Chapter 417 I Want to Retreat

"Master Huan, there is something I don't quite understand"

After Mubarak left, Hamad looked at Yang Huan with a puzzled expression.

"What's up?"

Yang Huan was using his mobile phone to send a WeChat message to Sun Yue, talking to him about this matter, so he responded casually and perfunctorily.

“Why did you agree to Mubarak?”

Yang Huan was stunned when he heard this, he turned around and looked at Hamad, but the little prince of the Middle East looked very serious.

Obviously, he really doesn't understand.

The reason for this is that Yang Huan and Mubarak have just reached a third cooperation agreement, that is, Manchester City hopes that Southampton can inform Manchester City in advance when selling Stroman.

Yang Huan also agreed.

But I didn't expect that the little prince from the Middle East would be so bored that he was puzzled by this matter.

A bit of a joke

Yang Huan did not answer. He just glanced at Hamad and continued to send his WeChat messages, while Peternian did it for him.

"It's normal, this is the norm in the transfer market"

"How do you say that?" Hamad asked in a very studious manner.

"It's very simple and easy to understand. Strootman is not Manchester City's first choice. He may even be ranked third or even lower on their transfer list."

Hamad nodded continuously but said nothing.

"Manchester City does this for double insurance." Peterin is well aware of the operation of the European transfer market. After all, he has been in Manchester United and Chelsea for so many years.

"If I'm not mistaken, Manchester City's top target in the summer transfer market is De Rossi of Serie A Roma."

Mancini has always been very interested in De Rossi, and has always wanted to use De Rossi and Yaya Toure as a midfielder to form Manchester City's world-class double defensive midfielder configuration.

"But obviously Manchester City's plan to introduce De Rossi encountered problems, so Mubarak did this. Once De Rossi's transfer operation is not ideal, they will retreat to the second best and turn to Strootman."

A team's summer transfer list often has two, three, or even more options.

But it is impossible to operate every player on the list. This not only disperses the team's resources, but more importantly, damages the team's image.

Imagine if the opposing club and the player's agent are talking to you and have basically reached an agreement, but you suddenly tell them that, sorry, we have bought our first choice player and no longer need your player, what will they do?

It is foreseeable that this club will not be able to make any progress in the transfer market in the future.

So, we have to try another approach.

Many teams even told the players' agents honestly that your players are our backups, so keep them for now. If we can't buy our first choice, we will bring in your players. As for the transfer fee, you can set whatever you want, just don't make it too outrageous.

Player agents and the teams selling their players are happy to sit back and wait for the players' values ​​to skyrocket. They may even hype it up in the media to drive up the players' values. The teams buying the players also gain something, as at least they get a double insurance policy, right?

This is also the reason why many unknown players are worth tens or even hundreds of millions of euros.

Mubarak didn't speak directly just now, but spoke in a rather obscure way, so Hamad didn't understand.

Yang Huan put down his phone and looked at Hamad with interest.

"I say, little prince of the Middle East, I have always been curious about why you have so many international airlines in such a small place?

When Yang Huan asked this question, Peternian also became interested.

Anyone familiar with the Middle East knows that there are indeed many airlines here.

For example, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Gulf Air...

A place that is not even as big as a sesame seed in a Chinese province has so many international airlines. Is it really that necessary?

Now that Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways are both Yang Huan’s partners, it is natural for him to know more about them.

When Hamad heard this, he was immediately delighted and laughed.

It was as if he was saying, Oh, Master Huan, there are times when you don't understand and ask me questions.

That look and that expression made Yang Huan so angry that he almost slapped him.

"Tell me or not?" Yang Huan smiled and pretended to hit him.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you," Hamad begged for mercy.

"It goes without saying that the general direction is that oil will eventually run out, so almost every country in the Middle East hopes to get rid of its oil dependence. That's why we have Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar."

This is easy to understand.

"Moreover, in recent years, Middle Eastern consortiums have been acquiring companies with strong value retention all over the world, such as water, electricity, and transportation facilities in developed European countries, as well as luxury brands and shops, all out of this mentality."

Don't say that, there are really no fools in this world.

Many people think that the Middle Eastern financial groups are stupid and have a lot of money, but they don’t know that they also have their own plans.

If we look at it from a long-term perspective, we still don't know who is stupid.

"In terms of investment, new energy and high technology have always been favored, but there is another one, which is the media, such as the most famous Al Jazeera, which is known as the CNN in the Middle East and now has a considerable influence around the world."

Yang Huan then realized that Qatar acquired Paris Saint-Germain because it wanted to enter the French media industry.

"But the consortium is most interested in airlines."

After all, Hamad comes from a wealthy family and has quite a lot of knowledge. His analysis is coherent and convincing.

"The Middle East is located in the middle of Asia, Africa and Latin America. It has an inherent geographical advantage and is very suitable for being a transit point. So, when the countries in the Middle East realize this, they immediately rush in one after another."

"I remember that the earliest Gulf Airlines was acquired by Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Bahrain from the British Civil Aviation Corporation. However, after entering the new century, the advantages of the transit station gradually emerged. In addition, the business philosophy was different, so we, Qatar, took the lead in withdrawing from Gulf Airlines and established Qatar Airways.

"After that, Abu Dhabi also withdrew and established Etihad Airways. Together with Dubai's Emirates Airline, which was established as early as the 1980s, these three are now the strongest in the entire Gulf region."

This time, Yang Huan had a vague idea of ​​the general situation.

In the past few years, especially after the outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis and the European debt crisis, the global aviation industry has fallen into a recession.

However, under such circumstances, the three major airlines in the Gulf region began to expand in great strides. On the one hand, they acquired shares of other airlines around the world through mergers and acquisitions with huge financial strength. At the same time, they increased their investment to improve service quality, attract more customers and gain a firm foothold in the market.

Therefore, Etihad Airways is so bold in sponsoring the International Champions Cup and developing the American market.

They don't lack money at all, what they lack is market and reputation.

The advantages and value of these three airlines will only be truly reflected after the global economy recovers in a few years.

Thinking of this, Yang Huan couldn't help but laugh.

"I can't believe you Middle Eastern people are so cunning."

Hamad seemed quite complacent, as if he was very proud to be praised by Yang Huan.

Yang Huan slapped his thigh hard and stood up.

"Okay, things are finally almost done."

Peternian and Hamad also quickly stood up.

"Peter, the team's affairs will proceed according to the plan we discussed before."

Peter Nian kept nodding.

"As for the preparations for the event, Sun Yue will take care of it, there shouldn't be any problems"

Peternian and Hamad were confused now. What was Master Huan planning?

"So, for the next few days, if you have nothing to do, please don't bother me. I want to be in seclusion."

Retreat?

Peternian and Hamad were both dumbfounded.

I've heard that Master Huan would go into seclusion whenever he encountered important matters.

I didn't expect this to happen.

"Master Huan, why do you want to go into seclusion for no reason?" Peternian didn't understand.

Yang Huan smiled meaningfully, "You will know when the time comes."

Having said that, he left.

Only Peternian and Hamad were left standing there stupidly.

What is going on?

When Yang Huan walked out of Tingyuxuan, Richard Cudmore, who was far away in London, received a call from Jeremy Darroch, CEO of Sky TV.

The Premier League CEO's shocked expression shocked everyone in the office.

But what followed was even more shocking news that caught them off guard.

"What? Re-evaluate the Premier League broadcasting rights?"

Skudmore couldn't believe his ears. It had been broadcast for so many years, was there still a need to re-evaluate?

"Jeremy, are you kidding me?"

"I'm sorry, Richard, this is a message from my superiors."

Jeremy Darroch on the other end of the phone sighed helplessly.

"Why? Don't you know that losing the Premier League broadcasting rights will shake your Sky TV?"

"No, Richard, we know very well, very well," Jeremy Darroch explained patiently.

"So, we haven't said we're giving up, we just hope to re-evaluate the package and the auction."

But to Richard Cudmore, this seemed more like a trick.

Even after he hung up the phone, his mind was still full of thoughts, what on earth was going on?

Sky TV giving up the Premier League broadcasting rights is absolutely a stupid move that hurts both sides

Besides, it’s not that the Premier League can’t find a team to take over, but the price will definitely be greatly reduced.

But what about Sky TV?

The losses will surely be even greater.

You may even never recover from this.

What exactly is the reason that made Sky TV make such a decision?

There is no doubt that they are taking the opportunity to lower the price and put pressure on the Premier League.

But what do they rely on?

An idea immediately flashed through Scudamore's mind: Southampton

With the spread of media reporters, almost the whole world is now hyping that Southampton will withdraw from the Premier League.

This undoubtedly gave Sky TV an opportunity to put pressure on

The Premier League and Sky TV share a common interest. They prosper together and suffer together.

So, Scudmore doesn't really believe that Sky wants to withdraw from the battle for broadcasting rights.

And he soon realized the problem.

That's Southampton

Thinking of this, Scudmore immediately took out his cell phone, found Yang Huan's number in the address book, and called.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is powered off"

Shut down?

Shut down at this time?

How coincidental?

Scudmore looked in the address book again, found Peternian, and called him again.

"Hello, Peter, it's me, Richard."

"Hello, Richard"

"I want to meet Mr. Yang Huan. When will he be available?"

"I'm sorry, Richard, Master Huan has been busy these days and is not in Europe."

"He's not in Europe?" Scudmore frowned. "When will he come back?"

"I'm afraid I'll have to wait at least half a month."

Peternian's answer disappointed Skudmore.

Could it be that he knew this would happen and avoided it on purpose?

"Richard, actually there is no point in meeting our Young Master Huan at this time," Peternian said with a smile on the phone.

"Why?"

"The problem is not with us, but with other teams, you know what I mean"

Skudmore was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what Peternian meant.

It seems that we have to quickly organize another special summit of Premier League chairmen.

Otherwise, by the time the next regular meeting comes, we will have missed the start of the league.

This matter is extraordinary and concerns the interests of all Premier League teams. A decision must be made early.

Thinking of this, Scudmore talked to Peter Kennian for a few more words, and after communicating with him, he hung up the phone.

"Go, send a fax to the other 19 Premier League teams, saying that a special Premier League chairman's summit will be held in half a month."