Chapter 747 Lobbyist

“We lost!”

During the half-time break, in front of the window of the bar that is specially provided for VIP customers of the Chairman's Stand at the Allianz Arena, Yang Huan and Beckenbauer each ordered a beer across a high table.

The German football emperor shook his head and sighed.

The first half ended with a score of 0-3, which made everyone in the Allianz Arena unable to sit still.

The scoreboard at the stadium showed the attendance for this game, which was nearly 70,000 people.

But it was in front of these 70,000 people that witnessed Bayern Munich suffer a humiliating defeat.

However, in Yang Huan's opinion, this hardly explains anything.

Bielsa has worked hard in Southampton for four years, and with the support of Yang Huan's strong resources behind the scenes, we have the current Southampton. But what about Guardiola?

He has only taken over Bayern Munich for less than a year, there is no comparison!

As for talking about how strong Bayern Munich was before, there is no need for that.

When Guardiola came to power, he wanted to overturn everything from Heynckes' era and rebuild everything. On the contrary, Heynckes made more improvements on the basis of inheriting Van Gaal.

In this case, it is unfair to compare Guardiola and Heynckes.

"We Chinese have a saying: victory and defeat are common in the military!"

Yang Huan smiled and reached out his hand, gently touched the beer glass in his hand with Beckenbauer, retracted it to his mouth and took a sip.

German beer is famous all over the world, it is indeed good, but the taste is a little different.

Beckenbauer propped up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and smiled slightly, "So I just told Herbert Hainer that this failure will benefit us in the next few years!"

In response, Yang Huan remained silent.

Sometimes failure can make people gain more than success.

This is especially true on the football field!

But soon, Beckenbauer changed the subject, "What I'm talking about is not just this one game."

"Oh?" Yang Huan raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

He had expected this a long time ago. Otherwise, why would Beckenbauer invite him to have a drink during the half-time break for no reason?

The football emperor always had a smile on his face, making it impossible to figure out what he was thinking.

"Platini's recent remarks have put FIFA under great pressure. They are planning to compromise!"

Yang Huan was slightly stunned. When he looked at Beckenbauer again, the latter was still smiling, but there was a hint of understanding in his eyes.

It was as if to say, Young Master Huan, we people with discerning eyes don't need to speak in secret anymore, just keep it to ourselves!

Beckenbauer and Blatter are old friends, and their friendship can be traced back decades.

There have even been rumors in the industry that the reason Germany was able to win the right to host the 2006 World Cup was entirely due to Beckenbauer's mediation, and by supporting Blatter's re-election, Germany finally won the right to host the World Cup.

Therefore, Beckenbauer is also the chairman of the German World Cup Organizing Committee.

Thanks to this World Cup, Beckenbauer's reputation in international football skyrocketed and his status in German football became extremely high.

But what is interesting is that just when everyone thought that Beckenbauer should press on with his victory and aim for the 2007 UEFA presidential election, Blatter surprisingly chose to support the dark horse Platini.

And what about Beckenbauer?

With the strong support of the then UEFA President Johansson, he suddenly announced his withdrawal from the election.

This made Johansson very angry. In the absence of other candidates, he had to rush into the election himself, which directly led to his defeat.

At that time, many people mentioned that Beckenbauer gave up the election because his goal was to be in Zurich.

That is the FIFA headquarters.

But so many years have passed, Blatter has been re-elected again and again, Zurich has nothing to do with Beckenbauer, and he is getting older, so in 2011, he announced his withdrawal from FIFA.

Many industry insiders speculated that one of the important reasons why Blatter chose to support Platini was that he was worried that Beckenbauer would challenge his position, and Beckenbauer became discouraged and withdrew from the UEFA election.

But who knows what the real truth is?

But judging from the situation in the past few years, although Beckenbauer and Blatter have always maintained close contact, their relationship is not ironclad, but more like a relationship of exchange of interests.

Therefore, Yang Huan simply picked up the beer on the table, took a sip, turned around and looked through the window at the stadium outside. Although it was halftime, the atmosphere was still very tense, and many fans were booing the team.

"In fact, this should have been done a long time ago. I have to say that they lack a sense of crisis!"

Beckenbauer also smiled bitterly as he walked to Yang Huan and looked at the window.

The two stood side by side with their backs to the people behind them. Unless someone came closer, no one could hear what they were saying.

Behind Yang Huan, Long Wu had already jumped down from the next table and walked over, as if blocking his way.

"Perhaps, they have been in this organization for too long, so long that they have hypnotized themselves and really think they are the masters of this world. They can't tell who is the most powerful person in the world!"

Yang Huan's words were harsh, but to Beckenbauer, they were difficult to refute.

Not to mention the distant past, just four years ago, during the World Cup in South Africa, FIFA actually dared to play tricks on South Africa. This was simply unimaginable, because an organization without borders wanted to challenge a national government?

Is this a joke?

But that time, FIFA actually managed to get away with it!

Perhaps it was because of their lucky escape that time that made them a little too proud of themselves, so they went even further this time and even touched the cheesecakes from Britain and the United States. Isn't this like lighting a light in the toilet, seeking death?

"Many things are not as simple as they seem. FIFA has to manage more than 200 member countries and organize so many competitions, which is not an easy task in itself. Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be some omissions in management."

Beckenbauer's words are somewhat of an excuse for FIFA and Blatter.

"But I believe that the problem lies with the organization. Blatter is like a patriarch who is trying to maintain the operation and development of the family. He should not be charged with such a serious crime. What do you think?"

When Yang Huan heard this, he found it funny.

Isn't it ridiculous that the leader of an organization that manages an industry worth tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars says that he is like a parent and regards the organization as a family?

Oh, do you really think FIFA belongs to your family?

Do you have this ability and capability?

But Yang Huan naturally would not say these words and refute Beckenbauer to his face. After all, the football emperor is just a lobbyist.

"Franz, I can only say that this matter has nothing to do with us. FIFA has brought this situation to this point because of their own fault. It is caused by their incompetence and stupidity."

After a pause, Yang Huan was afraid that Beckenbauer would not believe him, so he added, "If it were me, I would not rashly hire a so-called third-party lawyer to conduct an internal investigation before I had put myself out of the matter and got out of the circle of interests. That would not be proving my innocence, but suicide!"

Beckenbauer was speechless at this moment.

Asking a lawyer to conduct an internal investigation is indeed a very stupid move.

Now it's not just FIFA itself, even Beckenbauer, who has already left FIFA, has been implicated.

Not to mention Blatt who is in the vortex.

"This is a game, Franz!" Yang Huan said seriously.

“Before entering this game, every player must weigh whether they can afford to play and whether they can afford to lose, because once it starts, no one can control when it ends.”

Beckenbauer was also helpless because the current situation was that the public was outraged and no one could control it.

Judging from what Yang Huan said, he and Platini just wanted to take advantage of the situation.

Could it be that behind this, there are more terrifying forces targeting FIFA and Blatter?

"Franz!" Yang Huan felt that this kind of conversation should be ended.

Because his relationship with Beckenbauer, at least not to the point of being close friends.

"To be honest, I am looking forward to developing in German football and I sincerely hope to get your help. I believe we will become very good friends, but..."

Yang Huan changed the subject at this time, "Listen to my advice, now that you have pulled yourself out of this quagmire, don't come back!"

Beckenbauer was completely stunned.

He originally received a call from Blatt and wanted to come and persuade Yang Huan, but he didn't expect the situation to be completely reversed now.

Why does it sound like Yang Huan is persuading him?

What exactly did Yang Huan know, a secret that neither he nor Blatt knew?

Yang Huan was very reluctant to treat an old man in his sixties like this, especially an old man respected by all the fans.

But he had to do it.

He looked at Beckenbauer earnestly and advised sincerely: "This game has already started. It is no longer something that Blatter or FIFA can control now."

"I dare to conclude that the final winner will definitely not be Blatter, so you, Franz, my friend, you should choose your position carefully!"

After saying that, Yang Huan didn't say anything more and turned and left.

A young man in his twenties was trying so earnestly to persuade an old man in his sixties. The scene was so weird that even Yang Huan himself felt depressed.

But these words came from his heart!

If he really wants to develop in German football and really wants to acquire Hamburg, he should strive for the support of Beckenbauer and Bayern Munich.

Even if you can't get support, at least you have to establish a friendly relationship.

Yang Huan has always felt that in the past few years, many clubs have repeatedly proposed to reform the 50-plus-one policy, but nothing has happened. The biggest resistance comes from Bayern Munich.

The reason is very simple. As long as the fifty plus one policy exists, unless Bayern Munich commits suicide, it will be difficult for a strong team in the Bundesliga to challenge Bayern Munich.

Dortmund?

Stop kidding!

There is a world of difference between the crappy management of the Hornets and that of Bayern Munich!

Besides, what does the rise in the short term of two to three years represent?

It would be great if the Hornets could threaten and shake Bayern Munich's dominance in the Bundesliga in the long term.

But is it possible?

Putting aside other things, just because of the modern management and Bayern Munich's astonishing financial revenue?

It is too easy to bring down Dortmund!

We poached Gotze last season and are going to poach Lewandowski this summer. If you train one, I will poach one!

If you have the ability, why don’t you sell it?

Not selling?

How much more salary do you have to give to the players?

With your poor management efficiency and pitiful fiscal revenue, if you really want to start an arms race, two or three years will be enough to drag you down!

As for Yang Huan and Hamburger, the biggest problem now is to gain a foothold, and we can talk about other things later!

Therefore, it is necessary to make friends with Bayern Munich and make friends with German football celebrities such as Beckenbauer.