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Chapter 84 Manchester City storm strikes!

"I am very grateful to Mr. Ward for his contribution and hard work to the Manchester City Club during the difficult years. Everything he did to the club will always remain in our hearts." In the middle of the rostrum, Thaksin had a faint smile on his face, Talking with eloquence: "I like the Manchester City team. I was surprised by your performance last season! As the new chairman of the club, I will bring the club back to the upward trajectory of the league. Make it as big as Manchester United or Liverpool. I expect the club to win a title in the first season."

"Wow..."

The reporters in the audience were in an uproar, most of the reporters raised their hands one after another, and the writers hurriedly wrote down the "arrogant" remarks in his letter into their notebooks.Although they expected Thaksin's great appetite, they did not expect Thaksin to expect to win the championship.

Thaksin smiled confidently, ignored the raised hands of the reporters, and continued his speech.

"In order to achieve this goal, after buying the Manchester City club for 8160 million pounds, I will provide a transfer budget of more than 5000 million pounds in the new season to buy people to strengthen the strength of the team. Of course, this figure is There is no ceiling. I believe that with the cooperation of Mr. Duncan and Mr. Bassoon, we will definitely go to glory!"

Following Thaksin's words, Duncan and Bassong, who were sitting on the left and right sides of him, smiled and nodded at the same time.

The reporters on the scene went crazy. Not only did they extend their microphones, they even asked questions directly.

"Mr. Thaksin, are you not afraid that the Thai government will investigate the source of the fund you are purchasing?"

"Mr. Thaksin, regarding how to use the 5000 million pounds, do you already have a favorite player in your mind?"

"It is said that your scouting team appeared in Barcelona, ​​are you interested in Ronaldo?"

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Duncan sat aside, a smile on his face.But when he heard the words "Ronaldinho", Duncan raised his eyebrows inadvertently.

In the previous meeting with Thaksin, Duncan had persuaded Thaksin to give up chasing Ronaldinho, but judging from the tone of this reporter, could it be that Thaksin has already started?

At his peak, Ronaldinho was a magician and a wizard on the football field. No head coach would refuse such a world player of football to play under him.

But as Duncan said, with Ronaldinho, Deco and Eto'o are needed to truly play the role of Ronaldinho. Only one Ronaldinho cannot fundamentally change the strength of the team.

Taking a step back, it is impossible for Ronaldinho, who is at the peak, to agree to join a big team like Manchester City. Even if he leaves Barcelona, ​​Ronaldinho can only go to a giant team like AC Milan, which is impossible. Come to Manchester.

But seeing Thaksin's confident smile, Duncan hesitated and didn't know how to persuade this ambitious new chairman.

Duncan suddenly had a feeling: the arrival of the new chairman may not be a completely good thing...

After Thaksin finished his speech, it was time for reporters to ask questions freely.The first one to stand up was a blonde reporter from the British bcc television station.

"Mr. Thaksin, you bought the Manchester City club and publicly announced such a high transfer budget. It is widely rumored that you are the next Abramovich. What do you think of this?"

"Mr. Abramovich and I have never met, but we have been friends for a long time. Mr. Abramovich's arrogance is admirable. Modern football really needs people like him to join in, so it will be more interesting. Compared with Mr. Abramovich, my philosophy is not only to put To make Manchester City a wealthy club, and more importantly, to promote Manchester City to become a brand similar to Manchester United. In the near future, the training centers and football schools attached to Manchester City will blossom and bear fruit all over the world."

Thaksin's letter to reporters painted a rosy picture.

Duncan looked at it but curled his lips in his heart. He who is familiar with later generations knows that Thaksin bought Manchester City for only one year and sold Manchester City to the richer Abu Dhabi consortium.

"You mean Manchester City will become more international?"

"Of course! Our club itself has such conditions, and we even have East Asian players like Sun Jihai in our team." Thaksin felt that the reporter was pleasing to the eye today: "As the first step, after a week, there will be three Thai players came to Manchester City for a trial training."

"Someone just asked about the introduction of Ronaldinho. Are you working on this?" The reporter obviously had more ideas about the transfer.

"Anything is possible. Since he is a player, there is a possibility of being traded. The only difference is the price?" Thaksin is full of confidence.

"About the transfer fee of 5000 million pounds, do you already have a few suitable candidates?"

"Mr. Duncan has drawn up a list for me. I believe that in this year's transfer market, you will not be disappointed." Thaksin obviously knows that the topic cannot be released all at once, and he knows the key to attracting attention for a long time.

"It is said that before this, you had contacted the famous head coach Eriksson, why is the unknown Duncan sitting here?" This malicious question came from Jonny of the "Manchester Times".He didn't know where he knew such a secret.Thaksin did contact Eriksson before, but then still chose to let Duncan succeed him.

"Mr. Duncan's achievements last season are astonishing. With such achievements, I can't find a reason to dismiss Mr. Duncan!" Thaksin is still laughing.But what he said made people think: Could it be that Duncan's grades are not good, and he will leave get out of class immediately?

Faced with Jonny's question, Thaksin smiled, but did not give a direct response.

The host then announced the end of the press conference.

The press conference ended with Thaksin's ambitious speech and the "spending money" of the local tyrant's temperament, leaving only dissatisfied reporters.

Aiming to expand the influence of Manchester City, so that their personal influence can be raised to a level that attracts the attention of the British government, it will definitely take a process.This is also the reason why Thaksin continues to release topics, but it is only for people's daydream.

Of course, in order to maintain long-term influence, specific things must be done.

Thaksin acquired 55% of Manchester City's shares held by former chairman Ward, and continued to increase his holdings in the following month. Finally, before the press conference, he spent a total of 7000 million euros to buy Manchester City's shares, and the shareholding ratio reached 82%. .In fact, the Manchester City Club has completely become his private property.

As for the remaining 1160 million pounds, plus Manchester City's bonus of 2000 million pounds last season, it paid off Manchester City's long-overdue bank debts with interest.Manchester City suddenly changed from debt to profit.

From the beginning of this press conference, Thaksin's acquisition of Manchester City's butterfly effect, ripples generally spread out layer by layer.

One of the most intuitive manifestations is that in just a few days, the market value of the Manchester City club has suddenly risen from 3000 million pounds to 1 million pounds.

In terms of the club, Thaksin not only announced a transfer budget of 5000 million pounds, but also invested in the repair of the training facilities and equipment of the Dongtu Stadium.The team's fitness room is equipped with the latest and most cutting-edge fitness testing and evaluation system in the world, which makes Manchester City's training much more scientific at once.

In addition, it is the establishment of overseas football schools.But this point is still on paper. In Thaksin's plan, as Manchester City wins championships one after another, the football school will also blossom around the world with the improvement of Manchester City's prestige.

In addition to these, the Manchester City storm has begun to hit the entire transfer market.

(End of this chapter)