Everyone who knows Lazio's suffering history in recent years will inevitably have heartfelt feelings when facing the group of cheering and excited Lazio fans.
This is the sign of finally seeing the light of day after a long dark night.
Since 2002, Lazio has been in an economic crisis, facing the threat of relegation or bankruptcy every day.
In order to save the club, the Lazio club had to accept the fraud of AC Milan and Juventus, the holy alliance, and sold their team's captain, Lazio's flag, and the King of Rome, Nesta.
For Lazio fans, it is an eternal pain and a shame for all of them.
But even if they swallowed their pride and sold their captain, they still couldn't save the club.
The club continues to wallow in misery.
Until it reached its peak in 2004, if it weren't for Lotito's 21 million euros, they wouldn't even be able to participate in Serie A and could only play in Serie B... Lazio has never been relegated in history. But for the league champion
Take Lazio, which has been in business for less than ten years, as an example. Relegation is really a distant term...
From 2002 to 2008, for seven years, Lazio did not have the same nightmare. This nightmare was that Lazio might go bankrupt, disappear, or be relegated to Serie C.
If the debt crisis is not resolved, Lazio will never be able to become a real giant. Because no giant club will be threatened by bankruptcy.
Now, Lazio has finally solved its debt problem.
The long night is about to pass, and they wake up from their nightmare.
Lazio is about to receive her new life!
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Lotito did not disturb the cheers of the fans in the stands. He waited until they had vented their inner emotions and the sound was slightly lower before continuing.
"The second thing..." He handed the microphone to Chang Sheng, indicating that the second thing was related to Chang Sheng.
Chang Sheng took the microphone and thanked the chairman in advance.
Then he raised his head and looked at the fans in the stands.
"The second thing, guys, is to tell you a piece of news..." Then he waved to the stadium entrance.
Everyone's eyes followed that direction.
I saw someone running out from inside.
The first person to come out is this summer's first pick, Motta.
The Brazilian midfielder starts the game, and the players behind him are all players introduced through transfers this summer.
Cavani returned to the team from Naples, Coentrao and Azpilicueta returned from Getafe, Bonucci transferred from Inter Milan, Mirante came from Juventus, and
Gotze and Giroud, Candreva.
But after these people came out, the tunnel entrance did not stop spitting out players onto the court.
Next is David Silva, Modric, Francisco Pavon...
It’s the players who are already on the team!
Everyone who saw this scene must have opened their mouths in surprise.
They can't figure it out... Logically speaking, the second thing should be the meeting of the new players, right?
The new players have all come out, but what comes next?
Why are the old players here too?
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In the end, when more than 20 people stood in front of the reporters, all the reporters were stunned!
What is going on?
Did Lazio buy more than twenty people in one fell swoop this summer?
But they also know why they didn't arrange it indoors... Although the press hall is called "the hall", it really couldn't accommodate so many people at first...
Then Chang Sheng stood in front of them with a microphone and said to the stunned reporters: "This is the second thing. I still remember that when the transfer window just opened, it was you who were hyping Lazio's disintegration like crazy, right?
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Only then did the reporters realize... Chang Sheng was going to settle the score in the future!
"You said that Lazio can no longer continue its glory, right? I still remember that someone used 'ruins' to describe Lazio's future. Now, the 'ruins' are right in front of you."
Some of the reporters rolled their eyes... This immortal is really a vengeful man. No matter what time you said something to criticize him, he can remember it accurately... I wonder if his brain is specially designed to remember such things.
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"Open your eyes and take a good look, ladies and gentlemen. This is the 'ruin' of Lazio. Keep this scene firmly in your eyes and minds! And now I am telling you, prepare to witness Lazio
Be a new student, be careful not to be frightened!"
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"Get ready to witness Lazio's new life!"
"Chang: This is Lazio's new life!"
"Ruins? No. This is new life!"
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Although Chang Sheng severely ridiculed the Italian media at the press conference.
But this headline still appeared in the media the next day.
The photos were all taken of Chang Sheng standing in front of all the first team players and introducing the new students to them.
The media has used the word "new life" many times, not just because Chang Sheng said it.
After they went back later, they calculated how much money Lazio made from the transfer market this summer, so that they could pay off all the remaining debts in one summer...
It's not that I don't know, it's that I'm shocked.
In the end, everyone came up with a very close number - 145 million!
Everyone was shocked by this number.
At first, they thought they had made a miscalculation. For example, they miscalculated the transfer fee of a certain player.
So they went back and recalculated, published various news reports, and even called the other club to verify and confirm the figures they calculated through various public and private relationships.
This time the number is even more terrifying than before - 160 million!
Many reporters stopped at this point and did not dare to continue.
Because they are afraid that they will eventually find out that Lazio sold players for 200 million euros!
That would be too scary.
Selling players for 160 million is not a very scary thing. The problem is that it is very scary to sell players for 160 million in one summer. Other clubs all accumulate, but Lazio does it in one summer!
And how much did they spend on buying people?
1.4 million...
There is so much coming in, but so little going out.
No wonder Lotito had the confidence to shout that Lazio would never be in debt again.
There are many clubs that can earn a lot of transfer fees in the transfer market, but in the blink of an eye they can use more...
The debt has been paid off. Lazio still has 60 million euros of liquidity...
This is indeed a new life for Lazio.
They don't have to pay off debts, and the money they have can be used to do many things. For example, increase the salary budget, such as rebuilding the youth training camp - before Lotito accepted Lazio, in order to pay off the debts, the then transitional president simply sold the club, including
Of all the youth teams, including all echelons, there is only one youth team under the age of 18.
This is because Lazio cannot afford the salaries of those echelon players and coaches, and is unwilling to continue to bear the various investments in the youth training camp. The investment in the youth training camp is not only personnel salaries, but also includes venue maintenance, training facility maintenance, etc.
Therefore, when Lotito took over, Lazio only had three teams: the first team, the reserve team and the under-18 team.
Now, maybe Lotito should consider rebuilding Lazio's once glorious youth academy.
This youth academy that has gone through Nesta and Di Vayo should not just disappear.
In fact, what the media said is right. Lazio is indeed a "ruin" at this moment. Apart from the better results of the first team, they have nothing and nothing to do.
Now, they want to rebuild a Lazio on these ruins.
This is indeed a new life for Lazio...
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While the media were discussing Lazio's new life, within Lazio, club president Lotito was also discussing Lazio's new life with Chang Sheng.
"We have money now, Chang, and the team's salary standards have also increased. I think we can build a new stadium of our own!" Lotito said with high spirits.
Chang Sheng waved his hand quickly: "No need to worry, Mr. Chairman, there is no need to worry about this new stadium..."
"Why? You know if we have a new stadium, we can reap more benefits... Italy's damn policy, the stadium must be owned by the city council..." Lotito was puzzled when Chang Sheng objected.
It is a good thing that the club has its own stadium. Because in this way, the ticket revenue on each match day does not have to be handed over to the city council, but can be kept for itself. This is a lot of money. It is well run.
, you can earn tens of millions of dollars every year...
"The stadium needs to be built, Mr. Chairman, but not now. What we should do immediately is to upgrade and renovate our training facilities and rebuild our echelon. If a team wants to have long-term and sustainable development, it must have youth training.
Camp. You can't always expect me to find bargains in the transfer market, that's not a long-term solution..."
Yes, Chang Sheng's ability to predict will also expire. After 2012, he can basically only rely on [Golden Eyes] to find people, which is too hard.
Therefore, the youth training camp must be re-established now.
And correspondingly, there is a scouting system. In addition, players can't always stay in a three-star hotel and take economy class every time they go to an away game, right? Lazio can't always use two part-time medical consultants.
To replace a professional sports medicine treatment team. In addition, considering that Lazio fans are quite passionate, security expenses cannot always be cut. Although it has to be exploited by the city council, it is better than causing a tragedy and being banned in the end.
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There are still many things that need to be rebuilt, and these things all cost money. Ninety million may seem like a lot, but in fact, there will be nothing left after you put it into it.
So now is really not the best time to build a new stadium.
Lotito frowned.
He had to admit that what Chang Sheng said made sense.
But he wasn't willing to give in either.
From a businessman's point of view, building a new stadium is of great benefit. Not only the stadium, but also the land and ancillary commercial development plans worth billions around the stadium...
He fought with heaven and man in his heart for a long time, but Chang Sheng finally convinced him.
He nodded: "Okay... I'll do as you say, Chang."
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