Football giants

Chapter 358

"Hello, Mr. Levy!"

"Thank you for your reception, Mr. Yang Huan!"

At the Royal Wharf in Southampton, Yang Huan met Daniel Levy and his team from Tottenham Hotspur going south.

The CEO of Tottenham went south this time not only to supervise the battle, but also expressed the hope that he could visit Southampton's new stadium project.

After Tottenham Hotspur failed to compete with West Ham United for the London Bowl, the main stadium of the Olympic Games, they decided to spend [-] million pounds to build a new stadium in north London. The partner they chose was Foster + Partners.

Today, this firm belongs to Yang Huan.

Therefore, when Tottenham Hotspur approached Norman Foster and expressed their hope to visit Southampton's new stadium project, Yang Huan naturally agreed without hesitation and met him in person.

The two projects in Southampton are in full swing.

Standing on the Royal Wharf and looking out, it is simply a lively scene.

The artificial island already has a rough prototype, and it seems that the amount of work is huge.

"Mr. Yang Huan, it is not easy to convince the citizens of Southampton to agree to build this project!"

Levi said this with emotion.

The security of the community where Tottenham Hotspur is located is not very good, and the spending power and transportation of fans are not very convenient.

Tottenham have long thought of leaving, just like Arsenal did, moving to a place closer to downtown London.

But when the fans made trouble, the plan was forced to die.

The biggest problem facing Southampton's new stadium is undoubtedly the issue of environmental protection.

But as the saying goes, there are people in the DPRK who are good at handling things. This question depends on who it is for.

"The Northumberland development plan you proposed this time is also very ambitious, coupled with the support of the London City Government and the community, it is also not easy!"

Levi shook his head and smiled bitterly, sighed deeply, "It's still not as popular as the rich teams!"

This is true!

Arsenal wanted to build a new stadium, and all parties gave strong support, and even allowed them to leave Highbury Stadium and choose a new site.

After all, isn't it because the Gunners are a wealthy team?

"Tottenham Hotspur's performance has been quite good in the past few years. If we persist for another two or three years, we will be in the top four!" Yang Huan encouraged with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Levi sighed deeply again, his brows seemed full of helplessness.

"We're afraid we won't be able to hold on!"

"What's going on?" Yang Huan was a little surprised.

Levi is not afraid to confess, "We started to increase investment in 6000 and 1000, but in the past few years, the finances have been declining, and the salary of players has soared from more than [-] million in the past to more than [-] million, which is nearly doubled."

"And now, Gareth Bale and other players are asking for salary increases, and the team's financial pressure is very heavy."

The management ability of Tottenham Hotspur's CEO is well-known in the Premier League and even European football, and he holds a quarter of Tottenham Hotspur's shares.

"The subprime mortgage crisis and the European debt crisis hit, and commercial revenue dropped sharply. Fortunately, the Premier League's broadcast fee share soared, but our financial revenue was flat compared to that in [-]!"

On the one hand, the income is flat, and on the other hand, the broadcast fee share has soared. This proves that Tottenham Hotspur’s commercial operations have not grown in the past few years, but have shrunk.

Even, if the income from the European competition and player transfer profits are considered, the commercial income will be greatly reduced!
"Our financial estimate for this season is £3000m to £4000m in debt!"

Yang Huan was a little surprised when he heard this.

Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal have always been the healthiest teams in the Premier League. If even Tottenham are like this, then the situation of other teams can be imagined.

"Many fans think that professional leagues are about players and head coaches. As everyone knows, professional leagues are about capital. Players and head coaches are only part of the team's many resources, and they are not even the decisive part."

Daniel Levi said with emotion.

Yang Huan also felt the same way.

Before becoming a team owner, he was just an ordinary fan, thinking that if he brought in the best stars, the best head coach, and built the best team, he would be able to win the championship.

But in fact it's not that simple.

Because a season is as long as nine months, including the transfer period is one year.

Without sufficient resources and strong capital backing, no team can survive for a year.

So look at Arsenal, the cash on the books is more than 1 million pounds, but this is normal in the professional league!

Southampton's cash on the books was less than [-] million pounds, so Nicola Cortez had to go to Yang Huan and yell for a long time, and then try every means to get a blood transfusion.

"If a mid-range team wants to challenge a giant team, it must either have the backing of a strong fund like you or the Abu Dhabi consortium, invest heavily for a long time, and persist until the team enters a virtuous circle, or learn from Arsenal!"

Arsenal's approach is to secure the top four every season.

Looks silly, right?
Yang Huan also often made fun of Wenger.

But this is the strategy of learning from the old ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy of building high walls, accumulating food widely, and slowly becoming king.

If you don't believe me, look at the Bundesliga and La Liga.

Why no team can compete with Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Real Madrid for a long time?
The Bundesliga has always been dominated by Bayern. Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen and other teams have grabbed Bayern's limelight, but they are difficult to last.

In the past few years, Dortmund has made a comeback and smashed Bayern, but how long can they last?

La Liga has also played teams such as Deportivo, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Sevilla and Atletico Madrid, intending to challenge the duo of the Western Super League, but which one of them is not a flash in the pan?
Another simple example, Inter Milan.

Moratti suddenly hit a chicken blood. After many years in Serie A, he wanted to fight for the Champions League. He invited Mourinho, introduced many powerful stars, and won a treble. But the result?
After the Triple Crown, Inter Milan couldn't hold it anymore, and let out a lot of bets. I don't know when they will make a comeback!
If professional football really has a legendary background.

That abundant resources is the foundation of a club!
Yang Huan nodded in praise and said, "That's right, so a team's assets are very important!"

Levi nodded with a chuckle, "Well, Mr. Yang Huan is not like what the outside world said, he doesn't understand football at all!"

Yang Huan couldn't help but smile too.

I didn't understand it before, but as a boss, I must learn to understand these things.

The team has many assets, the most obvious being the stadium and training base.

The three major incomes of the team are broadcast fees, game day income and commercial income.

Broadcast fees are not controlled by the team. Commercial income depends on operational capabilities, but it is also related to the market environment. Matchday income depends on the stadium, which is the most stable basic income.

St. Mary's Stadium has a capacity of more than 3, and Arsenal's Emirates Stadium has a capacity of [-]. Coupled with Arsenal's ticket prices, the Gunners can earn tens of millions more pounds in ticket sales than Southampton in a year.

If you count the rent of shops, restaurants, etc. in the stadium, it will be at least over [-] million pounds.

With this amount of income, no matter how good your grades in Southampton are, can you catch up with others?
You are playing an arms race with others, isn't it lighting a lamp in the toilet, looking for death?
So, the pitch is very, very important!

Yang Huan has been preparing for the new stadium since the first day he acquired the team.

Tottenham Hotspur is now in a financial deficit, but they have to tighten their belts and have to build a new stadium!
If it is built, there is still hope. If it is not built, you can only wait for death!
Moreover, Yang Huan gradually understood the meaning of Daniel Levi's words.

It appears that there are no items not for sale at Tottenham Hotspur!

This guy deliberately said so much to himself, and the subtext is also saying, little brother, the stars in our team are good and cheap, who do you like, brother, I will sell it to you, the price is fair, no one is cheating!
Who made me have financial problems?
not for sale?

Even if they win the Champions League next season, they won't be able to pass the approval of UEFA financially!

As for Southampton, hey, there is no such trouble.

The reason is simple. The money invested in the training base and the new stadium can offset the debt.

Therefore, Southampton is still very well off, and it is no problem to introduce Messi.

The budget of a stadium is [-] million pounds. Isn't it easy to toss Messi?
"Mr. Yang Huan, I heard that you signed a cooperation agreement with the Australian Real Estate Group?"

Australian Property Group is the world's largest listed retail property group, owning more than 100 high-end shopping centers around the world.

Among them, the one at the exit of the London Olympic Village subway, the largest shopping mall in Europe, is owned by them, costing 15 billion pounds, but the annual turnover is as high as one billion pounds.

"Yes, they have become our retail partners. In the future, they will operate Southampton's largest shopping mall, including luxury shopping malls, on the first floor of our new stadium!"

Southampton's new stadium is the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, with nine small islands surrounding the main island.

At present, these nine islands have all signed lease agreements. For example, Apple has decided to operate the first Apple Store in Southampton here, and Adidas and Nike will also set up Southampton's largest flagship store here.

The main island is divided into two floors, the ground floor is in the shape of a five-pointed star, and the golf course is built on top of the five-pointed star.

Australian Real Estate intends to operate a high-end shopping center on the ground floor.

"Mr. Yang Huan, can you disclose the details of the cooperation?"

Yang Huan smiled slightly, this is not a secret, and the media will know sooner or later.

"One hundred million pounds, five years!"

Daniel Levi opened his eyes wide and exclaimed, "Oh my God!"

£2000 million a year?
Yang Huan smiled slightly, "Did you see those nine small islands?"

"Hmm!" Daniel Levi nodded.

"200 million pounds for a small island, signed for five years at a time!"

"200 million?" Daniel Levi was dumbfounded.

Nine small islands, that's 800 million pounds!
Hey, let's not say much else, the rent for these two areas is nearly 4000 million pounds a year.

And there are restaurants inside the stadium.

Yes, I heard that the restaurant partner of the new stadium in Southampton has also been found, which specializes in supplying VIP boxes and the rich second-generation members of Southampton, with a yearly rent of 2000 million pounds.

In addition, there are ordinary restaurants, KFC, McDonald's and the like, all of which will definitely be stationed.

Counting the full play, the new stadium in Southampton has a rental income of 8000 to [-] million pounds alone.

Wait, just now he said that he signed for five years at a time, which seems to be the first payment.

In other words, Southampton has not yet started construction of this new stadium. Just by signing these lease contracts, they will be able to get two to three billion pounds of funds.

That's two to three billion!
Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium budget is only [-] million!

Until now, his eyes are still darkened, and he doesn't know where to raise money!

But people, with just a word of mouth, two or three hundred million will be in hand!

Comparing people to people can definitely piss people off!
Looking at Daniel Levin's mournful expression, Yang Huan couldn't help laughing.

what is this?
If compared with the group of empty-handed real estate developers in our motherland, I'm nothing!
Besides, the Duke of Westminster also contributed a lot here, and this guy is still thinking about a bigger piece of cake!

Among other things, the Southampton City Government supported 1000 million pounds, the British government supported 500 million pounds, and the Southampton Community Council supported 500 million pounds. Southampton received 4000 million pounds from the government.

There is no other reason. Once these projects are completed, they will provide thousands of jobs for Southampton, bring huge fiscal revenue to the government every year, and even drive Southampton's economy and tourism.

Moreover, the two major projects in Southampton have been combined with the city government's old city renovation project, and the government naturally needs to give some support.

Next, Southampton is considering attracting investment for the naming of the stadium.

It is expected to earn a naming fee of 2000 million pounds at least a year.

When that time really comes, who would dare to say that we great saints are not local tyrants?
Looking at Daniel Levi's startled and poor face, Yang Huan couldn't help but laugh.

If I really want to tell you everything, won’t it scare you to death?

However, Yang Huan remembered one thing at the mention of poverty!
(End of this chapter)