Chapter 672 Timely Rain
"Come, Massimo, try our Chinese specialties."
In the third-floor box of the Milan branch of Wangjiang Pavilion at the corner of Monte Napoleon Street, Yang Huan was warmly greeting Massimo Moratti and his son with a smug smile on his face.
Just now, he had fooled almost all the reporters in the city of Milan.
"This is called Shaomai, it's very delicious, and this is called Crystal Shrimp Dumpling, it's our Wangjiang Pavilion's specialty, and this, the egg yolk buns and the xiaolongbao, you guys are welcome to try them all!"
Massimo Moratti and his son looked somewhat reserved. They looked at each other, nodded, and each picked up a snack from the bowl and tasted a piece.
Although dragon meat had no taste to them now, they still had to admit that this snack was indeed exquisite and delicious.
After tasting it, Massimo Moratti put down the pair of chopsticks in his hand, which he was not very skilled at using.
"Master Huan, let's talk about serious matters!"
Yang Huan smiled slightly and nodded, "Okay, let's get started!"
This time, Yang Huan came alone, and so did the Moratti father and son, because the content of their negotiations was mainly centered around the overall situation of the acquisition, and the specific details would be taken care of by the banks and lawyers.
Originally, Yang Huan had two choices, one was AC Milan and the other was Inter Milan.
But after some consideration, Yang Huan chose the Nerazzurri.
There are many factors that led to this decision.
For example, the purchase price. Although AC Milan's performance is not very good, its finances are heavily in debt, and it also has no stadium, the price is very high. The external valuation is the same as that of Juventus, and the price offered by Berlusconi is 1 billion euros.
And Berlusconi was not willing to sell all of his shares, he was only willing to sell half.
In this case, foreign investors are likely to fall into an embarrassing dilemma, that is, they invest money, but get no management or power of the club, and even no share of the profits.
This is equivalent to giving money to Berlusconi for free!
Therefore, Yang Huan would definitely not do such a stupid thing.
Relatively speaking, Morati is more honest. He is willing to sell all his shares, which is what Yang Huan wants.
Not only that, although AC Milan has good financial revenue, it is also seriously in debt. One important reason is that the team's salary is very high, even higher than Juventus. But if you look at AC Milan's lineup, it is very surprising.
The average age is older. Apart from Robinho and Balotelli who can barely be considered as stars in their prime, who else is there?
Perhaps many people will find it strange. Since there are no star players, why are AC Milan’s salaries so high?
The answer is simple. Berlusconi has tightened the purse strings in the past few years. Galliani wants to recruit new players to ensure the team's competitiveness, but he has no money, so he can only resort to a method of drinking poison to quench thirst, that is, free signings.
Many fans are praising Galliani for his greatness and superb management skills. All insiders can't help but laugh when they hear this, because this is a completely suicidal management method.
There is a saying that is very true, there is no free lunch in this world.
Do you really think visa-free is a blessing?
Well, let's look at it from another angle. Since the player came here for free, why would he choose AC Milan?
There is only one answer, the conditions you give are higher and better!
AC Milan has no results now and its influence is not as great as other leagues. What competitiveness do you have?
In the end, there is only one thing: salary!
Others offer an annual salary of three million?
It’s okay, I’ll give you three and a half million?
Not enough? If not, I'll give you 4 million!
Well, it’s only one million more, not much. Compared with the visa-free policy, it’s still a profit.
Wait, this salary is taxable.
The tax rate in Serie A is 43%, plus a 3% high-income tax and a 3% provincial and municipal tax, plus social security, for a total tax burden of about 50%.
In other words, if the annual salary is increased by one million, the club will have to spend two million more. The contract period is not too long, just three years is enough, which is an extra six million. This does not include the fact that many of the players signed by AC Milan for free are already high-paid players.
So, in the summer when the visa-free period was in effect, it was indeed quite exciting. Stars came in one after another, but when it came to paying salaries, each one was higher than the last.
More importantly, where do so many rich people come from in this world?
Do you really think that other teams are idiots? Are you the only one who is smart?
If there is no special reason, would they let the players transfer freely for no reason and let you get a free transfer at a great bargain?
As a result, free players such as Muntari, Mexes, Essien and Montolivo all received high salaries.
But this is only part of it, because the free players have high salaries and good treatment, but what about some of the core players in the team?
Should we also improve treatment and increase salaries?
As a result, the players' salaries increased one after another, and finally became the current situation of AC Milan.
What is even more frightening is that the entire main lineup of AC Milan is seriously aging. Unless Berlusconi spends a large amount of money in the next two years to operate and introduce young players, otherwise, the aging of AC Milan will become more and more serious in the next two or three years.
So, AC Milan’s problems are so serious, what about Inter Milan?
The same problem is obvious!
Originally, the best opportunity for metabolism should be after the team won the Champions League. That summer, they should have sold off the players who contributed to the championship, including Maicon, Diego Milito, Sneijder and other marketable players when their value was the highest.
But Inter Milan missed it!
Not only did he miss it, but Moratti also took into account the old friendship and, like the ancient emperors, started to reward people based on merit.
As a result, players such as Zanetti, Samuel, Cambiasso, Diego Milito and others all renewed their contracts with high salaries.
Yang Huan has always felt that Inter Milan's Champions League victory in 2010 was Moratti's last gamble. He used the large amount of money from the sale of Ibrahimovic to bring in a group of usable players, and then spent a large sum of money to invite Mourinho.
Perhaps, as early as that time, Moratti had realized that his time at Inter Milan was getting shorter and shorter.
After all, no one knows his and his family's financial strength better than him.
As expected, the Champions League title was won, but Inter Milan also slipped from the throne of the Champions League overnight.
Coupled with the subsequent poor operation of the team, the players were unable to cash out at high prices, causing their values to plummet and the team to bear a heavy salary burden.
Fortunately, in the past one or two years, Moratti has gradually withdrawn from the management, and Inter Milan has begun to get on the right track. They have sent away big salary earners such as Eto'o, Sneijder, Lucio, Cesar, and have vigorously introduced new generation players such as Icardi, Guarin, Handanovic, Ranocchia and Juan.
Coupled with the emergence of a group of high-level rookies in the team, Inter Milan's entire lineup configuration has become much more reasonable.
It is worth mentioning that Inter Milan’s youth training camp is one of the best youth training camps in Europe in the past few years. However, due to many reasons, Inter Milan’s excellent youth training has not been used by the club, which is a great pity.
Yang Huan finally chose Inter Milan after fully considering all aspects and weighing the pros and cons.
Because he doesn't want to spend more money, buy a mess, and then be unable to do anything about it in the end.
And since Morati said he wanted to get down to business, Yang Huan went straight to the point.
"Massimo, I don't like too much interference in my work, so my idea is that I want to take full control of Inter Milan." When Yang Huan said this, he deliberately paused, paying attention to the reactions of Moratti and his son.
"But Angelo Mario has done a great job at Inter Milan in recent years. I am very happy to keep him in the team and continue to serve as the team's executive vice president. And you, Massimo, I hope you will serve as the team's honorary chairman!"
When Morati and his son heard Yang Huan's arrangement, their expressions improved slightly.
It can be said that the Moratti family and Inter Milan are blood-melted and inseparable.
Therefore, according to Moratti's original idea, it would be best for Yang Huan to acquire most of the shares, and Moratti would continue to hold a small portion, so that the members of their Moratti family could naturally continue to work in Inter Milan.
But Yang Huan announced from the beginning that he would take full control of the acquisition, and then continued to hire his son as vice chairman, and then asked himself to be honorary chairman, which more or less preserved the reputation of the Moratti family.
"I wonder what price Master Huan plans to pay to acquire Inter Milan?" Moratti asked with concern.
This concerns the vital interests of him and the Moratti family.
If the offer is too low, and part of it is used to repay the team's bank debt and fill the team's deficit, then the Moratti family won't get a penny, right?
"According to the outside market's valuation, 350 million euros!"
When Morati and his son heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.
"cash?"
"Yes!" Yang Huan nodded with a smile, "I never like to pay in installments when buying things!"
Moratti and his son immediately felt the wealth and power of the wealthy man Huan.
It’s true that just a sneeze can cause a typhoon!
Three hundred and fifty million euros. Even if the Moratti family takes on all of Inter Milan's debts, they can still come up with at least one hundred million euros in cash. If they make some adjustments, they might be able to get even more cash.
This money is like a timely rain for the Moratti family!
For the Moratti family, which is facing a financial crisis due to the plummeting oil prices, with this life-saving money, they may be able to successfully survive this crisis.
As long as you can get through it, you don’t know when you will make a comeback.
Thinking of this, Morati's heart was obviously moved.
At the very least, the price offered by Master Huan was similar to that of Tohir, but the cost of cash was still too great.
"Then let me ask you, Master Huan, how do you plan to run Inter Milan after taking over?" Moratti asked with concern.
This is the only thing he can do for Inter Milan now.
He could even accept Tohir's conditions, and as long as Young Master Huan wasn't too outrageous, he wouldn't say anything.
Yang Huan smiled slightly, "It's very simple. What Inter Milan needs at this stage is accumulation and gradual development. Coupled with the current environment of Serie A, spending a lot of money to sign stars will only make Inter Milan repeat the same mistakes."
Moratti kept nodding his head, at least he agreed with this point.
In fact, he is not a completely unwise person, but sometimes he is easily influenced, emotional, and a little willful, so...
Well, this man, if he doesn’t understand his own personality even at this age, then wouldn’t he have lived in vain?
So, after listening to Yang Huan's words, he understood that whoever took over Inter Milan would do the same.
Unexpectedly, Yang Huan's next words made Morati feel pressured.
"But, Massimo, there is something we need to discuss first. I am going to do something, and you must not interfere!"