"Rister, do you really think this policy can be implemented?"
Financial Fair Play was one of Platini's slogans when he took office. Most people in European football understand this clearly. But many giants don't take him seriously. Even many upstarts don't think this is the case.
This policy was passed quickly. Because the resistance to this policy was too great, De Laurentiis had some doubts.
"certainly."
Riester nodded clearly, and then said affirmatively: "Aurelio, I just talked with Merkley. This policy is expected to be passed within this year, and it may enter the observation period in 10 or 11 years.
It’s even possible that the observation period will begin in 2009. Based on the club’s performance at this time, the subsequent levels will be determined. This policy will be officially implemented in 2012, 2013, or no later than 2014.”
The buffer period is to give major clubs a chance to breathe, and also to give them time to adapt and prepare. But once it enters the observation period, UEFA will begin to control the financial situation of major clubs. It has also begun to be included in the calculation.
According to UEFA's Financial Fair Play policy, if club debts continue to increase during this observation period, then 13 or 14 years will be the time to punish these clubs.
"The best situation is that transfers 10 years ago are not included in this policy, so there will be a buffer of three transfer periods. But it is also possible to give a buffer period for winter transfers, and then all transfers starting in the summer of 2009 will be
Counted into this policy.”
This is still under discussion within UEFA. Historically, after passing this policy in the summer of 2009, it announced that the financial situation 10 years ago would not be included in the financial fair play policy. But if it was passed in 2008, it would be hard to say.
Maybe UEFA will just give a buffer period for winter transfers.
"A dog is meddling like a mouse. We spend our money and it has nothing to do with UEFA. This simply does not give us clubs the opportunity to develop."
De Laurentiis was very angry when he heard Liste's affirmative answer. In fact, De Laurentiis is a very rational person, and he has never thought about taking the path of Chelsea and Manchester City for the development of Naples. He likes to take it step by step.
He has a long-term plan for the development of Naples. In terms of philosophy, there is no difference from Platini. Both of them don't like the development of the nouveau riche.
But that’s how people are. If De Laurentiis were not the chairman of Naples, then he himself would agree with Platini, and even believed that Platini’s policies are what football needs most. But precisely because he is from Naples
The head coach, Naples, is at a time when it needs development, so he opposes Platini's policies. Different stances will give everyone a different perspective and lead to completely different conclusions.
"In other words, there will be transfers this summer and winter, so there will be no problems. Starting next season, we may not be able to sign in as we wish."
De Laurentiis has a lot on his mind. The transfer market this summer is too crazy, so De Laurentiis, who likes long-term development, did not make a move this summer. He just retained his good players. He wants to be in the transfer market
After he became calm, he started recruiting.
Although Napoli was only a newly promoted team last season, Napoli became the club with the third-highest offensive ability in Serie A last season. The offensive combination composed of Falcao, Lavezzi, and Afellay in the frontcourt is powerful, making these three players become
De Laurentiis has worked hard to retain the three of them this summer, but he did not expect to hear such news now.
"But it is possible."
De Laurentiis' face was not very good-looking. Because of the relationship with football king Maradona, Naples is very famous in European football. But speaking of it, Naples is nothing in the history of Italian football.
So far, Naples, which has a century-old history, only has two Serie A championships, three Italian Cup championships, and one UEFA Cup championship. And most of these championships were won when Maradona was here. It can be seen that the history of Naples Club
of paleness.
In addition, the city of Naples is not wealthy at all, so the consumption of fans is not as good as that of fans in big cities. Therefore, the revenue of the Naples club last year was less than 70 million euros. But now the broadcast fees of the Premier League clubs alone are enough to make Naples envious.
.The new broadcast contract of the Premier League that started in 2007. The broadcast fee for the Premier League champion is at least 50 million pounds. Even the broadcast fee for the relegated club is 30 million pounds. The Premier League champion’s income from broadcast fees alone exceeds that of Naples.
One year's operating income.
There are seven clubs in the Premier League with an annual income of more than 100 million pounds. And Wigan, the club with the lowest income in the Premier League, has an annual income of more than 50 million pounds. Compared with them, Naples' income is pitifully low.
So if we really follow UEFA's financial policy, clubs like Naples can only slowly become small clubs, unable to compete with the Serie A giants. Not to mention competing with the Premier League giants, even with the mid-tier Premier League teams.
Not qualified either.
"Okay, I understand."
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There are not many secrets in European football. And Riester deliberately spread the news. Of course Platini himself also hopes that the news will spread, and then we will see the reaction of the European football giants.
Despite Platini's strong statement, he was actually very nervous. After all, in European football, most of the resources are monopolized by these giants and upstarts. Otherwise, the G14 they formed back then would not have existed.
Such a high influence. Now the Financial Fair Play policy has affected the entire European football world. Of course Platini is also thinking about it.
The new season has begun, and the transfer market is about to end. Just when the transfer market is about to close, everyone thinks that when the transfer market ends this summer, Napoli will take action.
Naples was quiet all summer. But it started to go crazy at the last minute. They first reached an agreement with Almeria in La Liga and introduced their defensive midfielder Felipe Melo for 17 million euros.
In fact, the first contact with Almeria was Fiorentina in Serie A. Unfortunately, in this abnormal summer, Melo's price has also been too high.
Melo is 25 years old this year. He landed in European football when he was 21 years old. After the 21-year-old Melo emerged in Brazilian football, he quickly joined Mallorca in La Liga. However,
At that time, Mallorca's head coach Cooper did not give him many opportunities, and Mallorca also sold him to Racing Santander. Here he started to play the main role. But in the second season, Portugal became the head coach.
, he was relegated to the cold palace again.
So Melo transferred again and came to Almeria. Almeria was a newly promoted team at the time. But it was here that Melo performed extremely well. He participated in 34 league games that season, scoring 7 goals and scoring 12 goals.
The "record" of yellow cards is astonishing. Moreover, Almeria, a newly promoted team, actually achieved a good result of eighth place in La Liga. Therefore, Melo attracted the attention of many clubs. It was precisely because of Melo's outstanding performance last season.
, coupled with the crazy transfer market this summer, Almeria is holding on to the high price.
Fiorentina is considered a strong team in Serie A, but it is not that rich. They have already spent 40 million euros this summer, and the transfer fee budget is no longer enough. Therefore, they are spending money with Almeria. Anyway, Melo is spending 40 million euros this summer.
There must be a transfer, and I am committed to Fiorentina. Unexpectedly, Napoli stepped in and directly took away Melo for 17 million euros. This time, Fiorentina was very dissatisfied. But he had no choice.
Because Naples is richer than Florence.
This is already only four days before the transfer market closes. However, Naples, who are accelerating their pace, have not stopped their signings. This time, their eyes are set on German football.
On August 29, 2008, with only two days before the transfer market closed, Napoli announced that they would introduce their wide player Sanchez from Dortmund for 25 million euros.
Sanchez is only 19 years old now and will be 20 in a few months. But his performance in Dortmund was outstanding, especially last season when Dortmund finally started to get out of the slump and finished fifth in the Bundesliga. The results were steadily improving.
It is the best result in the past five years. Sanchez has contributed a lot to it. Excellent breakthrough ability on the wing, passing ability and even shooting ability are important means for Dortmund's offense. He played 30 games for Dortmund last season.
This time, he scored four goals and six assists. He was also very popular this summer.
It's just that Dortmund's asking price is too high, and no club has made a move. And List also hopes that Sanchez can continue to be trained in Dortmund. But now Naples is interested in Sanchez, and List agreed to the transfer. Sanchez's historical fame is
In Serie A, Sanchez's characteristics are very suitable for the slow-paced Serie A. Of course, Dortmund also made a big deal with Naples. A player who is only 19 years old was sold for 25 million euros. For Dortmund, which is still in economic crisis,
It is said to be a considerable amount of income.
Naples took action and spent 40 million euros within five days. Platini did not express his opinion at this time. On the contrary, he had a very good impression of Naples.
Why? The reason is very simple. That is that Naples' current crazy signings show that they are afraid of the "Financial Fair Play Policy", and their current madness is to avoid this policy. Being afraid shows that Naples takes European football seriously and takes itself seriously.
Seriously. Just thinking about it made him have a very good impression of Naples.
But just when Platini was observing the reaction of European football, upstart Manchester City gave him a lot of displeasure. On August 31, 2008, in the last few hours of the transfer market closing, more than two days had already passed.
Manchester City, which owns 100 million euros, once again announced a transfer. Manchester City announced that it will introduce Hamburg midfielder Nigel De Jong for 20 million euros.
Manchester City and Naples think differently. Manchester City has plenty of money. What they are least afraid of is spending money. After Manchester City heard about the "Financial Fair Play Policy", the first thing they thought of was to store water. They first introduced a group of outstanding players, and then they got here.
When this policy enters the observation period, selling players is a very good way to deal with UEFA. Manchester City never cares about money, as long as it is a problem that money can solve, it is not a problem for Manchester City.
Platini has a good impression of Naples, but his impression of Manchester City is too bad. This summer, including De Jong, Manchester City has spent nearly 250 million euros. This is really a disgrace to themselves.
This is true even for UEFA presidents like Platini. Manchester City also took action in advance for the Financial Fair Play policy. But the same approach gave a completely different impression in the eyes of Platini.
The entire European football world did not expect that when everyone thought that there would be no heavyweight transfer after Robinho, there could be the final madness. In just a few days before the end of the transfer market, UEFA
The transfer fees of the five major European football leagues once again easily exceeded 100 million. So far, the total transfer fees of the five major European football leagues have exceeded 2.6 billion, which shocked the entire transfer market.
