Football giants

Chapter 416 I want to retreat
"Master Huan, there is something I don't quite understand!"

After Mubarak left, Hamad looked at Yang Huan with a puzzled expression.

"what's up?"

Yang Huan was sending a wechat to Sun Yue on his mobile phone, talking to him about this matter, so he responded perfunctorily.

"Why did you say yes to Mubarak?"

Yang Huan was taken aback when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Hamad. The little prince of the Middle East was serious.

Obviously, he really didn't understand.

The reason for the matter is that Yang Huan and Mubarak reached the third cooperation agreement just now, that is, Manchester City hopes that when Southampton sells Strowman, they can communicate with Manchester City in advance.

Yang Huan also agreed.

Unexpectedly, the little prince of the Middle East was so bored that he was puzzled by this matter.

It's a bit of a spoof!
Yang Huan didn't answer, he just glanced at Hamad and continued to send his WeChat, while Peter Kenyon did it for him.

"It's normal, this is the norm in the transfer market!"

"How do you say?" Hamad asked eagerly.

"It's very simple and easy to understand. Strowman is not Manchester City's first choice, and may even be third or even lower in their transfer list."

Hamad kept nodding, but didn't make a sound.

"The reason why Manchester City did this is actually for double insurance." Peter Kenyon is well aware of the operation of the European transfer market. After all, he has been in Manchester United and Chelsea for so many years.

"If I'm not mistaken, Manchester City's number one target in the transfer market this summer is De Rossi of Serie A Roma."

Mancini has always been very interested in De Rossi, and has always wanted to use De Rossi and Yaya Toure as a midfielder to form Manchester City's world-class double midfielder configuration.

"However, it is clear that Manchester City's plan to introduce De Rossi has encountered problems. Therefore, Mubarak will do this. Once De Rossi's transfer does not work well, they will fall back to the next best thing and turn to Strowman."

A team's summer transfer list often has two, three, or even more options.

But it is impossible to operate every player on the roster. This not only disperses the team's resources, but more importantly, tarnishes the team's image.

Just imagine, if the other club and player agent have a good negotiation with you, basically everything is settled, but you suddenly tell him, sorry, our preferred player has been bought, and your player is no longer needed, what will they do?
It is foreseeable that this club should not expect to make a difference in the transfer market in the future!

So, we have to change the way.

Many teams even told the players' agents frankly that your players are our spare tires. You keep them for me first. If we can't buy the first-choice target, we will introduce your players. The transfer fee is whatever you want. Don't be too outrageous.

Player agents and selling teams are happy to wait for the player's value to skyrocket, and they will even use it to hype the player in the media to boost the player's value, and the buying team will also gain, at least they can get a double insurance, right?

This is why many unknown players pay 2000 million euros at every turn.

Mubarak didn't speak bluntly just now, but spoke in a somewhat cryptic manner, so Hamad couldn't understand it.

Yang Huan put down his phone and looked at Hamad with interest.

"I said, little prince of the Middle East, I have always been curious, why do you have so many international airlines in such a small place?"

Yang Huan's question made Peter Kenyon also interested.

Anyone familiar with the Middle East knows that there are indeed many airlines here.

Such as Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Gulf Air...

There are so many international-level airlines in a place that is less than a province of China, but what is it?

Now that Qatar Airways and Ittihad Airways are both Yang Huan's partners, it is natural to know more about it.

When Hamad heard this, he was immediately amused and smiled straight.

That appearance seems to be saying, ouch, Master Huan, so there are times when you don't understand and ask me!

That look, that expression, Yang Huan was so angry that he almost slapped him.

"Say it?" Yang Huan smiled and tried to hit him.

"I said, I said!" Hamad hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Needless to say the general direction, oil will always be hollowed out one day, so almost every country in the Middle East hopes to get rid of oil dependence. This is why Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar are here."

This point is easy to understand.

"And in the past few years, consortiums in the Middle East have been buying companies with strong value preservation all over the world, such as water, electricity, transportation facilities, luxury brands, and shops in developed European countries, all out of this mentality."

Don't say, there are no fools in this world.

Many people think that the Middle East consortium is a fool with a lot of money, but they don't know that they also have their own plans.

If you look at it in the long run, who is stupid in the end, I don't know yet!
"In terms of investment, new energy and high technology have always been favored, but there is another one, the media, such as the most famous Al Jazeera, which is known as the CNN of the Middle East, and now has a good influence all over the world."

Only then did Yang Huan realize that he heard that Qatar acquired Paris Saint-Germain because it wanted to enter the French media field.

"But the consortium is most interested in the airlines."

After all, Hamad came from a wealthy family, and his knowledge is really good, and his analysis is sound and convincing.

"The Middle East is located in the middle of Asia, Africa and Latin America. It has inherent geographical advantages and is very suitable as a transit point. Therefore, when the countries in the Middle East realize this, they will rush in immediately."

"I remember that the earliest Gulf Air was acquired by Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Bahrain from the British Civil Aviation Company. However, after entering the new century, the advantages of the transit station gradually emerged. Coupled with the different business philosophy, Qatar took the lead in withdrawing from Gulf Air and forming Qatar Airways."

"Afterwards, Abu Dhabi also withdrew and established Etihad Airways, together with Emirates Airline, which was established in Dubai as early as the 80s, these three are now the strongest in the entire Gulf region."

At this moment, Yang Huan vaguely grasped a general context.

In the past few years, especially after the outbreak of the subprime mortgage and European debt crisis, the global aviation industry has fallen into a period of depression.

However, under such circumstances, the three major airlines in the Gulf region have begun to expand their armies in a big way. On the one hand, they have annexed the shares of other airlines around the world through mergers and acquisitions with deep pockets.

Therefore, Etihad Airways will be so drastic to sponsor the International Champions Cup and develop the US market.

They don't lack money at all, what they lack is the market and popularity!
After a few years, when the global economy recovers, the advantages and value of these three airlines will be truly reflected!
Thinking of this, Yang Huan couldn't help laughing.

"I can't tell, you Middle Easterners are also quite cunning!"

Hamad was quite complacent, as if he was very proud of being appreciated by Yang Huan.

Yang Huan slapped his thigh vigorously and stood up straight away.

"Okay, things are finally done!"

Peter? Kenyon and Hamad also hastened to stand up.

"Peter, the team's affairs will proceed according to the plan we said before!"

Peter Kenyon kept nodding.

"As for the preparations for the event, Sun Yue will take care of it, there should be no problem!"

Peter Kenyon and Hamad are confused now, what is Master Huan planning to do?
"So, for the next few days, it's best not to bother me if you have nothing to do, I want to retreat!"

Retreat?

Both Peter Kenyon and Hamad were dumbfounded.

I have long heard that Master Huan would go into seclusion whenever something important happened.

Unexpectedly, such a thing really happened!

"Master Huan, this is very good, why do you need to retreat?" Peter Kenyon didn't understand.

Yang Huan smiled meaningfully, "You will know when the time comes!"

After speaking, he left.

Only Peter Kenyon and Hamad were left there, dumbfounded.

What is the situation?

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When Yang Huan walked out of Tingyuxuan, Richard Scudemore, who was far away in London, received a call from Jeremy Dallock, CEO of Sky TV.

The shock of the Premier League chief executive took everyone in the office by surprise.

But the news that caught them even more by surprise came soon after.

"What? Re-evaluate the Premier League broadcast rights?"

Scudemore couldn't believe his ears. It's been broadcast for so many years. Is it necessary to re-evaluate?
"Jeremy, are you kidding me?"

"I'm sorry, Richard, this is from the superiors!"

Jeremy Dallock on the phone sighed helplessly.

"Why? Don't you know that losing the rights to broadcast the Premier League will shake up your Sky TV?"

"No, Richard, we are very clear, very clear!" Jeremy Dallock explained patiently.

"So, we didn't say we were going to give up, we just wanted to be able to re-evaluate the package and the auction."

But in Richard? Scudemore's view, this is more like playing tricks.

After he hung up the phone, he was still thinking, what happened?

Sky TV giving up the broadcasting rights of the Premier League is definitely a stupid thing that hurts both sides!
Besides, it's not that the Premier League can't find a team to take over, but the price must have shrunk significantly.

But what about Sky TV?
The loss must be even greater!

It may even never recover from a fall!
What is the reason for Sky TV to make such a decision?
There is no doubt that they are taking the opportunity to lower prices and put pressure on the Premier League.

But what confidence do they have?
A thought immediately flashed through Scudemore's mind, Southampton!

With the spread of media reporters, almost the whole world is now hyping that Southampton will withdraw from the Premier League.

This undoubtedly gave Sky TV a chance to put pressure on it!

The Premier League and Sky TV are a community of interests, both prosper and lose.

So Scudemore wouldn't really believe that Sky would want to withdraw from the rights battle.

And he quickly realized the problem.

That is Southampton!
Thinking of this, Scudemore immediately took out his mobile phone, found Yang Huan's number in the address book, and called.

"Sorry, the phone you dialed is off!"

Shut down?

Shut down at this time?
How is it so coincidental?
Scudemore looked in the address book again, found Peter Kenyon, and called again.

"Hello, Peter, it's me, Richard."

"Hello, Richard!"

"I want to see Mr. Yang Huan, when will he have time?"

"I'm sorry, Richard, Master Huan has been busy these days, and he's not in Europe."

"He's not in Europe?" Scudemore frowned, "Then when will he come back?"

"I'm afraid we have to wait at least half a month."

Peter Kenyon's answer disappointed Scudemore.

Could it be that he knew this kind of thing would happen a long time ago, so he deliberately avoided it?

"Richard, it's actually useless to meet us at this time, Master Huan!" Peter Kenyon said with a smile on the phone.

"why?"

"The problem is not us, it's other teams, you should know what I mean!"

Scudemore was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Peter Kenyon was referring to.

It seems that another special summit of the Premier League chairman has to be organized as soon as possible.

Otherwise, by the time of the next regular meeting, the start of the league would have long been missed.

This matter is extraordinary, it concerns the interests of all teams in the Premier League, and a decision must be made early!

Thinking of this level, Scudemore talked to Peter Kenyon for a few more words, and after some communication, he hung up the phone.

"Go, send a fax to the other [-] Premier League teams, and say that in half a month, another Premier League Chairman's Special Summit will be held temporarily!"

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