Football giants

Chapter 422

Michel Pastor is a local rich man in Monaco. He and his sister jointly take over the family business. It is the largest real estate company in Monaco, with a market value of more than 100 billion euros, and has an amazing influence in Monaco.

And one of the most important reasons why their family can have all this is the good relationship with the royal family.

Therefore, ten years ago, when Monaco fell into a financial crisis, Alberton called out, and Michel Pastor immediately stood up and responded. He readily set an example with money, and he himself once served as the chairman of the Monaco board of directors.

It's just that later he was really not good at running a football club, and he didn't have much interest. In addition, he was getting older, and Monaco's financial black hole was getting bigger and bigger, but the team's performance was getting worse and worse, which made him gradually lose his mind and retreat behind the scenes.

As soon as he heard that someone was willing to take over the offer, Pastor raised his hands and feet in favor.

It can be seen that he has long been eager to throw away this hot potato.

Yang Huan didn't care what the rich people present thought.

Perhaps Monaco is arsenic in their eyes, but in his eyes, it is nothing short of a panacea.

Thinking about it from another angle, why did Michel Pastor, who was so worth so amazing, heed the call of Prince Albert to rescue Monaco?

Doesn't this indirectly reflect one point, that is, the influence of football is unmatched by money?

Isn't buying a football team the best, most powerful and fastest way to enter the inner circle of Monaco's elite?

Of course, the premise is to fight for the interests you want.

"Mr. Yang Huan, it is a great honor for your interest in Monaco Football Club!"

After talking about an opening, the topic quickly cut to the point.

Prince Albert also longs for outsiders to invest in the team, but he also has his own considerations.

"Monaco is a team with a long history. It has been established for nearly a hundred years. He not only represents all our team supporters. The crown on the team emblem shows that he also represents the honor of our royal family and the reputation of the principality!"

Yang Huan couldn't help but nodded.

He understands that.

People who are not familiar with European high society are hard to imagine. If you are not familiar with football, you can't communicate with them at all.

Can you imagine the British Prime Minister sitting with the French President, discussing the results of the Champions League match, and even getting red-faced because of a foul in the game?
Can you imagine that the boss of a big consortium missed out on a big deal because he didn't want to do business with fans of his sworn rival?

But all this, in Europe, is happening almost all the time.

Compared with football countries such as Britain, Germany and Spain, the football atmosphere in France is relatively weak.

But it is still very important!
"All of us in the Principality feel extremely sad and ashamed that Monaco has been relegated to Ligue [-]. We desperately hope to return to Ligue [-] and return to the European arena."

At this point, Prince Albert smiled appreciatively at Yang Huan.

"Mr. Yang Huan, although I am in Monaco, I have heard the story of you and Southampton. I really admire what you have done in Southampton. You have created a brand new business model in Saints."

As the saying goes, the name of a person is the shadow of a tree.

Yang Huan is now in European football, he is so popular, who doesn't know him?
"So, we all support your idea of ​​buying Monaco Football Club, because we believe that you have enough ability to lead Monaco out of the current predicament."

Yang Huan still didn't open his mouth, because he knew that the above was all nonsense, and the important point came later.

Sure enough, when it came to this point, Prince Albert changed the subject.

"However, please forgive me. Monaco represents the dignity of the royal family. We cannot accept it anyway. He does not belong to us Monaco. Therefore, we have no way to accept your full acquisition."

The acquisition plan proposed by Yang Huan through Zhao Yuanfang and Pini Zahavi was a [-]% acquisition.

This is also his consistent style of doing things!

But now it seems that both parties value this share very much.

After listening to Prince Albert's words very politely, Yang Huan smiled lightly.

"Thank you, Prince Albert, for your appreciation. Please also believe that I did not come here with a speculative mentality. I bought Monaco because I value this team, including the Principality of Monaco behind this team!"

Prince Albert and everyone present also nodded in unison.

These words are very sincere, if it is not for the Principality of Monaco behind, who would want to take over this mess?

"I have analyzed everything that Monaco has experienced in the past ten years. The team cannot be promoted to the Premier League this summer. It is true that the head coach Barnide's level is limited, but the important point is that the whole team has not adjusted their mentality well."

"Originally a big team, in the Ligue [-], with a lot of income, suddenly relegated to the Ligue [-], not to mention the sharp drop in income, the mentality of the players and the club has changed, which caused the team to play with a heavy pressure."

Yang Huan's statement made everyone present feel fresh.

Regarding Monaco's failure to return to Ligue [-], some people think that the strength is not enough, and some people think that the club has not invested much.

These are certainly some of the factors, but the psychological factors mentioned by Yang Huan are also very important.

Prince Albert deeply understands this.

Last summer, once Monaco was relegated, 23 first-team players left, but how many were brought in?
12 people!
And among the 23 players who left the team, there are many core players and potential rookies like Nkuru.

This dealt a devastating blow to Monaco.

In the past, in Ligue 3000, at least [-] to [-] million euros were earned from broadcasting rights in a season.

But what about France B?

Not much!

This forced the team to cut down on food and clothing, and had to cut bonuses, and the players felt depressed and wronged.

But what about the management?
Desperate to rush back to Ligue [-], in the formulation of many policies, it is divorced from the reality of the team.

In the end, it led to the failure of Monaco's armor rush!

"I am very sure that this is definitely not a manifestation of Monaco's strength, and it should not appear on Monaco. This team should appear in Ligue [-] or even in European competitions. I am very sure of this!"

Yang Huan's words undoubtedly won the approval of Prince Albert.

Who said no?
Eight years ago, Monaco was a participating team in the Champions League final, and finally won a Champions League runner-up!
"If I and my team are allowed to operate with full power, I am confident that I will rush back to Ligue [-] next season, return to the European arena within three years, and become the most powerful contender for the Ligue [-] title again!"

Yang Huan's words undoubtedly made Prince Albert's eyes shine.

So tempting!

Looking at the Principality of Monaco today, who would dare to make such a promise?
But soon, Prince Albert realized a problem.

What Yang Huan said is, full authority to operate!

In other words, he wants [-]% ownership of the club!

This could not help but put Prince Albert into a tangle.

Regardless of the fact that the Monaco royal family is no longer the team's largest shareholder, Prince Albert still has veto power.

This is determined by his status!
But in Yang Huan's view, this is unacceptable.

Who is willing to spend a lot of money to invest in a team, but in the end they are constrained everywhere, isn't that asking for trouble?

When Yang Huan spoke, he always looked at Prince Albert, and he had a panoramic view of the other party's reaction, and he knew it well.

"His Royal Highness, I believe you should also be very clear about the crux of the reason why the team has come to where it is today."

These words undoubtedly awakened Prince Albert.

The Prince of Monaco is not an idiot, how could he not be clear?

In [-], the Monaco club was transformed into a joint-stock company, managed by seven board members, two of whom came from the royal family, and these two people had veto power.

Since then, Monaco has been almost plunged into administrative chaos.

Without the approval of the royal family, any initiative of the club cannot be implemented, including finding sponsors.

The years of the worst financial crisis in Monaco were also the years when the relationship between the royal family and the management was the worst.

It wasn't until [-], when Michel Pastor became chairman of the board, that the situation improved.

But even so, the conflict between the royal family and the Monaco board of directors still exists.

Otherwise, how to explain that such a Ligue [-] giant with a strong background and enjoying a very low tax rate eventually went into decline and even relegated to Ligue [-]?

In [-], Etienne Francie, the current chairman of the Monaco board of directors, took over as the chairman of the club.

After the former chairman Jerome de Boudin, a financier from the United States, cut wages and sold players with almost magical operation ability, which brought a profit of 600 million euros to the club, Francie was ambitious to revive Monaco.

As a result, in the summer of 200, they spent [-] million euros and a high salary to bring in the Icelandic veteran Gudjohnsen. But half a year later, because the Icelander failed to score a goal in nine games and his performance was sluggish, the Icelander was sent to Tottenham Hotspur during the winter break.

The same situation happened in 700, when Francie introduced African center Mbokani, who scored [-] goals in two consecutive seasons, from Belgian Standard Liege for [-] million euros.

But half a year later, Mbokani left Monaco disheartened with one goal in ten games, and went to Bundesliga Wolfsburg on loan, but the center forward is now shining in Anderlecht.

Behind all this, in fact, it is inseparable from the intrigue of the management.

Youdao is self-inflicted, and Monaco's relegation is the most painful lesson and blow to this group of management who like to fight among themselves.

This is also a lesson for Yang Huan!

After all, Monaco is their territory, and you are an outsider. If you are a villain before you, you should be a gentleman, so make it clear.

Yang Huan would rather not buy Monaco, but talk about Marseille instead, and he is unwilling to get involved in this troubled water.

Prince Albert did not expect that Yang Huan knew so much about the team's current situation, but this just proved Yang Huan's sincerity in the acquisition, and he had seen the business plan submitted by Yang Huan's assistant Zhao Yuanfang before.

In this plan, Yang Huan promised that after the acquisition of the team, he will invest 3000 million euros to build a brand new training base, and the existing training base located on the hillside in the northwest of Monaco City will be developed into a top luxury housing project.

The terrain there is very good, overlooking the whole of Monaco, surrounded by mansions halfway up the mountain, and very close to Monaco.

It's just that it already belongs to France.

Not under the jurisdiction of Prince Albert.

In addition, Yang Huan proposed to acquire the Louis II Stadium, or allow him to choose a place along the coast of Port Hercules to build a new stadium.

There are good reasons too.

Today's Louis II Stadium has a total capacity of only [-], and the average attendance per game is only about [-], or even a little lower, only [-] to [-]. There is no need to build a new stadium.

But what Yang Huan wants to do is to improve the service and experience of fans after entering the stadium, and add a series of high-end consumption venues and supporting service facilities, which cannot be provided by the existing Louis II stadium.

This is the only comprehensive stadium in Monaco, with a track and field track, and even the office of the National University of Monaco in the stadium. There is too little space left for the club management to operate.

In the existing Louis II stadium, Monaco's match day operation is almost zero except for the pitiful ticket income!

Therefore, Yang Huan's attitude is very firm.

Monaco is a pit, you either agree to all my conditions, or I won't buy it!
Regarding this point, even Prince Albert felt very helpless.

　Begging for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)