Chapter 416: Following the Saints

"Hey, Hamad, why are you calling me at this time?"

Yang Huan sat with his arms and legs spread out on a cushioned rosewood chair, looking incredibly wealthy.

Peter Nian, who was standing opposite him, felt amused. This young master was really...

"Master Huan, someone wants to meet you. I wonder what you think."

Hamad seemed very polite on the other end of the phone.

This kid is actually quite smart. When no one is around on weekdays, he is very casual, even a little reckless.

But once outsiders get involved, he becomes very knowledgeable and tactful.

Otherwise, Yang Huan wouldn't have such a close personal relationship with him.

"Who is it? Who can make your little prince from the Middle East show up in person?" Yang Huan asked with a smile.

What I mean is, since even you have shown up, how can I not meet you?

Hamad chuckled, "In fact, I think you also know Manchester City's CEO, Mubarak."

"Is it him?" Yang Huan was stunned.

Mubarak has met several times, most recently at the Premier League Chairman's Summit, but there was basically no communication.

Why would this Manchester City boss, who is known for his low-key style of doing things, suddenly come to me?

Yang Huan felt a little strange, but he seemed to have vaguely guessed something.

Anyway, the reason for looking for Yang Huan at this time is nothing more than those things.

"Master Huan, if you don't like seeing him, I will help you go back." Hamad is a very righteous boy.

Yang Huan laughed, "What are you saying? Bring him over here."

"Okay, haha, we'll be there in an hour."

They are in London.

After Yang Huan hung up the phone, he looked at Peternian and talked about Mubarak.

"He came here at this time for two reasons: one is the transfer, and the other is the International Champions Cup."

With Manchester United confirmed, only one of the eight group places in the first International Champions Cup remains.

The outside media also attaches great importance to this event, and the organizers have been leaking news intentionally or unintentionally.

Now, the last spot is generally considered to be between AC Milan and Chelsea.

But in Yang Huan's opinion, both teams are a bit too exaggerated.

If we really can't come to an agreement, Manchester City is not bad, and this team has a good influence in the United States.

While waiting, Yang Huan made a special call to Zhuang Zicheng.

The hacker boy is now Yang Huan’s personal intelligence station, and there is almost no information he cannot find.

You won't know until you check, and you'll be shocked when you do.

Everyone knows that the boss behind Manchester City is Al Fahim, a member of the Abi Dhabi royal family and the helmsman of the Abu Dhabi consortium, with an astonishingly huge net worth.

But perhaps few people know that Mubarak, who was appointed as the chairman of Manchester City by Al Fahim, actually has another identity, that is, the chairman of the board of directors of Abu Dhabi Mudala.

Mudara Development Company is one of the main investment departments of the UAE government. It has a wide range of businesses and manages more than 50 billion US dollars in wealth. Its investment scope includes new energy and technology.

Yang Huan smiled bitterly.

Damn, there are so many rich people in the Middle East, they have hundreds of billions of dollars at any time, do they want to let people live?

A small city like Abu Dhabi is so amazing. In addition to these two major conglomerates, there is an even more amazing Abu Dhabi Investment Authority with assets exceeding 600 billion US dollars. It's amazing to think about it.

But what if you have money?

If you really encounter a problem, don't you have to take the initiative to come to me?

Just when Yang Huan couldn't help feeling a little proud, Hamad and Mubarak had arrived.

The chairman of Manchester City is actually very young, and looks to be only in his thirties. He wears a pair of gentle and elegant glasses and has the temperament of a scholar. He can't be associated with the impression of a wealthy Middle Eastern man at all.

Let’s just say Hamad is inferior to Mubarak in temperament.

"Hello, Mr. Yang Huan"

"Hello, Mr. Mubarak"

After the two men shook hands and exchanged a few polite words, everyone sat down as host and guest.

"Mr. Yang Huan, when I came here just now, I went to the Royal Docks in Southampton on purpose. Your Saints' new stadium is amazing, it's great." Mubarak gave Yang Huan enough face right from the start.

"Thank you. I also learned about the design of your new training base in Manchester City. It is very, very good."

Manchester City's stadium is not bad, but its training base is old and rotten.

Coincidentally, Manchester City's training base is at Carrington, right next to Manchester United.

But relatively speaking, Manchester City's training base is obviously not as good as Manchester United's.

Therefore, Mubarak has always hoped to rebuild an advanced training base.

But if Yang Huan remembered correctly, it seemed that this matter did not go smoothly. It was blocked by a stubborn Manchester United fan. It had not started until 2014 when he traveled through time.

"To be honest, Mr. Yang Huan, I came here for two main purposes."

Yang Huan nodded without comment.

"The first purpose is to learn. Although we entered the football field earlier than you and we won the league championship last season, we found that in many aspects, we are not as good as Southampton."

This is also true

To give a simple example, Southampton won the Europa League last season, which not only made the team popular, but also made Chinese medicine massage popular because of Toni Kroos's comeback at a critical moment.

After the game, when the media dug into the matter, Southampton’s player data analysis and research system also became popular.

Manchester City has been investing heavily in data analysis since 2009, but in reality, the output has been far from ideal.

But Southampton has created such amazing results. Not to mention Manchester City, the entire European football world is full of curiosity about this mysterious system, and they are all wondering whether it is really that magical?

Little did people know that although both were studying data analysis, the power given to researchers by Manchester City was far less than that given by Southampton.

In the Saints, people like Satoy have a decisive say in whether players can play in the game and even how long they can play.

But at Manchester City, their data analysis team seems more like an auxiliary means that can be called upon and dismissed at will.

Moreover, Yang Huan also gave the data analysis team the maximum support, providing money and people when needed. Even when encountering a problem, he just waved his hand and the whole team had to cooperate.

This is something Manchester City cannot do.

Therefore, when Mubarak proposed to arrange for people to come and study and introduce Southampton's research results, Yang Huan agreed without hesitation.

If you want to learn, I will teach you. As for whether you can learn it or not, that depends on your own ability.

Mubarak was originally worried that this matter would not be so easy, but he did not expect that Yang Huan would be so generous.

Therefore, the UAE people were not stingy and said that they would definitely not let Southampton suffer any losses when cooperating in this regard.

What this means is that we don't have the technology and equipment, but we have a lot of money. Don't worry, you can name the price when the time comes.

"I have another purpose for going south this time, which is to have the opportunity to cooperate with Mr. Yang Huan."

"oh?"

"I heard that Mr. Yang Huan is actively planning the International Champions Cup."

"Yeah." Yang Huan nodded, looking very honest.

Combined with his previous generous agreement to cooperate with Manchester City, one feels that he is sincere in wanting to make friends.

“I wonder if you’re interested in finding a sponsor?”

"We are in contact with several companies." Yang Huan replied indifferently.

"That means the deal hasn't been reached yet," Mubarak laughed.

Yang Huan did not deny it, and nodded, "Not even close."

"We at Etihad Airways are very interested in developing the US market in the coming years and we hope to be able to sponsor this event."

"Title?" Yang Huan was a little surprised.

Is it really so easy to make money by drilling for oil in the Middle East?

"We are willing to provide a title sponsorship fee of 20 million euros per year and become the largest sponsor of this event for five years."

To put it bluntly, the so-called naming rights mean that when promoting the event, the sponsor's name must be added to the front.

In other words, after accepting the sponsorship, the International Champions Cup will have to be renamed the Al-Etihad International Champions Cup.

Moreover, the organizers will no longer be allowed to accept sponsorship from other airlines or even other similar companies such as railways.

Yang Huan thought about it and shook his head, "Five years is too long, three years at most."

"Three years?" Mubarak was a little surprised.

Is Yang Huan so confident about the promotion of this event?

"To be honest, in my opinion, three years is a very friendly price. I have been preparing for this event for a whole year. I am confident that I can ignite the American basketball market in July and August this year."

This period happened to be the break for American sports events. Sports such as football and NHA were all suspended. Only Major League Baseball still had games, but in the eyes of young fans, baseball was no longer attractive.

Therefore, football's efforts during this period of time just fill this gap.

In Yang Huan's view, the market is already there, it just depends on whether you can make it work.

But in Mubarak's opinion, Yang Huan was too confident.

Even a little too confident.

You know, 20 million euros in sponsorship fees a year is already quite high for a newly launched event.

If there were no top teams such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United participating in the competition, and if Mubarak did not have a certain degree of confidence in the operational capabilities of Yang Huan and Miracle Media, he would definitely not have made such a decision.

Unexpectedly, Yang Huan had such confidence

Kind of interesting

"I still have one final spot in my hand, if Manchester City is interested, they can participate"

Yang Huan once again threw out a piece of fat meat.

For Manchester City, even if they won a league championship, in everyone's eyes, they are still local tycoons and nouveau riche.

Therefore, what Manchester City needs to do most now is accumulation.

Hanging out with a group of top wealthy families is undoubtedly a great opportunity to establish one's own position among the wealthy families.

Thinking of this, Mubarak couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

They both acquired teams and spent a huge amount of money, but Yang Huan built up connections and personal networks, and has already entered the core circle of European professional football. Yang Huan himself has also entered the British upper-class social circle.

But Manchester City was excluded from the periphery from the beginning to the end, like an ATM for other teams.

This time, there is no doubt that it is a very good opportunity to integrate into the core circle of European football.

Therefore, this time Manchester City can only be a younger brother to Southampton and follow the Saints.

"Okay, just three years, but I want a promise from you. If you can run this event within three years, we can renegotiate the naming fee. If the price is the same, we have priority. As for Manchester City, they will definitely participate."

Mubarak seemed very decisive and made the decision on the spot.

This is more like the chairman of a large conglomerate that controls tens of billions of dollars.

"Okay, let's make a deal." Yang Huan didn't say anything more and agreed directly.

With the 20 million euros in sponsorship fees, at least the losses can be reduced.

And this is just the beginning.

There are so many places to get sponsorship, take your time, don't rush