"Mr. Cherny, you are much faster than I thought..."
Dylan Franken looked at Riester with enthusiasm. Belgium is a relatively wealthy country in Europe. It should be said that Belgium's per capita income can enter the top 20 in the world. Compared with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, they are much richer. As a
It is a buffer zone between France and the Netherlands, and has historically been ruled by France and the Netherlands. Most of Belgium uses French and Dutch. There is great antagonism between people who use French and Dutch. Some political parties in Belgium are even divided.
For the Francophone and Dutch-speaking parties.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Riester. Belgians are very wealthy, but Belgian football clubs are not very wealthy. Many clubs are even heavily in debt. The management of their clubs is very irregular.
A typical example is that Belgian law clearly stipulates that professional clubs across the country are obliged to pay a total of 250 million francs (approximately US$5.84 million) in social security deposits to the state every year. This is stipulated by national law.
The money is actually not a lot. Even if it is placed in the Czech League, this amount of money is not considered a huge amount of money. Just a few strong Czech teams can easily spend this money. But it is different in Belgian football.
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However, Belgian clubs have not paid in time. Belgian clubs currently owe a total of nearly 6 million US dollars in social security deposits. The Belgian government has severely criticized these clubs that owe money and will relegate them to the third division if they do not pay in time. But even so.
Not many clubs have paid over the arrears of social security deposits.
It's not because they are unwilling to pay the money, but because their club is really too poor. For a Belgian club, hundreds of thousands of dollars is a large amount of money. The development of the Belgian league is very poor, and their income
It is too low. Therefore, many football clubs are unsustainable. Unless the boards of directors of those clubs are willing to pay, the clubs will not be able to get the money just for their own development.
Dylan Franken is not that kind of rich man, but he still has a net worth of tens of millions of dollars. However, since he invested in Mechelen Club, the club's situation has become worse year by year, and its debts have increased year by year.
So far, Mechelen Club's debt has reached nearly three million U.S. dollars, which makes him quite angry.
Although he is the majority shareholder, he is not a fan of Mechelen Club. He has no obligation to help Mechelen Club pay off its debts, so he has long wanted to get rid of it. But now in Belgium, football clubs are a
Big deal, no one wants to take over such a debt-ridden club.
Therefore, when Hanush came into contact with him, he was very generous. The 63% of the shares he owned cost him more than two million U.S. dollars when he bought it. But now he is eager to sell it and told Hanush that
Nush, he can sell it for only $800,000.
Unexpectedly, Lister would give him a reply so quickly. According to the World Football Federation's regulations on agents, agents are not allowed to become officials of the Football Association, high-level officials of the club, etc., and of course they are not allowed to have their own
Club. But no one really cares about this thing. In Eastern Europe, many club executives relied on their advantages to directly become the agents of the club's star players. For example, later Ibrahimovic and Modric were their agents.
The president or vice-president of the club.
"Mr. Franken, procrastination is not my style."
Dylan Franken nodded. He had already made up his mind, so without any hesitation, the two parties soon signed a contract. Dylan Franken sold all the shares in his name to Reese. List Brokerage Company. In order to obtain these shares, List Brokerage Company paid a price of US$800,000.
However, Lister is not satisfied. Lister hopes to take in all the remaining shares. For Lister, having a board of directors restricting him is a very bad thing. The best way is of course to control all the shares himself. In this way No one will bother me when I do something, and I don’t have to look at other people’s faces.
"Rister, do you know how to run a club?"
Although Hanush helped Riester get the Mechelen Club, he still has some worries. This is not reselling players, this is running a club seriously. Especially the status of the Mechelen Club in Belgian football. It's not low. They have no experience in how to manage a club.
"Running a club? Do you think I'm someone who can run a club?"
Lister has no experience at all in running a club. Moreover, Lister did not think about running this club when he bought Mechelen Club. Lister is ready to run a channel, a player channel. From South America and Africa to Belgium, Then there is a channel from Belgium to other leagues. Riester hopes to use Belgium to open up the player channel from South America and Africa. He also wants to lay out in the surrounding areas and slowly operate places like Northern Europe and Eastern Europe together.
"You mean we don't put any more money into it?"
If a club does not invest money, it will be increasingly difficult to survive. Although the Belgian League is a little bit worse, it is impossible to succeed if it does not invest money.
"We will invest another few million dollars, and then we will not invest any money. We will specialize in bringing in players from South America and Africa to this club. Their players are cheap. We only need to give them a monthly salary of a few hundred dollars. In this way, the company's investment will also be Not high. If they can produce a few players, even one or two, we can sell them at a high price and still be able to maintain the club's survival. The two of us will make the difference."
Hanush sighed a little when he heard Lister's plan. He knew that if Lister continued to do things like this, the club would be almost useless. If he was lucky enough to meet some talented players from South America and Africa, the results might be very good. .But once their strength is not very good, the Mechelen club that has not invested can only decline.
Even for List, it is still useful if the club is relegated. Because after List has completed its player channel, even players from the Belgian second division can be sold. List will not lose. , but this club has suffered a huge loss. Hanush can guarantee that as long as List becomes the owner of this club, this club will have no future.
But Hanush soon shook his head, what does this have to do with him. Although he has some sympathy for the future of Mechelen Club, he is more concerned about his income. Because once South American and African players are introduced on a large scale, Belgium will When used as a springboard to sell to other leagues, the profits will indeed be very considerable.
"By the way, David. Hurry up and deal with the remaining shares. If any idiot doesn't take out the shares, tell him. We won't continue to invest money in it."
"I see."
Hanush nodded. "By the way, what about the club's management?"
"It looks like we'll keep him. You can take care of this matter first. I'm going to contact South America and Africa to see if they have any good players who can bring two to our club."
After winning the club, everything becomes much easier. But now Lister is still short of money. Although Lister has not thought about how to invest in this club, he still needs to invest in the early stage. Lister wants to be here A club trains players and then becomes a second-tier dealer. In this case, List cannot treat this club casually. List must not only raise money, but also find a good head coach.
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"Ricardo, how are you doing lately?"
Riester immediately called his Brazilian partner Ricardo. Like Belgian clubs, Riester had no interest in introducing big-name Brazilian players or talented Brazilian players. Of course, the Belgian league is also not qualified to introduce them at all. them.
Therefore, Rist is preparing some players with practical surnames. Brazilian players are the most practical and the cheapest. Rist hopes to introduce two or three cheap and useful players from Ricardo. Of course, the salary does not need to be too high.
"So-so."
In fact, Ricardo's life is much better now. Riester did not introduce his players specifically. However, Riester still used his contacts to introduce some clubs in Eastern Europe. He even introduced two clubs in the Czech League. Riccardo He didn't do any big business, but he still sold a few players. Some of these players were his own players, and many were other people's players. These players were very cheap, but for an agent like Ricardo, , which is still a very good income. Therefore, Ricardo is very grateful to Riester.
"Ricardo, I'm calling you this time because I have something to tell you. I just recently bought a first-division club in the Belgian League and hope to introduce one or two players from Brazil. If you give me If the players are good, then we can definitely cooperate for a long time.”
Riccardo's words almost made Ricardo jump with joy. Because some of the businesses he does these days are extremely small businesses. But if he cooperates with Riester, it is no longer a small business. Ris Te has his own club in Belgium, and when the time comes the players he needs to introduce will not be just one or two.
So Ricardo asked: "Rister, tell me what you want."
"Ricardo, the Belgian league cannot use Brazilian international-level players, and it is impossible for them to come to the Belgian league. What I want are young players, but they are not the kind of talented players who are famous in Brazilian football. They have strength. Young players with some potential for development must not be too expensive."
This condition of Riester would be difficult to fulfill in any other national league. Because there are no young, capable, and famous players with so many conditions. But for a football like Brazil that mass-produces talented players For the Kingdom, these conditions are not difficult at all. Moreover, many European clubs engage in this kind of business, buying South American players cheaply and then selling them after they become famous.
Therefore, Ricardo did not feel burdened at all when he heard Lister's words. On the contrary, he said happily: "Don't worry, Lister. I will try my best to help you find the best players." (To be continued.)
