Football giants

Chapter 805

It's time for the Premier League Chairman's Summit again!

In the high-level conference hall on the eighth floor of the Landmark Hotel in London, the high-level executives of [-] Premier League teams gathered together. The scene was quite lively, and they were all very polite.

After all, anyone who walks out here will be the No. [-] person with a head and a face outside.

As in previous years, at the chairman summit at the beginning of each season, three old people will always leave and three newcomers will welcome.

The three teams that were relegated last season were Norwich, Fulham and Cardiff.

It should be said that Fulham's relegation is a pity. This West London team is not bad in strength and has potential, but it is indeed a pity to be relegated.

However, this is also cheaper for Southampton.

Because Fulham was forced to cut the budget after relegation, Southampton took advantage of the opportunity and poached several outstanding youth training treasures from Fulham's youth training camp.

In the past few years, Fulham's youth training has been very good. The talented frontcourt Patrick Roberts who shined in the Southampton youth training camp came from Fulham's youth training camp.

Since the FA and the Premier League officially promoted the youth training reform of the Glorious Revolution, Southampton has collected more data on England's local youth training players. Among them, Fulham has two or three teenagers who are valued by Southampton.

And Southampton's youth team did not disappoint. Last season, they participated in the League C League for the first time. They finished first in the league and were promoted smoothly. In the new season, they will enter the League Two, which is the fourth league in England.

The Saints youth team is also the only Premier League youth team to stand out from the English C League.

This also made everyone see that the excellence of the Saints youth team was not in vain for Yang Huan's continuous investment in the past few years.

The youth team entered the second league, which undoubtedly greatly improved the attractiveness of the youth team.

Therefore, this summer, Southampton not only from Fulham, but also from some other teams in England, spent millions of pounds to introduce a group of outstanding young players, in order to further strengthen the competitiveness of the youth team.

Because, after entering the new season, Azpilicueta will go to Tottenham Hotspur, teenagers Luke Shaw, Chambers and Prouse will all enter the first team. If the youth team does not strengthen signings, it may be relegated.

The promotion of these three teenagers to the first team is not only because of their outstanding performance in the League C, but because they have indeed met the requirements of the first team and can play.

Otherwise, Southampton will consider letting them stay in the youth team to play in the second league, or simply rent out to practice like Januzaj.

The metabolic process of Southampton's lineup has not moved much, but it has been proceeding in an orderly manner.

This is also what the Saints did intentionally. After all, the movement is too loud, which can easily put pressure on the team.

Just like the striker, Ibrahimovic and Drogba left, and Harry Kane and Martial came. If Southampton was more powerful, fans and the media would compare the two teenagers with Ibrahimovic and Drogba.

Isn't this throwing burdens on the two teenagers for no reason?

There is also the midfielder. Modric is leaving the team. Fabregas called Yang Huan before and made it clear that he will do his best to meet Southampton's requirements. He hopes to reach the peak of his career in Southampton.

After all, he's only 27, the golden age of a professional player, isn't he?
But anyway, if Cesc Fabregas is being compared to Modric, it's not necessary, is it?
Because of this consideration, Southampton is quite low-key in the transfer market. Even if it is reported by the media, there are more news about being poached. Especially during the World Cup, many players in the team performed brilliantly and attracted the attention of many teams. Naturally, there will be more news.

To put it bluntly, Southampton no longer needs to rely on these hypes.

In the conference hall, although Norwich, Fulham and Cardiff left, Leicester City, Burnley and Queens Park Rangers came.

Interestingly, the owner of Queens Park Rangers is also Asian, the president of Malaysia Airlines.

The people present were all well-known people. Once they met, they introduced each other through the relationship of football, and they naturally started chatting.

As the most popular team in Europe, Peter Kenyon undoubtedly became the focus of the conference hall.

In addition to Tottenham Hotspur's Daniel Levy and Manchester City's Mubarak, who have close contacts with each other on weekdays, the top executives of Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal have also moved closer together, as if they have become an independent small circle.

And the top executives of other Premier League teams either came together, or chatted together in twos and threes.

"Peter, where is Master Huan? Why hasn't he come yet?" Mubarak asked with a smile.

It seems that he really cares about Master Huan.

"It should be here soon, isn't Hamad going to pick up the plane?" Peter Kenyon knew it and smiled.

Daniel Levi nodded, "Yeah, it should be soon."

Now in the entire Premier League Chairman's Summit, no one knows that Hamad is the follower of Master Huan, and only Master Huan follows the lead.

Mubarak didn't say anything more, and turned to look at Peter Kenyon, "Peter, why are you so quiet this year? Last season, the Premier League champion won nearly [-] million pounds, plus the Champions League championship. You are so rich now, why don't you seem to have much movement?"

Although no one knows how much Southampton has benefited from these two championships, the initial estimate is that it should be around 5000 million pounds, but this is just bonuses and sharing.

Just like the Champions League, if sponsors and game day income are included, Southampton's total revenue from this event is estimated to be more than [-] million pounds. This is still in hand, and the potential value in the future is even more immeasurable.

No, Southampton is starting to talk about new sponsorship contracts.

Obviously, this is the rhythm of price increases!
It's enviable just thinking about it.

According to current outside estimates, Southampton's financial revenue last season should have surpassed that of Real Madrid.

But the specific number, the saints did not announce, and no one knows.

Peter Kenyon shook his head and smiled, "It's not that we haven't made any progress, it's just that we haven't announced it yet."

"Oh? Who did you introduce?" Mubarak asked with interest.

Judging from the current Premier League situation, the next season will still be a championship battle between Southampton and Manchester City.

As the chairman of Manchester City, he must be concerned about his competitors, right?
"We got Harry Kane from Tottenham, Martial from Monaco..."

Mubarak laughed immediately when he heard that, "Please, these two are little-known teenagers, okay?"

"What about Fabregas?"

"Cesc Fabregas?" Mubarak was a little moved at this moment, "You mean Fabregas from Barcelona?"

Peter Kenyon raised his eyebrows, nodded and said, "It should be announced in the next two days."

Mubarak's expression suddenly changed.

Originally, Modric was going to transfer, and Manchester City thought that Southampton's midfielder would be affected, but now that Fabregas has been added, the overall strength has been strengthened.

It seems that the management of Southampton is really calm!

"Besides Cesc Fabregas, we have another blockbuster transfer that is basically finalized, but it's not yet time to announce it!"

Having said that, Peter Kenyon couldn't help but laughed.

"So, it's not us who are silent, but you, the movement is too small!"

Manchester City so far, in addition to deciding to introduce Sagna from Arsenal on a free transfer, and Lampard from Chelsea, there are other signings.

But these two transfers, compared with Southampton's Cesc Fabregas and another legendary blockbuster transfer, are inferior.

Mubarak frowned, but Daniel Levi pointed to the distance with a smile.

"Peter, it's no wonder that Abramovich is always glaring at you. It turns out that you stole Fabregas from them. I'm afraid he has the intention of killing you now!"

Peter Kenyon also nodded with a smile, "You know? We are suffering for you!"

"Because of us?" Daniel Levi was taken aback, can we stop talking so loudly?
"Chelsea's performance last season was sluggish. This season, they are planning to sign up aggressively to strengthen their strength and return to the semi-finals. We don't care, but what about you? Master Huan just wants to protect you. Therefore, Chelsea took a fancy to Cesc Fabregas, so we snatched Fabregas, and they took a fancy to Pedro, so we took Pedro too!"

"Tell me, this is not for you, what is it?"

Daniel Levy was instantly defeated.

When did this Peter Kenyon learn to be as thick-skinned as Master Huan?
It's obvious that you want to strengthen your own strength, so you went to grab it from others, okay?
"Then, don't say I didn't remind you, Chelsea is now eyeing Everton's young defenseman Stones, and Stoke City's goalkeeper Begovic, you can figure it out!"

Peter Kenyon's words immediately moved Daniel Levi's heart.

Among the current Premier League powerhouses, Southampton and Manchester City have firmly secured the top four positions in the league, while teams such as Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United will compete for the remaining two positions.

As a rival, anything that weakens Chelsea is good for Tottenham.

Besides, isn't the current Tottenham Hotspur also strengthening the team lineup?
Defender and goalkeeper, that's exactly what Tottenham need.

"You two big local tyrants, you are not short of money anyway, so you just stare at Chelsea. Whoever they fancy, you dig whoever, I don't believe it. Compared with being rich, can Abramovich be richer than you?"

Daniel Levi and Mubarak looked at each other, and both saw the helpless smile in each other's eyes.

What kind of boss really, there is what kind of subordinates.

Only someone like Master Huan can bring out subordinates like Peter Kenyon.

Is this still the polite Premier League bald man back then?

Just when they got together and were joking, the door of the conference room suddenly opened, and Yang Huan and Hamad were seen talking and laughing, walking into the conference room side by side.

Although Young Master Huan came late, everyone in the meeting room didn't show any grievances, and they immediately went up to greet him.

Everton boss Bill Kenwright, who was still on the sidelines and had nothing to say to Abramovich, also immediately apologized, threw Abramovich aside, and welcomed Yang.

This made Abramovich stand there, extremely embarrassed.

It's not true to meet him, nor is it to sit down.

Looking at Yang Huan's appearance when he was polite to everyone, Abramovich's eyes glared, as if he was about to breathe fire.

I want you to look good sooner or later!
Just wait and see!

(End of this chapter)