World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 408 UEFA Financial Fair Play Act

UFFP, UEFA Financial Fair Play.

It is a financial bill issued by UEFA in 2010 for teams participating in UEFA competitions.

It aims to regulate the financial behavior of each club, control the club's financial deficit, and punish the teams that violate the regulations.

The core content of UFFP is two: late fee regulation and balance of payments.

The overdue fee regulation means that teams participating in UEFA matches must not have a record of arrears of payment, including game fines, player wages and related fees for agents.

In this regard, European football clubs are generally very conscious, and as long as their finances permit, they will generally not violate relevant policies.

So the real core of this bill is "balance of payments."

Break-even Requirement: Calculate the team's related income and related expenses, and the team's loss in each fiscal year shall not exceed 500 million euros.

Participating teams participating in UEFA competitions must not break the "break-even" regulations for three consecutive years, that is, the team must not lose more than 500 million euros for three consecutive years!
UEFA's enforcement of this act is very strict, and many famous European clubs have suffered heavy fines.

For example, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain were fined 6000 million euros for violating the Financial Fair Play policy. At the same time, the team was required to reduce wages and limit the maximum amount of a single transaction.In addition, in the 2015 season, the number of registrations for the Champions League of both teams was reduced from 25 to 21.

And this year, the Marseille club has just been fined 300 million euros and deducted 15% of the European war bonus income for the next two seasons for violating this policy. The number of European war registrations has also been reduced to 23.

The Chinese capital behind Maritimo took over two years ago. Although the record is not good, the investment on the books is not small.For example, the introduction of Vukovic cost a record 1300 million euros in team history. Therefore, the team has fallen into serious losses for two consecutive years.

Ferez complained: "If there is another loss this year, as long as the team participates in the European competition, it will be audited for consecutive losses and face heavy fines. Can you take this responsibility?"

Gao Yuan cursed secretly in his heart: Damn, it would be good if you don't get relegated, and you are still participating in the European war, you really are yawning like a toad, how dare you open your mouth like this!
But the slander is the slander, Gao Yuan came to Maritimo not to relegation, but to make a name for himself in the European war!
Therefore, the Financial Fair Play Act is also an issue he must consider.

"Why do I say that my adjustments to the first team will affect the club's plan?" Gao Yuan asked calmly.

"There are many players in the first team, and I was going to trade them, but now you have transferred them to the reserve team. Can a player from the reserve team be worth as much as a player from the first team? Moreover, the clubs that want to buy see that the player they like has been transferred to the reserve team, and they will definitely not be interested anymore! So, they are all in their hands, do you understand? If you can't sell them, where will you get the income? If this is the case, don't think about the remaining 600 million euro transfer fee!"

What Ferrez said makes sense. In the Financial Fair Play Act, the income stipulated includes broadcast income, sponsorship fees, player transfer income and financial benefits. However, investors directly injecting capital into the club cannot be counted as club income.Moreover, a club with a poor record like Maritimo doesn't have much sponsorship, and the income from broadcasting is even less. It seems that they can only make money by selling people.

But in fact, Ferrez was not telling the truth.As a professional manager of an old European club, he actually has many flexible means to make up for the losses.

For example, although an investor’s direct capital injection is not counted, he can find a third-party company to transfer the investor’s capital to the company first, and then increase income in the name of sponsorship. The Qatari consortium behind Paris has done this;

Or it can be bought out by the player’s personal transfer fee. For example, Neymar’s transfer fee is worth more than 2 million euros, but Paris Saint-Germain was not punished because from the book, the money was paid by Neymar himself. Of course, everyone knows that this money will definitely be reimbursed to Neymar by the club through endorsement fees, image ambassador fees, and various sponsorship fees.But UEFA can only stare blankly, there is nothing they can do about it.

Ferrez was trying to make things difficult for Gao Yuan, and deliberately made the problem serious, so that this Chinese kid who had never seen the world would pee his pants in fear. By the way, if he could be squeezed to death on the transfer fee, it would be a great thing!

But Ferrez obviously underestimated the young man in front of him.

Gao Yuan thought for a while and asked, "You mean, because of my adjustments to the first team, you can't stop the loss?"

"Yes, that's it!" Ferris said confidently.

"Hehe, I can't handle such a small matter. You are not very competent as the general manager! If you can't do it, I can suggest to the boss that someone who can solve this problem should do it!" Gao Yuan sneered.

"You...huh, you don't understand anything at all! This is a very complicated problem, do you think anyone can solve it? You caused this, let's see if the boss will blame you or me?"

Ferrez is not worried. He thinks that at the Maritimo Club, no one can solve this problem except himself.

"No one can do it? Haha, you are so ridiculous! There is a saying in China, which is to find government in one's position! The reason why others don't solve these problems is because he is not in your position, which does not mean that his ability is not up to it! Do you understand? Leave this small problem to me, and I will solve it for you soon!"

Ferris laughed angrily, this Chinese kid is really brazen, dare to say such words!Not to mention that you are a young man who has not yet grown up from football desert China, or a senior football player who has been immersed in the European football system for a long time. How many people can handle the Financial Fair Play Act?
Without decades of European professional football contacts and experience accumulation, it is not easy to solve these troublesome things!

"Are you Chinese so fond of bragging? Haha! It is said that Orientals have no sense of humor, but I think you are really good at joking!" Ferris thought that Gao Yuan was bragging in his heart.

"You don't believe me? Then let's discuss it! You give me full power over the transfer. Before the start of the season, I will absolutely wipe out the financial deficit and turn this year's accounts into profits!" Gao Yuan said.

Ferris's laughing face froze, what did he mean?Do you want to take the opportunity to snatch the right to transfer players?I am not stupid, how could I agree to his request!
"Okay, I don't have time to play with you! You don't understand the rules of European football games at all, don't embarrass yourself here!" Ferrez said coldly.

Gao Yuan smiled slightly. He knew that if he wanted the fish to take the bait, he had to throw out enough bait.

"That's it, let's make a bet. There is less than a month before the start of the league. I am in charge of the transfer operation. I will be responsible for signing and selling people. You don't have to do anything, just sign and stamp me. The day before the start of the league, I promise that the team's accounts are in surplus. If I do it, the trouble I caused will not be a trouble. If I can't, then I will resign immediately, okay?"

Ferris was taken aback by Gao Yuan's words.He didn't know where Gao Yuan's self-confidence came from. An oriental man who had never been exposed to European football had the confidence to reverse the club's financial deficit through transfer income.And he also said that he would resign if he couldn't do it.

However, Ferrez was also cunning and cunning. He rolled his eyes and rejected Gao Yuan's proposal.

"Hehe, who will admit such a bet? If you can't do it, I can't force you to fulfill your promise. Besides, what good will it do me and the team if you resign before the game starts?"

"Well, our bet can be made public. Through Chen Wenbin, we can feed back the content of the bet to the boss. Since there is hope to turn losses into profits, I don't think he will refuse.

If you think it's not safe, you can publish the content of our bet through the media to let the fans know that if I can't do it, you don't need to chase me, the fans will scold me away!
As for the head coach, you can find someone you trust in advance. Once I resign, the club will have no time to investigate other candidates. At that time, you can recommend your own people to the job.In that way, your right to speak in the club will be further expanded.Think about it, doing this will benefit you and not harm you at all! "

Like peeling an orange, Gao Yuan pushed away the interests layer by layer to Ferrez, allowing him to see the huge interests hidden inside.

Ferris was silent, but it could be seen that he was thinking seriously.After a long time, he asked again:

"What good will it do you?"

"It's no good. Since you said I made a mistake, I'll make it up! In addition, I won't be hindered by you in the transfer market, which is convenient for me to do my work." Gao Yuan shrugged and said indifferently.

"Hmph, it's not as simple as you said, you want to seize the opportunity to grab the personnel and management rights, and you want to be a Football Manager! You conspirator!"

Ferris pointed out that Gao Yuan is not a good bird either.

Gao Yuan said indifferently: "A writer in China said that children are the only ones who distinguish between right and wrong, and adults only talk about pros and cons. You should weigh it yourself. Is it better for you than Kong Kong to lose his temper with me?"

Ferris was silent again, and after a while, he added:

"It's not enough to just turn losses into profits, because UFFP looks at the profit and loss of the entire fiscal year, so before the start of the league, when we calculate the profit and loss, we have to deduct all the salaries and foreseeable expenses of the players for the entire season, and then see if there is a surplus."

Gao Yuan shrugged indifferently, "Well, I found that you are a good manager, because you know how to calculate carefully!"

As Gao Yuan expected, the betting matter got to the boss Jiang Jianzhang through Chen Wenbin.

The boss did not object, but gave an instruction in a neutral manner: "Be careful!"

Gao Yuan knew this would happen a long time ago.The Chinese capital headed by Jiang Jianzhang doesn't really care about the life and death of Maritimo, they just use this club to grab benefits.If it is really possible to turn losses into profits, it is naturally a good thing; if it cannot be done, it is impossible to get worse, and it is right to watch a good show.

What's more, Chen Wenbin will definitely add fuel to the flames and whisper some "slanderous rumors" in the boss's ears.Because as one of the club's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he is very happy to see the other two factions fighting to the death. It is best for both of them to lose and leave. He is the happiest.

With the acquiescence of the boss, the news was quickly stabbed to the media by Ferez.

Of course, Ferrez would not directly admit the "bet", but would speak out in the column of "A BOIE" through his mouthpiece, Duncan Canthus.

Duncan Kansas, who was rewarded with a piece of chewing gum on his forehead by Gao Yuan, certainly would not let go of any opportunity to criticize his enemies.

"The club made a wrong decision this summer, letting a young Chinese man from the football desert become the helm of Maritimo, a battleship of the Portuguese Super League.

This young man does not have any professional football experience, nor has he conducted in-depth theoretical research, nor does he even have a PRO-level coaching certificate!
And what he did on the team proved that he was just a bastard.

At the media meeting, he humiliated a highly respected senior media person with more than 20 years of experience in an extremely rude and unreasonable way!
After that, he reshuffled the club's first team very arbitrarily.

You know, he sent 13 outstanding players at one time!This caused complaints within the team, and everyone felt uneasy.No one knows if this dictator from the East will reach his own neck with the butcher knife on a whim one day!
But now, we know that this crazy Chinese is dissatisfied and turns his attention to the club's signing rights and management rights.

According to my insider, Gao Yuan used fraudulent means to guarantee the Chinese capital behind the club that he would alleviate the club's financial deficit and turn the accounts into profits before the start of the season.

If he can't, he'll resign!

We all know that this is impossible. Not only does he not have any experience in European football transfer operations, but I am afraid he can't even read the financial statements!Who does he think he is?Is it Ferguson or Wenger?He is just a low-level football coach, does he really think he is a football manager?
Then why did he make such bold words?Obviously, he focused his greedy eyes on the club's management rights. He was using fraud to obtain the long-awaited power, even at the expense of the club's interests!

It has to be said that the poor Maritimo has become a marionette manipulated by the Chinese. Although Albert Ferrez tried his best, he still couldn’t change the collusion of the Chinese management. The club unexpectedly agreed to Gao Yuan’s absurd request!
Now that the club has made an absurd decision, let's wait and see where Maritimo, the Portuguese super battleship, will sail under the control of this crazy trader.
However, there is at least one thing we can look forward to.That is, before Gao Yuan seized power by all means, he even boasted that he would resign if he couldn't do it.

Let us just sit on the sidelines and wait quietly to see if he will fulfill his promise!

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(End of this chapter)