The leisurely life of the rich start

Just when he was "recalling the bitterness and thinking about the sweetness", Zhang Da's voice sounded in his ear again.

"Coach Klopp, since you mentioned the issue of player renewals, I hope you can also help with Salah's work."

Zhang Da looked at Klopp and said, "Pharaoh's contract expires in the summer of 2023, and I hope to complete the renewal with him next year.

After all, he is one of the most important players in the team, and we should be prepared for a rainy day. "

"You are quite right, Mr. Chairman!"

Klopp excitedly killed Orange Juice, "We should keep the core players in the team ahead of time."

"Coach Klopp, don't be so excited, I still have something to tell you."

Looking at the elated Klopp, Zhang Da said again,

"Next summer, I will prepare a transfer fee of no less than [-] million pounds for the team."

"Oh, God…"

A strong impulse rose in Klopp's heart at this moment.

Tomorrow, he plans to go to Manchester City's bald head coach, just to make a positive impact.

He wants to tell Guardiola himself:

"Hey, Pep! Our family is rich!"

Thinking of this, Klopp quickly stood up and held Zhang Da's right hand with both hands:

"Mr. President, just call me Jurgen."

"Okay, Jurgen!" Zhang Da also got up, "I hope we can do something together!"

"Of course, Mr. Chairman!"

...

I don't know if Klopp was affected by the conversation with Zhang Da.

On game day, he was in high spirits.

His emotions obviously infected the team members, and everyone became murderous.

In the afternoon, Liverpool beat Crystal Palace with a score of 8:0 in the away game!

Zhang Da, who was sitting with the chairman of the Crystal Palace at the end of the game, was too embarrassed to celebrate.

He has every reason to believe it.

If it wasn't an empty game today, he obviously couldn't walk out of the court by himself after the game.

After the game, the players rested overnight in the hotel and returned to Liverpool early the next morning.

The next game will not start until December 12, after Christmas.

The team can get ready to enjoy the Christmas break.

As for Zhang Da, he brought Tang Haitao and others, and waited for Brother Glazer in the conference room of the hotel.

Together with the two Manchester United bosses, there is also Ed Woodward, the CEO of the Manchester United club, who is dubbed the "Three Virtues" by the fans.

After the two parties sat down, Joe Glazer said: "Hello, Mr. Zhang, you are so young that we feel ashamed."

Another Glazer, Afram, also said: "Yes, when we were your age, we were like children."

"You two are absurd." Zhang Da followed suit, "Compared with the Glazers, I still have a lot to learn in terms of team management."

"Haha, you are so humble." Joe said, "We should communicate more in the future."

"I believe we can be friends." Afram said with a smile, "We came here today because we have something serious to discuss with you."

Zhang Da nodded and said, "You two, please tell me."

The two Glazers looked at each other, and then Joe said:

"Under the epidemic, the team's income has dropped sharply. In this case, the FA and UEFA have done nothing, just watched us fall into the quagmire.

We are very disappointed by their inaction. "

Zhang Da nodded noncommittally, indicating that he was listening carefully.

In his heart, he felt that what Joe said was familiar.

If you think about it carefully, isn't this the script of "The world has been suffering for a long time"?

Next, it should be a "big plan".

Sure enough, I only heard Joe say:

"In order to change the status quo, we cannot allow the FA and UEFA to do whatever they want!

Now, we big clubs must unite in order to survive. "

After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhang Da with piercing eyes.

"I've only just taken over the team and I don't know what's going on with the FA."

Zhang Da cleared his throat and said, "However, I think the two of you should have a plan to change the status quo?"

"Yes, you are very sharp!" Joe laughed, "We are going to launch a revolution in football, a revolution called the UEFA Super League!"

Zhang Da nodded and asked curiously, "Ou Chao? Can you explain in detail?"

"of course."

Joe pointed to Woodward who was sitting on the side, "About the specific vision of the UEFA Super League, Ed will explain it to you."

Woodward bowed slightly, and then spoke for the first time:

"Balaba..."

Ten minutes later, Zhang Da fully understood what the other party meant.

According to the vision of the Glazer brothers, they plan to unite 16 giant teams in Europe to form a multinational league, which is the UEFA Super League.

At that time, these 16 teams will withdraw from the Champions League and will no longer be subject to UEFA's restraint.

As for the broadcast share of the UEFA Super League and the bonuses provided by the sponsors, they will be distributed according to the team rankings after the end of the season.

To put it simply, this is a bit like the "NBA" of football.

"Mr. Zhang, please think about it carefully."

Finally, Joe said, "We have persuaded JPMorgan 1 Chase Group to provide support for the UEFA Super League."

"If the Liverpool team decides to join the UEFA Super League, they will immediately receive a bonus of 5 million euros!"

2 Chapter Eighty Consecutive Meetings

After the talks, the two sides also signed a non-disclosure agreement.

According to the agreement, regardless of whether Zhang Da and Liverpool will eventually join the UEFA Super League, they are not allowed to disclose their ideas about the UEFA Super League.

Similarly, the Glazer family cannot privately publicize the meeting between the two parties before Liverpool agrees to join the UEFA Super League.

If one party breaches the contract, it must pay the other party a huge sum of 7 million U.S. dollars.

After exchanging the confidentiality agreement, the Glazer brothers got up one after another and shook hands with Zhang Da.

Joe, as a representative, said:

"Mr. Zhang, I hope you will seriously consider our proposal. Please believe that joining the UEFA Super League will benefit you and the Liverpool team."

"Thank you, I will seriously consider it."

After Zhang Da shook hands with the two Glazers, he shook hands with Woodward.

Tang Haitao and others also stepped forward to shake hands with the three of them.

After watching the three leave, Zhang Da turned around and said to Tang Haitao and the others:

"We are now having an internal meeting to discuss this UEFA Super League."

"No matter what opinions you have, you can raise them at the meeting."

Tang Haitao nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Zhang!"

Edwards also said: "Yes, Mr. Chairman."

After everyone sat in the conference room again, Liverpool's financial director, Woodman, took the lead to say:

"Sir, just from a financial point of view, it would be very beneficial for us to join the UEFA Super League."

"As you know, we had a financial settlement with Fenway Sports Group prior to the handover of the club."

"According to the data in the financial report, we lost 2300 million pounds this year. You know, last year our profit exceeded 1.3 million euros."

"If the epidemic situation cannot be changed in a short period of time, and regardless of your capital injection into the team, we will probably continue to lose money next year."

"Therefore, the €5 million promised by the Glazers for joining the UEFA Super League is crucial for us."

"I agree with Mr. Woodman's point of view." Xu Tianze, who also studied Liverpool's financial reports, said, "5 million euros is already equal to the team's total income this year!"

"And, according to Woodward's description, after joining the UEFA Super League, we can still participate in the domestic league normally. That is to say, our broadcast income will not be affected."

"The only thing we lost was the prize money from the Champions League. But with all due respect, even in the championship season, our total income in the Champions League did not exceed 1 million pounds. Compared with the prize money of the UEFA Premier League, the prize money of the Champions League is not worth mentioning. gone."

"That's right, Mr. Zhang, according to the Glazer family, the income of the UEFA Champions League is much higher than that of the UEFA Champions League."

Tang Haitao said, "However, the UEFA Super League is only a concept after all. If it fails to materialize in the end, we may be under pressure from UEFA."

Compared with Woodman and Xu Tianze, Tang Haitao thought much more comprehensively.

"What Mr. Tang said is very reasonable, everyone, there is an old saying in our country, it is called the bird with the head of the gun."

After listening to Tang Haitao's speech, Zhang Da looked around at the people around him and said,

"It's clear to everyone here that UEFA earns a considerable amount of money every year through the Champions League."

"Now that the Glazer family wants to start anew with our giant teams, UEFA obviously won't agree."

"A team that joins the UEFA Super League will inevitably become a thorn in the side of UEFA."

"Although at the club level, we are not afraid of the threat of UEFA. After all, UEFA also knows that he can't really lose our giant teams."

"But what if they threaten players? As an official body, they have the power to suspend players at the national team level."

"Therefore, we must be cautious about whether to join the European Super League!"

Tang Haitao quickly said, "Mr. Zhang, your worries are not unreasonable."

Xu Tianze and Woodman, who are clearly in favor of Liverpool joining the UEFA Super League, also seem to hesitate.

"Mr. Chairman, you are very considerate!"

Edwards said at this time, "Actually, I don't agree with Liverpool joining the UEFA Super League. The reasons for my disapproval are different from those of Mr. Chairman. You may not be clear, but in the Chinese fan group, 'community' is a Very important concept."

"Many fans support the hometown team not because of its past record, but because he grew up in this city and is a natural fan of this team."

"And the reason why they hate a team is often due to urban culture. In other words, China is their 'community'."

"A transnational league like the UEFA Super League that goes beyond the local community may be opposed by fans. Even some local players will not approve of the UEFA Super League."

"This is something that must be considered." Tang Haitao nodded and said, "Mr. Zhang, we just took over the team, so it is not appropriate to offend the local fans."

Zhang Da nodded lightly: "Director Edwards said very well, do you have any other comments?"

"Mr. Chairman, even though it may be blocked by UEFA and the fans, I still think it is a pity to give up 5 million euros in revenue." Woodman said, "I am wondering if we can negotiate a compromise." how?"

"Mr. Zhang, why don't we make a statement for the time being?" Xu Tianze thought for a while and said, "Let's wait and see for a while, wait until the Glazer family publicly puts forward the plan for the UEFA Super League, and then see how UEFA and the fans react? "

"If the resistance is not as great as imagined, it will not be too late for us to announce that we will join the UEFA Super League."

"I'm afraid not." Tang Haitao said mercilessly, "In my opinion, the Glazer family won't give us too much time."

"I guess they will keep urging us, let us give them an answer as soon as possible."

Xu Tianze was stunned: "This... Mr. Tang, I didn't think carefully."

"What everyone said makes sense, let's end today's meeting."

Zhang Da concluded, "When you return to Liverpool, list the advantages and potential risks of joining the UEFA Super League. We will then analyze the pros and cons and decide whether to join the UEFA Super League."

"After the meeting, Mr. Tang and Mr. Hogan will stay."