Chapter 644 The most expensive and cheapest tickets in the Premier League
The scandal between Deng Kai and Real Madrid is indeed a big piece of gossip.
But it's just gossip.
After Deng Kai, Zidane and other parties clarified, Manchester City fans once again became deeply aware of Deng Kai's value.
If you have it, you won't cherish it.
There is no Manchester City fan who doesn't like Deng Kai.
But if you say how interesting Deng Kai is to everyone, they can't understand it.
Or maybe I haven’t thought about it carefully.
To use an inappropriate metaphor, only when competitors appear will they know... The Kai team playing in Manchester City is really a "gift" to the fans!
Because Real Madrid is even willing to use the world's largest salary to invite Deng Kai to join.
Don't doubt Real Madrid's ability.
Maybe on the surface, Deng Kai's salary will be at the same level as Ronaldo, seven to eight million euros.
But Real Madrid is absolutely capable of making Deng Kai's actual salary income exceed 10 million euros, which will not be worse than what he earned at Manchester City.
Compared to Real Madrid, Manchester City is really uncompetitive.
As a result, Manchester City fans' support for Deng Kai became even more crazy.
August 23, the second round of the Premier League.
Deng Kai returned to the team's lineup.
At the same time, Manchester City will also have a game at the new stadium "Intihad Stadium" for the first time.
This is the first time this stadium has been opened.
The original capacity of Intihad Stadium was only 55,000.
It was first built for the 2000 Summer Olympics.
But after Manchester's bid failed, it became a sports venue for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
It later became the home ground of Manchester City.
But as Mansour completed the acquisition of Manchester City, Manchester City carried out bold renovations to the team's stadium, adding nearly 30,000 seats.
Maximum capacity exceeds 80,000 people!
It is the second largest stadium in England, after Wembley.
Wembley is currently under renovation, so Intihad Stadium has become the de facto largest stadium in the UK at this stage.
Regarding the "rude expansion" of Intihad Stadium, many media initially criticized it.
Because the configuration of the additional 30,000 seats is far inferior to the previous seats.
Not to mention the distance and height, the comfort configuration is also not good.
The media thought Manchester City looked too ugly.
Because everyone knows that Manchester City has the ability to seat 80,000 people.
At least last season, Manchester City's average attendance was the highest in the Premier League.
Their home ground reaches the maximum capacity of Maine Road Stadium almost every game.
That makes other teams envious.
And Manchester United also benefited.
Although Manchester United's attendance rate was already very good, after the rise of Manchester City, Manchester United's attendance rate has also improved significantly, and it was only worse than Manchester City last season.
Manchester City has really made a lot of money.
But after Manchester City announced the price of home tickets for the new season, the media instantly lost their voice.
Because they moved to a new stadium, Manchester City's ticket prices have generally increased.
Especially in the prime viewing area, the tickets have directly reached the top of the Premier League.
Several teams in Greater London have been outclassed.
But correspondingly, the tickets for Manchester City’s newly expanded 30,000-seat stadium are shockingly cheap!
Much cheaper than last season's tickets to the poor stadium at Maine Road.
In response, team captain Deng Kai also responded: "The price of the 30,000 tickets was negotiated between Mr. Mansour and I."
"To brag, folks, I've beaten down the price of home tickets for the best game in the Premier League!"
"Not only did Manchester City not make any money from these 30,000 tickets, they even lost money every time they sold one."
"The team's department responsible for stadium operations did not agree at all. But after Mr. Mansour and I reached a consensus, we directly rejected their objections."
"In order to give back to the fans who support us, we at Manchester City will definitely lose this money!"
"Some people ask why Manchester City doesn't buy many stars at a high price. Of course we have considered it, but we are really poor. It is true that we have a lot of income, but we also have a lot of expenses."
"The expansion of Intihad, the establishment and construction of the youth training base, ticket subsidies for fans, and welfare and reward arrangements for the team."
"Looking at expenditure alone, Manchester City is nothing among global clubs. But excluding buying people, no team has invested more than Manchester City in the past two summers."
"No!"
Manchester City loses money to invite everyone to watch the game!
Manchester City is doing its best to provide fans with benefits!
Manchester City is the light of the Premier League!
These words directly make Manchester City's label of "charity team" more profound.
But in fact, is Manchester City really losing money?
Of course it's impossible.
Cheap tickets are profitable.
But it is true that I earn very little.
If you make more money than others, you are losing money.
But the problem is, some of the tickets sold by Manchester City are extremely expensive!
The most expensive in the Premier League!
A prime location ticket can even buy three to five regular tickets and ten low-priced tickets.
Overall, Manchester City's ticket revenue will be much higher than last season.
Coupled with their attendance of 80,000 people, the income from this is very scary.
It is true that it is timely and established.
The key still stands.
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At Intihad Stadium, all 85,000 fans were present.
The entire field was almost entirely in light blue jerseys.
It's completely the devil's home field.
There was only a small group of fans for Manchester City's opponent Portsmouth in this round.
In the east stand of the stadium, Manchester City fans pulled out a very large poster that almost covered the entire stand.
It's a poster of Deng Kai wearing a crown and sitting on a throne.
The original stand that Manchester City fans were die-hard fans of was the South Stand.
But starting from this season, Manchester City officially announced that the stand for die-hard fans will be changed to the East Stand.
Fans support this decision and speculate that the reason for this decision is that the team leader Deng Kai is from the East and the club chairman is from the Middle East.
This belongs to Dongdaojia.
"Okay, the game is about to start. Let's briefly introduce Manchester City's lineup to you."
"In fact, we have received rumors that Manchester City will use several different lineups to compete in different competitions this season."
"And today's set should be their main lineup, mainly playing in the Premier League."
"Most of these players will also play in the UEFA Cup. But the EFL Cup and FA Cup should be handed over to many other players who don't have many opportunities to play."
"This is also an important commitment for Manchester City to attract these young players."
"On the front line, there are Baggio, Adriano and Ribery."
"The midfielders are Deng Kai, Essien and Toure."
"The defenders are Lahm, Chiellini, Desailly and Maicon."
"Goalkeeper Cech."
With a whistle, the game officially begins.
As the first home game of the new season, Manchester City has no reason to play conservatively.
In the second minute, Deng Kai stepped on his bicycle continuously and then passed the ball to Ribery, who was cutting inside without the ball.
The latter's long-range shot missed the post, shocking the Portsmouth goalkeeper into a cold sweat.
In the seventh minute, Deng Kai tried a long shot six meters away from the top of the arc.
But the shot was too on target and was confiscated by the goalkeeper.