The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 353 Entering White Hart Lane

In front of the large windows of the administrative office on the second floor of White Hart Lane, Ye Qiu silently listened to Danny Levi's introduction of Tottenham Hotspur. The reason why this cunning Jew set the price of Tottenham Hotspur so high , mainly because of Manchester United.

According to outside sources, the price for the Glazer family to acquire Manchester United is at least 8 million euros, and according to Levy, Tottenham Hotspur's market value must be at least half that of Manchester United, so he directly offered 4 million euros.

"I'm sure you all know that we are one of the few teams in the Premier League without any debt!" This is what Danny Levy is most proud of, and it is also the most bargaining chip he can use for negotiation.

When most teams in the Premier League are in debt or have bank loans, Tottenham Hotspur is the team with the healthiest financial situation except Manchester United. In this regard, Danny Levy's The ability to function is really excellent.

You know, when Joe Lewis took over the team, the team was in debt of tens of millions of euros.

However, in the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur paid off their debts at the price of a decline in the team's competitiveness. It has not improved slightly until this year. It is currently ranked sixth in the Premier League. According to Ye Qiu's previous life As we all know, Tottenham Hotspur's league ranking this season should be fifth, which is one step away from the Champions League qualification zone.

"Mr. Lewis, Mr. Levi!" As Ye Qiu's right-hand man in this acquisition, Elisa has already been mentally prepared for Levi's move. All acquisition negotiations are like this. .

"I don't deny that Tottenham Hotspur's finances are very healthy, but we are also very aware of the problems that Tottenham Hotspur are currently facing. Not to mention the incomplete facilities, the capacity of 3 is considered quite satisfactory, but there is almost no possibility of operating at home!"

If you walk around the White Hart Lane Stadium, it is not difficult to find that the rudimentary level of this stadium even makes you think that it is just a piece of turf surrounded by stands, without the shops that are now respected by professional teams. There is no land that can be used for business, and the wall is so close to the perimeter of the court that it is light to say that it has no potential.

"I believe that the first decision anyone makes after buying Tottenham Hotspur is to prepare for the new stadium!"

Eliza Moon's analysis was reasonable, and even Levi couldn't refute it.

"Secondly, Tottenham Hotspur's training base in Zigwell is also notoriously crude in the Premier League. I believe that with Chelsea moving to Cobham, Zigwell should be regarded as the simplest training base in the Premier League. Bar?"

Tottenham's training base in Chigwell is really poor, there is no geothermal heat, no perfect drainage system, the first team and the youth team share a single-story building, and the ground area is only a pitiful training building of less than 200 square meters.

There are three standard-sized fields, one small field, and an indoor training field, but don't think that it is a high-tech, just a cheap building supported by an iron frame and covered with a plastic film that can shield the rain and the sun. .

Moreover, the entire training base is on the side of the road, without even a fence. It is directly separated from the hockey training field and the college football field by an easy-to-read barbed wire. The latter two do not belong to Tottenham, but the training ground is next door to Tottenham.

In recent years, there has been an upsurge of English professional teams building new stadiums and training bases. Many fans only remember Arsenal, but in fact, Arsenal is just one of the more famous players in this trend. There are countless other teams that are laying waste to build new stadiums and training bases, such as Wolves and Leicester City.

Tottenham Hotspur are relatively slow in this regard. First of all, their White Hart Lane stadium has almost zero potential. It is difficult to continue to develop without planning to build a new stadium, and their training base is also very simple. Not as good as some Championship teams.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on Joe Lewis and Danny Levy, this is not their responsibility, because in the past ten or twenty years, Tottenham Hotspur has always been in a very difficult situation, internal and external difficulties, coupled with There are frequent coaching changes in clubs, and no one will ask the management for a new training base.

This is a bit like Betts in Chelsea back then. Who would have thought that the third team in the Premier League would train in a training base like Harrington, which is not even as good as the Championship team?

"Don't talk about building a new stadium, just talk about expanding or improving the White Hart Lane Stadium. I have calculated that it will cost more than 5000 million euros at the very least. When planning to build a new training base, let's not talk about learning from Chelsea and Arsenal. But I believe that nothing can be done without 5000 million euros, and these two sums are more than 1 million!"

After staying in the United States for more than two years, Eliza's negotiating skills and skills have indeed become more and more powerful, and her current agency's news channels can be said to be pervasive, almost investigating Tottenham Hotspur.

"North London's economy has not been ideal in the past few years. More and more Tottenham Hotspur fans have moved out of the Tottenham area one after another. The surrounding environment and public security are getting worse and worse. I believe You have also experienced this, coupled with the inconvenient transportation here, there is only one subway line, which has greatly restricted the development of the team."

"I also got definite information that Tottenham's contracts with the jersey sponsor KAPPA and the chest advertising sponsor Thomason Travel Company have expired. Anyone who takes over the team must find two new sponsors!"

Danny Levi listened with interest at first, but now the more he listened, the more he felt uncomfortable. He didn't expect that Ye Qiu and others had already found out all their details.

For Tottenham Hotspur, the income mainly comes from three aspects, one is the Premier League share, the second is the ticket income, and the third is the sponsorship income.

The division of the Premier League is mainly based on the team's performance. Tottenham's performance in the past few years has not been very satisfactory. This year's performance has made a breakthrough, but it is not very convincing. After all, it is only a good year. In terms of ticket revenue , has always been restricted by the operation of the home stadium. Others still have stadium operating income on match days, as well as some shop rents, etc., but Tottenham only has ticket income, and other aspects are pitifully small.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the third largest income is very important, and chest advertisements and jersey sponsorship are undoubtedly the top priorities in sponsorship income. Everyone knows that these are the two most important sponsorships for any team, and they are also hot spots. Thorn's biggest source of income.

Now that the contracts with the two major sponsors have expired, it is indeed very unfavorable for Tottenham to negotiate.

"As expected of Eliza Moon!" Danny Levi was left speechless by Eliza's counterattack, and Joe Lewis interrupted the topic with a smile. At least in his opinion, this is the real The attitude that a savvy operator who wants to buy a team should have.

Similar to Abramovich's acquisition of Chelsea, come on, that's rich people with too much money to spend and throw it around.

"Mr. Lewis!" After Ye Qiu heard Joe Lewis speak, he also spoke, "Let's talk about it, I don't like those imaginary things, I like real things, so we have shown It shows our sincerity, and you should let me see your sincerity."

Joe Lewis nodded and smiled after hearing this, "Then I would like to ask Mr. Ye Qiu, you might as well make an offer."

Ye Qiu looked at Eliza, who nodded and took the words, "I have received news that an American consortium is interested in Aston Villa, and the offer is less than 7000 million euros, and now there is another foreign company that wants to To acquire West Ham United, the offer is around 9000 million euros, and the current Premier League rankings of these two teams are Aston Villa 16th and West Ham United 7th.”

Eliza's statement is actually reminding Joe Lewis that the club you own is not as valuable as you imagined. If Aston Villa's ranking is not convincing, then West Ham United Woolen cloth?
This season's newly promoted team has a better location than Tottenham Hotspur. Their stadium is very close to the financial center in east London, and is also closer to the Olympic Village. The appreciation potential and value are higher, and the stadium and training base are also better. Well, and their youth training camp is obviously better, but the price quoted by investors for them is only about 9000 million euros.

Joe Lewis really had the urge to scold his mother after hearing this. It was simply a very serious information mismatch.

He has indeed received news about the offer from West Ham United and Aston Villa, but he does not know the specific offer price. There should be nothing wrong with its influence, so the price is obviously about the same.

"I want to remind you, Miss Moon, both clubs have serious financial problems!" Danny Levi interjected, he also has shares in ENIC, and the price at which Tottenham sells also affects his assets.

Eliza Munn smiled after hearing this. In Ye Qiu's eyes, it was gentle and charming, but in the eyes of Danny Levi and Joe Lewis, it was a rose with thorns, "So, I didn't say that we should pay their price." , I think 1 million euros is the most appropriate."

"That's impossible!" Joe Lewis shook his head.

"Mr. Lewis, what I want to remind you is that the market value of Tottenham is very low now." Eliza reminded.

This also hit Joe Lewis' sore spot, because he entered the market when Tottenham's stock price was high, but the stock price of Tottenham has been declining in recent years. In 03 it even fell To 31 pence, although it has rebounded, but he doesn't want to make money at all.

In the past few years, Tottenham fans have been very dissatisfied with their management, because they are very stingy in the transfer market. Before that, almost every summer, Tottenham fans would use parades and hand out leaflets to protest the club's stinginess, thinking that the management All that was considered was financial health, not team competitiveness.

Therefore, Tottenham's financial health is actually achieved at the expense of the team's competitiveness.

If the transaction is really at 1 million euros, then with their 5% stake, they can get more than 54 million euros, although they can still make some money. After all, the value of the Premier League team in recent years is still They are going up, but this little increase still can't satisfy them.

After a long period of negotiation between the two parties, in fact, everyone has the intention of each other, and each other can vaguely set a psychological price. Ye Qiu has already figured out everything about the other party, and ENIC company is also very clear. , it is absolutely impossible to kill Ye Qiu as a winner, so the two parties are willing to sit down and talk, in fact, their wishes are already very clear.

Seeing that both sides fell silent, Ye Qiu couldn't help but smile when he saw that Lewis and Levi wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make more money, patted the table lightly, and stood up.

"Mr. Lewis, Mr. Levi, I don't like to be wordy, and I don't like to bargain. In this way, I will buy 54% of the shares in your hands for [-] million euros. If you think it is acceptable, then we will continue In-depth talk, if you think there is no way, then I'm sorry, I will consider other teams."

When talking about this, Ye Qiu smiled confidently: "I believe that at this price, West Ham United, Everton, Fulham, Charlton, Aston Villa, and even Newcastle should all be very competitive." It is difficult to refuse my request."

If 54 million is used to acquire [-]% of his shares, then the purchase price of Tottenham Hotspur should be around [-] million euros, which is also a price that Ye Qiu can accept psychologically, and he will not agree to it if it is higher Yes, because the investment is the real big deal next, and he is not willing to spend too much money on the acquisition link.

Furthermore, Tottenham is just a team that he is quite satisfied with, and it is entirely possible to switch to other teams, such as West Ham United, such as Aston Villa, and it is not impossible for Ye Qiu to buy them. Tottenham Definitely not the only option.

On the contrary, it is ENIC company. Currently, Ye Qiu is the only buyer who is really interested in Tottenham, unless they don't want to sell!

Don't you really want to?They've always wanted to sell, just up for grabs!

Facts have proved that after three days of deliberation, Joe Lewis and Danny Levy finally agreed to Ye Qiu's acquisition proposal, because you know, the price Ye Qiu offered was almost the same as that of American sports tycoon Randy Lerner. Acquiring twice as much as Aston Villa, this is already a pretty good price for Tottenham Hotspur.

The acquisition agreement was reached in secrecy. The outside world obviously did not know that Ye Qiu was acquiring Tottenham Hotspur. However, sharp-eyed reporters still captured the photos and news of Ye Qiu's frequent visits to White Hart Lane. And they also noticed that Ye Qiu appeared at White Hart Lane to watch a Tottenham match.

Suddenly, the news that Ye Qiu was going to coach Tottenham Hotspur spread all over the world.

Even though Ye Qiu has left the football circle for a year, his prestige and influence have not declined at all. On the contrary, with the popularity of Leaf Technology, Ye Qiu has also become the idol of countless young fans. Many people who use and admire the Zeus mobile phone are revered as the leader, and their prestige is even higher than a year ago.

Of course, Ye Qiu is now worth hundreds of times. Goldman Sachs once estimated that with the Zeus mobile phone and the websites and services launched by Leaf Technology in the past two years, even if Leaf Technology is not listed, the market value should be several billion. If Leaf Technology If it goes public, Ye Qiu's worth will soar to over [-] billion.

After all, looking around the world, there are not many companies with potential and prospects like Leaf Technology, and with the launch of the Zeus mobile phone, there is no problem with Leaf Technology’s profitability at all. It earns 2% a month just by selling mobile phones. With a net profit of 3 million yuan, the market value of such a company cannot be justified without soaring.

Because of this, many people suspect that this is purely media hype, because with Ye Qiu's current wealth, he doesn't need to coach at all. At White Hart Lane, he should just watch the game, after all, it's not very far from his home.

Chelsea fans were very surprised that Ye Qiu appeared at White Hart Lane, but they were very angry with the management. They thought that the reason Ye Qiu would rather go to the White Hart Lane of the rival Tottenham than come to Stamford Bridge was because Management and Mourinho, so many Chelsea fans kept bombarding the management.

While the outside world was making a lot of hype, Ye Qiu still kept a low profile and nibbled at every step, buying shares from other shareholders of Tottenham Hotspur one after another. Among them, Tottenham Hotspur had the most shares. The former chairman of Tottenham, Alan Sugar, Ye Qiu bought 2500% of his shares for 14 million euros.

After killing the two major shareholders successively, Ye Qiu's shares in Tottenham Hotspur quickly soared to 68%, and then he slowly started to attack the other small shareholders. It took a full two months to reach 5 In January, he finally announced the completion of the full acquisition of Tottenham Hotspur.

In order to complete this acquisition, Ye Qiu spent a total of 1000 million euros. This is related to the later stage. Some small shareholders did not want to sell their shares, but Ye Qiu forcibly bought them. The purchase price was naturally higher than expected. a bit more.

However, Ye Qiu thinks it is a good deal to buy Tottenham Hotspur for more than 2 million, especially as more and more consortiums and funds enter the Premier League in the next two years, the value of all Premier League teams is also increasing. It will all rise with the tide, and by then, the market value of Tottenham Hotspur will also increase. If the results can be better, it is not impossible to double it.

Of course, when Ye Qiu bought Tottenham Hotspur, he didn't intend to sell it to make money. His purpose was to operate it for a long time.

And since it wants to operate for a long time, it must have a long-term layout. A new stadium needs to be built, and both Ye Qiu and Eliza have already made very detailed plans and layouts for this.

But at present the most urgent thing for the team is the new training base, so Ye Qiu has already let Elisa enter the White Hart Lane Stadium in advance, take charge of the administrative office, and start to adjust the personnel of the administrative office, weeding out the weak and retaining the strong, and Eliza It is also planned to transfer several marketing experts from the brokerage company to enter the management.

After all, marketing is a big source of revenue for any team.

But what Ye Qiu didn't expect was that the first thing Eliza did after entering the management of Tottenham Hotspur was to take Chelsea to court.

(End of this chapter)