Football giants

Chapter 747 Something went wrong, I'll bear it!

It was still the tarmac of Frankfurt International Airport, the same location as last time, and there was still an airport shuttle bus parked behind him.

When the Boeing plane borrowed by Yang Huan from Hamad slowly landed on the runway of the airport again, Thomas Lake heaved a sigh of relief and immediately went up to meet it.

But this time, it wasn't Yang Huan who got off the plane.

The first person to get out of the cabin was Dietmar Beiersdorf, the partner who was ordered to go north to Hamburg. As soon as he appeared, he immediately gave Thomas Lake a slight nod, as if saying that everything was going well.

Followed by him was a white-haired, tall and thin old man with good spirits.

Thomas Lake recognized him as soon as he saw him.

This man is young, about sixty, and he is the chairman of Hamburg, Karl Edgar Kerkhove.

Following Kerkhoff came out a middle-aged German in a gray suit who should be around 40 years old, but looked very gentlemanly, and his appearance was close to that of Loew.

Oliver Kruse, former Bayern Munich international, is now Hamburg football director.

Thomas Lake didn't know the two people who came out after that, but Beiersdorf called before. It is said that they are both members of the Hamburg board of directors and former Hamburg celebrities.

This also made Thomas Lake involuntarily think of the sentence that Yang Huan said before.

For some people, fame is a panacea that has been tried and tested and can cure all diseases.

If you encounter any troubles that you can't solve, it's right to find a celebrity!

But according to his understanding, in the past few years, Hamburg's poor management is precisely thanks to these famous people.

Others will not talk about it, just talk about the football director Kruse.

Born in Karlsruhe, the peak period was Bayern Munich in the 90s. Later, he went to Austria, and then served as the football director of the Austrian Salzburg Red Bull. A year later, he went to Graz, Austria. He did a good job and brought Graz a league championship.

In [-], he was poached by a lot of money and came to Karlsruhe. The team, which was relegated to the Bundesliga, hoped that he could save the team.

But the result?

Three years later, Karlsruhe was relegated from the Bundesliga to the Bundesliga.

But it is very interesting that Oliver Kruse was not affected after Karlsruhe was relegated, but instead moved to Hamburg as the football director of Hamburg.

Some media even joked that it was because Kruse was handsome!
As soon as he saw this group of people coming out, Thomas Lake immediately went up to him, smiling from afar.

"Hello, everyone, welcome to Frankfurt!"

Beiersdorf immediately introduced Thomas Lake to the side.

It turned out that the other two he didn't know were Peter Nogli and Holger Hillonimus.

These two are the stars of the Hamburg team, the core stars of the past glory days.

"Several, please follow me!"

Following Thomas Lake's gesture, everyone present immediately walked towards the nearby airport reception car.

After getting in the car, the driver drove to the passageway of Building [-] of the airport.

Follow the passage and enter the Sheraton Hotel.

But this time, instead of going to Yang Huan's room, he took them directly to the high-level conference hall of the hotel.

"Master Huan, we're here!"

While receiving the Hamburg management, Thomas Lake called Yang Huan.

In less than 3 minutes, Yang Huan, accompanied by Kesh Harris, Long Wu and two representative lawyers, pushed open the door of the meeting room and walked in with a smile.

Beiersdorf also stood up immediately and took the initiative to introduce everyone present to Yang Huan.

In his heart, Yang Huan looked down on this group of guys who were eating vegetarian meals, but right now he still had to put on a smile, flirt with them, and even pretended to be kind.

The chairman of Hamburg Kerkhofer praised Yang Huan's Southampton's away win over Bayern Munich two days ago. He believed that the Saints will be the number one favorite to win the Champions League this season, and said that Hamburg is very much looking forward to cooperation with Southampton.

After being polite, both parties quickly entered the topic of negotiation.

In the past few days, Thomas Lake had frequent contacts with the management of Hamburg, but most of them were contacts with Kerhoff and Kruse. This time, the transformation of Hamburg into a joint-stock company was done by them.

It should be said that the two parties are willing to sell and the other is willing to buy, basically it can be said that they hit it off.

But there are still differences.

For example, how many shares do you want to sell?
According to the information Yang Huan obtained from Thomas Lake, Hamburg originally meant to sell only 20.00% of Wu’s shares, and the offer price was 3000 million euros. When Thomas Lake was talking, he said that 20.00% of Wu was too little.

And said that Yang Huan hopes to get a higher share, and the price is easier to negotiate.

So, after several contacts between the two parties, Thomas Lake did a pretty good job, talking about 30.00% of Wu's shares, and Yang Huan offered 500 million euros, which was a bit higher than the previous offer.

But soon, the negotiations between the two parties got into trouble again on the number of board members.

Hamburg is only willing to give two places at most, but it is naturally impossible for Yang Huan to agree.

Because after holding 30.00% of the shares in Hamburg, Yang Huan is the major shareholder. If he can't speak on the club's board of directors and participate in the club's decision-making, what do he want these shares for?
Oh, is it possible to give Berlusconi free money to spend like Tohir?

Therefore, Yang Huan's attitude is also very firm.

In the end, under Beiersdorf's dealings, the two sides made a compromise.

Yang Huan's request is that since it has been changed to a joint-stock company, the club should hire a professional manager to reform and reorganize the company's management system, instead of being as chaotic as it used to be.

And this professional manager has to be appointed by him!

In addition, Yang Huan also hopes to get involved in the team's transfer operation and the team's daily management, so he proposed that the addition of a technical director should be appointed by himself.

The previous proposal, after negotiations between the two parties, Hamburg agreed.

But Hamburg disagreed with the latter proposal at first, but later Yang Huan proposed Beiersdorf as the post, and Hamburg finally agreed to this choice.

In this way, although Yang Huan only has two seats on the board of directors, they all hold real power, not just a name.

Of course, if the board of directors wanted to find trouble, Yang Huan would still be at a disadvantage with the two directors.

But one bite can't make a fat man, so take your time!
After the two parties reached a preliminary agreement, Kerkhoff proposed to meet Yang Huan in person.

Hence, this meeting in Frankfurt came about.

"Master Huan, I don't know when the 500 million euros will arrive?" Kekhov asked with great concern.

Things like repudiation are too common in professional football, so he was a little worried.

Even if Yang Huan is well-known, who said that people with a good reputation wouldn't play tricks?
Yang Huan chuckled, "Don't worry, as long as we sign the contract, I'll pay right away!"

Hearing this news, the directors of Hamburg breathed a sigh of relief and were all amazed.

This Chinese is rich, 500 million euros, and he just took it out casually.

As if he was afraid that the group of directors in Hamburg would not believe him, Thomas Lake, who was sitting on the side, also said: "Master Huan has a very high credit rating in our Deutsche Bank, and the funds that can be used at any time exceed [-] million, and can be paid at any time!"

[-] million?Also more than?

The group of Hamburg directors present was suddenly amazed again.

Come on, this is too rich, right?
Oh, by the way, I heard that he sold the stock to Apple not long ago, and it seems that he made 200 billion. No wonder he is so rich.

"Then I don't know how Master Huan will arrange personnel?" Kerkhov asked again.

Now that the technical director has chosen Dietmar Beiersdorf, what about the club's CEO?
Yang Huan smiled slightly, looked at Thomas Lake, "Here, he's the one!"

"he?"

"I?"

Not only were everyone surprised, even Thomas Lake himself was taken aback.

No wonder Master Huan had to prepare so many materials and conduct so many investigations by himself.

It turned out that he wanted me to enter the management of Hamburg!

"Master Huan, I...how can I do it?" The elite talent from Deutsche Bank was shocked.

"I have never been in contact with club management, and I have no experience in this area!"

"Yes, Master Huan!"

Oliver Kruse, who had been silent all this time, also spoke up.

Originally, after the club became a joint stock company, he himself coveted this position, and now he naturally wants to fight for it.

"Running a football club is completely different from other industries. If a person who is not familiar with the football industry rashly enters the football field, I don't think it is a good idea!"

"Yeah, Oliver's right, and I don't think it's a good idea either!"

"He may be a fan, but he may not know how to run a team!"

Everyone in Hamburg is almost in unison.

If they had to choose, it would be Oliver Kruse.

But who is Yang Huan?

Damn Xipi, you guys have already spread the word all over the Bundesliga. The management is so low. God knows what you usually do?

If I can't put one of my people in the most critical position in the club's operation, then I'm afraid I'll be tricked by you, and I'll help you celebrate.

Besides, Beiersdorf may not be able to fully trust him.

On the contrary, it was Thomas Lake who participated in the acquisition and was very familiar with Hamburg. In addition, he did not have the slightest foundation in Hamburg. Yang Huan was his biggest backing, so he was more trustworthy.

"You are right at all, he is indeed not familiar with club management!"

Yang Huan still smiled, "But what we need now is not someone who is familiar with football and club operations, but someone who can help the team complete the management reform. I think that with Thomas' strength, he has it all!"

Just kidding, a top student at Frankfurt University's School of Business Administration, with this degree, is enough to instantly kill everyone present!

And watching him switch from Allianz Insurance to PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the Big Four accounting firms, and then to Deutsche Bank, almost every time he changes jobs is a cross-industry and cross-field job-hopping, but he adapts quite well.

Now he is just asking him to represent Yang Huan in charge of a football club, no problem.

Besides, he can't do it, isn't there Yang Huan behind him?
At that time, a few people will be drawn from Southampton and transferred to assist him. What else can we do?
"In short, I will choose this candidate. You don't need to discuss any more. Thomas Lake will be in charge. If something goes wrong with him, I will take all the responsibility and I will bear it!"

Yang Huan's last words were very decisive.

At this time, if anyone dared to come out and sing the opposite, he would stand on the opposite side of Yang Huan.

With Master Huan as a person, whoever makes me unhappy, I will make him even more unhappy!

Therefore, the Hamburg board of directors looked at each other in blank dismay, and then Beiersdorf remained silent, obviously he knew which side he should stand on.

Kerkhoff, Kruse and others showed embarrassment.

They can see that this young master Huan is not a good person!
Looking at his head-on slap, it was obvious that the chariots and horses were telling themselves that he was not the kind of layman who could be manipulated by others.

On the contrary, if these few directors are caught, one or two of them will have to leave.

Thinking of this, these people all shrank immediately, and they didn't dare to say anything more.

(End of this chapter)