Football feast, starting from the acquisition of European clubs

Chapter 317 Running a football club requires knowledge of politics?

At this time, Manchester City was acquired by former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for 8160 million pounds last summer.

But because Thaksin was caught in the vortex of the corruption scandal, he didn't have the heart to run the club well.

So much so that Manchester City now, even if the former England coach Eriksson is invited to be the head coach, it is still in a state of being in a state of being unable to rise and fall, half dead.

There is nothing to say about the game itself. With the goals of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Beckham, who returned from injury, Crystal Palace easily won Manchester City 3:1 at home.

In the case of continuing to maintain the lead in points, Chen Ran also got a "Free Kick Master Card" from the system.

And in that box at Highbury Stadium, the group of mysterious Arabs were still whispering and discussing while watching the game.

Judging from their serious expressions, it is obvious that they are not ordinary fans.

In other Premier League games, Chelsea beat Reading 1-0 at Stamford Bridge, and Manchester United beat Portsmouth 2-0 at Old Trafford.

The points gap between Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Manchester United remains within one game.

Three days later, Crystal Palace ushered in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

This time, Crystal Palace sits at home against the Championship team Preston.

Although Chen Ran still dispatched a lineup consisting mainly of substitute players to play as originally planned, with the goals of Cavani, Cesc Fabregas and Alves, Crystal Palace easily won 3:1 at home. preston.

While advancing to the fifth round of the FA Cup, Chen Ran also received a "level one recovery card" from the system.

Just as Chen Ran was busy preparing for the weekend Premier League, Stephen came to Chen Ran's office again.

"Chen, another patron has taken a fancy to our Crystal Palace."

As soon as he entered the door, Stephen approached Chen Ran mysteriously and whispered.

"Oh? Who is it this time? It can't be an American again, right?"

Chen Ran was not surprised that there was a patron interested in Crystal Palace.

As Abramovich's acquisition of Chelsea ushered in the golden dollar football era in the new century, there will be news of which football club has been favored again every few years.

The Premier League, with the most complete and open operating mechanism, is the first choice for those who want to acquire football clubs.

As the overlord of the Premier League in recent years, it is only natural for Crystal Palace to attract the attention of the sponsors.

However, the current Crystal Palace is no longer the Crystal Palace of the past, and it is not for those Americans who want to rely on loans for acquisitions.

"Of course not those poor ghosts who always want to do nothing." Stephen said disdainfully.

As a descendant of a veteran British aristocrat, Stephen looked down on those nouveau riche from the bottom of his heart.

Especially after the Glazer family acquired Manchester United with loans, and Tom Hicks and George Gillette acquired Liverpool with loans, the behavior of the Americans to transfer huge debts to these wealthy clubs has aroused the public outrage of England fans.

"Chen, it is the Abu Dhabi consortium in the United Arab Emirates who expressed interest in our Crystal Palace this time. They sent a message through the CEO of Emirates Airline, Tim Clark, asking if you are willing to sell the Crystal Palace club."

"Abu Dhabi consortium?"

This name Chen Ran is not unfamiliar.

In the previous life, they were the ones who bought the Manchester City club and single-handedly built Manchester City into the overlord of the Premier League, crushing their city rivals Manchester United.

And they also acquired Manchester City from Thaksin after the end of this season. Counting the time, it seems that they are now targeting Crystal Palace.

"Stephen, you told the Abu Dhabi consortium that I have no intention of selling the Crystal Palace club. But if they are interested, I can transfer some of the Crystal Palace shares to them."

"Transfer part of Crystal Palace's shares? Chen, what do you mean? If you don't want to sell Crystal Palace Club, just reject them."

After listening to Chen Ran's thoughts, Stephen asked a little differently, and he was a little confused why Chen Ran did this for a while.

"Stephen, the Abu Dhabi consortium is different from those Americans who want to rely on loans to buy clubs. These oil bigwigs are the real rich people."

"If we just shut out the Abu Dhabi syndicate, they might turn around and buy other clubs."

"These oil bosses have easy money, and they don't feel bad when they spend it. If they buy other teams and spend a lot of money, then we will have another difficult problem in the Premier League in the future." opponent."

"So, although I don't plan to sell the Crystal Palace Club. But if we can use some shares as a bait to draw the Abu Dhabi consortium into our camp, it can be regarded as eliminating a huge threat in advance."

"Chen, do you think too highly of those Arabs? What football do they know? But they have too much money and nowhere to spend it. They just want to buy a team for fun. I guess they will change hands after two years of playing. Sold."

Stephen curled his lips in disdain. In his mind, these Arabs who made their fortunes from oil are not as good as those American nouveau riche.

"Hehe, Stephen, don't underestimate these Arabs. Maybe they don't understand football, but they have money. As long as they are willing to spend money, they can naturally hire people who are proficient in football to give them advice."

Stephen didn't know, but Chen Ran, who was reborn, knew how Manchester City, after being acquired by the Abu Dhabi consortium, crushed and ravaged many Premier League clubs.

"Well, I admit that what you said makes sense. However, how many shares do you plan to sell to the Abu Dhabi consortium? If it is too small, it may not be attractive to them."

"Up to 20%. I want to firmly hold the controlling stake in Crystal Palace Club in my own hands."

"20%? I don't think it can satisfy the appetite of the Abu Dhabi consortium."

Stephen shook his head, obviously not optimistic about this matter.

"Or if you ask them if they are interested in the shares of the Galaxy Football Group, I can also sell 20% of the shares of the Galaxy Football Group."

Chen Ran also knows that for the Abu Dhabi consortium whose assets are said to reach hundreds of billions of pounds, it is difficult to satisfy their appetite for a 20% stake in Crystal Palace Club.So after thinking about it, he took a stake in the Galaxy Football Group.

If the wealthy Abu Dhabi consortium can also be brought into the Galaxy Football Group, they can just be used to check and balance the Red Bull Group, so as to achieve the most stable three-legged confrontation.

"Shares in the Galaxy Football Group? Well, I see, I will pass on your intentions to the Abu Dhabi consortium."

Only two days after the FA Cup match with Preston, Crystal Palace ushered in the Premier League No.20 five rounds,

This time, they will go away to challenge Birmingham.

The main players of Crystal Palace who did not play in the FA Cup were all put into the starting lineup by Chen Ran in this game.

With goals from Toni, Ronaldo, Messi and Modric, Crystal Palace beat Birmingham 4-2 away.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a long-lost reward from the system.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the game and discovering a teenager with football talent."

Name: Chen Xi

Age: 12 years old

Potential (PA): 167
Competency (CA): Vacant
Position: TBA

With the selection of talented players one after another, Chen Ran's youth training base in Huaguo can be said to be full of talents.

Director Xu, who is next door to the Shencheng Galaxy Club and often comes for a walk, is so greedy that he drools.

Under Chen Ran's order, Galaxy Football Group CEO David Gill has also begun to arrange for the "Galaxy Cup" Youth Football Invitational Tournament to be held this summer.

At that time, the team formed by Chen Ran at the Huaguo Youth Training Base will make its debut in front of the world for the first time.

In other matches of this round of the Premier League, Chelsea was tied 1:1 away by Portsmouth, and Manchester United was also tied 1:1 away by Tottenham Hotspur.

This time, after a stalemate for a long time, Crystal Palace finally extended the lead from two points to four points.

A week later, Crystal Palace ushered in the No.20 six rounds of the Premier League.This time, they will sit at home to meet the challenge of Tottenham Hotspur.

Because there are too many teams in London, there is no real London derby.So even if the two London teams play against each other, it is not as strong as some other famous city wars.

However, due to Tottenham Hotspur owner Daniel Levy's previous self-defeating, the two clubs, Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur, were regarded as a knot.

So after that incident, Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur played against each other again, which also attracted great attention from England fans and the media.

Now, the head coach of Tottenham Hotspur is no longer that hapless big-mouthed Martin Jol.

However, Juande Ramos, who replaced him, was Chen Ran's defeat when he coached Sevilla.

Juande Ramos, who jumped from La Liga to the Premier League, obviously wants to show his skills on a bigger platform.

What else can prove his ability better than defeating the Premier League overlord Crystal Palace?
For this reason, Juande Ramos, who has been studying Crystal Palace since the Sevilla period, sent the strongest lineup he can play.

However, the reality is so cruel, Juande Ramos' ambition was trampled down by Chen Ran once again.

With goals from Toni, Vidic and Vieira, Crystal Palace beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 at home.

While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a "level one blood recovery card" from the system.

In the other games of this round of the Premier League, Manchester United narrowly beat their rivals Manchester City 2:1 at Old Trafford, and Chelsea were tied 0:0 by Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.

With Liverpool helping Crystal Palace four points clear of Manchester United and six ahead of Chelsea, the Premier League title race is finally starting to swing in Palace's favour.

Starting from next week, Crystal Palace will usher in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. In addition to the Premier League and the FA Cup, it will be another severe test for the players' physical fitness.

While Chen Ran was busy preparing for the battle, Stephen brought him the latest news about the Abu Dhabi consortium.

"Chen, the Abu Dhabi consortium is very interested in the shares of our Crystal Palace. But they think that 20% of the shares is too little, and they hope to get 49% of the shares."

"49%?"

Hearing this number, Chen Ran frowned slightly.

Even though he knew that the appetite of these big oil companies would not be satisfied with 20%, the sudden increase to 49% brought Chen Ran's controlling stake to a dangerous critical point, which was absolutely unacceptable to Chen Ran.

"Stephen, are they not interested in the shares of the Galaxy Football Group?"

"Not really, but they are obviously more interested in the shares of the Crystal Palace club. When communicating, their focus is always on the Crystal Palace side."

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Chen Ran was speechless for a while.

In Temiao's previous life, wasn't Manchester City buying football clubs all over the world to form a city football group?
Why are they not interested in the Galaxy Football Group with the same structure now?

Could it be that what I did was too advanced?

Well, there is such a possibility.

These oil tycoons have not really set foot in the football circle, and it is estimated that they have not yet figured out what the Galaxy Football Group does.

Thinking of this, Chen Ran shook his head helplessly.

"Stephen, you tell the Arabs in the Abu Dhabi consortium that I will only sell 20% of the shares of the Crystal Palace Club at most. It's fine, if it's not, forget it."

"Chen, have you made up your mind?"

"Think about it, let's do it."

Having said that, Chen Ran made another phone call to the little fat man.

Soon, Louis rushed to Chen Ran's office.

After telling the little fat man the ins and outs of the matter, Chen Ran patted him on the shoulder.

"Louis, after those Arabs are rejected by us, they are likely to switch to other Premier League clubs. You have to figure out which team they will buy."

"During this period of time, you should pay more attention to the mid-upstream clubs in the Premier League, especially Manchester City."

"Manchester City? Didn't they just get bought by that Thai guy last summer?"

The little fat man looked at Chen Ran with a different look. Thaksin was the former prime minister of Thailand after all, and his net worth was still very rich.

"Thaksin is now involved in a bribery case, how can he have the mind to manage the Manchester City Club? If the Thai government asks the British government to freeze Thaksin's property, then his loss will be great."

"So, I estimate that Thaksin will cash out soon. And the Abu Dhabi consortium is obviously a very suitable receiver. One wants to buy, the other wants to sell, and it is easy to close the deal."

"Well, Chen, your analysis makes sense."

Stephen nodded frequently, apparently convinced by Chen Ran.

"Damn, you need to understand politics to run a football club? Isn't this too complicated?"

Louis muttered softly.

(End of this chapter)