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Chapter 361

The news of Manchester United being acquired by foreign capital has occupied all the sports news pages in recent days. Now all the news in the newspapers have pointed to the Glazer family who spent [-] million pounds in this shocking acquisition.

This may be the most expensive acquisition of any Premier League club since Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea.

Compared with the [-] million pounds invested by the Glazer family, Higgins and Gillette spent less than [-] million to get the Liverpool team, which is actually very cheap, after all, Liverpool is also considered a veteran team.

However, unlike Manchester United's acquisition this time, Liverpool's acquisition battle is completely an empty-handed white wolf's equity conversion trick. Most of the acquisition funds of the two guys, Higgins and Gillette, come from bank loans.

It can be said that when Higgins and Gillette settled the ownership of Liverpool, they were already clean.

Although they can declare in front of the media that Liverpool has now entered the best period, and they will definitely bring the club back to the great era of Shankly, but no matter how you look at it, it is like bragging.

Because the two of them have not paid even a penny for the transfer fee until now, and even these two pure businessmen have to think twice about firing Benitez, not because they are so reluctant to part with that Spanish player. Baldy, but the two of them don't want to pay that guy a lot of contract damages.

The two poor guys who are not even willing to pay for the dismissal of the employer's coach, do you think they will really spend tens of millions of pounds to supplement the team's strength?Not to mention that both of them are actually very rich, in fact, they are just businessmen.

The only thing businessmen have to consider is profit. Liverpool is a piece of fat, so the two of them came here to make this acquisition. As for who Gerrard is and what effect he has on the team, they really don’t want to Understand.

This is also why Gerrard had the idea of ​​​​preparing to transfer and leave for the first time after the team's equity changed hands.

Because you really can't explain the glory of the club to two businessmen who don't even understand the rules of football. The eyes of these two Americans can only see benefits, glory?history?It's bullshit to them.

Compared with those two stingy guys, the Glazer family is still a bit strong. At least they have a football team in the United States, and they can still spend [-] million as the principal to complete this acquisition.

The British "Evening Standard", which has always been known for its objective comments, described the acquisition of Manchester United in this way.

"The last 72 hours have been Judgment Day for Manchester United. Now the Yankee Glazer who Manchester fans hate the most has finally arrived. No matter how annoying he is, Red Devils fans need to face this reality. One of them A layman who thinks he doesn't understand football, but a "Yankee guy" who bought Manchester United with a debt of [-] million sits in the boss's office, and he will determine all future decisions and operational directions of the Manchester United club."

The banner of British football, the incomparably brilliant Red Devils Empire finally "fell" under the continuous onslaught of Glazer.

Although Glazer stood up immediately after the acquisition was completed, he not only wanted to keep Ferguson, but he also wanted to maintain the competitiveness of Manchester United in the Premier League, and he will spend 2000 million pounds in the upcoming transfer period For Ferguson to supplement the strength of the team, in order to save the embarrassment of their lackluster harvest this season.

At the same time, he and the club's market development department will also transfer the naming rights of the Old Trafford stadium and sell TV broadcasts separately to increase the club's financial resources, and strive to allow Manchester United to regain the position of the Premier League leader. It seems very beautiful. Although the American doesn't understand football, he understands business.

However, after the "Evening Standard" finished talking about these superficial phenomena, it gave a hypothesis that made Manchester United fans a little worried. All that Glazer said now may be fulfilled on time in the next year or two.

Even when the transfer period comes this summer, he may give Ferguson a large sum of money for acquisitions in the transfer market, but this may only be a short honeymoon period and will not become a long-term business operation.

Glazer is very good at business, otherwise he would not really be able to persuade the two Irish horse farm tycoons to give up their shares. At the same time, he also knows how to win people's hearts. Keeping Ferguson is only the first step of the plan.

First take down the important veterans of the club, and then use practical actions to deal with those extreme fans who have always had prejudices against him. Before taking action, Glazer was obviously much smarter and more planned than the two Americans in Liverpool.

However, all of this can only continue under the premise that everything in the club is stable. Who can guarantee that Manchester United will always have a strong competitiveness?Especially under the strong impact of Chelsea, how long can they last?
If the Manchester United team cannot achieve a good result for two or three consecutive years, then Glazer will be in trouble. Once the financial problems in his hands begin to appear, then who can guarantee the future of the Manchester United club?

Don't say that this is impossible, don't forget that Glazer did not take all the cash to participate in this acquisition battle. Of the [-] million pounds he invested in the acquisition, at least [-] million came from his financing. of borrowing.

Those investment banks are not vegetarians. Although they absolutely supported the Glazer family in this acquisition battle, will they still stand firmly behind the Glazer family when the arrears are due in the future?

Anyway, no one knows what will happen in the future, including Glazer himself. After all, he is not God.

If one day there is a financial crisis in the Glazer family, then Manchester United will also be doomed.

Maybe someone will stand up at a critical moment to take over the banner of Manchester United, but no one can tell what will happen in the future.

As the commentator of this report said, waiting for the Manchester United club is an unknown fate.

Now not only Manchester United is facing such an uncertain future, including Liverpool, at least three or four Premier League teams have to consider such troubles. When Chelsea's prospects are bright, those foreign asset predators , have already regarded running a Premier League club as a good business that can make a lot of money.
When both Manchester United and Liverpool have fallen into this capital war, can the mid-lower teams still refuse?

Fulham, Manchester City, these teams have all been involved in this kind of takeover battle without exception. Maybe Abramovich just planted a fire when he bought Chelsea. When he succeeded, the fire was starting to burn .

Exactly how many old clubs will become the private property of capital predators may be revealed next season.

Anyway, now is the moment when Kenyon feels a bit of a headache. After all, after squandering two seasons, he finally found that his checkbook may not be able to handle everything, because the number of rich people is gradually increasing.

Maybe one day those oil tycoons from the Middle East will enter the Premier League's takeover battle. At that time, it is estimated that a tycoon with a net worth of billions like Abramovich will not be considered the first richest man. Boss now.

When more foreign capital is injected, the melee in the Premier League will become more intense, and the challenges for Chelsea will become more and more. Not only Kenyon understands this, but Mourinho also understands what this means .

If in the past it was possible that Manchester United and Arsenal dominated the world, then after the rise of Chelsea, it can be said to be a three-point world, but no one can predict whether anyone will come out to compete with Chelsea for the top position in the Premier League in the future Come out, even Mourinho himself doesn't know, after all, the power of banknotes is really terrifying.

The chaotic times of the Premier League are gradually taking shape, and now there may no longer be the myth of a team for more than ten years, but more intense confrontation, more crazy points and competition, and the era of princes fighting for hegemony. up.

But Mourinho is confident that he will lead Chelsea to the top of this competition, just like now.

For the future era of chaos, Mourinho does not need to think about it for the time being. After all, no one can predict what the two clubs will do in the summer after the exchange, including Arsenal's actions.

Unlike the situation of Manchester United and Liverpool, Arsenal has no foreign capital intrusion, but compared with the top teams in the Premier League, when the summer comes, Arsenal's lineup will also undergo major adjustments.

For example, after winning the FA Cup, Wenger cryptically announced at the post-match press conference that both Pires and Bergkamp may leave after the end of the season, including Vieira and Ashley Cole Not sure about the future either.

Although Pires' departure made many Arsenal fans a little sad, but for Bergkamp's future, many fans are very rare to stand on the player's side, and many people are denouncing the club on this issue. ruthless.

Bergkamp's problem is already a cliché. The Dutchman just wants to renew his contract for another year, and there is no salary requirement. All he wants to do is finish his career at Arsenal and hang up his boots here.

But Wenger did not give him a response for a long time, including the attitude of the Arsenal club. They believe that the prerequisite for contract renewal is not how much Bergkamp's salary is required, but whether he is still "useful".

The Ice Prince has worked diligently at Arsenal for ten years, but now it is sad to find that it cannot be exchanged for a one-year contract extension.

Perhaps it was Arsenal's youth guards who gave Wenger the courage to say no, but Mourinho, while watching all this with a cold eye, just made a private comment with Brito, "What he lost was irreparable experience. "

Fabregas, Van Persie, maybe these little guys are very tough, but Mourinho knows that even if Wenger has eleven forest wings, he still needs those old guys on the field to guide them how to play the game.

This is no longer the era when a group of talented scouts can sweep the Premier League. For the opponent who will win the Community Shield next season, Mourinho can only see that it is on the road to gradual decline.

decay?That's right, it is decay, a decay that has lost the nourishment of experience. . .

In all this chaos, maybe there really should be a ruler, Chelsea?Maybe.

(End of this chapter)