"Abu Dhabi Group has entered Manchester City strongly!"
"Young rich man Al Fahim!"
"Another Chelsea!"
"A richer oil boss than Abramovich comes to the Premier League!"
In 2007, when April had just entered, all newspapers were focused on Manchester. This time, their focus was no longer on the Premier League hegemon Manchester United, but on Manchester City, which was unknown in European football.
Although there are not necessarily fewer Manchester City fans than Manchester United in Manchester, in the world of football, Manchester City will always be the back of Manchester United in the eyes of everyone. Even except for English fans, fans in many places may not even know who Manchester City is.
They probably don’t know that there is another Manchester City besides Manchester United.
But such an inconspicuous club has become the center of world football since April. Because of a piece of news that shocked the entire British and European football world. A Middle Eastern oil tycoon popped up from nowhere.
A young Middle Eastern tycoon came to the Premier League. This kid was very generous and bought all the shares of Manchester City for nearly 100 million pounds.
If we say that people didn't pay that much attention before, but with Abramovich's success there, who wouldn't pay close attention to the news about Manchester City. Now everyone basically knows that as long as you have money, you can do anything.
After Abramovich just took over Chelsea, he spent nearly 400 million pounds just buying players in the past four years, which converted into euros exceeded 500 million euros. And Chelsea used the money to win two Premier League championships.
It has become the top team in European football that no one dares to ignore. If it weren’t for Abramovich’s crazy investment, the transfer market in European football in recent years would definitely not be as prosperous as it is now. It is precisely because of Abramovich
The investment regardless of the cost has led other strong teams in the Premier League to follow suit, which has led to the European football transfer market becoming more and more generous.
Now there is another Middle Eastern oil tycoon, who is said to be richer than Abramovich. The rise of Chelsea had already begun to change the original pattern of European football, and now there are upstarts like Manchester City, and many wealthy clubs have
Worry.
Especially the strong teams in England are even more frightened. There are already many strong teams in the current Premier League. Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham are all desperately competing for the top four places. Now there is Manchester City, among them
The competition among players is really too great. But many agents are overjoyed. Because the transfer market is becoming more and more prosperous, they can continue to make money.
"Suleiman, congratulations."
Although Messi's incident has involved a lot of experience for List, but with the negotiations between Al Fahim and Manchester City's top management, List has frequently appeared in Manchester. For more than half a month, List has been traveling back and forth between England and the United Arab Emirates.
Several times. Just for Al Fahim to take over Manchester City.
Now the situation is basically set. Al Fahim actually purchased Manchester City for more than 114 million pounds. It seems that it could not have cost so much money. But I don’t know that the former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin, sent a letter
What's crazy? He actually wanted to continue to acquire Manchester City. So Al Fahim directly raised the price by nearly 20 million pounds.
How could Thaksin compare his financial resources with Al Fahim? He immediately backed down. Although Al Fahim spent more money, he didn't care. For him, 20 million pounds is completely easy. It is estimated that for those in the Middle East
For a rich man, just one breath can exceed 20 million pounds.
"Thanks to you."
Alphahim thanked Lister. But Lister shook his head. Thanks, Alphahim already thanked Lister. And it was not an ordinary thank you.
If it hadn't been for his cooperation with Al Fahim this time, Lister would never have known the strength and generosity of the Middle East oil tycoons. These people are too rich. Maybe they make money too easily, so they don't regard money as money at all. Lister
I have been in this business for so long, but I have never seen such a arrogant rich man.
This time Al Fahim took over Manchester City, and List just ran errands, made contacts, and then gave Al Fahim advice. But after it was done, he had already given List eight million pounds in benefits, and also gave gifts to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
A villa in List. This villa is worth nearly seven million US dollars.
What's more important is that in the United Arab Emirates, there is no need to pay taxes on the money that List receives. During Al Fahim's move to Manchester City, List received a watch worth over one million dollars and a villa worth seven million US dollars.
, eight million pounds in cash. The total income was more than 20 million euros. And this money went directly into Riester's pocket. No one shared it with Riester, and there was no need to pay taxes. It was completely
of net income.
Generous, this is what List can think. Damn it, these Middle Eastern rich people have no concept of money at all. List wants to stick to Al Fahim more and more, he is sure that Manchester City will make a big purchase.
"No. I just made a few more trips. Suleiman, you have entered Manchester City now, but have you thought about how to build Manchester City next?"
"I don't have a complete clue yet. I still need your help in this regard."
Alfahim has never played in a football club by himself, and he is rich now. Apart from this, he has no clue how to run a football club. But Alfahim is not in a hurry. He is not only friends with Riester just to make him
He helped connect Premier League clubs. On the contrary, he hoped that List could help him and make Manchester City as successful as Chelsea in a short period of time.
"Suleiman, since you said so, let me say a few words. Everyone is now comparing Manchester City with Chelsea, but there is no comparison between Manchester City and Chelsea."
Now the English media are comparing the current Manchester City and Chelsea. They believe that as long as Al Fahim invests money, then Manchester City is likely to rise like Chelsea. But List scoffs at such a statement.
"First of all, Chelsea was already a strong team in England before Abramovich took over. Before Abramovich took over, Chelsea already had Cudicini, who has won the best goalkeeper in the Premier League. They have their own
The talented defender Terry has been trained, as well as midfielder Lampard, French veterans Desailly, Petit, and Italian veteran Zola. There are also Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen, Gala, and Grencia.
You are these powerful generals."
Lister knew that Al Fahim might not know these people, but Lister did not give him an explanation. He only needed to let him know that Chelsea was very strong back then. This is not Lister's nonsense. On the contrary, Chelsea was a truly strong team in England back then.
, is a strong team that Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool cannot ignore. Basically, it is a strong team that can easily get a place in the Champions League.
"But what about Manchester City? Eleven years ago they were relegated to the First Division, nine years ago they were relegated to the Second Division. Seven years ago they were promoted to the Premier League, but six years ago they were relegated again. Of course five years ago they were here again.
In the Premier League, Manchester City has been relegating for five years. Preventing relegation is Manchester City's biggest task. Manchester City is a small and weak team in the Premier League."
Manchester City is really not qualified to compare with Chelsea. Chelsea has been introducing some Serie A stars since more than ten years ago. Although most of them are Serie A veterans, they are all powerful generals. In the 1990s, Chelsea was definitely very powerful.
At that time, Chelsea had won the FA Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup. But Manchester City had been relegated, promoted, and relegated for more than ten years.
"Look at Manchester United's lineup. Who is the most famous in Manchester United now? Corradi. A player who has been eliminated at the age of 31. It's as if he didn't come. Dietmar Hamann was very popular ten years ago.
An outstanding defensive midfielder, but he is already retiring at the age of 34. A player that Liverpool has given up on. There is also the core midfielder Claudio Reina, who is also retiring at the age of 34, but is a Manchester City midfielder.
The core of the team. The remaining players such as Distin, Dunn, Sinclair, and Vassell are all just average players. No strong team in the Premier League can look up to them. They are completely different from Chelsea's lineup back then.
language."
Al Fahim nodded. Although Al Fahim is not completely familiar with the Premier League teams, he is still a Premier League fan and he still understands some common sense things.
"Chelsea spent a lot of money at the beginning, not because their team was not strong. It was because Chelsea at that time had no experience and no long-term plan. They would buy whoever they saw, and the European football giants at the time were surrounding them, so they switched.
Membership fees will only get higher and higher. Otherwise, with the strength of Chelsea back then, as long as they invested hundreds of millions of pounds, they would already have the best lineup in the Premier League. But Manchester City is different. If Manchester City wants to become a championship team, the current lineup basically needs to be changed.
Once. Starting from the defensive line to the forward line, you need to change it again."
"Don't be afraid of buying people."
Al Fahim has nothing but a lot of money. Not only does he have a lot of fixed assets, but he also has a lot of cash at his disposal. Not to mention buying a Manchester City club, he just buys an entire Premier League club and then plays it by himself.
money.
"Suleiman, buying people is also an art, and you can't just buy them casually. With the influence and appeal of Manchester City now, you can't buy top stars even if you want to. Chelsea was much better than Manchester City now, but at that time I thought
Henry was ridiculed for wanting to buy Raul. It took three years of development before he could introduce superstar players like Shevchenko and Ballack. So now it is impossible for Manchester City to introduce top superstars, even if they have the money.
possible."
"Really can't buy it? I like Kaka. I heard that you and Kaka have a cooperative relationship."
Al Fahim has so much money that he wants to spend it. He hopes to spend tens of millions of pounds, and is not even afraid of spending 100 million. What he wants to bring in most is players like Kaká.
"Don't even think about it. Manchester City won't be able to bring in a star of Kaka's caliber without three to four years of development. They won't choose Manchester City."
"Why--"
Alfahim shook his head. It turned out to be so troublesome. He thought that as long as he had money, there would be no problems. Not only him, but many people in his family thought so. Their family believed that this was related to their family's reputation, so
They are not stingy about spending money at Manchester City.
"And if Manchester City wants to win the championship, they need to change the entire lineup. But they must not change the entire lineup in one summer. By then, the team will be in chaos and will not be able to produce results at all. In the first season, you should buy five to
Six powerful stars will slowly replace the current players. Next summer, five or six powerful stars will be replaced, and one or two outstanding players can even be introduced. After two years of accumulation, Manchester City will have the strength to compete with the strong teams in the Premier League.
By then it will be possible for Manchester City to bring in some superstar players."
"Two years? Three years? As long as we go in the right direction, I can still afford to wait for a few years."
Compared with Abramovich, Alfahim is patient enough. Abramovich was eager to gain a foothold in England's upper class in order to avoid the turmoil in Russian politics. But Alfahim did not have this ability
Worry, so he was very satisfied with the step-by-step development plan mentioned by List. Haste makes waste, and Al Fahim understood this.
"Rister, can you recommend any good coaches?" (To be continued...)
