Chapter 991: I'll Take Someone With Me Even If I Die

"I heard that the current AFC President Salman will run for the FIFA presidency and he has already started lobbying actively."

After listening to this, Yang Huan thought about it for a while, but found that he didn't even know who Salman was.

Ron Gourlay saw this and immediately said, "Salman is from the Bahraini royal family. In 2013, he won the election for the AFC president with an overwhelming advantage and was successfully re-elected."

After a pause, Ron Gourlay continued, "However, Salman has mixed reviews in the football world. He attaches great importance to balance. Although he is from West Asia, he attaches great importance to relations with East Asia, especially with China. Therefore, during his tenure, there were no conflicts within the AFC."

"However, many people are also suspicious of him because he forced some changes to the law. For example, he changed the AFC constitution to allow himself to serve as the president of the AFC and the vice president of FIFA at the same time. In the eyes of many people, this was a decision he made to consolidate his own power."

"Salman also has a very powerful backer, that is Prince Ahmed of Kuwait, who has served as the chairman of the Olympic Council of Asia for more than 20 years. He is also the Minister of Energy of Kuwait and the third most powerful person."

"But there are reports that the Emir of Kuwait, or the King, is very dissatisfied with Prince Ahmed. The two sides are said to be vying for power. Who knows who will win?"

Yang Huan was confused by what he heard. Who on earth are these guys?

However, this is the case with countries in the West Asia region.

For example, the Olympic Council of Asia has its headquarters in Kuwait, and Prince Ahmed has been working there for more than 20 years. It is understandable that the one who is close to the water gets the moon first.

But Yang Huan understood the general meaning.

To put it simply, Salman is a bit like a powerful boss in the AFC. If he runs for election, he has a high chance of winning.

"Salman has good relations with some European football associations. When he was in the Asian Football Confederation, he repeatedly stated that he highly praised the management model of European football. If he is elected, he will introduce the management model of the Premier League, Bundesliga and UEFA, establish a non-executive chairman, and divide the power of the FIFA president."

"This proposal is very welcome in today's environment."

Yang Huan nodded. Isn’t it?

FIFA is in such a mess, everyone hopes to make this organization more transparent.

But won’t things become more transparent if Salman comes to power?

Will the establishment of a non-executive chairman really be able to divide the power of the FIFA president?

I'm afraid this is not that simple!

Is it possible that a guy who risked his life to amend the AFC's statutes in order to consolidate his power actually said that if he were elected, he would reform the management body and divide his power?

Yang Huan couldn't help but look at Peter Kenyon, "Peter, do you mean that Salman is likely to be elected?"

Peter Kenyon nodded. "Although Salman has not officially come forward yet, he has been secretly preparing and planning. If he runs for election, Infantino will probably have a hard time competing with him. It is still unknown who will win or lose."

Yang Huan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, "This drama of FIFA is getting more and more exciting!"

"Isn't it?" Ron Gourlay nodded. "If Platini hadn't gotten into trouble, with his fame and status, his election would have been almost certain, but now he has run into problems..."

Marco Fassone, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly asked: "Do you think Platini's incident has anything to do with Blatter?"

Everyone was stunned and immediately looked at Fassone.

Inter Milan's Bald Qiang was a little uncomfortable being stared at by so many people at once, but he quickly pretended to be calm.

"I think even when FIFA punished Platini, they didn't mention corruption, they just said he violated regulations. It's a little unclear what happened with the money Blatter paid him."

Yang Huan listened with great interest and motioned for him to continue.

"If it was stolen money, Platini paid the tax. If it was not stolen money, he deserved the money, but because of the payment method and the clever timing, he was wrongly accused. Is there something behind it..."

Yang Huan laughed, "You mean, Blatter wants to die himself, but he wants to drag Platini down with him?"

"That's right!" Fassone nodded. "We all know that although Blatter is European, in fact, like his predecessor Alain Vieux, he came to power on behalf of non-European football interests. In the past, FIFA's power struggle was more like a struggle between European interest groups and non-European interest groups."

"I always find it strange why the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom intervened, but if we look at this issue from a higher dimension, it is not difficult to explain. At the same time, it is reasonable for Blatter and Platini to get involved!"

"Well said!" Yang Huan praised with a smile.

"Marco, it's great that you can think of this!"

It was only now that Yang Huan finally felt relieved.

As the saying goes, the head follows the butt. When Fassone was the CEO of Inter Milan, Yang Huan didn't notice him. But now, as soon as this guy became an executive member of UEFA, his way of looking at and thinking about problems immediately became unusual.

Peter Kenyon also smiled with relief. "The more non-governmental organizations there are, the more intrigues and power struggles there are. This is true for FIFA, UEFA and the Asian Football Confederation as well."

The fact that Blatter has been in charge of FIFA for so many years, and the Prince Ahmed mentioned earlier has been in charge of the Olympic Council of Asia for more than 20 years, is in itself very telling.

Yang Huan looked at Peter Kenyon, "Peter, what do you mean?"

"If it was Platini, he might have a chance to fight Salman, or even win, but if it was Infantino..."

It can be seen that Peter Kenyon is not optimistic about Infantino.

Yang Huan now has no idea of ​​the situation.

But since you can't see it clearly, just don't look at it.

"Then we will remain neutral. As long as we have the resources they need, we are not afraid no matter who is elected!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

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While Yang Huan and others were planning in the royal suite on the eighth floor, Juventus' Agnelli was in the room on the sixth floor, questioning AC Milan's Galliani and Gandini.

"What's going on?" Agnelli asked almost as soon as he entered the door.

"You said you had it done. Is this the result of what you did?"

Galliani and Gandini were both helpless.

"Andre, listen to me, this matter is very complicated, isn't it..."

But Agnelli didn't want to listen. "I know it's complicated, but this is obviously completely different from our previous agreement, isn't it?"

Galliani secretly exclaimed in his heart, as expected, the reckoning has come.

"At the beginning, we agreed to attack and defend together and advance and retreat together, but what happened?"

Agnelli pointed at Galliani and said indignantly, "You turned around and poached Bacca from Sevilla, who was almost signed by us. Did you ask us? Did you communicate with us?"

"If it weren't for you taking Bacca away, would we have played so badly in the new season?"

Juventus has suffered two consecutive defeats in the new season and is now almost falling into the relegation zone. Why?

It's because the attack is weak.

This forced the Zebras to bring in the 27-year-old Jackson Martinez from Porto, the vampire Mendes, at a high price before the end of the transfer market.

It is still unknown whether this guy can meet Juventus' requirements!

"Now, you promised us before that we would be guaranteed re-election as executive members and be selected for the UEFA executive committee, but what is the result?"

Agnelli stared at Galliani with wide eyes, "Adriano, you promised me this yourself, remember?"

Galliani nodded, "But..."

"Now," Agnelli waved his hand, still refusing to let him speak, "Not only can we not become a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, we even lost the European Club Association Executive Committee, but Inter Milan not only became a member of the European Club Association Executive Committee, but also became a member of the UEFA Executive Committee. What is this?"

Galliani was also helpless, shaking his head and sighing: "Andre, please believe me, this is completely beyond our expectations."

Agnelli raised his head and looked at Galliani suspiciously, as if asking, is this really the case?

"You should know that not only did Juventus suffer a big loss, but we also lost our first vice-president. You should know how important this is to us."

Previously, Galliani promoted policies to support traditional giants within the European Club Association, but now, AC Milan has lost the position of first vice president, and policies may change at any time and anywhere.

Of course we need to support them, but there is a difference between supporting traditional giants or supporting emerging teams.

When Agnelli heard Galliani say this, his anger subsided a lot.

He was not completely confused. He knew that Galliani was right and this time, AC Milan suffered a great loss.

Even in the future competition for the four seats on the UEFA Strategic Committee, AC Milan is likely to lose again.

By that time, AC Milan would have truly declined.

"Inter Milan won a great victory this time with Yang Huan's strong support. No one expected this."

Galliani sighed as he said this, "In the past, when Moratti was in charge, Inter Milan was not good at playing these tricks, but now, Yang Huan is obviously better than anyone else."

After a pause, the veteran of the Rossoneri had to sigh again.

“Andrea, Inter Milan is now the only dominant team. It’s a foregone conclusion. We must work more closely together to have a chance to compete with them, so we…”

"Stop talking!" Agnelli raised his hand to stop Galliani from continuing.

"Andre..." Galliani was so upset that he immediately raised his voice.

"I said, stop talking!" Agnelli also shouted.

The two of them were silent for about two or three seconds, and then Andrea Agnelli looked at Galliani deeply again.

"Adriano, it's not that I don't trust you, it's that I don't trust the bastards behind you."

This sentence immediately left Galliani speechless.

He knew that the rift between Juventus and AC Milan had been fully exposed in Bacca's transfer.

Perhaps, if a phone call had been made to Juventus in advance to communicate, the current situation would not have happened.

But……

"If, I mean if, Adriano, you are not happy in Milan, you are welcome to come to Turin anytime."

After saying this, Andrea Agnelli turned and left.

Galliani was left alone, staring blankly at the closed door.

It is a foregone conclusion that Inter Milan will dominate the league, but AC Milan and Juventus have failed to unite at this time. So, who will be able to compete with Inter Milan in the future?

I'm afraid that the Serie A will become the world of the Nerazzurri in the future!

Yang Huan, ah Yang Huan, I still lose to you in the end!