"Rister, Platini is in a certain death situation. If we go in, we won't be able to get out. It's too risky."
When Merkley heard List convey Platini's conditions, he immediately shook his head. Although Platini's conditions are indeed very attractive, after all, he is the CEO of UEFA and the second-ranking official of UEFA.
He is a powerful figure in UEFA. However, this kind of benefit can only be obtained with his life. Merkley has been the chairman of the Czech Football Association for five years and is well aware of some changes in UEFA.
Although Platini is the number one player in French football, he is still a little behind compared to Beckenbauer. Beckenbauer's personal influence is not only the highest in German football, even in European football.
He is also a leading figure. There is also the factor of Johansson in this. Johansson is a big boss in European football. Especially Johansson leads UEFA and fights with Alain Verger and Blatter every day.
Many people in UEFA admire him.
Moreover, Johansson's policies are somewhat herding. The current European football world can have such development, and Johansson's contribution is very great. Especially for many football powers and giants, they all like Johansson very much. This
Jean Johansson is very powerful in European football.
Now it is clear that Johansson pushed out Beckenbauer and continued to confront Blatter. Beckenbauer himself is the emperor of football, and there is not much suspense about this matter. Only Platini, an idiot who does not know whether to live or die, jumped out to demand
Competing for the UEFA president. In the eyes of other European football players, Platini is a clown. How could he alone defeat the cooperation of Johansson and Beckenbauer? Merkley knew this clearly, how could he
Support him.
Fortunately, it was Lister who conveyed the message. If it had been anyone else, Merkley would have kicked the person out immediately in order to eliminate suspicion. There is no way that Platini could be in the position and come to win over him. But for the sake of Lister,
He will speak out.
"Bavel, you are in the middle of the game, so you can't see clearly. I will analyze it for you now, and you will know that this is something you can bet on. If we win, Czech football will be in the next ten or twenty years.
Everything is guaranteed.”
"Tell me."
No matter how Merkley sees Platini, there is no possibility. What does Platini have now? Except for the support of France and some ambiguity in Spain among the football powers, other countries all support Johansson and Bei.
Kenbauer. Even if English football and German football are feuding, the English Football Association is still a supporter of Johansson. How can Platini compete with Beckenbauer?
"First of all, Beckenbauer said he would participate in the election of UEFA president. But he may not actually participate."
"What?"
Merkley was very surprised. In fact, among Johansson's camp, there are not one or two people who are currently in high positions in UEFA, and Beckenbauer is not the only candidate. But many of the giants in Johansson's camp are too old.
, either over 70 or almost 70. The younger ones are either not famous enough or lack the ability. There are many candidates, but none can carry the flag. So Johansson can only recommend Beckenbauer. Beckenbauer
Er is also a strong figure, not Johansson's follower. So there is just a cooperative relationship between them. This is just a figure that Johansson's camp has to introduce in order to fight against Blatter. But if Beckenbauer does not participate,
Then Johansson's camp will suffer a huge blow.
"Bawel, I still have some connections with German football. There are also many people who have close relationships with Beckenbauer. Do you know Franz Swann?"
"Who? Never heard of it."
"Robert Swann's son."
Merkley nodded. Merkley didn't know who Franz Swann was, but he knew Robert Swann. Because this man was the top agent in European football as early as forty years ago. Because this man
He is the agent of football emperor Beckenbauer. His cooperation with Beckenbauer lasts for nearly half a century. Most of Beckenbauer's current net worth is managed by Robert Swan.
Beckenbauer respects Robert Swann very much and always asks him for help with anything at home. The relationship between them is no longer a simple relationship between an agent and a player. Just like during the 1966 World Cup, Beckenbauer
When the second son contracted meningitis, he immediately called Swann instead of his own parents, which shows the relationship between the two.
Beckenbauer showed amazing political ability at a very young age, and Robert Swann made a great contribution to this. Robert Swann was a senior executive of Bayern before becoming Beckenbauer's agent. Robert Swann
First, he ran some small businesses at the Victor Aling market in Munich, and then became an insurance broker. By chance, Swann entered the management of Bayern Munich. Soon he joined the board of directors of the competition committee because of his natural business acumen.
And because of his outstanding work ability, he became a strong candidate for the club manager. However, he gave up these and became Beckenbauer's agent.
When this man was alive, he was a famous figure in German football. He not only acted as Beckenbauer's agent. He also helped Rummenigge fake an injury and escape military service, so that he could continue to play for Bayern.
Robert Swann also named his youngest son "Franz" because of his good relationship with Beckenbauer. However, his son was not as good as him. But he was successful in German football.
Very good. Because his father was once a senior executive at Bayern and was also Beckenbauer's agent. He had a very good personal relationship with Beckenbauer. With Beckenbauer's current status, he could take care of them casually.
You can live a very nourishing life.
"According to him, Beckenbauer prefers to participate in the FIFA presidential election instead of participating in the UEFA presidential election. Although Johansson supports Beckenbauer now, Johansson and Beckenbauer are just collaborators.
They are not really a group of people. Think about it, what will happen when Beckenbauer reneges on joining the UEFA presidency? Does Johansson have any backup candidates? Maybe he will have to take action personally by then.
.”
"Is this serious?"
"How can I say nonsense about something that is related to the future of our Czech football? Beckenbauer is more ambitious than imagined. Once the World Cup in Germany is a great success, how can he look at a mere UEFA?
The position of chairman. Once he and Johansson have some conflicts, will Johansson still support him as much as he does now? On the other hand, in Johansson's camp, are there any figures who can be compared with Beckenbauer?"
Merkley kept thinking about what to do. Johansson is powerful, but he is really too old. And once Beckenbauer suddenly goes back on his word, Johansson will definitely be at a loss. Johansson’s camp
There will definitely be chaos. If you rush to show up at that time, you will be at a disadvantage.
"Besides this, I have another piece of information to reveal to you."
"What?"
"The Johansson camp launched Beckenbauer. In fact, Platini is not without support. Now it seems that he is alone, with only the French Football Association's full support. But when the election comes, powerful forces will come to support him."
"You mean Bratt?"
Who is Merkley? He understood as soon as Lister said this. Lister nodded and said: "Yes. Platini and Blatter are partners. As long as Platini needs it, Blatter will be there."
We will stand and support him."
"It's fun, it's such a fun game."
Merkley himself couldn't help laughing. You can understand this kind of thing if you think about it. FIFA seems to be the boss, but in fact, more of FIFA's forces are in South America. FIFA and South American football
The relationship is inextricably linked. However, among the organizations affiliated with FIFA, UEFA's Johansson is the vanguard of the resistance to FIFA. And FIFA does not deal with it at all.
In addition to UEFA, there is also the African Football Confederation, and the Asian Football Confederation is also not dealing with FIFA. In addition to UEFA Chairman Johansson, who wanted to replace Blatter, the Chairman of African Football Confederation Hayatou also wanted to replace Blatter.
An important figure. It's just that European football is the center of world football, and UEFA is FIFA's biggest concern. With Johansson in UEFA, Blatter will never be able to control UEFA. As long as UEFA can't be controlled
, then FIFA will never be able to unify world football.
So now that Johansson has left UEFA, Blatter supports Platini who is resisting Johansson. This is very normal.
"I talked with Platini. The slogan Platini shouted was 'Give small countries more opportunities'. He wanted to distribute the benefits of the Champions League to some small country league clubs. This slogan is very attractive to some small countries.
, they don’t care about those things.”
"Give small countries more opportunities? That's fucking bullshit."
Merkley immediately pouted. After the Bosman Act, the order of European football has been stabilized. Even if rich people like Chelsea come out, the most they can change is the status of their club, not the status of the league.
For example, the attendance rate of the current Champions League group matches is getting lower and lower. The biggest reason is that too many small league clubs have poured into the Champions League, which has greatly reduced the appeal of the game. When those broadcasters broadcast the game, they only broadcast the five major leagues.
League teams. If Platini says that he wants to give small countries more opportunities, that would be infringing on the interests of those giants. This is not something that can be changed easily. The strength of giants in European football is definitely not what UEFA wants.
It can be suppressed by suppressing it.
UEFA may be able to target a certain giant and suppress a certain giant in a targeted manner. But if it wants to suppress the entire giant and squeeze their interests, then once these giants join forces, even UEFA will have to take a step back.
.
"Pawell, just talk about the things that politicians boasted about before they came to power, and the few things that they were able to implement after they came to power. They were all blown out indiscriminately to win votes. But if you think about it, Platini's slogan must be very popular.
Attract those smaller countries."
"Yes. There are a few people who boasted a lot before they came on stage. In the end, a few of them fulfilled their promise."
"So don't worry about what he says, as long as it attracts people."
Merkley considered this matter carefully. In European football, it is generally a joke to watch Platini. Because no one believes that Platini can win, Beckenbauer's victory is certain. But
After Lister's analysis, Platini really has a chance to win.
Victory, victory. Merkley considers risks and opportunities. Just as List said, Platini is likely to win. If he really helps him and becomes the CEO of UEFA, it will be a huge blow to Czech football.
A huge leap forward. When the time comes, two more Czech football legends will be brought into UEFA, and no one will be able to plot against the Czech Republic.
Merkley has always remembered the shame of the 2002 World Cup. Just to make the game fair, the Czech Republic will rack its brains. When he becomes the CEO of UEFA, and there are one or two Czech national executive committee members in UEFA, who dares to suppress it?
Czech Republic. It would be good if the Czech Republic does not suppress other strong teams.
"When Pavel and Johansson were UEFA presidents, there were three Swedes on the UEFA executive committee. If you become UEFA CEO, and our Czech performance is better, our Czech Republic will
Its status will be greatly enhanced. In the future, the Czech Republic will also have a say in world football."
Riester was also a little excited. Merkley became the CEO of UEFA, and then let famous Czech football players, such as Pavel Nedved, Boboski, and Jankol, who are about to retire, enter the golden generation.
UEFA. By then this will become a huge interest system, and Czech football will be guaranteed.
"What if it failed?"
"What does it matter if we fail? We in the Czech Republic are originally from the fringes and do not belong to the mainstream. Even if we fail, can Johansson and Beckenbauer still hold on to us? Even if they want to suppress us, they can still suppress us.
How far have we come? For UEFA, the biggest headache is not the Czech Republic."
What does it mean to be barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes? Top leagues like the Premier League and La Liga have the strength to fight against UEFA, but because of this they will be more cautious in their choices. Because once UEFA goes all out to crack down on a certain league, then that league will
No matter how strong you are, you will be suppressed.
Just like the Premier League. To be honest, the Premier League has the most stars in European football. After all, the Premier League is rich. In a few years, even the newly promoted teams of the Premier League will be able to spend tens of millions of pounds to buy players. Which league in the entire European football has such a situation?
Courage. Those strong teams in the Premier League can easily spend 30 to 40 million pounds during the transfer period.
This kind of financial ability allows them to constantly search for good players in world football. But what's the use? UEFA has many ways to suppress the Premier League. In the Champions League knockout rounds, they will be assigned to top teams. If
If they can't stop it, let them start a civil war. Anyway, as long as UEFA wants to suppress it, there are still many ways.
But Czech football is different. The Czech Republic is not a mainstream league to begin with, and there are not so many problems. It is originally a small league, and UEFA has to fight against the top leagues above, so there is no time to settle accounts with the Czech Republic. And the Czech League is not now
A league with nothing represents the interests of small football countries in Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and Northern Europe. It can suppress them wherever they want.
"Platini, Platini."
Merkley thought about it for a long time. Because he knew one thing, as long as he united with Platini, he would be firmly tied to Platini. This decision was not easy to make.
Merkley is different from List. List is an agent. Although he is inextricably linked to the Czech Republic, even if the Czech league is hit and Czech football is hit, he can still be his agent. Because List
Although Czech players have a numerical advantage among the current players, there are still many players from other countries. But once Merkley makes a wrong choice, he will be the sinner of Czech football. Of course, he knows that as long as this bet succeeds, Czech football will continue to be brilliant.
fundamental.
"It's a bet. Riester, if we win this time, Czech football will no longer be rootless. But if we lose, you and I will be the sinners of Czech football."
"Bavel, as big a risk as there is, there will be big profit. Once successful, you and I will become the biggest contributors to Czech football."
With the big brand of UEFA, it will give greater impetus to Czech football, which is developing rapidly. Czech football will develop even more rapidly. By then, the Czech league is likely to compete with the Eredivisie and Portugal.
