Lister also did not expect to meet the Crown Prince of Qatar and the future president of Paris Saint-Germain Club Tamim Arsani in Spain. Tamim Arsani is not yet thirty years old, only 29 years old.
.But as the Crown Prince of Qatar, his strength cannot be underestimated.
"Mr. Cherney, please sit down."
When Riester met Tamim, the people connected in the middle were the boss of Malaga and Carvajal. The boss of Malaga was also a member of the Alsani family, but he, like the original Alfahim, was a member of the family.
Marginal member. The boss of Malaga is a private entrepreneur with a royal surname and has no deep connection with the Qatari royal family.
Lister was originally in England talking to John Henry about Liverpool. John Henry was basically determined to take over Liverpool. Therefore, Lister helped him complete some simple things. Unexpectedly, he received Carvajal's call.
Call, the Crown Prince of Qatar wants to meet with List.
This time Riester didn’t know why Tamim Al-Thani met with him. It seemed that he had some relationship with the United Arab Emirates, but he really had no relationship with Qatar. The new boss of Malaga, if it weren’t for Carvajal and
Lister also has no connection with the Sens family.
"I'm looking for Mr. Cherney this time because I need help with something."
Tamim didn't speak loudly or fast. Although he was dressed like an Arab, his speech was no different from that of Europeans and Americans. Anyway, he was very polite to Riester.
"I don't know what it is. If I can help, I will definitely help."
If such a financial owner comes to you, you would be a fool if you don't catch him. Many people think that Tamim Al Thani's assets are about 60 billion euros. But in fact, he controls the scale of Qatar Sports Investment Funds.
It is definitely far more than 60 billion euros. In fact, no one outside can calculate the exact amount.
Qatar Sports Investment Fund belongs to the Qatar Investment Authority. This is not a private investment bureau, nor is it simply an official investment bureau. This is an institution that came into being according to the national strategy of Qatar. Qatar is a small country, in the world and even in the Middle East.
They are all inconspicuous. It is not easy to survive in the cracks of those countries in the Middle East.
However, Qatar, like other Middle Eastern countries, is born with good fortune. Their country is rich in oil and natural gas. More than 80% of the country's fiscal revenue comes from oil and natural gas. Therefore, their country is very rich. Per capita income
More than 100,000 US dollars. Ranked among the best in the world.
But Qatar is very self-aware. It knows that no matter how much oil and natural gas there is, it will eventually run out. How will Qatar develop by then? Qatar will be a small country by then. Therefore, they established an investment bureau to carry out various projects around the world.
The purpose of investment is to be able to live a wealthy life when oil and natural gas is lost in the future. Therefore, this investment bureau is a national strategic agency. Its strength is simply beyond the comprehension of outsiders.
The person who was in charge of this investment bureau at that time was Sheikh Hamad, who is also the current Prime Minister of Qatar. This is a national agency, a real national investment strategy agency. Therefore, the strength they have is definitely not the 60 billion people think.
EUR.
"Mr. Cerny, Barcelona's general election is about to begin next year. At present, everyone is optimistic about former Barcelona Vice Chairman Rosell. Do you think Rosell can win?"
"able."
Riester didn’t know why Tamim was interested in Barcelona’s election, but he answered without any hesitation: “Although Laporta’s performance in Barcelona is very good at the moment, he is too centralized and has a very poor relationship with senior members of Barcelona.
.So it is basically difficult to be re-elected, and he has no intention of participating in the next general election. Therefore, in Barcelona, no one is Rosell’s opponent. Rosell has the support of many people in Catalonia, and Rosell
Serge's election as Barcelona president is a sure thing."
"That's good."
Tamim nodded, a little happy. Then he said to Rist: "Mr. Cherney, I believe you should have heard. We in Qatar are currently actively applying to host the World Cup. The results will be announced around October next year. This
It's a big thing, and we in Qatar are very confident. But I think it's still insufficient, and we should take action in many aspects to let them see Qatar's strength."
Lister listened quietly, not quite sure what Tamim meant. But Lister was very clear about Qatar's application for the World Cup. Recently, the English media has criticized Qatar every day, believing that they are using unfair means to compete.
Because Qatar spends money. According to incomplete statistics, since Qatar started applying to host the World Cup last year, Qatar has spent more than 600 million US dollars in more than a year. What the money is used for is public relations and the FIFA executive committee.
Last year, the Qatar World Cup Bidding Committee was established. There are nearly a thousand people working for this committee. Except for the upper management from the royal family, the rest of the middle and senior management are all sports management elites from Europe and the United States. In addition, Qatar has also spent tens of millions of dollars to invite people including
Zidane, Guardiola, Ferguson, Milu and other famous bid ambassadors.
Of course, this is just the beginning. Because many FIFA executive committee members have their own companies in addition to this job. Those who can serve as FIFA executive committee members basically have family businesses. In other words, if you don’t
Money does not qualify you to become an executive committee member of FIFA. What Qatar lacks most is money. They use money to do business with their family businesses. And in order to avoid suspicion, those who do business with their companies are not Qatari national institutions.
, they are all private enterprises in Qatar. But in the country of Qatar, any so-called private enterprise does not listen to the above. Therefore, although this does not violate any laws, it is actually considered a naked bribery. It is just in another form.
That's all.
And this is not over yet. In order to win over African brothers, Qatar actually invited the presidents of football associations from 20 African countries to Doha to watch football games during some warm-up matches. Then it also made Qatari companies become sponsors of the African Football Confederation.
, completely using money to win over African football.
Qatar has already spent more than 600 million U.S. dollars on these apparent expenses. If some unscrupulous methods are added, it is estimated to have spent a billion U.S. dollars. Lister believes that under Qatar’s financial offensive, the bid will be
Success is basically a certainty. It is precisely because of this that the English media will continue to criticize Qatar.
"We want to sponsor Barcelona."
Riester shrugged and said in surprise: "Mr. Arsani, if you sponsor Barcelona, Barcelona will definitely welcome you with both hands. Why bother looking for me?"
Speaking of which, sponsors have great rights. Especially for sponsors like Qatar, if they sponsor an opponent, it will definitely be a large sponsorship. When the time comes, Barcelona may welcome him with both hands. Why contact Riester?
"Because I want to sponsor Barcelona's chest advertisement or sponsor the Nou Camp."
Lister couldn't help laughing. No wonder Tamim found him and asked Lister if Rosell could become the chairman of Barcelona. It seemed that he already knew Rosell, as well as Rosell and Rees.
The relationship between them is very good.
If it is a general sponsorship, Tamim can actually ask Carvajal. And Barcelona will not refuse. But these two sponsorships are not so easy. Although Carvajal and Barcelona have business, but with him
The good relationship is with former Barcelona president Gaspart, not Laporta and Rosell.
It should be very difficult to name Camp Nou. After all, Camp Nou has been calling for so many years, and those Barcelona members who want the naming rights are unlikely to agree. Especially if the naming rights of Camp Nou are given to a Middle Eastern sheikh.
The chest advertising of Barcelona's jerseys has always been for public welfare. Barcelona has never sold the chest advertising, but has always cooperated with UNICEF. Barcelona members are quite proud of this and believe that they have not been corrupted by money.
, has been doing public service advertising.
But time has changed. Now Barcelona's athletics is at its peak, but their economy is in a mess. Barcelona was very good last season, and this year they won six consecutive championships, becoming an unprecedented six championships. But even so,
Barcelona's financial situation just announced shows that Barcelona's losses this year reached nearly 80 million euros, and Barcelona's current debt has reached 460 million euros.
In such a bad economic situation, Rosell must have to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Lister remembered that in history, Barcelona sold their chest advertisements, and the sales were quite high. It seems that this aspect should be
Being able to convince Russell. Since it can be sold, Lister is willing to help Tamim in front of him to leave a good impression so that he can continue to cooperate in the future.
So Riester nodded and said: "Mr. Arsani, it is probably difficult to name Camp Nou. But for the chest advertisement of Barcelona's jersey, I can persuade Russell. If Russell is elected
President of Barcelona, let him agree to negotiate with you for the chest advertisement on the jersey."
"Thanks."
"No. It's just a little effort."
"I was planning to buy Manchester United some time ago, but the price demanded by Manchester United was too high. And Arsenal's owner Kroenke was unwilling to take over Arsenal."
Lister was quite surprised. Although Lister also heard the news in this regard, he was still quite surprised to hear Tamim say it in person today. If this guy really takes over Manchester United, or if he takes over
If he buys Arsenal, then the entire Premier League will be in trouble. After all, this guy is no worse than Mansour, but he will be the boss of Qatar in the future. Looking at his actions in Paris Saint-Germain, if he buys Manchester United and Arsenal, I don’t know.
How will it be spent?
But Lister didn’t ask why he didn’t buy Liverpool. If he wanted to buy Liverpool, it would definitely be much cheaper than Manchester United and Arsenal. According to reports, Glazer’s price tag for Manchester United was too high, and Arsenal’s price was nearly ten
The price is several hundred million euros. But if you only need to spend 300-400 million to buy Liverpool, there will be no problem.
"However, I have been in contact with Paris Saint-Germain recently. If possible, I hope to have the opportunity to continue to cooperate with Mr. Czerny."
"I couldn't ask for more."
Lister doesn't quite understand why these wealthy Qatari people are so obsessed with investing in sports and spend their money desperately. Is it because people in their country like sports? Probably not.
Lister really doesn’t understand the specific reason. But in Lister’s opinion, it is probably because Qatar is too small. It is a small country in the Arab world. Maybe it was the incident in Kuwait that scared him. And Qatar, like Kuwait, is
He does not have any national defense force. If someone from the Arab countries next to him dislikes him, he will not be able to fight back even if he is bullied. He should use sports, something that the whole world can pay attention to, to build his own brand, so that he can win
Some areas are safe.
Applying for the World Cup, winning the Barcelona chest advertisement, winning Paris Saint-Germain, and the tennis open currently held in Qatar is also famous in the world. Qatar also sponsors F1, and even hopes to bring F1 to Qatar. Ambition, crazy, anyway, Qatar
