The Young Lion

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The moon was bright and the stars were thin. In the middle of the night, Aldrich and Carter sat opposite each other in the back garden. With the dim light, the outside world did not know that the two most important figures in the Millwall club were planning a battle. A storm that shakes Europe and the world!

And this is the prelude to the changes in the pattern of European football after entering the new century!

What is far away?

Carter and Aldridge finished discussing how the club should deal with the game afterwards. It is conceivable that once a report is made to Europol, all members of the on-duty referee team will be investigated for a long time in the future, and their lives will be under the microscope. Under the exposure, the sky is turned upside down!

After being silent for a long time, Aldrich said, Even if we go to protest, sue, and investigate the game, it is difficult to change anything in a short period of time. How long will the lawsuit last? One year? Two years? Three years? No I know, but Millwall still has to continue to develop, but I don't want to have any involvement with UEFA, and I don't want fans or us to fight UEFA for a long time in the future. People hate it. I just want a fair and just competition environment. Since UEFA can’t give it to me, I will withdraw. I have decided that Millwall will withdraw from all club intercontinental competitions under UEFA. In the future, we will no longer play in the Champions League, no longer Playing in the Confederations Cup, because even if you have a temporary success, you have to go to bed and worry about whether you will be counted against tomorrow.

Carter was shocked, and then he also fell into a long silence.

after a long time. Aldridge asked, Why didn't you speak?

Carter looked up. Said in a deep voice: In terms of reason, I should persuade you to give up this idea, because, if you do this, you are destroying Millwall! You will destroy the Wild Lion you built! Whether you have the income from the Champions League may be a secondary factor , but world-class players, who cannot refuse the temptation of the Champions League! They have left Millwall one after another, and there will be no world-class players willing to join Millwall in the future! The Champions League is the club’s World Cup! But. Emotionally, I can’t Advise you, I am not the head coach, I know you must be very painful in your heart, the hard work you put in at work, being trampled cruelly! Damn it, no man can tolerate it, no man can compromise, no man can hypocritically Smile like nothing happened and move on!

Aldrich closed his eyes and smiled self-deprecatingly.

It sounds like pride. Dignity.

The ugly point is to save face and ask for guilt!

Sleep like nothing happened

Everything will be back on track soon. The season is almost over.

And it has already been hacked once. Will UEFA openly hack Millwall again next season?

Continue next season?

That's unlikely.

Aldridge can not let go.

Moreover, this will cause shadows in people's hearts, and there will be an inexplicable fear and suspicion.

Maybe in the future, as long as he encounters disputes and penalties in the Champions League, he will wonder if UEFA is targeting Millwall again?

Aldrich, unwilling to live that kind of life.

Carter stood up, took a deep breath, and continued: Besides, once you announce this decision, the pressure from your own people will be even greater! In a sense, Millwall is not entirely yours!

Aldrich nodded in agreement.

From the point of view of ownership, Aldridge completely owns the Millwall club, every tree, tree and nail here belong to him.

But emotionally, the club does not belong entirely to him, it belongs to the majority of Millwall fans.

Whether the club will compete in the European arena, this decision should not be made by Aldridge alone.

but......

I have spent more than 12 years serving the fans, inclusive of the fans, imagining for them, and standing out for them. Millwall's tickets have always been outside the top three in the Premier League, even if we are in London where every inch of land is expensive, Our fan service department emergency rescue team is also the largest in the Premier League, in Europe, and even in the world. I have done so much, so much, I think, now let me be self-willed and self-assessed once.

Carter looked at Aldridge, who said these words calmly, and knew in his heart that Aldridge had paid too much to the club, and he had the right to be willful once!

Because the fate of this club was rewritten by Aldrich, the flesh and blood and spirit of the Wild Lion were all created by Aldrich!

Carter said in a deep voice: I understand. Okay, I don't advise you on this matter, so let's take it as a decision. For our short-term future, the good news is: last summer, the first team The players have all renewed their contracts, and it is a long-term contract. Unless we have financial pressure, we can keep all the players and maintain the influence and attention brought by our many stars. However, it is not a solution for a long time, without the Champions League Even if we don’t participate in the Champions League, 10 years later, we may not have the strength to compete for the championship in England, because this is a vicious cycle.”

Carter started pacing on the spot, frowning deeply, worried about Millwall's development strategy after making such a decision.

He muttered to himself: If we don't participate in European competitions, we will have more time, so the income can be filled through more commercial activities, but this is another deadlock. If we don't play in the Champions League, the sponsors themselves will bring more money. The sponsorship fee will be reduced...

hey-hey......

Aldridge called Carter a few times before he attracted his attention. Carter turned around and looked at Aldrich. At this time, Aldrich also stood up, put his hand on Carter's shoulder, and his eyes suddenly changed. Sharp and energetic, he said, Do you still remember Edwards?

Carter frowned: The former boss of Manchester United? That old pervert?

Aldridge nodded, and said in a deep voice: The establishment of G14 is inseparable from Edwards' contribution. Before the establishment of G14, he had been promoting an ideal at the Premier League boss roundtable. Because the Champions League had not yet been reformed. Even if It is Manchester United. It is also difficult to ensure a stable and huge benefit from the Champions League. His idea is that after the reform of the Champions League, the number of places for the giants to participate in the Champions League will increase, and the income will become relatively stable. Then the voice will become quieter, but after the economic crisis came a few years ago , in order to get more benefits from the Champions League, he brought up the old story again, and got widespread support in g14. But in the end, he failed to put it into action with further concessions from UEFA, you know, what is that ideal ?

Carter's pupils shrank slightly, his mind was shocked, and he asked in surprise, Could it be?

That's right!

European Super League!

The two said in unison that this dream of a wealthy family that is not a secret in European football!

Carter took a step back, re-examined Aldrich, and immediately showed a wry smile.

In the previous moment, he had misunderstood Aldrich.

He thought that Aldridge's withdrawal of Millwall from the Champions League was a simple retreat and escape!

Now it seems. no!

Absolutely not!

UEFA dare to provoke Millwall!

Aldridge's counterattack is to break the root of UEFA!

UEFA's main sources of income are sponsorship advertising costs and television broadcast costs.

It certainly has to do with the football game, two big brands. The first is the European Cup every four years, and the second is the Champions League every season!

Although the European Cup earns a lot of money, it is once every four years, and the span is too long. Don’t look at the European Cup earning several hundred million euros, but now UEFA’s poverty alleviation policy, especially when Platini came to power The last thing is to directly send the money to those small football countries, similar to football development subsidies, so that if it is shared equally, the four-year European Cup will not earn enough to distribute it.

The main stable and growing source of income is the Champions League.

The sponsorship of the Champions League is an agreement with UEFA.

The same goes for television broadcasts.

Most of the income here belongs to UEFA, and the club can only get a small part!

Therefore, there is the emergence of g14's struggle with UEFA.

g14 is the protagonist of the Champions League, but can only get a small part of the income.

When the economic crisis came a few years ago, g14 discussed at the summit and invited the German football economic organization to help make predictions. The conclusion was that if g14 put aside other European clubs and got rid of UEFA's control to form a European Super League, The overall benefit income obtained will be ten times the income at that time!

This is still a conservative estimate.

And that protest made UEFA further increase the profit sharing of the Champions League to the club, including match bonuses, broadcasting fee income, etc. This is why in the context of the economic crisis, the money-burning behavior of the football industry has not stopped. Prices are still rising.

But the formation of the European Super League will have a great negative impact!

This will first of all make g14 completely become the public enemy of other European football clubs and all first-tier clubs!

It is conceivable that if g14 organizes the European Super League, the Champions League will be worthless!

While getting rid of UEFA, it will also make g14 and UEFA endless enemies.

Secondly, with huge economic benefits, and g14 controlling the ticket qualifications of the European Super League, they will monopolize the elite players in Europe and even the world football!

They can offer higher transfer fees, and they can offer players a salary that is completely different from other clubs!

In contemporary European football, the dispersion of elite players is about 8:2. That is to say, if you rank the overall strength of active players, about 80 of the top 100 players are giants or quasi-rich clubs who play in mainstream leagues. There will be 20 or so elite players playing for first-tier clubs, like Totti at Roma.

But once the European Super League is born, the attraction to elite players and the huge income gap will make elite players further monopolized by g14!

It can be said that this will completely change the pattern of the mainstream leagues in European football. Those first-tier clubs will significantly reduce their challenge to the status of wealthy clubs, and they may even never recover!

Taking a step forward may create a brilliant upper-level football competition, but it will also become a sinner in the eyes of all other clubs!

Because the strong have mercilessly abandoned the weak! (To be continued..)

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