Football giants

Chapter 397 Let's see who plays to death!
It was past midnight when we returned from Bucharest to Southampton.

Everyone in Southampton didn't go to Stapletwood as soon as they arrived at Southampton Airport, and rushed directly to Wangjiang Pavilion.

Huang Tianshun and the others had also received the news early, and had already prepared a sumptuous celebration banquet to welcome the team.

Soon, the entire Wangjiang Pavilion suddenly became a mess.

With a thousand members of the Saints Fan Club, Southampton and the guests invited by the team, the whole scene was noisy and lively.

Zhuang Ziqing didn't like such occasions, so Yang Huan directly asked Long Wu to send her to the villa in Southampton.

He himself stayed in Wangjiang Pavilion, celebrating with the guests and players.

He drank so much that he himself forgot how much he drank.

It wasn't until Scudemore came to invite him to talk outside that Yang Huan escaped.

The two of them didn't go out, they walked directly along the banks of the Test River in the open-air restaurant area of ​​Wangjiang Pavilion.

"The city of Southampton has developed rapidly in the past few years. I heard that the transformation of the old city is about to start, and it will change drastically soon!"

Scudemore said somewhat regretfully.

Yang Huan smiled faintly, noncommittal.

The Premier League is actually like a management company, which is solely responsible for the operation of the Premier League.

Scudemore is the CEO of the management company.

In layman's terms, he is the butler of the Premier League.

His power is given by the twenty teams in the Premier League.

But Scudemore has been in charge of the Premier League for many years, and during his time in charge, it happened to be the most successful period of commercial development in the Premier League, so Scudemore has a pivotal influence in the Premier League.

But to make any major decisions, I'm sorry, he doesn't have the power.

Then you have to call all the club owners or executives in the Premier League to a meeting.

This is the Premier League Chairman's Summit held every three months in the Premier League!

Take the simplest example, the winter break.

The rich teams are eager to have a winter break, and they have called for it for many years. Even Scudemore agrees, but they can't carry it out. The reason is that most of the middle and lower teams don't care about you!
Your top teams have to fight on multiple fronts, you have to think about European competitions, but we don't.

Our middle and lower teams only need to focus on the domestic cup competitions, and we don’t even have a share in the cup competitions. We only have to play in the league. There is not much pressure. Pressure is a matter for your top teams. Who told you to fight on multiple fronts?

Can't stand it?
If you can't stand it, don't open up so many fronts, who forced you?
I wish you had a bad record!
Therefore, when voting, the majority of votes were against the winter break.

Sometimes things are just so troublesome and so much fun!
Seeing that Yang Huan didn't speak, Scudemore smiled wryly in his heart.

Don't look at this Young Master Huan who is young, but he has a very good calculation in his heart.

"Southampton has also undergone earth-shaking changes in the past two years. There are many stars and strong strength. Now, it is the Champion of the Europa League. It is a step up every year. Next season will participate in the Premier League!"

Yang Huan still didn't say anything, he was waiting for Scudemore to get to the point.

The chief executive of the Premier League smiled bitterly in his heart, and sighed, the bad guy still has to do it himself.

"Mr. Yang Huan, to tell you the truth, in the past two or three months, the league has had a lot of opinions on some of Southampton's practices."

"Oh?" Yang Huan narrowed his eyes, but he wasn't surprised at all.

Southampton killed the Premier League, it is clear that the chariots and horses are here to share the cake.

Every season, there will be newly promoted horses entering the Premier League, but the same newly promoted horses are treated differently.

Which is the most popular?
It's Norwich and his like, the typical one-season Premier League team.

These teams are not strong, and financial resources are not strong. It is okay in the English Championship, but in the Premier League?
Ha, sorry, the big brothers will teach you how to behave!

Generally speaking, this kind of team is the most popular, because there is almost no threat to the existing teams in the Premier League!

There is also a team that has just been relegated but will soon be re-upgraded, such as West Ham United this season.

The Hammers have qualified for promotion and will return to the Premier League next season.

For such teams, the Premier League is usually more tolerant.

After all, they are all old acquaintances, and the relationship network and personal connections are there.

But there is another kind of team that has not yet been promoted to the Premier League, but has already made a name for itself. They are powerful and rich. Almost everyone believes that they will definitely be able to secure their position in the Premier League.

This kind of team is rare, such as Fulham, which was acquired by the Egyptian billionaire.

However, this kind of team is also the least popular, because once this team has a firm foothold in the Premier League, there will definitely be other teams that will be relegated in the new season.

As for who is downgraded, it's hard to say!
However, under normal circumstances, it is generally the middle and lower reaches of the team that have more opinions on the newly promoted team.

Rich teams generally don't have much opinion on newly promoted horses, and they don't have much feeling.

There are only a few powerful teams in the Premier League, and the newly promoted can't shake their status at all, and they don't need to worry about relegation, so they don't take it to heart at all.

But this year the situation is different!
Southampton was promoted to the Premier League with four golden championship titles, the League Cup, the FA Cup, the Champions League and the Europa League. The Saints team is full of stars, powerful and rich.

Anyone can see that the saint's ambition is not relegation!

They are here for the top four in the league!

So, Southampton's promotion is unpopular for all Premier League teams.

Downstream teams are worried about relegation, midstream teams are worried about qualifying for the Europa League, and upstream teams are worried about the top four in the league.

This situation has never happened in the history of the Premier League!
So, in the past few months, these Premier League bosses have picked and dug holes for Southampton.

"Everyone has a big opinion on the issue of Southampton's jersey!"

Scudemore said with a wry smile.

None of this is a new problem.

It's an old question, isn't it?
At the beginning, Ferguson criticized Southampton for advertising on the jersey to attract sponsorship, but in the end it didn't matter.

But the Premier League has express regulations, saying that there is no need to advertise on the jersey to solicit sponsorship.

Do you comply with Southampton?
Do not comply?
Okay, please don't come, we can rest assured!

obey?

Then you have to lose business income!

When Yang Huan heard Scudemore finish speaking, he couldn't help laughing.

"Mr. Scudemore, the commercial sponsorships we signed haven't expired yet!"

Scudemore already felt that this matter was tricky.

How do Chinese people say it?

Oh, by the way, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents!
Southampton managed to get these sponsorships with great difficulty, regardless of whether these sponsorships were really Yang Huan's personal property as the outside rumors said, would the Saints be willing to give up just for that sum of commercial sponsorships?

"The contract has not expired. If we unilaterally tear up the contract, how much will we have to pay?"

Scudemore frowned.

Yes, unilaterally tearing up the contract, how to get such a large liquidated damages?
Many of the newly promoted teams in the British Championship in the past had difficulty even getting sponsorship. Who is like Southampton?
The advertisements are directly on the collar of the jersey!

Southampton have one ad on each of the two cuffs, one on the neckline and two on the hem, for a total of five adverts on the jersey.

The business income varies from big to small, the big one is as high as 3000 million pounds per year, and the small one is more than 1000 million pounds.

This is quite an astonishing amount of income!

"Mr. Scudemore, our advertisements have been done quite low-key. They are so small and have no impact. I don't understand. Why can't we run them?"

Scudemore listened and said with a wry smile: "In the rules of the Premier League, it is expressly stipulated that advertisements are not allowed on jerseys."

"That's different. We have been advertising since League One. These contracts have been signed long ago. We signed the sponsorship first, and then became a Premier League team. The situation is special!"

Scudemore laughed even more awkwardly, Mr. Huan, you are trying to find exceptions in the rules.

"Mr. Yang Huan, I personally can understand Southampton's difficulties, but I'm afraid that other teams will disagree!"

Speaking of this, Scudemore turned his head, "How about, Mr. Yang Huan, this time the Premier League chairman summit, you can explain it yourself and seek everyone's opinions?"

Yang Huan knew in his heart that although Scudemore had a high position, he might not have weight.

"Okay, I will personally attend the Premier League chairman summit!"

He also wanted to see what kind of tricks those Premier League club owners were planning to play.

When it comes to playing tricks, I like playing tricks the most. Let's see who will die!
Scudemore can't help it. If he remains neutral in this kind of matter, otherwise it will be difficult to do a lot of work in the future.

"there's one more thing."

"Ok?"

"When I was in Bucharest just now, Mr. Jeremy Dallock, CEO of Sky TV, mentioned to me that he intends to restart the Premier League broadcast rights negotiations tomorrow, and strive to complete them in a short time."

"It's a good thing!" Yang Huan laughed.

Southampton now has a Europa League champion in hand, and the broadcast fee share for the next season will definitely not be less.

The bosses of those Premier League clubs are probably jealous, looking for an excuse to make themselves sick.

"At the same time, they hope to complete the transformation of the broadcast system at St. Mary's Stadium as soon as possible."

The broadcast level of the Premier League is second to none in football all over the world.

Isn't it relying on the relay cameras in the stadium?
Southampton is now returning to the Premier League, and broadcasters have placed high hopes on it. The previous transformation of the broadcast system was suspended due to protests from Abramovich and some mid- and lower-level teams in the Premier League.

Go on now, and make sense.

"Okay, I will arrange this matter!" Yang Huan readily agreed.

This is also a good thing for Southampton.

Scudemore only had two matters in total, one was procrastinating, the other was resolved, and he was in a pretty good mood.

But as long as he thinks about the upcoming summit of Premier League chairmen, his heart will be lifted to his throat.

With the young master's behavior, he still doesn't know what will happen.

The world is bustling, all come for the benefit, and the world is bustling, all go for the benefit.

In the final analysis, it is still a matter of vital interest distribution.

Yang Huan watched Scudemore walk back to Wangjiang Pavilion, secretly amused in his heart.

Whether there is a jersey advertising sponsorship, Yang Huan doesn't pay much attention to it.

According to UEFA rules, Southampton's investment in new stadiums, new training bases and youth training can be deducted from debts.

So, even without these jersey advertising sponsorship contracts, Southampton's debt is not that serious.

Especially considering that after being promoted to the Premier League next season, the debt will be even less.

It's just that Yang Huan never likes to be judged.

Ferguson made such a fuss back then, and now these team owners have come forward to protest, Yang Huan is also angry.

Isn't this promoted to the Premier League?
There are a lot of shit!

My own money, my own team, I can do whatever I want, what qualifications do you have to give pointers?

Well, the more you say it can't be like this, the more I want to be like this.

Big deal, let's break up once and for all, who is afraid of whom?
Don't think that our Southampton is a soft persimmon, anyone can pinch it!
Just as Scudemore entered, Peter Kenyon came out.

Yang Huan wanted to talk to him about something, so he immediately beckoned him over.

(End of this chapter)