I Want to Be the King of Football

Manchester City's City Stadium is located in the eastern suburbs of Manchester.

At the beginning of the design, the stadium was intended to be used as the main venue for the Olympic Games. After failing to apply for the Olympic Games, the venue changed its use and became the main venue for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

After the Games, the original comprehensive stadium was transformed into a professional stadium, the track and field track and temporary stands were demolished, and a fixed stand was built, which caused a lot of controversy that year.

Manchester City moved from Maine Road to the City Stadium in 2003, and their first game was a friendly against Barcelona.

However, since Manchester City signed a long-term lease contract with the Manchester city government, the ownership of the venue still belongs to the city government, so it is very inconvenient for Manchester City to operate.

Is it conceivable that there is no fan shop at Manchester City's home ground?

This is not only the problem of Manchester City, most of the stadiums are municipal facilities in Serie A, and they are also facing this problem now, so Juventus has taken a different approach and built a new stadium through a curve to save the country. Instead, it has opened up a new path.

The Manchester city government is also more supportive of football clubs than the Italian government.

Since the acquisition of Manchester City in 2008, Soriano has been in communication with the Manchester city government, including a series of ambitious plans, which were finally approved in March 2008.

Manchester City has launched a huge billion-pound plan, not only to expand the capacity of the City Stadium from the current 45,000 to 60,000, but also to build the world's most advanced stadium in the southeast of the stadium. The training base, as well as a state-of-the-art sports medical centre, will later move the training ground from Carrington to the city.

In addition, Manchester City will also renovate the stadium and surrounding facilities, including the construction of fan stores and fan service centers, to create a leisure and entertainment area for Manchester City fans, and will also transform trams and intercity railway stations on the north side of the stadium. As well as the bus station, north of the train line, there is also a huge parking lot for fans.

This is because the underground parking facilities were not considered when the City Stadium was built.

There is no subway in Manchester. Fans travel by tram, intercity railway, bus and self-driving. Manchester City used to do this very badly, but it has improved significantly.

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At this moment, Su Dong was standing in the north of the stadium, on the pedestrian bridge leading to the train station, bus station and parking lot.

Opposite is the huge car park and train station, and the connecting pedestrian bridge is very spacious to meet the needs of fans pouring into the stadium on game days.

Below the flyover is the sports and training center that Manchester City is building to serve fans. It is mainly used for some sports training and daily sports venues, such as tennis courts, small football fields and indoor venues.

Since the agreement was signed in March last year, we have immediately invested in construction and renovation, so the last few home games of last season were all held on Maine Road. It is expected that before the start of this season, we will be able to complete the construction and return to the city. Field game.

The technical director, Begiristan, took the managers of the City Stadium to introduce the Manchester City home field and various facilities to Su Dong.

It can be seen that Manchester City has indeed invested a lot in this aspect, and all of them are real money.

It can also be seen from this point that Mansour's Abu Dhabi consortium really wants to take root in Manchester, otherwise, there is no need to invest so much.

Of course, this is actually part of the deal between the club and the city government.

In return, the stadium lease contract signed by the city government and Manchester City has been extended from the original 99 years to 250 years, which is equivalent to saying that the stadium is directly used by Manchester City and only needs to pay one Two or three million rent is enough.

Compared to the huge investment in building a brand new stadium, the rent is really nothing.

In addition, Manchester City also got the right to transform and name the new stadium.

The advantage of getting the right to transform is that it can not only expand, but also build various facilities in the stadium, thereby increasing the income of the stadium on match days, which is an essential part of all European stadiums, such as VIP boxes, catering industry, etc.

Not to mention the naming rights, Manchester City has been attracting investment in a targeted manner since last season.

We have sold the club's home naming rights for the next 15 years at a high price of 250 million pounds. Starting from the new season, our stadium will be officially renamed the Etihad Stadium. Begiristan introduced with a smile. .

Su Dong smiled and nodded tacitly. Etihad is an airline from the United Arab Emirates and is named Manchester City. It must not only value the potential of Manchester City, but also that Mansour used this method to transfuse blood to Manchester City to help Manchester City evades fiscal balancing policies from UEFA.

The naming rights of the stadium were sold to Etihad Airways, and the front of the shirt was sold to the Emirates airline for around £15 million a year.

That is to say, from this airline, Manchester City can get around 30 million pounds of sponsorship income every year.

This is not to say that it is compared with giant teams such as Bayern, Manchester United and Real Madrid. Even compared with some Premier League teams, Manchester City is far behind. The reason is that there is really not much value at all.

In the past few years, Manchester City has been wandering in the middle and lower reaches. The business operation ability of the team itself is very poor, and it can even be said that it is almost non-existent.

After Soriano and Begiristan took over the team, they wanted to make efforts in this area, but the foundation was too weak. Did the team itself have any outstanding achievements and stars? Although there was Robinho before, but The commercial appeal of the Brazilians is also pitifully weak, so progress is very slow.

With the joining of Su Dong this season, Manchester City intends to make great efforts in this regard, but for the time being, it still needs to rely on the blood transfusion of the Abu Dhabi consortium.

This summer's North American training camp is a bold attempt by Manchester City's commercial department.

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Accompanied by Begiristan, they visited the City Stadium, oh no, it should be renamed the Etihad Stadium in the future. Trafford Stadium.

Begiristan sat in the back row with Su Dong, and sighed with emotion: I hope the new season can avoid the embarrassing ending of encountering strong teams and repeated defeats last season, and strive to rush into the European theater.

It's up to you to complete this!

Su Dong looked at Begiristan who was much older, gave him a confident smile, and said nothing.

He came to Manchester City to lead the team to rise, win the Premier League title, and even win the Champions League, and reproduce the legend of Maradona in Naples.

No need for Begiristan to say that, Su Dong will do his best for this.

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Manchester City's training base in Carrington is next door to Manchester United.

Ronnie said at the beginning that he could kick the ball from Manchester United's training base to Manchester City's training base.

This is not the first time that Su Dong has come here, but this time is obviously different from before.

Soriano, Guardiola and others all greeted Su Dong at the Carrington training base, which can be said to be full of courtesy.

Coming to the Carrington base again, Su Dong's trip is not only as simple as a visit, but also to cooperate with Manchester City for a medical examination, which is also a routine for all new players to join.

As for the so-called debut ceremony for Su Dong, there is no such thing.

In European football, except for Real Madrid to hold the debut ceremony for the superstars, other teams basically do not have such a tradition.

After players join, they usually hold a press conference, show up in a jersey, and take some photos.

If there is an influential star, media reporters will be invited to the scene. If it is an ordinary player, even the club will take a picture and send it to major newspapers.

Su Dong will invite media reporters to the Carrington training base for this appearance.

Mainly because the Etihad Stadium is still under construction and renovation, which is inconvenient, so the debut ceremony was chosen in Carrington.

The check-up process is also very simple.

Accompanied by the team doctor, Su Dong went to a nearby cooperative hospital for a detailed physical examination. After confirming that there was no problem, the two parties returned to the Carrington training base. It was already afternoon.

Su Dong's appearance attracted more than 100 media reporters to Carrington.

Witnessed by the media and management, Su Dong officially signed a professional contract with Soriano. The specific conditions were not disclosed, but the media was also able to dig out a lot.

What is really special is that in subsequent interviews with the media, many reporters asked about the reason why Su Dong joined Manchester City.

Obviously, many people think that Su Dong is for money.

That's just part of it, but more importantly, Soriano, Begiristan and Guardiola are all my good friends, we know each other very well and I'm really looking forward to working with them.

Regarding the prospects of Manchester City in the new season, Su Dong expressed his optimism, So far, we have a very competitive player lineup, the next key is to run this lineup out and form combat effectiveness, this is all of us task.

The head coach Guardiola was very questioned last season. Some people think that he blindly copied Barcelona's tactics and could not play well in the Premier League. Sudong objected to this.

I played for Barcelona for three years, and even I have played against Barcelona in these years. I don't agree with this view. On the contrary, I am very much looking forward to Guardiola's success in the Premier League, and I firmly believe that he will be successful. , that's why I joined Manchester City!

Su Dong also believes that Manchester City is not as weak as the outside world has seen, and it is not just one Su Dong.

We have a group of young players who are very strong and have great potential. This is our biggest bargaining chip. I believe that in the new season, we will let everyone see a brand new and completely different Manchester City!

In the end, Su Dong said that he has only one goal in coming to Manchester City, and that is success!

I have no doubt that we will impress the whole world and reach the top of Europe in the foreseeable future!

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