Football giants

Chapter 649 Hot Potatoes

Prince Albert, Michel Pastor and others, let alone in the one-third-acre area of ​​Monaco, even in France, or even Europe, are all well-known No. [-] figures.

Therefore, they know better than anyone else that for people like them and Yang Huan, once something is said, it is like water being thrown out, and it is difficult to take it back.

And they could also feel very clearly that Yang Huan's meeting this time was more or less suspected of pre-ventilation.

Could it be that his trump card really has such lethality?

"If the French Football League continues to go its own way and insists that Monaco pay taxes according to the French tax rate, then our Monaco Football Club has only one way to go, leaving the Ligue [-]!"

"what?"

Everyone present was taken aback by Master Huan's words.

"Leaving Ligue [-]?"

"Are you kidding? How can Monaco leave Ligue [-]?"

"Yeah, we have always participated in Ligue [-], how can we just leave?"

Prince Albert also frowned, looking at Yang Huan, "Mr. Yang Huan, is it too serious to say you are leaving?"

Yang Huan sneered, "If there are other options, I'm not willing to do that either!"

Everyone is obviously very skeptical. As for the tax rate, it is collected by all the teams in Ligue [-], not just you and Monaco. As for it, it seems that they are deliberately targeting you?
But as soon as everyone thought of this, Yang Huan gave his own explanation.

"On the surface, their tax is levied on all Ligue [-] teams, but in fact, it is the most unfavorable to Monaco. There are three reasons."

Prince Albert and the others immediately listened seriously.

"First, Monaco is far inferior to other Ligue [-] teams in terms of land and population, so the attendance rate of the stadium is also the lowest in the entire Ligue [-]. Even the Louis II Stadium is not full!"

"This also determines that Monaco's sources of income are quite scarce, and even the minimum ticket income is quite shabby."

Everyone present had personally participated in the operation of Monaco, so they naturally knew the meaning of Yang Huan's words.

When they were running Monaco, the Stade Louis II could have an average of 5000 people per game, which is already considered a pretty good attendance rate. Compared with other Ligue [-] teams that often exceed [-], or even tens of thousands, it is indeed too shabby.

But don't underestimate this income.

According to the statistics of authoritative organizations, the income of European professional football clubs is divided into three parts, broadcasting fees, match day income and commercial operations. These three parts of income are crucial to any professional team.

As a traditional powerhouse in Ligue [-], Monaco, as a small pocket country, is far inferior to big cities like Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, even compared to small cities like Lille, Auxerre, and Dijon.

The land area is incomparable, and the total population is not even a fraction of others.

In this case, Monaco's operations are at a natural disadvantage!

"The second article is limited by objective conditions, so Monaco's player reserves and youth training mainly rely on outsiders. That is to say, we have to poach talents, which requires us to pay higher fees and higher salaries under the same conditions."

"We used to have a tax advantage, so our problem in this aspect is not obvious, but if there is no tax advantage, we will be far behind other teams in Ligue [-]. We are at an absolute disadvantage in competition!"

Everyone nodded in unison again, Yang Huan's words were indeed reasonable.

"The last one, based on the objective limitations of the previous two, we are not satisfied with business operations, especially in terms of sponsorship, we have almost no advantage at all, so the operation of our club in this aspect has always been slow!"

"We still can't sell the jersey advertisement on our chest. The club has only two sponsors, which is the most shabby in the entire Ligue [-]. Therefore, if we want to break through this predicament, there is only one way to go, and that is to break into the Champions League!"

Prince Albert and others felt the same way at this moment.

Under many objective constraints, if Monaco wants to increase its attractiveness to sponsors, it can only enter the Champions League, increase its exposure on the higher platform of the Champions League, and then attract sponsors.

"Everyone, almost all of these three items are very harsh. In the past, we had tax advantages, so it was not a big problem. But if we lose the tax advantages, I can guarantee that Monaco Football Club will inevitably decline!"

This threatening statement immediately made everyone's heart skip a beat.

How long until Monaco's relegation?

Isn't that what happened the year before last?
Last year's impact and promotion, and the failure to return to the Ligue [-] league, is still vivid in their minds, and they feel terrified when they think about it.

What if Yang Huan really hit the mark and Monaco went into decline again and fell back to Ligue [-]?
At that time, Yang Huan can be a shopkeeper and sell the team directly, or he can simply give up and leave Monaco, but the royal family will inevitably take over this mess. At that time, wouldn't these old guys have to come out again one by one?

Thinking of this, many people present were terrified!
This Monaco is a hot potato, who knows who will pick it up!
"I have already communicated with the Italian Football Association. I believe that if the French Football League does not welcome us, then we will go to Serie A. At worst, we will start from the Italian Serie B!"

Yang Huan's words were also very resolute, loud and clear!
Prince Albert and the others were shocked when they heard that, if Monaco were to play in Serie A, they would not know what would happen, and the subjects in the country would probably protest.

It was only now that he realized that Yang Huan really came for the vaccination.

Now Yang Huan's attitude is very clear. If the French Football League really decides to go its own way, then he will escape from Ligue [-], play in Serie B, and then be promoted to Serie A.

In this way, Monaco is much better than staying in Ligue [-].

Moreover, Monaco is located near the border between France and Italy. From a geographical point of view, playing in Ligue [-] is similar to playing in Serie A.

"Mr. Yang Huan, I understand what you mean, and I understand your situation very well!"

Prince Albert decided that regardless of the three sevens and twenty ones, he should stabilize the young master Huan first.

If he was really pushed to the ground, and he would just let go of the burden, then he, the Prince of Monaco, would be in trouble.

"Well, I will personally negotiate with the French Football Federation and the French government to try my best to fight for Monaco's interests. I believe that they should sell me a little bit."

Yang Huan was waiting for Prince Albert to appear in person.

Because the reason is very simple, I contribute money and efforts for your Monaco football, and now people are bullying you, if you don't come forward to help me, it would be too dishonest, right?
"As for the matter of team sponsors..." Prince Albert immediately glanced at the few wealthy people present.

Michel Pastor and others felt Prince Albert's eyes and immediately understood.

It's time to shear the sheep!
On weekdays, relying on our relationship with the royal family and connections, we have taken advantage of Monaco, France and Europe. Now it is time to vomit some blood and feed back Monaco!
"Don't worry, our group just plans to do an advertisement, and I will leave the advertisement on the chest of the jersey to me!"

"Our company is also very interested in sponsoring Monaco, and we will find an opportunity to talk about it."

"It's still too late to talk about sponsorship, the sponsorship for the new season counts as us!"

Everyone, you say what I say, and you can start with three or four advertising sponsorships!

Yang Huan originally wanted to complain and persuade Prince Albert to come forward, but he didn't expect to get sponsorship.

His grandma, if he had known, he would have sent Bolingbroke to his door!

"Mr. Yang Huan, I heard that you have a good relationship with Platini?" Prince Albert suddenly remembered something.

Yang Huan nodded, "Well, I can still say a few words."

Prince Albert smiled slightly and said: "Platini plays a very important role in French football, and has a very strong relationship with the current president of the French Football Association. If you can persuade Platini to come forward, I believe this matter will be more secure!"

When Yang Huan heard this, he almost slapped himself, but he didn't expect Platini.

is not that right?

How did Platini become UEFA president?

Back then, in order to support Platini to run for UEFA president, the French Football Association even gave up the position of UEFA executive committee to Platini in advance, and let the latter go to UEFA to take charge of the disciplinary committee. After earning enough qualifications, he successfully became UEFA president in [-].

Therefore, Platini's status in French football is needless to say, and the relationship with the French Football Association is even better. If he comes forward to talk about the matter, it will get twice the result with half the effort!

As for Platini's willingness to help speak out, Yang Huan is more confident.

Not to mention that he has a very close relationship with Platini on weekdays. If the latter comes forward to talk about the matter, Platini will not refuse.

What's more, now, he still has a really big business that he wants to talk to Platini. Let alone let Platini come forward as a lobbyist, even if he wants Platini to do more for Monaco, I am afraid that the UEFA president will agree without hesitation.

"Platini?" Yang Huan chuckled, "I'll have a good talk with him tonight!"

"Tonight?" Prince Albert was a little surprised.

"Yes, I have made an appointment with Platini before, and we will have dinner together tonight."

After hearing this, Prince Albert felt happier and more confident.

Others may not know it, but he is very clear that Platini's influence in French football is quite amazing.

Especially in the past few years when he was the president of UEFA, he supported French football both openly and secretly. There were even media rumors that Ligue [-] would replace Serie A and become the fourth largest league in Europe.

Such rumors may be a bit untrue, but the so-called groundless rumors may not be without reason. If Platini hadn't disclosed this rumor, how could there be such rumors?

"Okay, Platini's side, I'll leave it to you. I'll call the French Football League in a moment. If necessary, I will go to Paris myself!"

Just like Yang Huan's acquisition of Monaco, which valued the tax-free advantages of this small pocket city, the Qatar consortium valued Paris Saint-Germain precisely because Paris is the political and cultural center of France.

As for teams like Lille, Lyon, and Marseille, they are obviously not as attractive as Paris and Monaco compared to foreign capital.

For the same reason, in the Premier League, teams around London are often the most favored by foreign investors.

It can be seen that even in the professional football industry, many things are exactly the same as other industries.

Yang Huan talked with Prince Albert and others for a while, checked the time, and it was almost time, so he quickly got up and said goodbye.

He still has a lot of things to do, there is no way to delay here!
(End of this chapter)