Green Dragon

Chapter 629 The Great Savior of Retired Players

The story of Lovren's green hat is not a temporary fabrication, but something that can be easily found.

It's definitely a heartbreaking story.

A tall, handsome, successful man begged his fat and ugly wife to stay for the family and children, but his wife resolutely abandoned her husband and two children to pursue her own love.

Anita must have had true love for that lumberjack.

And true love should always be respected.

So Long Shute worked hard and finally persuaded Lovren to make a decision, and urged this teammate to transfer all the millions of pounds of assets under his name to the investment fund he just opened.

During the transfer process, perhaps because of his disheartened heart, or because of his extra trust in Longshu, Lovren used the method of "free donation".

He is not an investment, but a donation, which means that this multi-million pound asset has nothing to do with him in name.

Then...he negotiated a divorce with his wife.

The children were raised by themselves, and Anita left the house without leaving the house, and only took 10 pounds as the settlement allowance.

Anita, who pursued love with all her heart, unexpectedly did not entangle with Lovren on the issue of dividing property. She left her husband who had been married for three years almost without looking at it, and boarded a flight to Croatia directly.

Lovren, who stayed in the parking lot, suddenly cried like a tearful man as he watched the jet fly away.

everything is over.

But it's just the beginning.
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Long Shute did not tell Rogers everything, but it is impossible to hide things like player divorce from the team's head coach.

With a big wave of his hand, Rogers gave Lovren a two-week vacation, allowing him to recover a little bit and handle the follow-up matters properly.

At the same time, Long Shute also made a small move.

On October 10, the "Retired Players Life Security Fund" advocated by him and strongly supported by the Football Association and the Players Union was officially established in Liverpool.

This is not an epoch-making foundation, because in the sports world, there are already enough foundations of all kinds, and almost influential stars want to get a share in this field, but due to poor management, the follow-up is weak , Most of them have loud thunder and little rain, and soon disappeared in the dust of history.

But Long Shute is obviously not trying to make a gimmick this time. He launched this initiative more than two months ago, hoping that both retired and active players can join the foundation. For this reason, he also contacted England and Liverpool More than a dozen celebrities.

Maybe his influence is really strong enough, maybe it's just that everyone has seen his ability to earn money. On the day of the unveiling ceremony, the foundation's account raised more than 8000 million pounds!
This does not include Longshut's own start-up funds and the FA's appropriation!

Mainly the BBC, Sky TV, Liverpool Echo, and The Times, relevant mainstream media have focused on this matter, and most of the comments made are mainly positive:

"Yes, we all know that China Dragon is very good at financial management and investment. It has occupied No.1 in the global sports star money-absorbing list for three consecutive years, and it is ahead of Ronaldo and Messi by an absolute advantage. According to relevant agencies According to estimates, the worth of this football superstar has probably reached 10 billion pounds! Compared with this figure, the worth of his wife, the famous British film and television star Emma Watson, is probably only a drop in the bucket..."

"According to Long Shute's own introduction, the Retired Players Life Guarantee Foundation is committed to protecting those professional players who have no one to live after retirement, and provide them with corresponding employment opportunities according to the different situations of the players, so as to prevent them from being born at the age of 40 or [-]. I have to sit and wait to die..."

"A Chinese travels thousands of miles to protect the retired life of a group of English players. What kind of spirit is this? This is the legendary spirit of internationalism! Looking back at the government departments of our British Empire, they have been in the past few decades. What did they do here? Besides distributing subsistence allowances, providing low-rent housing, and using taxpayers’ hard-earned money to support lazy people, what else will they do?!”
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The establishment of the foundation was not because Long Shute really showed his kindness and wanted to rob the rich and give to the poor to help these British people, but to gain a more positive social image in the UK and Europe.

Sports athletes have always been an extremely wealthy profession, but when most people retire, they will experience a huge gap.

Such as good health.

Most professional players will experience injuries, and when they retire, these injuries often have a huge impact on their lives.

Batistuta's ankle cartilage has basically been removed due to multiple operations, and the two bones directly collide when walking, which is very painful.At the worst time, he was unable to walk, and the bathroom was only 3 meters away from him but he couldn't walk, and finally urinated on the bed.Today's God of War is still waiting for the advancement of artificial ankle technology...

And Kaka, the groin injury once affected his sleep. Whenever the weather was bad, he could only clenched his teeth and curled up like a rheumatic patient. The arrival of Long Shute probably also saved his marriage with Caroline...

such as economic income.

According to a survey by the British sports charity XPro, 33.3% of British professional players will divorce their wives within the first year of retirement, and more than 40% of players will declare bankruptcy within five years after retiring.Even this figure is not shocking, because more than 5% of NBA players go bankrupt within 60 years of retiring, and the bankruptcy rate of NFL players in the North American Football League is as high as 78%.

Chinese media reported back then that Dong Fangzhuo had spent millions of RMB to buy many luxury cars during his time at Manchester United. He was excluded and suppressed, and was also despised by Ferguson, who valued records. He only played a few minutes in the first team from beginning to end.

This report was later denied by Dong Fangzhuo, but it is actually quite in line with the consumption psychology of most professional players.

You know, the weekly salary of a Premier League apprentice is generally 80-100, and once a professional contract is signed, the weekly salary immediately soars to four figures!
In the environment where the Premier League generally earns tens of thousands of pounds a week, spending money has become a common phenomenon.

Luxury cars, mansions, nightclubs, beauties, these are almost the best portrayals of some players’ off-court life. They may have earned tens of millions of pounds in their careers of more than ten years, but when they retire, they will find out , Your bank account may still be negative!
Gillespie, a member of the class of 92, insisted on going to a bar for a long time to spend 13 pounds, and finally went bankrupt due to a gambling loss of 700 million pounds.

Former England goalkeeper David James, when he was in the prime of spending money, if his shoes were worn out, he threw them away and bought new ones, and if his car was scratched, he also bought a new one directly. The final result is obvious. Just declare bankruptcy, and then make a living by auctioning the jerseys exchanged with Lampard, Cech and others that year...

The famous former Villa star Lee Hendry, he bought a big house for his parents, brothers and sisters, seven aunts and eight aunts when he was a player, and then when he retired, he found that he had no financial resources to continue to pay these mortgages.What is even more unfortunate is that the British real estate collapsed later, and his direct economic loss reached 1000 million pounds.

Although young players will also receive education in youth training schools. For example, when Rashford was 19 years old, he would go home to do homework after the game, but it is undeniable that most of the players' education level is not very high, so They rarely have the concept of financial management of personal assets. After all, not everyone is Beckham or Ronaldo.

For example, Gerrard, the legendary captain of the Red Army, his best grade in mathematics in junior high school was only C grade, that is, 70 points. When he helped his daughter with homework in elementary school, he even had to post it on the Internet to find answers.

The elementary school question that stumped Gerald was... 4/5=? /15.

Of course, some people understand the principle of planning ahead, but investment is always a high-risk business. Even in the Chinese real estate industry, which is known as "stable profit but no loss", there may be cases of being trapped by unscrupulous developers or even running away with money. phenomenon, not to mention the fact that European real estate has always been sluggish.

Even if these players with well-developed limbs and simple minds want to invest, it is difficult to find a way. After all, not everyone is like Arsenal midfielder Flamini, who casually finds a market with a potential of 300 billion euros Emerging industries of...

For example, Lucas Neal, the former captain of West Ham United and the Australian national team, is the background board of "Groso has made a contribution". His total career income as a player is as high as 4000 million Australian dollars, about [-] million yuan.But he is very keen on high-risk investments, such as American real estate and British Ezubao. In the end, all the money was wasted, and he entered bankruptcy liquidation just after retiring.

Another example is Ronaldo. He once invested in a social software Mobbito, which is said to be very powerful, equivalent to the Portuguese version of 58.com + Dianping + Meituan. After that, there is no more.

The same person also has Pique. Chairman Pi, who claims to see through Pi, invested in a video sharing software called Viddy in 2012. When investing, this software claimed to be able to surpass Facebook and Instagram.As a result, two years later, the entire company changed hands at a price of more than 1000 million US dollars, and even [-]% of the original financing was not recovered.

Therefore, Long Shute proposed this idea to his business team, and those professionals quickly made various preliminary preparations. When he joined Liverpool, the plan officially started preparations.

In fact, Britain and China also have many similarities. Using football as a carrier, Long Shute can also quickly obtain a large amount of political resources, although these proud British guys are not optimistic about his foundation.

But Long Shu doesn't care, his foundation has two purposes:

One is to build contacts.From the most grassroots coaches, players, referees, football association officials, to the upper-level government agencies, business predators, and celebrities, they can all be included in their own circle, and their social status will be improved by the way—of course, this will take time .

The second is to absorb funds.Although the acquisition of the Liverpool club received strong support from the domestic consortium, Long Shute still paid a huge price in order to become the biggest speaker. Therefore, when implementing new investment projects, he inevitably seemed powerless, and he was able to get thousands of dollars. Wan's funds are also a rare support force for him now.

As for benefiting the society or something... Every year, I would visit a few retired players, give them a bag of rice and a pot of oil, shake hands, chat with each other, and let the TV station film the whole process, isn't that enough?

If it really doesn't work... just pick a key poor household and build him two brick houses. The land in England is not expensive!
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Note: Some examples are selected from "The Premier League" co-authored by Ned Yu, who knows football. My 35 yuan is worth it.

(End of this chapter)