Football Super Manager

Chapter 39
Chapter 38

"In addition to these, our commercial sponsorship this season has also increased compared to last season, reaching 850 million US dollars. However, I have already let these sponsors guess, so some sponsors do not have additional bonuses. However, because the team won The double crown, the sponsorship fee has increased compared with last season. This is not counting the bonuses issued by UEFA and the Spanish Football Association. This season, the contracts of these sponsors have all expired. With the sponsorship of Nike and Zara, it can not only improve The sponsorship fee from our new sponsor can also enhance our club brand! It is expected that our sponsorship fee will exceed 1600 million US dollars next season."

"Revenue growth around the club has been phenomenal and we've sold over 40 of our two award-winning t-shirts. Along with other businesses, it's brought us over $1400 million in revenue."

"It can be said that our revenue this season has reached 5500 million US dollars, which is almost the same as that of Real Madrid and Barcelona!" Charlotte suddenly stopped and looked at the three slightly excited people.It wasn't until the three of them forgot that Charlotte was a little puzzled that Charlotte added.

"In addition to commercial development, our club's financial resources have also reached the top level. In the future, it will be difficult to find new sources of income except that TV broadcast fees may become a major source of income for the club. As for commercial competition that may bring huge benefits, after we become big Club, don’t count on it until Serie A declines. And we can’t win the double every year, that is to say, we can’t even guarantee this financial situation. Do you think we can occupy an important position in football in the future?”

Although they don't know much about the overall operation of the club, they also know the current football situation.In previous summers, every club was busy.No one thought that the lawsuit would end so quickly, and there was no room for everyone to react.In everyone's eyes, even if the players are really reasonable, facing the behemoth composed of UEFA and the football associations of several European member states, this lawsuit will drag on for at least several years, waiting for your career to be abolished.

Yet in just a few months, decades of football transfer rules crumbled and they had to appease players who had no voice in front of them.For this reason, the wages of the lowest-paid players have also increased by 25%, and there are not a few clubs that have doubled their wages.However, Valencia's salary increase is very small, which is a special case in football, thanks to Charlotte's initiative to raise the salary of players last season.Currently, Valencia's wages are above average in football, but it has the quality to reach the top of Europe.

Players may have no opinion in a short period of time, but it is absolutely impossible to go on like this for a long time, they are very clear about this;

"Alexis Sanchez and Rivaldo have to leave?" Elliot asked suddenly when the atmosphere fell into silence.

"Do you think it's that easy for giants to appear?" Charlotte leaned back on the chair without answering.Instead, she asked an irrelevant question, which stunned all three!

"In the eyes of sponsors, giants and non-giants are two worlds! In the eyes of banks, it is a world of difference! They are very realistic. Giants never lack sponsors, while ordinary teams are important to every sponsor. It's rare. Bank loans are especially true. No bank worries about club debts, but it certainly worries about ordinary clubs going bankrupt."

Charlotte remembered it well.The Glazer family bought Manchester United with hundreds of millions of pounds in debt. All the money was borrowed from banks, and the banks continued to increase, eventually reaching a sky-high price of 8 million pounds. The repayment and interest all came from Manchester United's profits.But even at this sky-high price, banks dare to lend, which is confidence in Manchester United, the top European giant.Selling the club and recovering the loan is out of the question, as United will never be short of buyers.

However, Lazio, Fiorentina, Parma, Dortmund, and Leeds United, which were second only to the giants, were relegated due to financial reasons. Dortmund, which is slightly better, has struggled for nearly a decade.While there are league-mandated reasons, there are also unattractive reasons.Italy and the UK do not have clubs that ban private clubs.

"If we don't have a strong performance in these two seasons, Nike and Zara will pay attention to us! Our club's income has reached the peak now, which will be the status quo in the next few years. Only after the stadium is completed, we can greatly increase their wages. The stadium needs More than 4 years, normally 5 years."

"Alexis Sanchez is 69 years old, in 4 years he will be 29, in 5 years he will be 30. He is not a young Valencia player. You say that with the image of the club in the eyes of the players and the current state of football, Will they give up their high salaries and give the peak of their careers to the club? Even if they stay, how can you give him the last contract at that time? If they don’t pay, they will definitely have a heart, but if they lose, then at this time the club What about the other players?"

"As for Brazilian players like Rivaldo, their background is destined to require a lot of money. Even if they have a little affection for the club, their agent and family will ask him to leave. I am rich and willing to throw money at the club. But I'm not the kind of rich guy worth tens of billions of dollars. I throw all the money I can out into the club." Charlotte didn't answer Elliott's question clearly, but all he said was to explain why the club couldn't keep players , let them go.

While there are several individuals who are not involved in the management of the club, they are all aware of the club's financial situation last season.In the past season, the salary and bonus expenses of players and coaches reached 2300 million US dollars, and the incidental expenses were only higher or lower compared with the previous season.There are also the club's personnel expenses, the second team's increased investment, the youth training and the final improvement of the medical system.It can be said that Figo's transfer wiped out all the club's profits in one season.

It wasn't until then that they realized that, no matter how well Valencia had performed in recent seasons, its stature in football might improve, but it wasn't enough for the big sponsors.

"Well, Charlotte, I just hope that if there is any transfer in the future, I will be the first person in the club to know." Coach Elliott didn't think about it either.After asking Charlotte for a promise.Charlotte also respected the greatest coach in Valencia's history and nodded without hesitation.After receiving Charlotte's affirmative answer, she turned and left without saying a word.For a split second, everyone in the room sighed.

With the busyness of the entire European football world, Valencia has quietly completed all transfers and contract renewals.The clubs that have not given up their poaching intentions also said, "He is not for sale!" In order to fight back, Charlotte has no time to talk to them now.

The first round of La Liga will start on September 9, and the World Cup will end on July 3.In other words, Silva, as the absolute main force of the Brazilian national team, has the least rest time, only one and a half months, including team training.Coach Elliott is also very aware of his fatigue, deliberately allowing him to postpone his return to the team by a week, while other players must arrive at the club on August 7 to participate in the club's summer training.

At the same time, I am preparing for the UEFA Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup.In the Spanish Super Cup last season, Valencia, who had no experience in this game, was in poor form. They drew 1:1 at home, lost 3:1 away, and lost 2:4 to Real Madrid.Charlotte and Elliot, who have experienced failure now, will not make this mistake again, and they will gather early to start preparations.Especially the European Super Cup, which symbolizes the king of Europe, has become tasteless in later generations because of the strength of the Champions League, but in this era when the three major European Cups coexist, its gold content is as solid as gold.

But this situation makes it difficult to arrange Valencia's preseason training and warm-up matches.On the one hand, because the team's performance last season was too brilliant, the player's state will decline next season, which is the normal state of normal people.So it is very important for them to return to season training and preseason games early, and this is Charlotte's main job now.

After discussing with head coach Elliott, Charlotte decided to put this season's training location in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.After all, the climate here is very comfortable, allowing players to slowly adjust their physical condition.On the other hand, Eindhoven is strong and can get the team into the game as soon as possible.

Of course, the main reason is that Charlotte and Arneson have achieved a good relationship through the "Tony incident" not long ago.It is absolutely no problem to arrange training and play two warm-up matches now, maybe the opponent still can't get it.

This connection, as Charlotte expected, Arnesen had no problem arranging two warm-up games with the Valencia club and helping to arrange training in Eindhoven.Although there was internal news about Charlotte, which made the Eindhoven club prepare, but because of the short time, although they all signed long-term contracts, the impact on the Eindhoven club was not small, especially in the funding.

However, compared to Ajax, Eindhoven is much luckier.The whole of Ajax has been in trouble this summer.In contrast, although Eindhoven is not very good, due to the long contract period, the club still takes the initiative in the transfer, which makes Eindhoven's senior figures know Charlotte and Valencia very well;
Moreover, although the Valencia club is not a European giant, the title of the Champions League champion last season is not a decoration, especially the defeat of the Serie A giants AC Milan in the final, which made the entire football world look at each other with a new perspective.It can be said that these two warm-up matches at home will definitely attract enough attention and bring considerable income to Eindhoven.It can be said that this is a win-win situation for both parties.

The commitment from PSV was simply beyond Charlotte's imagination, but Charlotte was delighted to agree to training and warm-up matches so soon.After dealing with these trivial matters of the club, the most important thing for the whole club comes.The unnamed but long-held "Armani Stadium" in Charlotte's heart will be broken down and launched, along with surrounding sports and recreational parks.

The stadium was designed by the famous European architect Jacques Herzog, a name you may not be familiar with.However, he wrote the Allianz Arena, home of top European giants Bayern Munich, and one of his most famous works is the Bird's Nest, the opening venue of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Charlotte has great confidence in him, and the plan he gave did not disappoint Charlotte.

The main body of the stadium is in the shape of a fish, which not only embodies Valencia's main industries, but also designs a perfect streamlined appearance for the stadium.The main parts of the stadium, such as fish heads and fish bodies, can accommodate up to 6.3 people, and are equipped with changing rooms, saunas, clinics, rehabilitation rooms, etc. , all adopt the latest European technology, with 24-hour uninterrupted supply of hot water, cold and warm air.

The stadium is 128 meters long and 68 meters wide, which is a super large stadium.In addition, there are 140 professional broadcast points, each of which can be broadcast simultaneously through satellite, telephone line, Internet and TV broadcast network, and 160 VIP rooms due to the unique design of the stadium.The ceiling can be closed, it can be opened in normal times, and it can be closed in snowy days.The enclosed ceiling is made of tempered glass patterned like fish scales.

The connecting part of the south stand of the stadium is fishtail-shaped, and it is a large-scale comprehensive leisure shopping center.It was specially designed by Jacques Herzog to best meet Charlotte's business development requirements.It can accommodate more than 100 stores, but Charlotte has instituted requirements that, in addition to sports-related articles, the others can only focus on dining and entertainment.At the same time, Charlotte has clear requirements for every brand that enters here.Nike, the main sponsor of Valencia, decided to set up a flagship store for the Galician region here, and Charlotte returned the favor, offering a store with an area of ​​more than 1500 square meters.

At the bottom of the entire stadium is a parking lot that can accommodate more than 4000 vehicles.It's a benefit Charlotte gives to ex-Valencia club members for free for five years.

The sports and leisure park next to the stadium was designed by the most famous local design team in Valencia.It not only has the best food street in Europe, but also the best shopping street in the area.In addition to this, there are various sports facilities such as small football pitches and street courts that extend directly to the beach.Those who have seen the renderings are convinced that, if built, the sports and leisure park will be one of the best tourist destinations in Europe.And this sports and leisure park is also where Charlotte will select young players in the future.

On July 1994, 7, the weather was fine.Four kilometers east of Valencia's Aso Stadium, a large group of successful people in suits and collars stood in front of the ruins, surrounded by dozens of media outlets and tens of thousands of Valencias who wanted to witness the historic moment fan.

(End of this chapter)