Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

Wang Ye asked curiously: "Hasn't your board of directors discussed additional funds? Why do you have to transfer shares to solve the financial problem?"

David Dein shook his head and smiled bitterly: “Of course we have discussed it.

Because I am the major shareholder, I have raised it more than once on the board of directors, hoping that each shareholder will add an additional 50 million pounds of capital according to their shareholding ratio.

With this money, the club's situation can actually be alleviated.

If the club performs well next season, can reach the Champions League, or even get a good ranking, then the predicament can be completely reversed.

Unfortunately, other shareholders do not agree. They only hope to receive dividends from the club instead of subsidizing the club from their own pockets.

Some shareholders even proposed selling the team's stars.

This is completely the practice of drinking poison to quench thirst, and I firmly oppose it!

Therefore, the club's board of directors is actually very divided now. Everyone has different opinions and is relatively pessimistic about the future of the club..."

Wang Ye was thoughtful, perhaps because it was too easy to make money by himself.

I feel that tens of millions of pounds is nothing, but in fact, for most people, including the small shareholders of Arsenal Club, this is a huge sum of money!

Perhaps the reason why those shareholders invested in Arsenal was not because of their love for football, but because they valued return on investment.

Arsenal's current performance is not good, the team is in a slump, and it is heavily in debt. Many shareholders have begun to give up.

Don’t ask them to continue investing money and make additional investments, don’t even talk about it!

They also want to take advantage of the fact that Arsenal is relatively valuable and quickly transfer their shares to escape...

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"One hundred and fifty million pounds..., the price is quite reasonable. There is no problem in repaying the loan and increasing the transfer budget, but is this transfer budget enough? There don't seem to be many superstars in the team now." Wang Ye said casually asked.

In his memory, there is only the invincible Arsenal team in the 2004 season, and the one who impressed him most is naturally Henry the Great.

It seems that it was only from the 0304 season that Henry truly grew into a football superstar.

As for the other stars in the Arsenal team, Wang Ye can't remember. Oh, there seems to be a defensive midfielder Vieira, who is also a super powerful player and Henry's teammate in the French national team.

Because head coach Wenger is a Frenchman, there are more Frenchmen players in the Arsenal team.

At its most exaggerated, almost half of the French team's main players are Arsenal players...

Speaking of players, David Dein was very familiar with them and introduced: "Although there are not many superstars in the team, the players are very strong, such as Bergkamp, ​​Henry, Vieira, Ljungberg, etc., or they have already Become famous, or have the potential to become a superstar. Especially forward Henry, this young man is growing very quickly and has huge potential, and is expected to become a sharp blade for the team to destroy the city!"

Wang Ye knows that these players he mentioned were indeed the backbone of Arsenal at its peak.

Except for Bergkamp, ​​this star is relatively old and seems to be retiring soon.

Don't tell me, the current Arsenal team does not need to invest too much money in renovation after buying it.

Because under the management of head coach Wenger, the team's framework has already been established, and Henry and the others are waiting for them to grow up and achieve good results.

In comparison, Abu's side is a bit "miserable".

After buying Chelsea, he invested heavily in team renovation for several consecutive years.

It can be said that the money spent to buy players is several times the money spent to acquire the club.

It’s not that Wang Ye doesn’t have money or is unwilling to spend money, because in football, sometimes relying on money is useless.

First of all, you may not be able to buy the star you like. The other club is unwilling to sell, or the lion is asking for a sky-high price. You still have to consider whether you want to be taken advantage of.

Secondly, even if you buy a bunch of superstars, you may not be able to achieve results. Maybe because there are too many superstars, the head coach can't handle the situation, and there are many conflicts in the locker room, and the results will become worse.

Therefore, like Arsenal, they have a good foundation and framework, a rich background, and an excellent head coach who has built the team framework.

The team's style has also matured, and the team's lineup is stable. It only needs reinforcements in certain positions to achieve results.

After Abramovich and Wang Ye both buy the team and invest the same amount of money, Wang Ye dares to say that Arsenal's results will definitely be better than Chelsea's!

After all, Chelsea was a mid-range team before, and there were no decent stars in the team. They needed to be completely rebuilt, which meant that the team was in turmoil for a long time.

And an unstable team cannot produce results!

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"So, after acquiring the club, Mr. Mikhail, you don't need to invest too much money to transform the team. At most, it will be transfer funds of 20 to 30 million pounds per year. If the club performs well later, you can even transfer Funds can also be earned by playing in the Champions League, so there is no need for you to invest additional money.”

David Dein was afraid that Wang Ye would be scared off because of too much investment.

What he said is not unreasonable. In that era, when football had not been "gold dollar", most clubs were self-sufficient.

Small clubs with mediocre results can not only support the entire club, but also make profits every year through the income from league broadcasts, training players to sell to big clubs, and home tickets.

As for the big clubs, except for some teams with rich and powerful owners or clubs with particularly good commercial development, such as Inter Milan and Real Madrid, other clubs also make money by playing in the Champions League, commercial development, or even playing exhibition games, friendly matches, commercial performances, etc. Receive funds for club operations and development.

Among them, the Champions League bonus is the biggest one!

As long as they can get a place in the Champions League, it will be almost tens of millions of euros, which is definitely a lot of money for most clubs.

You must know that in that era, the value of players was not "inflated". Only a very small number of big-name players could sell for more than tens of millions of euros.

Most of the practical blue-collar players are still very cheap.

A quasi-rich club like Arsenal rarely has big signings.

In fact, Wang Ye didn't know that in the summer of 2003, when the so-called "Golden Dollar Era" led by Abramovich's Chelsea came, the transfer fees of most clubs were not much.

This year, Abu Hao threw 170 million euros, which caused a sensation in the world of football!

Barcelona, ​​which ranks second, has a transfer budget of just over 40 million euros.

Manchester United is third with 38 million euros.

Fourth-placed Real Madrid, 35 million euros...

At that time, the exchange rate of the pound to the euro was 1:1.5, so the transfer budget of 20 million pounds proposed by David Dane was already equal to 30 million euros.

In David Dane's mind, this amount is already very high...