Chapter 723 Picking up foreign leftovers

Sometimes, Yang Huan finds it funny when he looks back on his time as a football fan.

You're just too naive, aren't you?

Ever since football entered the era of professional football, anyone who talks about performance, feelings, and tradition without considering finances is just being a hooligan.

Because no matter whether it is achievements, feelings, traditions, or anything else, even if you win many championship trophies, you cannot guarantee that your players and employees can have enough food to eat and be in a good mood to do their work.

Those players who play for sentiment, tradition, or various other reasons, but don’t care about money, are all in the amateur league!

Therefore, many fans always look at presidents like Rosell and Florentino with prejudice or even contempt.

Little did people know that although Real Madrid won two Champions League titles in three years during Sanz's time, what about the team's finances?

If Sanz continues to be in charge, Real Madrid will most likely become the first top team to be banned from the Champions League.

reason?

Real Madrid has too much debt and is about to go bankrupt!

Think about it again, if Sanz is really that good, why would Real Madrid members and fans choose Florentino?

Star player?

Don’t be silly, anyone with money can buy a star these days!

By the same token, when Laporta was in charge of Barcelona, ​​the results were indeed outstanding, but the club's finances were in a mess. According to the situation at the time, even if Barcelona won the Champions League every year, it would still continue to be heavily in debt.

That’s why Barcelona members and fans chose Rosell!

The reason why it was him was because he would try every possible way to improve the team's finances once he came in!

However, as a membership team, Rosell is also under pressure from the election, especially after Laporta's failure in politics, he has vowed to return to Barcelona and challenge Rosell's position.

So, this is why Neymar transferred!

But it was precisely this transfer that put Rosell in a dilemma.

At least, Barcelona, ​​which has won nothing for two consecutive seasons, has been leading the standings for a long time this season. The devilish wingers of Neymar and Messi have performed quite eye-catchingly, proving their strength and potential very well.

In addition, due to the arrival of Neymar, Barcelona's commercial revenue has also increased significantly. In the long run, it can even be a very cost-effective deal, because Neymar will be the number one star in this summer's World Cup in Brazil.

For this reason alone, Barcelona's deal is not a loss.

But how to pay the transfer fee became a big problem for Rosell and others.

Yang Huan didn't react much, just smiled faintly and asked, "You mean, postponement?"

Rosell and Bartomeu couldn't figure out what Yang Huan meant, but they all had their own plans.

"Master Huan, it would be best if we could postpone it, because we may raise funds by selling some players during the summer transfer window. But if you, Southampton, are interested in our players, we are also happy to pay the money with the players." Bartomeu said helplessly.

Sanchez and Montoya have already been used to pay off debts, and now players have to continue to be used to pay off debts.

But what can we do?

Who can blame Barcelona for not being able to come up with the money?

"Oh, which players are you planning to release? Tell us about it!" Yang Huan asked with interest.

Nowadays, it is definitely a very cost-effective thing to follow the big teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid and pick up foreign money.

For example, Sanchez was brought in from Barcelona before, and the Chilean winger performed quite well in the Premier League.

If Ibrahimovic leaves the team this season, Sanchez is likely to play a more important role in the team.

There are also players like Montoya, who has also performed well in Atletico Madrid and is highly favored by Simeone.

And it's not just Southampton that does this, for example, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan did this back then.

Both of them followed Real Madrid to pick up foreign players. One picked up Robben, who is still a key player today, and the other picked up Sneijder, who brought the team the treble. Aren’t they both very cost-effective deals?

"We are currently considering players such as Dani Alves, Alexandre Song, Adriano and Afellay. If there is a suitable buyer, we will also consider Fabregas, Pedro, Valdes and Mascherano."

Judging from this list, Bartomeu did not hide anything and was very honest, which shows their sincerity in this trip.

Yang Huan was not surprised at all about the players on the list because the media had been reporting on it for a long time.

Like Alves, he is no longer as good as he used to be. There have been rumors of him leaving the team for many years, but no suitable buyer has been found.

As for someone like Alexander Song, he definitely has the ability, but right now he is a bit of a nobody.

The top teams look down on him, and he also looks down on the mid- and lower-level teams.

At least he was a core player from Arsenal before, right?

On the contrary, the latter ones are quite attractive, especially Fabregas, Pedro and Mascherano.

Fabregas's ability is undoubted, but his joining Barcelona was a fatal mistake.

Yang Huan also considered him and even invited him, but he chose Barcelona and missed Southampton.

The reason why he suffered a setback in Barcelona was not a problem of strength, but his style was incompatible with Barcelona. So when he played in the game, not only did he feel awkward, but the entire Barcelona team felt awkward.

The same is true of Mascherano.

As the former world's number one defensive midfielder, Mascherano was unable to shake Busquets' position after joining Barcelona and was forced to retreat to the center back position. However, due to the height of the Argentine defensive midfielder, playing as a center back is a very troublesome thing in itself.

Therefore, in recent years, his performance in Barcelona has been mixed, and rumors of his leaving the team have never stopped.

The same is true for Valdes. Although this Barcelona goalkeeper has always been a main player, his strength has never been truly recognized. He has always been considered a weak link in Barcelona. It is not surprising to sell him and bring in a strong reinforcement.

On the contrary, Pedro was on the transfer list, which surprised Yang Huan a little. After all, this Barcelona youth training product had performed well. He just didn't expect that Barcelona would want to sell him for cash.

After all, it’s money that causes trouble!

Yang Huan has no feeling at all about players like Alves, Alexander Song, Adriano and Afellay, but he thinks Fabregas, Pedro and Mascherano are good.

I believe that these three players are also the most attractive ones for Barcelona in the transfer market and the ones most likely to be sold at a high price.

However, Southampton's standard configuration is double technical defensive midfielders, who have always performed well. Matic is also quite stable. It is useless to introduce Mascherano. It is impossible to introduce Mascherano and then let him sit on the bench, right?

Besides, Mascherano is not young anymore, how many more years can he play?

In Fabregas's position, Southampton currently has James Rodriguez, so there is no need for that.

Speaking of midfield, Southampton's midfield is full of talented players. Even if Fabregas comes, he may not be able to play as a starter.

As for Pedro, that is even more true.

With Hazard, Ravel Morrison, Sturridge, Suarez and Sanchez, is there still room for Pedro in such a front-line attacking combination?

Even as a substitute, Southampton plans to keep it for Januzai in the team.

So, Yang Huan thought about it and frowned.

Russell and others who were sitting opposite him were also terrified and anxiously waiting.

"Okay, I'll call them and tell them about this." Yang Huan didn't intend to force things too much.

"Master Huan, what you mean is..."

Rosell, Bartomeu and others all had their eyes lit up, as if they saw the dawn of hope.

"I agree to postpone your payment. Don't worry. There is no debt, just don't default on it!" Yang Huan laughed.

"Don't worry, don't worry, Master Huan, how could we possibly do such a thing?"

Russell suddenly felt greatly relieved. With Master Huan's words, he suddenly felt relaxed.

Now that Southampton has stabilized, as long as Barcelona can sell players to cash in in the transfer market, they will be able to overcome this difficult time.

"Oh, by the way, don't talk about the death of Fabregas, Mascherano and Pedro for the time being!" Yang Huan suddenly thought of it and decided to leave a way out.

"Master Huan, are you interested?" Russell became excited.

Anyway, I owe money to Young Master Huan, so isn't it just a good idea to sell the players to him to pay off the debt?

If it is sold to other teams, they will have to endure other people's installment payments and then go to the bank for mortgage loans. How troublesome is that?

"Let's take a look. I'll ask them to discuss it later. I'll call you soon!"

Russell also felt that this request was acceptable and immediately nodded in agreement.

"Okay, we also very much hope to continue trading with Master Huan. If you need it, we can even negotiate the price. We will definitely give you a preferential price!"

Yang Huan wanted to laugh when he heard this. Rosell was very calculating. No wonder he was called stingy by Barcelona fans.

But it must also be said that it is precisely this type of people who are better at managing the household.

Once consensus is reached on the most important thing, the atmosphere of the entire meeting will become relaxed and pleasant.

Afterwards, Yang Huan discussed the current situation of La Liga with Rosell and others, focusing on the progress of the discussion on La Liga broadcasting rights, which is also the biggest change in La Liga in the next few years.

As the owner of Atletico Madrid, Yang Huan strongly advocates the reform of broadcasting rights.

The reason is simple. This is definitely a great opportunity for Atletico Madrid.

According to the existing La Liga broadcasting rights model, Real Madrid and Barcelona's annual broadcasting fee income is as high as 140 million euros, but what about Atletico Madrid?

Even though Atletico Madrid won the La Liga championship last season, its broadcasting fee income was only a pitiful 40 million euros, a gap of 100 million from Real Madrid and Barcelona.

This is absolutely unacceptable for Atletico Madrid.

As the champion of the La Liga, its broadcasting fee income is only half of that of the bottom team in the Premier League. If this were to be made public, wouldn't people laugh out loud?

But from Russell's mouth, Yang Huan obviously heard more inside information.

For example, the battle for interests between the Spanish Football Association and the Spanish Professional League.

The Spanish Professional League is the main force behind this broadcasting rights reform. They hope that through this reform, they can firmly control the La Liga and the Spanish Second Division in their own hands, and thus become a league like the Premier League.

But the Spanish Football Association is obviously unwilling to do so. They will never want to see themselves become a useless existence like the English Football Association, nor will they allow a strong organization like the Premier League to appear within their authority.

Therefore, the two sides are now quarreling fiercely and have even begun to ask each other to take sides.

The players' union, for example, fully supports the Spanish Football Association, while the vast majority of clubs support the Spanish Professional League.

The two sides are still in talks, but the atmosphere is becoming increasingly tense.

Yang Huan found this situation very funny and helpless.

At this moment, whether it is the Spanish Football Association or the Spanish Professional League, talking about the so-called overall situation and the so-called long-term plan is nonsense. What they want is interests, naked interests.

However, for investors like Yang Huan, it doesn’t matter.

Regardless of whether it changes or not, Atletico Madrid must continue to strengthen its strength.

Only when you become strong and have market appeal, everything else will follow naturally.