between Southampton and Qatar Airways only took an hour, he would probably be so surprised that his jaw would drop!

"By the way, I just received a message." Bartomeu suddenly thought of something.

Hearing how serious he was about it, Russell raised his head again.

"I heard that a Chinese consortium is acquiring Atletico Madrid!"

"Chinese consortium?" Russell was surprised again.

Why are Chinese people so rich these days?

Could it be that they want to buy the whole world?

"Yes, and I heard that we have entered into substantive negotiations!" Bartomeu said worriedly.

The La Liga has always been a battle between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

The two giants are known as the two giants of La Liga. They are like giants, swallowing up the resources of La Liga.

They even account for 90 percent of La Liga's broadcasting revenue.

The remaining 20% ​​is divided up among the other La Liga teams. With too many people and too little resources, one can imagine their situation.

This further widened the gap in strength between the two giants of La Liga and the giants of La Liga.

But things have changed a bit in recent years.

If the challenges posed by Sevilla and Valencia to the two giants are still within the scope of football, then the whirlwind brought about by the Qatari consortium's strong entry into Malaga will undoubtedly pose a threat to the two giants of the Spanish Super League.

Now, another Chinese consortium has arrived.

It is conceivable that the pattern of the La Liga will gradually be broken in the future.

"Anything to do with that guy from Southampton?"

Bartomeu shook his head. "No, I heard he is in real estate, has a strong background and is very financially strong."

"Will the Hill family be willing to sell it?"

"It's impossible not to sell. Atletico Madrid has been in debt for several years. They had to sell Aguero before. As early as 2009, their debt was close to 300 million euros, and it is increasing at a rate of 50 million euros every year."

"In the past two years, Atletico Madrid has not dared to disclose its financial situation, but according to my guess, the debt is close to 400 million euros at the very least. If they don't find a way to solve it, they will be ruined!"

The corner of Russell's mouth twitched slightly.

As a competitor, he would be happy to see Atletico Madrid suffer.

But now that a Chinese consortium has taken over, will Atletico Madrid become the second Southampton?

Southampton second?

Learn from that guy Yang Huan?

Humph! An upstart!

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Ha Qiu!

On the top floor of Tingyuxuan in Southampton, Yang Huan sneezed loudly.

Charlene Lahiri, who was sitting opposite him, couldn't help but smile.

"Has your health become weaker since you got engaged?"

Of course Yang Huan could hear the hidden meaning in her words. He sniffed, wiped it with a tissue, and laughed shamelessly.

"Who said it wasn't? Let me tell you, even though you women are so stingy when it comes to holding hands, hugging and kissing, you are still shy when you send a message that will be deleted after reading it. But once you break through that level of relationship, you immediately become demanding and clingy."

Charlene Lahiri originally intended to tease him, but who knew that she was teased by him instead.

A fair and pretty face turned red.

She felt a little guilty because she and Yang Huan had burned the books after reading them before, and more than once.

This thing becomes more and more fun the more I play it, and I'm gradually getting addicted to it.

Especially when I sent selfies to tease him, I felt panicky, nervous and excited inside.

I wonder how he felt when he received the photos?

Listening to Yang Huan say this now, it feels like she is talking about herself.

He was extremely ashamed in his heart, but he refused to admit defeat.

"Who are you, who is hiding and wanting to show off and still ashamed?"

"Hey!" Yang Huan was happy now.

You little girl, you want to argue with me?

"If you have the guts, don't hide it, just show it to me!"

Charlene Lahiri realized that she had fallen into a trap and was so angry that she almost kicked him.

Oh, no, I’m wearing underwear today, and if I kick him, won’t I be exposed?

"Think of me as the Little White Dragon on the Water, nicknamed the Honest and Reliable Young Master, who has sex seven times a night. Would I be afraid of you, the Thirty-Six Emperors?"

The more Yang Huan looked at her, the more proud and arrogant he became.

If I don't put some pressure on you, you little girl will almost ignore me!

Charlene Lahiri knew she couldn't win the argument with him. This guy was too thick-skinned and invulnerable to swords and guns!

As for making fun of her figure, well, she has long been used to it and has become numb to it!

"Okay, I give up!" Charlene Lahri had no choice but to admit defeat.

"Let's talk about serious matters. I'm here to ask you for help today."

After hearing this, Yang Huan immediately became serious.

To be honest, Charlene Lahiri has helped him a lot and said a lot of good things about Southampton.

If she needs help, Yang Huan will definitely help.

"Tell me about it." Yang Huan nodded.

“I want to have my own show!”

"Don't you already have a talk show on BBC?" Yang Huan was surprised.

Charlene Lahiri is considered to be the most popular beauty journalist in the UK today, with more than five million fans on WeChat.

In addition to being a regular guest on the Daily Match, the BBC also made a special football-related interview program for her, but the response did not seem to be particularly good and the ratings were average.

"I don't like that program. There are too many restrictions. Many things are planned in advance. Interviewing those stars is just like interviewing a head of state. You have to prepare a list of questions in advance and limit what you can and cannot ask. In short, it's very troublesome!"

Yang Huan also watched a few episodes of that program and felt it was too serious and not entertaining enough.

The things you asked and what he said are all things that the audience can know from the news. Why should people watch your show?

Isn't this just a complete waste of time?

But Yang Huan felt a little strange again.

If you want to make a show, you have to find a TV station. Why do you need my help?