Chapter 808 I object!

"Everyone, I am glad that you can take time out of your busy schedule to attend the Premier League Summit."

"First, let me introduce you all!"

As Richard Scudmore pointed his finger, the two middle-aged men with Burnley signs in front of them stood up and nodded to their left and right.

"These two are representatives of Burnley, John Banaskevich, he is the general manager of the famous British shipping company FIs, and the one next to him is the chairman of Burnley, Mike Glick!"

Amid the polite applause of the crowd, the two sat back in their seats.

Burnley is neither a big team nor located in a big city. The last time they returned to the Premier League was five years ago, but they were relegated after one season, and they were not the chairman at the time.

"This is the chairman of Leicester City, Mr. Wicha Lakriskothorn from Thailand, and next to him is his son, who is currently the vice chairman of Leicester City."

Vicha is a figure on the Forbes Thailand list, ranked eleventh, but he is already well-known in the Premier League.

Don’t think that this Thai tycoon is a good guy just because he wears glasses and looks very kind.

In fact, he became famous precisely because he did two very wealthy things.

Once, he went to Leicester City's home stadium to watch a game, and his private plane was parked next to the stadium. As a result, they lost the game, which made him depressed. Before the game was over, he got on the private plane and flew away in front of everyone's astonishment.

You can imagine how rich this guy must have been at that time?

Another thing is that when Leicester City, as the strongest team in the Championship League, qualified for promotion to the Premier League, he announced that he would invest 180 million pounds to help the team compete for European qualification.

This immediately became a laughing stock among many fans and even people in the Premier League industry.

With Leicester City's strength and foundation, they want to qualify for the European Cup with just 180 million pounds?

Are you sure you're not kidding?

So, when this father and son from Thailand stood up, some people at the scene couldn't help but laugh.

Fortunately, the father and son had no idea why everyone was laughing, so it was nothing.

However, it must be said that Leicester City is the team with the greatest hope of staying in the league among the three newly promoted teams this season.

The last promoted team was Queens Park Rangers, whose owner is Tony Fernandes, a Malaysian tycoon and owner of Malaysia Airlines.

Of the three newly promoted teams in the Premier League, two have owners from Asia, which shows the influence of the Premier League in Asia.

As for Queens Park Rangers, their strength in the Championship is not very strong, but they have a famous head coach.

Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Redknapp!

Through Redknapp's connections, Queens Park Rangers made some big moves as soon as they were promoted to the Premier League, such as bringing in Ferdinand from Manchester United, a transfer that surprised many people.

Yang Huan sat in his seat and looked at the three newly promoted horses, feeling somewhat amused.

"Peter, tell me, one year from now, who among these three people will be able to sit here?"

Peter Kenyon smiled slightly, "I'm afraid it's all very difficult. The only team with a good chance is Leicester City. The remaining teams, Queens Park Rangers and Burnley, are basically only going to play for one season!"

Yang Huan nodded, he felt the same way.

"Oh, by the way, did you suggest that Tottenham Hotspur sign Stones and Begovic?"

"Well, yes, I mentioned it casually when I was chatting with Daniel Levy. Any questions?"

Yang Huan shook his head. "Nothing. I just felt a little weird when Daniel Levy was talking to Hamad just now."

After a pause, Yang Huan smiled again, "In fact, if Tottenham Hotspur really wants to sign these two players, that's good. If Chelsea can't buy Stones, they will be more determined to buy Ranocchia. At that time..."

At the end, Master Huan couldn't help but secretly glance at Abramovich.

As luck would have it, the owner of Chelsea happened to be looking at him, and the two men met each other. The Russian snorted viciously and turned away.

"Hey, I said, I didn't play with his wife, nor did I cut off his financial resources. So, why does he always dislike me?"

Yang Huan asked in confusion.

Our Young Master Huan is a handsome guy who is loved by everyone, flowers bloom wherever he sees him, and cars are everywhere. Who wouldn’t like him?

Why does Abramovich seem to have a grudge against him for stealing his wife?

While Yang Huan was complaining, Richard Scudmore was already on the stage introducing the revenue situation of the Premier League teams last season.

"In the past season, the new broadcasting contract officially came into effect. According to this contract, the total price sold worldwide was 6 billion pounds, which is also a huge increase compared to the previous contract."

"According to this contract and the previous rules for sharing the revenue from Premier League broadcasting, our league champions, Southampton, will earn 40 million pounds more than last season, exceeding 100 million pounds!"

When Scudmore said this, the whole audience was in an uproar.

In the past two seasons, Southampton has been the Premier League champion, but the Saints, who won the championship in both seasons, had a difference of 40 million pounds in broadcasting fees, which shows how powerful the new broadcasting contract is.

"Not only did the championship team's income increase, but the bottom team's income also increased by 25 million pounds. In other words, this past season, Cardiff, which ranked last in the Premier League, received almost the same share of broadcasting fees as Southampton, which won the championship last season!"

When everyone heard this, they all sighed.

A Premier League champion's share of broadcasting revenue reaches 100 million pounds, which is absolutely the highest in European football.

Moreover, for the current Premier League teams, there is no need to deliberately pursue the Champions League, because the income of the Premier League itself is quite amazing. If the Premier League ranking drops for the sake of a Champions League result, the loss will be heavy!

"The new season will be the second year of the new contract. We will officially start the negotiation process for the next contract in half a year. Before that, we all hope that more Premier League teams can go out of the British Isles and Europe."

Everyone is a beneficiary of the new contract and understands what Skudmore means.

If the Premier League had not actively developed overseas markets in the past, would the Premier League have the current revenue?

"We have reached a consensus with Miracle Media. They hope that we can arrange some important events, such as the FA Cup final, the League Cup final, or the Community Shield, to be held overseas, which will greatly enhance our overseas influence."

"Not only that, they are also actively preparing to organize more friendly matches for Premier League teams overseas, hoping to get active cooperation from the Premier League and Premier League teams. What do you think?"

This is also an important topic of this Chairman’s Summit.

Summer preparations are very complicated nowadays, and warm-up matches are basically fought independently, which wastes a lot of resources.

Just like Everton, the warm-up matches were arranged in the UK, against some low-level league teams. Not to mention the low value of the warm-up, the income was also very little, or even almost nothing.

But if Everton goes to Asia or North America to play warm-up matches, the appearance fee can be at least one million, plus the commercial value, it is definitely better than playing warm-up matches in the UK and Europe, right?

After the great success of the International Champions Cup, Miracle Media already has sufficient resources and rich experience in this regard, and there is no problem for them to take on the Premier League overseas warm-up matches and important finals.

So, as soon as Skudmore finished speaking, the scene became noisy with discussion.

But suddenly, someone stood up and shouted, "I object!"

Such a good thing, and yet there are still people who oppose it?

Everyone looked closely and saw that it was Abramovich.

"The current warm-up matches are arranged by each club on their own, giving them autonomy. Everyone can choose their warm-up match opponents to prepare for the match according to their own situation."

"However, if we cooperate with Miracle Media, our income may not necessarily increase, but we will have to accept arrangements made by outsiders. They may not necessarily consider our team, so I think that if we want to play overseas warm-up matches, we can plan and organize them ourselves. There is no need to cooperate with Miracle Media."

Abramovich's analysis does make some sense.

Many people present were nodding their heads.

But soon, Tottenham Hotspur's Daniel Levy also stood up and shook his head: "Roman is taking it for granted."

"I take it for granted?" Abramovich was unhappy.

"Yes, you are right about one thing. We have organized overseas warm-up matches and pre-season games for the Premier League in the past, but the results were only average. But perhaps you don't know that we also cooperated with companies like Miracle Media, which were far inferior in strength, to organize these events. Otherwise, how could we and the Premier League have done it alone?"

Many people present who knew the inside story nodded in unison.

"I have learned about Miracle Media. They have experience in organizing events in North America, Asia and the Middle East. I believe everyone knows about the success of the International Champions Cup, so I believe in their operational capabilities."

"As for transplanting the cup final overseas, Serie A has had such a precedent and the response was very enthusiastic. I think we can also give it a try. In the foreseeable future, we can even consider arranging some important strong dialogue matches overseas."

“Of course, we need more professional companies to take charge of the specific operations, but what I want to say is that the importance of overseas markets is self-evident. How to further develop overseas markets will be the key to our continued development in the future!”

When it comes to professionalism in the business field, even if Abramovich is given ten horses, he still cannot catch up with Daniel Levy.

So, as soon as the CEO of Tottenham Hotspur finished speaking, he immediately received support from teams such as Southampton, Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City, and even many mid- and lower-level teams spoke out.

Even though their income has increased now, one or two million pounds from an overseas warm-up match is a lot for them.

More importantly, if we actively develop overseas markets and sign more sponsorship contracts, we will make a lot of money.

In the end, everyone in the conference room, except Abramovich, agreed that they should cooperate with Miracle Media.

This immediately put Chelsea and Abramovich in a dilemma of being alone.

"Okay, I know everyone's opinions!"

Scudmore called a halt to the discussion at the right time.

As the CEO of the Premier League, he has to control the atmosphere and avoid everyone leaving in a bad mood.

"We will continue to discuss the specific cooperation with Miracle Media on behalf of the Premier League and strive to launch this plan next summer. If the English Football Association agrees, we can even try it in the League Cup and FA Cup finals this season."

"Of course, we always adhere to the principle of voluntariness. If a team does not want to join this plan, that's totally fine!"

Having said this, Scudmore immediately moved on to the next topic.

Abramovich also sat down indignantly.

He found that his words at this round table were becoming less and less influential.

Damn it!