Marwood looked at the newspaper and admired it. Lister smiled slightly, because Platini was indeed very generous. Since the Champions League was about to start soon, Platini accepted some of his views on the Champions League.
Originally, according to Platini's position as UEFA president, he should not say anything too biased. But Platini seemed to have forgotten his identity. During the interview, he strongly praised Barcelona and believed that Guardiola
Building a great team.
Then he changed the subject and began to praise Messi. "Messi is a diamond on a great team. Barcelona also has many superstars, such as Henry, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Alvey
Si... but they cannot do without Messi."
Later, when the UEFA official website was introduced to next season's Champions League, Messi's photo was posted. Messi became the representative star of UEFA's promotion of the Champions League. UEFA's appreciation for Messi is evident.
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"This is not to give me face. Platini needs a team and a player to be his face. Leo just caught his eye."
"Without you, how could I choose Messi?"
Marwood has already resigned himself to his fate in Manchester City. When he first came to Manchester City, he wanted to show off his skills. After all, Manchester City was still a relegation club when the Abu Dhabi consortium took over. There must be some success in turning such a club into a strong team.
There are many places where he can show his talents. Unfortunately, after arriving at Manchester City, he realized that he was completely useless as a sports director.
First of all, because Mansour did not interfere specifically in the beginning, Al Fahim was directly in charge before. Then there is Riester, a powerful agent who has a very close relationship with Al Fahim. This season, Pelleg has been brought in.
Rini is the coach. Now Al Fahim is slowly fulfilling his role and Mansour moves to the front desk.
Sandwiched between Mansour, List, and Pellegrini, Marwood has absolutely no room to play. On the contrary, Marwood's current task is to negotiate.
Whatever players Pellegrini wants, Marwood's task is to help Manchester City negotiate with their opponents. Apart from that, he basically has no say in Manchester City's signings.
"Lister, Yaya Toure's salary is too high. You should know that UEFA will soon monitor the finances of major clubs. You don't know how much our Manchester City's annual income is."
"It's not high anymore. After all, it can't be compared with before. The pound has depreciated too fast in the past two months. That's all I can do. I can't let Yaya come to Manchester City from Barcelona and his salary will fall instead."
The devaluation of the pound surprised many people. In the past three months, the pound has depreciated faster and faster. Compared with three months ago, it has depreciated by more than 30%. This depreciation has surprised many Premier League players.
Players' incomes immediately dropped by several levels. Those who were originally among the top earners in European football could only retreat after the depreciation of the pound.
Just like Torres, before the depreciation of the pound, he could almost rank among the top three in European football in terms of salary. But with the depreciation of the pound, he can now get an after-tax annual salary of less than 7 million euros every year. Before,
Torres' annual salary after tax is almost 9 million euros.
Of course, they lost a lot, but Riester made a lot of money. Although compared with those experts who specialize in playing the foreign exchange market, Riester also earned more than 70 million euros due to the great depreciation of the pound. Originally, Riester earned more than 70 million euros.
The team wanted to take a more risky approach, but Riester liked stability. So in the end, they only earned more than 70 million euros.
"Lister, but Manchester City still has to deal with UEFA."
"Haha. Brian, you are telling a joke. Didn't Sheikh just forgive Manchester City's debt of more than 300 million pounds two days ago and exchange all of them for equity."
As far as Manchester City is now, they will not be able to pass UEFA's inspection at all costs. UEFA's Financial Fair Play Policy, the minimum requirement for the club is that the debt incurred in a year does not exceed 45 million pounds. This is the minimum requirement.
With the character of Manchester City, this is simply impossible. Not to mention other Manchester City's current total salary exceeds 100 million pounds. This is just the beginning, because Manchester City has performed well this season, so the salary of Manchester City players must be increased. Especially
Torres' weekly salary of 160,000 pounds dissatisfied Tevez. Tevez also wanted a high salary. And because of the depreciation of the pound, Torres' salary also needed to be adjusted.
Together with Modric, David Silva, Kompany, and Thiago Silva, their salaries are generally low, but after this season, their salaries will definitely increase a lot. These are all
Add it all up, and it is estimated that the lowest salary of Manchester City's first-line main players will be 100,000 pounds. And Manchester City's own youth training players Joe Hart, Sturridge, and Richards all have a weekly salary of only 20,000 to 30,000 pounds. They
The agent is also ready to make a move.
It is estimated that Manchester City's total salary next season should reach about 130 million pounds. If two more high-paid players are introduced, it can even reach 150 million pounds. And now Manchester City's annual income is still
Less than 100 million pounds, Manchester City has a deficit of tens of millions of pounds every year in salary alone.
With such virtue, it is impossible for Manchester City to enter the Champions League even if they have a Champions League spot. The first person to be sanctioned by UEFA will definitely be an upstart like Manchester City who has no influence in European football and no connections.
From 2007 to now, Manchester City has invested more than 300 million euros in the transfer market. This amount of money is impossible to get out of Manchester City's income. All this money is from Mansour's own pocket.
It was taken out. Therefore, this money was actually personally loaned by Mansour to the Manchester City Club. Now Mansour has wiped out all this money and turned it into Manchester City's equity. This time, the huge debt owned by Manchester City has suddenly disappeared.
No more. It can only be said that Mansour is too rich. More than 300 million pounds of things can be erased at any time.
"Even if it is wiped out, Manchester City will still be losing money every year. Salaries must be controlled."
Listening to Marwood's words, List shook his head. Player salaries have been pushed into the clouds by upstarts like Chelsea, Manchester City, and top clubs like Real Madrid. Unless the entire European football world collapses, player salaries will definitely not be high.
It may come down. Things like salary are easy to go up, but very difficult to come down.
"Brian, what Manchester City needs to do now is not how to control salaries. It should be how to increase income."
Manchester City's revenue is less than 100 million pounds, and it is impossible to pass UEFA's Financial Fair Play policy regardless of whether other player transfers occur. The best way is to increase revenue.
"But it's not easy."
Manchester City's revenue has doubled since Mansour took over. In 2007, Manchester City's revenue was only about 40 million pounds. Now in less than two years, it is about to exceed 100 million pounds.
"Brian, although I have never managed a club, I can still calculate the accounts for you. If Manchester City can enter the top four, there will be more than 50 million pounds in broadcast revenue. This is nearly 20 million pounds more than last season.
At that time, if you can enter the Champions League, even if you go to the group stage, you can guarantee nearly 30 million euros. If you perform well and enter the knockout rounds, then there will be no problem in earning more than 40 million euros. Of course, if Manchester City performs well, in business
There will definitely be a high growth in revenue, and with the stadium revenue, it is not impossible for the revenue to reach 150 million next season."
And Lister also knew something. In order to increase Manchester City's income, Mansour attracted his brother's company to sponsor him. The sponsorship fee was as high as 40 million pounds a year, which shocked the entire European football world. So much so that Bayern Munich,
Clubs such as Arsenal and Liverpool have asked UEFA to investigate this contract.
But the Chief played the game very cleverly. What could UEFA find out? In the end, UEFA recognized the contract. In this way, Manchester City received a ten-year sponsorship contract of 40 million pounds in one year, which significantly increased their income.
According to the development of Manchester City, as long as they get a place in the Champions League this season, it is not a dream for the next season or the next season to exceed 200 million pounds in revenue. It is completely possible. Historically, in 2014, Manchester City's revenue
Both reached 330 million pounds, which is only behind Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern, making it the fifth-highest revenue club.
Now Manchester City's development is far better than in history. So far this season, 22 rounds have passed, and Manchester City is still ranked second in the Premier League. This year's revenue will exceed 100 million pounds. It is a certainty.
I don't know how much it will exceed.
"You are really..."
"Bryan, there is nothing anyone can do about the skyrocketing salary of players. Look at Kaka, who enjoys an annual salary of more than 10 million after tax at Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery and others all have an after-tax salary of 800.
More than 10,000 euros. Look at Henry, that’s 9 million euros after tax. Even if Yaya can’t compare with them, it’s not too much to get 8 million euros after tax.”
Lister's negotiations with Manchester City this time are not just about one or two. In addition to Yaya Toure, who is about to transfer, there are also Torres, David Silva, and Thiago Silva. Their contracts all require
Let's have a good talk. Therefore, Lister is not in a hurry. This negotiation is estimated to take several months. Every negotiation is about a general discussion, and specific data will require a long period of negotiation.
"Back then, all of us who could earn an annual salary of more than 100,000 were top stars. Later, when the annual salary of one million came, we were all surprised. Unexpectedly, players with similar abilities now earn three to four million, four to five million. Top players even
They all paid tens of millions of dollars in annual salary."
Marwood was a player in the 1980s. Seeing the current salary increase, he is both envious and jealous. (To be continued...)
