Chapter 658 You can make money with your eyes closed!

"Master Huan, is it too extravagant to spend 20 million euros to introduce a midfield substitute?"

After seeing off Joorabchian and Giuliano Bertolucci, Ron Gourlay gave a reminder with a wry smile.

According to the requirements put forward by the two agents, Oscar's salary requirement is not high, 30,000 pounds a week, which is only in the middle of the pack at Southampton. For a player who has performed in the Premier League and European competitions, it is not high.

But the problem is that what Southampton wants now is a substitute midfielder, and the price of 20 million euros is a bit high!

Pini Zahavi remained silent. After all, he was the one who introduced the person, so he couldn't say much.

But after listening to what Ron Gourlay said, it was obviously a bit too high.

Of course, if it was according to Young Master Huan's usual high demands, let alone 20 million, even if it was doubled, he would think it was acceptable. Who made him like it?

As the saying goes, love is more valuable than money, that's the truth!

After listening to Ron Gourlay's words, Yang Huan smiled faintly, shook his head, and said nothing or explained.

Peter Kenyon laughed, "Ron, you didn't see what Master Huan saw!"

"What is that?" Ron Gourlay demanded.

Peter Kenyon glanced at Yang Huan and saw that he was smiling all the time, so he started smiling too.

"If I'm not mistaken, Master Huan still attaches more importance to the cooperation with Bertolucci. He plans to promote our data training system and then promote our scout network!"

After what Ron Gourlay and Pini Zahavi said, I actually started to understand a little bit.

Yang Huan laughed out loud, "It turns out that you, the bald guy, really understand me!"

When everyone heard this, they all burst into laughter.

Peter Kenyon smiled bitterly and looked depressed. I am a bald man, but when did I become Baldy Qiang?

Also, what is Bald Qiang? Can it be eaten?

"South American football is a treasure land. In recent years, with the development of Internet technology and the advancement of science and technology, advanced technology has entered the football circle. This has become an unstoppable trend, and data-based training is only a part of it!"

"For a long time, Brazil gave people the impression of being poor, backward, chaotic and disorderly, so the stars cultivated there all came from poor backgrounds, and all the football clubs were dirt poor. They could just throw a few hundred thousand or a few million at the club and have the club lick their boots!"

Peter Kenyon and Pini Zahavi looked at each other and laughed inwardly.

Isn't what Young Master Huan said too much exaggeration?

But we have to admit that if we go back five or ten years, Brazilian football was indeed like this.

"But you must know that in the past few years, Brazil's domestic economy has developed rapidly. It is known as the BRICS countries, and this is not a false name. The economic development has driven the development of the domestic football industry. The development momentum of Brazilian football clubs is also quite rapid, and the value of players has also risen steadily."

Indeed, judging from the average value, the value of Brazilian players when they are exported is indeed increasing year by year.

Another point is that the operating conditions of Brazilian domestic clubs have improved significantly compared to before, especially for domestic giants such as Sao Paulo, Santos, Cruzeiro, Corinthians, etc. The living environment has improved greatly compared to before, and some of them have even begun to have no shortage of money.

Under such circumstances, the Brazilian football industry undoubtedly has a strong desire for further upgrading, especially in terms of scouting, youth training and player development, because the Brazilian football industry is mainly concentrated in this area.

According to the industrial chain, Brazilian football should be at the low end and Europe at the top.

Southampton's current technology and equipment in these areas undoubtedly give it a considerable advantage.

In other words, according to the cooperation model with Cesarini, Southampton provides technology and equipment and cooperates with clubs and football schools in Brazil, which is entirely possible.

As the saying goes, third-rate companies sell products, second-rate companies sell brands, and first-rate companies sell standards.

If Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Africa, and even many mid- and lower-level leagues and teams in Europe are still at the stage of selling products, then teams including Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, and even Real Madrid and Barcelona are all selling brands because they are giants!

Southampton is undoubtedly also in the stage of selling its brand!

But if Yang Huan really allows this cooperation model to promote the data training system on a large scale, Southampton will have the most complete player database in the world.

By that time, let alone selecting players for his own teams such as Southampton and Atletico Madrid, he could even make money by selling data to other teams!

Then Yang Huan and his football empire will stand out from the ranks of second-rate brand sellers and join the ranks of standard sellers!

By that time, there will be two major competitions, the International Champions Cup and the European Youth Champions League, and below, there will be the world's largest player database, and below that, there will be teams such as Southampton, Atletico Madrid, Monaco and Tottenham Hotspur.

Just imagine, if the situation really develops to that level, who in the small world of football can stop Yang Huan?

Peter Kenyon, Pini Zahavi and Ron Gourlay were all smart people. They easily guessed Master Huan's thoughts and vaguely saw the future development prospects. They all became excited at once.

If this is really done, then whether it is the football club, the players, or even the agents, they will have to rely on the huge player database in the hands of Young Master Huan to make a living!

Think about it again, Master Huan had previously strongly supported England's Glorious Revolution youth training reform plan. He gave money, equipment, and training to them for free. It seemed like he had made a huge loss, but what was the reality?

At a time when household registration books are so valuable, what an amazing treasure trove it would be if one could have access to all the data and player information of England since the Glorious Revolution, from the national team to the youngest youth teams.

"Our income this year is quite good, especially for participating in the Champions League. The bonuses received from UEFA alone are already quite generous, so I plan to improve the treatment and salaries of the players and employees in the team!"

Yang Huan believes that as a football club, the most valuable thing is talent.

Therefore, how to retain as many players and employees as possible in the team will be one of the most important strategies for Southampton in the future.

What he wants to do now is to do his best to create a sense of belonging for the players, to build them and the club into a community of shared destiny, and to stimulate them to perform better on the court and on the training ground.

There is no doubt that salary is a very important factor!

Peter Kenyon agrees with this. "I checked. The total amount of the Premier League and Champions League bonus pool this season is as high as 71.7 million euros. According to the distribution method, half of it will be taken out and divided according to the league ranking of last season. The league champion can get 40%."

At this point, Peter Kenyon chuckled, "That means we can get about 14 million euros from it. The remaining half will be divided according to the Champions League results. Even if we lose all six group matches, we can still get more than 6 million."

"Also, the appearance fee for the Champions League group stage is nearly 9 million euros, the bonus for a win is 1 million euros, and for a draw is 500,000 euros. In this way, we can make a profit of at least more than 30 million euros from the Champions League!"

"So many?" Pini Zahavi was a little surprised.

More than 30 million, this is the income if Southampton loses all the group matches. If they win a few games or stand out from the group stage, the income will be higher.

Peter Kenyon nodded and smiled, "Yes, because we are the league champions!"

According to UEFA rules, half of the prize money in the bonus pool will be distributed to participating teams according to their league rankings. There are four Premier League teams participating in the competition, and the proportions are 40%, 30%, 20% and 10% respectively.

In other words, Arsenal, which ranked fourth in the league last season, could only get more than 3 million euros.

If there are three teams participating, the ratios are forty, thirty-five and twenty-five.

In addition, England's bonus pool is also quite high, reaching 71.7 million euros, second only to Italy's 80 million euros, which has just signed a new contract. Below it are Spain's 67.3 million euros and France's 57.73 million euros.

As Europe's largest economy, Germany's bonus pool is only 52.29 million euros.

Just for this reason, Yang Huan’s future football plan is already very clear.

Judging from the bonus pool and allocated quotas, Serie A teams are the most popular, because three teams share 80 million euros, and every team can make a fortune as long as they make it to the Champions League, even if their results are poor.

Take Juventus and Napoli for example. Even if they fail to qualify from the group stage, they will be able to get a share of the prize pool of more than 30 million and 25 million respectively. If the bonus from UEFA is included, it will easily exceed 40 million and 30 million euros.

Considering the current predicament of Serie A, this amount of money is simply a huge sum!

So, to some extent, the worse the teams from France, Italy, Spain, Germany and England perform in the Champions League, the more beneficial it will be for the teams participating in the Champions League. It would be best if three teams participated.

In the Champions League bonus pool, except for Italy, England, Spain, France and Germany, the bonus pools of other European countries are pitifully small. For example, Portugal has less than 7 million euros. The fixed income is too poor, and there are many participating teams, so they can only rely on results to make money. Unlike the previous five countries, as long as they get into the Champions League, they can make money with their eyes closed!

Only Russia, Greece and Denmark have more than 10 million euros, while the Netherlands is a little behind at 9.6 million euros. However, the Netherlands has fewer participating teams, so after the sharing, the benefits received by the teams are also considerable.

Pini Zahavi didn't know much about the operation of the Champions League club, and he was completely stunned when he heard Peter Kenyon's casual words.

It turns out that participating in the Champions League or not has such a big impact!

Moreover, he did not expect that the teams in the top five leagues would have such a huge gap in Champions League revenue compared to teams in other leagues.

The gap is so huge that it makes people despair!

If you want to surpass these five countries in terms of prize pool, in addition to having a better domestic economy than them, there must also be people willing to spend money on football, prompting TV broadcasters to pay high broadcasting fees.

pBut the gap is so big that it is almost impossible to catch up.

Under such circumstances, teams in the top five leagues will become more and more valuable.

Because of this, Yang Huan is also very interested in Serie A teams. He has already asked Cash Harris to help him look for and contact them. As long as the timing is right, the price is right, and all aspects of the team meet his requirements, he doesn't mind having one more team.

Anyway, as long as he can get into the Champions League, he will be satisfied!