Legendary Godfather

To be honest, this is a bit beyond Tong Yi’s expectation!

Because in the memory of Tong Yi's descendants, New Balance began to enter the football world in 2015. They reached a cooperation with Liverpool, a subsidiary of their subsidiary, and became Liverpool's new jersey sponsor, announcing their official entry into the football circle.

Unexpectedly, they entered the football circle two years ahead of schedule.

Very surprised.

Moreover, Tong Yi was even more surprised when he cooperated with Crystal Palace.

New Balance offered Crystal Palace £4.5 million a year, which is relatively high, and it is currently the highest-bidding jersey sponsor.

However, this is obviously still not comparable to the sponsorship fee paid to Liverpool by their subsidiary Warrior Sports. Last year, Warriors Sports and Liverpool signed a six-year sponsorship contract with a total value of 1.5 billion pounds. Liverpool will receive an annual sponsorship fee of 25 million pounds.

Liverpool is really rich!

In addition to this, Liverpool can also receive 25 million in jersey chest advertising sponsorship from Standard Chartered Bank every year.

Just from this, Liverpool can earn 50 million pounds a year. Add in TV broadcast sharing, jersey sales, sales of team peripheral sports equipment, etc., as well as European war bonuses, etc. Liverpool can still earn a very considerable amount of money a year. of.

Of course, Liverpool is not as good as Chelsea now.

It is said that Chelsea has signed a shirt sponsorship contract with Adidas worth 33 million pounds per year.

Manchester United even received an annual jersey sponsorship of 45 million pounds.

These Premier League teams are all about to take off.

However, for now, New Balance's offer is still good for Crystal Palace, and it can even be considered very generous for those mid-to-lower Premier League teams.

However, Tong Yi still feels that the price is a bit low.

It can be higher!

After all, Crystal Palace is a team from the London metropolis, and they still need to qualify for the European competition in the new season. More importantly, their head coach Tong Yi has an infinitely huge Chinese market. With all these factors combined, this influence is still huge. Big, this is definitely not comparable to ordinary Premier League teams.

Therefore, Tong Yi thinks it is reasonable for Crystal Palace to get a jersey sponsorship of about six to seven million pounds a year.

Tong Yi directly said to Louisa, "I think the current sponsorship value of our Crystal Palace should be around six to seven million pounds per year. Now let's not rush to conclusions. Let New Balance, Li Ning, JT Sort and Adidas compete first. I think the new sponsorship fee should be higher.”

Louisa nodded slightly and said, "I think so too. We can hang them out first. We are not the ones who are anxious now!"

Baker and Tong Yi both nodded slightly in agreement.

Tong Yi also said, “Even if the negotiation is settled, I don’t think we should sign a long-term contract with them.

. Nowadays, the increase in jersey sponsorship is astonishing. It is almost a big step every year. It is not good for our team to sign for too long! "

Louisa nodded and said, "Yes! I have also investigated this thing in detail recently. In the past ten years, the increase in jersey sponsorship fees is really amazing. From the initial tens of millions to now, it has increased to 60 to 70 million a year. I even estimate that it won’t be long before a wealthy club can reach 100 million pounds a year in shirt sponsorship fees!”

hiss!

Hearing this, Baker took a breath and was shocked.

He even felt like he was listening to a heavenly book.

The cost of jersey sponsorship alone is 100 million pounds a year? This is so scary! can not imagine.

This was something he had never dared to think about in Munich 1860 before, but now he felt that his three views had been refreshed.

Tong Yi's Louisa is very powerful. This woman's business vision and foresight are very outstanding, very outstanding. No wonder Martina believed in her and trusted her so much, it was amazing.

Tong Yi nodded slightly and said, "That's for sure. The market is so crazy now!"

Seeing that Tong Yi recognized her, Louisa was very happy and couldn't help but look at Tong Yi more.

Louisa immediately said, "However, I think it is difficult for us to sign a short-term contract with good conditions. After all, the group companies opposite are not fools. They are also very aware of the current market trends, and they will obviously insist on signing a long-term contract." Appointment."

Tong Yi could immediately say, "So we have to talk slowly! I think the best thing is to sign for three years. After three years, there should still be room for maneuver."

Louisa pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly and said, "Well, indeed, there is room for maneuver. But then we should make some concessions on the sponsorship fee!"

Tong Yi nodded immediately and said, "That's for sure! But it's up to you to handle the specific matters. I'm just giving you some suggestions. It's up to you to make the decision on what to do. After all, this is your main responsibility. I hope You think about it carefully and carefully.”

Of course Louisa refused to give in, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will take care of it. If it doesn't work, I can still discuss it with Martina!"

Tong Yi nodded slightly, indicating that it was okay.

Baker was speechless.

He didn't understand these things, and he didn't interfere much. He just needs to handle the logistics and the relationship between the team and the fans. He doesn't participate in other things.

Okay, here, the end-of-season senior meeting of Crystal Palace Club is basically over.

Louisa looked at Tong Yi and asked, "

David, what are your plans next? It’s already the holidays! "

When Baker, who was about to leave, heard this, he suddenly sat down again and looked at the two people in front of him.

What are you doing?

Don’t forget, Tong Yi is my niece Martina’s!

Tong Yi looked at Louisa and said, "On vacation, there are no special arrangements, just rest! But I am planning to visit China with Martina, so I might as well not go back to my hometown!"

After arriving in England, there was no winter break, so Tong Yi had time to return to China to spend the New Year with his parents.

So, now that he finally has a vacation, he is planning to return to China to spend time with his parents.

Baker was satisfied and nodded.

Louisa also nodded and said, "This is great! When I come back from China in a hurry, I want to bring us some gifts from China. To be honest, I am still very curious about China!"

Baker also said with a smile on his face, "That's right. I'm also full of curiosity about China."

Tong Yi smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely bring you gifts when the time comes."

Louisa was satisfied.

Louisa also asked, "So when are you going to come back? When will the coaching staff assemble before the new season? When will the players assemble?"

Baker also looked at Tong Yi, very concerned.

Tong Yi pondered for a moment, and then said, "The coaching staff will tentatively decide on mid-June, and the players will decide on the end of June, and officially start preparations for the beginning of the season in July!"

Louisa nodded slightly, indicating that she understood, and said, "Okay, the club will also prepare for you when the time comes."

Baker immediately said, "Yeah, don't worry, David, the logistics will definitely be in place by then!"

Tong Yi immediately expressed his gratitude to the two of them.

Then Tong Yi said goodbye to these two people directly. Tong Yi was really ready to leave England and go to Italy.

Tong Yi plans to spend some time with Martina in Italy, and then fly back to China to stay with his parents for a while. Then come back to deal with team transfers and signings.

At this time, Tong Yi had already let the players go.

When letting these players leave, Tong Yi warned the Crystal Palace players that if anyone's weight exceeds the standard this summer, he will never show mercy.

The Crystal Palace players expressed their understanding one after another, which made Tong Yi very satisfied.

Louisa and Baker immediately waved goodbye to Tong Yi.

Tong Yi went home directly to pack his things and prepare to fly to Italy.

But at this time, Tong Yi received a call from Manchester United coach Ferguson.

When she saw that the caller was Ferguson, Tong Yi was a little scared. Wasn't this another poaching call? I have given Bolasie to you! Don't wear a sheep's wool, Sir Alex Ferguson.

After answering the phone, Tong Yi realized that he had misunderstood Sir Alex Ferguson.

This time Sir Alex Ferguson is really not here to poach.

Ferguson said, "David, I know your club's games this season are completely over. You should be fine, right? Recently!"

Tong Yi thought for a while and then said, "I really have nothing to do now. I have already started taking a vacation. I plan to go to Italy soon!"

Ferguson knew about Tong Yi's love life and also knew that Tong Yi's girlfriend Martina was in Italy.

Hearing Tong Yi say this, Ferguson understood instantly.

Ferguson immediately said, "Although I can't disturb your two-person world, I still have to be cruel and waste some of your time."

Tong Yi frowned slightly and asked, "What's the matter, Sir Alex Ferguson?"

Ferguson immediately said, "You know, after the end of this season, I will resign and retire. There are now two games left in the Premier League. These should be the last two games of my career, one at home and one at home." It’s an away game, just right!”

It was quite big here, and Tong Yi suddenly understood what Ferguson was going to say.

Tong Yi thought for a while, got ahead of Ferguson, and said, "Sir Ferguson, don't worry, I have time, and I will go to watch both games live."

Ferguson was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

This Tong Yi is really smart. This guy already knows what he is going to do before he even says it clearly? sharp!

Yes, Ferguson called Tong Yi just to invite Tong Yi to watch the last two games of his coaching career. This could be regarded as Ferguson's farewell ceremony.

Tong Yi is a young coach he is very optimistic about and admires, and he still hopes that Tong Yi can appear at his farewell ceremony.

Ferguson smiled and said, "You are really a clever little guy! But thank you, you are welcome to come to the scene."

Tong Yi immediately said, "You're welcome!"

Tong Yi chatted with Ferguson for a while before hanging up the phone.

To be honest, Tong Yi really wanted to attend Ferguson's farewell ceremony. This should be a very meaningful thing.

Then, he immediately called Martina and told her that he would go there later.

After Martina learned the whole story, she told Tong Yi not to worry. She flew over to attend Ferguson's retirement ceremony with Tong Yi, and then the two went to the world of two.

Tong Yi was really moved and had tears in his eyes!

With a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?