Chapter 668: No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat
After seeing off Morati and the other two, Yang Huan began to live a busy life in Doha again.
Fortunately, the day after Morati and others left, Huang Ying, the chief designer of Crescent Bay, came to Doha from London. This immediately made Yang Huan's life better again and he enjoyed a wonderful beach vacation.
It was not until a week later that the appearance of Raiola, who came all the way from Italy, broke the tranquility again.
This is the first time Raiola has come to Crescent Bay.
As soon as he got on the island, the fat Italian man with a big belly began to praise the island's unique advantages.
"Master Huan, are you going to sell the houses on this island? Leave a few for me?" Raiola said with a magnanimous smile.
Yang Huan received Raiola in the same large living room where he had received Morati before. At least, he also enjoyed the treatment that only the Qatari royal family could enjoy, right?
Hearing what Raiola said, Yang Huan gave a fake laugh, but quickly changed his expression and pulled it down.
“Not for sale!”
"Not selling?" Raiola was a little depressed.
"Yes, I'm going to build a resort and a hotel, so why should I sell houses?"
Raiola couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. He really planned to buy a house here. After all, the economic environment is so bad these days. Anyone with spare money would think about how to preserve the value of their investment.
Do I have to keep it in my hands and wait for the government to print money and cause it to depreciate?
"Hey, Mino, you're quite rich, and I've left a few houses for you. How many houses can you buy with all your fortune?" Yang Huan said with a smile, echoing Raiola's words.
He knew very well that this fat Italian man had indeed become rich in recent years.
Although Raiola does not have many players, he takes the high-quality route. For example, Ibrahimovic, Hamsik, Pogba, Ravel Morrison and Balotelli are all players under Raiola and have good commercial value.
Moreover, under the recommendation of Yang Huan, the Italian fat man started to manage a fan group and vigorously developed the fan economy to make money.
Ibrahimovic's merchandise sales alone bring in tens of thousands of euros every year.
Although the other players are not as good as Ibrahimovic, they are still not a small number.
Therefore, there must be rich people around this fat guy, and they are extremely rich!
"Master Huan, I only have such a small property. I am embarrassed to mention it in front of you. I don't even have a fraction of yours. How can I have the nerve to say it?" Raiola apologized with a smile.
Yang Huan laughed, "Who is the old man? You are the old man. Besides, you are a bad guy. You have made a lot of money in the past few years. I don't believe you don't have tens of millions of dollars!"
Raiola is now helpless because what he said came true.
He himself had once calculated that he was indeed worth 20 to 30 million yuan, but not in cash. Instead, he owned several properties in Italy, London and other parts of Europe. Two or three of these properties were good things that Young Master Huan did not like and had introduced to him.
"Hehehe, Master Huan, let's not talk about wealth. Even if I'm rich, I'm definitely not as rich as you!"
As he said this, the fat Italian man immediately put on the look of a fawning eunuch.
Yang Huan was very pleased with this flattery and immediately laughed, "Alright, alright, let's talk business!"
"Hey!" Raiola immediately obeyed the order and took out a thick stack of documents from his briefcase.
"Master Huan, you are right. As soon as the news got out in the market, a lot of Serie A teams immediately jumped on the news."
"Oh?" Yang Huan raised his eyebrows, "Tell me about it."
"Competitive teams in Serie A, including Fiorentina, Roma, Lazio, Napoli and AC Milan, have contacted me, and they are all very enthusiastic."
Yang Huan smiled. He was not surprised at all by such a scene.
Didn’t Inter Milan’s Moratti chase him directly to Qatar?
"According to Forbes' valuation of Serie A teams, AC Milan is worth about 700 million euros, about the same as Juventus, Inter Milan is worth about 350 million euros, Roma and Naples are both worth about 200 million euros, and as for teams like Fiorentina and Lazio, their valuations are even lower."
Yang Huan nodded. The valuation of Raiola obtained from Forbes was similar to the result obtained by Yang Huan's team.
"In terms of financial revenue, according to the information I have received, Napoli will surpass Inter Milan this year and move into third place in Serie A, so the team has great potential, and Napoli is also the third largest city and tourist city in Italy."
City, this is also Yang Huan’s top priority in acquiring the team.
To put it bluntly, the team is poorly managed and has performed poorly, but these things can be changed.
But the city where the team is located cannot be changed easily.
It's like Udinese, a small city. If Yang Huan acquired the team and wanted to move it to a big city, let alone whether the city would accept it, the fans' protests would be enough to make Yang Huan very upset.
If the club stays in a small city with a small population, a small fan base, low stadium attendance and weak fans' spending power, these will seriously lead to insurmountable restrictions on the club's operations.
Just like Southampton, the population is not large, only about 200,000, but the problem is that Southampton is very close to London, and there are quite a lot of people living in the surrounding area. Even many fans living in the south of London are gradually becoming fans of Southampton because the distance is close!
Therefore, when selecting a team, you have to choose one that is as close to a big city as possible. This is the development trend of a team's operations.
Relatively speaking, Italy's three major cities, Rome, Milan and Naples, are undoubtedly very good choices.
After listening to Raiola's words, Yang Huan also felt that it made sense, especially since Napoli has performed very well in recent years and made a fortune after selling Cavani. The current head coach is Benítez, who is also a famous coach in Europe.
Considering the team's salary, income and debt, Napoli is indeed a good choice.
Raiola has been paying attention to Master Huan's expression. Reading people's expressions is the first skill for a salesperson.
As soon as he saw Young Master Huan nod slightly, he knew that Young Master Huan was moved.
Speaking of Naples, it is indeed a very suitable choice.
"In addition to financial revenue and the city environment, Napoli's attendance is also quite good. This season's average attendance has reached 41,000, surpassing Roma's 40,000, Milan's 39,000, and Juventus's 38,000."
The overall attendance rate of Serie A has been on a downward trend, but for these teams located in big cities, they have never had to worry about the attendance rate. With an average of around 40,000 per game, there is basically no problem.
However, because the stadium is too large, the attendance rate may be worse.
Of course, compared with the peak period of Serie A, the current attendance is still too bad.
"What about Inter Milan?" Yang Huan suddenly remembered and asked.
"More than 46,000, first in Serie A!"
Yang Huan was a little surprised. He didn't expect Inter Milan's performance to be so bad, but the attendance rate was still so high.
Same city, same stadium, but AC Milan's attendance is several thousand higher.
"But, Master Huan, although the attendance rates of these teams are all good, Juventus is far ahead in terms of match-day revenue, and Juventus' new stadium has a total capacity of only 41,000 people, so..."
Yang Huan understood what Raiola meant.
Juventus' attendance is definitely underestimated. What the Zebras want is match-day revenue, not attendance numbers.
As for the two Milan clubs, the attendance is good, but the problem is that the stadium is old and the facilities are not up to standard. The team's operating income on match days cannot be compared with Juventus' new stadium.
The latter is almost catching up with other top teams on the European continent!
If the two Milan clubs, Napoli and other teams don't catch up quickly, they will probably be left further and further behind by Juventus.
In the end, Serie A may become the model of the Bundesliga, and Juventus may become the Bayern Munich of Serie A. By that time, it will be too late to regret!
Thinking of this, Yang Huan couldn't help but look at Raiola, "Mino, do you think any team is planning to build a new stadium?"
Raiola was stunned, but immediately realized the focus of Master Huan's attention.
He had to admit in his heart that Young Master Huan had a long-term vision.
This new stadium is the key to the Serie A team!
But unfortunately, Raiola could only shake his head and sigh.
"From what I have learned so far, influenced by Juventus, many Serie A teams want to build new stadiums, but there has been no progress so far. For example, Fiorentina previously planned to acquire a piece of land next to the airport to build a new stadium, but the government did not support it, and Fiorentina had no choice."
"In addition, Napoli also has an idea. They have already come up with a plan to renovate the San Paolo Stadium. The budget is 100 million euros, with the government bearing 20 percent and Napoli figuring out the rest. They will try to add additional facilities to the stadium, such as restaurants, VIP boxes and specialty stores, etc."
Yang Huan nodded. It seemed that Naples really met his requirements.
To be honest, the difference between having a stadium and not having one is really huge.
Look at those teams that have built new stadiums in recent years. Which one of them hasn’t seen its revenue increase several times?
This is true for Arsenal, Juventus and Bayern Munich.
Southampton will be even more so next!
Although Naples' approach is a bit compromising, it's better to be able to renovate than to do nothing, right?
No matter how small this mosquito is, it is still meat!
Just like the two AC Milan clubs, they share the stadium but do not own it, so it is inconvenient to do anything they want to do, and they have to pay a large amount of maintenance fees every year. How deceptive!
Before this, Yang Huan specifically checked with Fassone and found out that Inter Milan’s annual stadium expenditure, including rental and maintenance costs, is as high as 15 million euros.
My God, 15 million euros a year, how rip-off is that?
More importantly, the revenue of the Meazza Stadium is already small. The largest portion of the revenue comes from ticket sales, and the rest is almost pitifully small.
In other words, the ticket revenue of Inter Milan and AC Milan is almost entirely used to pay for the stadium fees.
Thinking of this, Yang Huan has completely crossed out the two Milan giants from his goals.
As for Naples, I'm afraid it won't be easy to reach an agreement.
After all, in recent years, Napoli's upward momentum has been very obvious, unlike the two Milan giants which are on a downward trend. Since Napoli is on the rise, it certainly cannot be calculated based on valuation.
In other words, if you really want to acquire Naples, 200 million euros is definitely not enough.
But even so, considering the various advantages of Naples, Yang Huan still thinks it's worth it!
Just when he was about to make a decision, Raiola suddenly revealed an inside information, which shook his decision.