Unlike when Laporta won, when Rosell was announced as the chairman of Barcelona, Riester was very excited. Therefore, he also went up to congratulate Rosell on becoming the new chairman of Barcelona.
Rosell had a huge advantage this time. In the end, he received more than 66% of the votes and became the new chairman of Barcelona. Since Rosell left Barcelona, Riester has been feeling very depressed. Although because of the presence of Mei
Spain still plays an important role in Barcelona. But after so many years, he has been unable to intervene in Barcelona's transfers, and he has not been able to acquire any of La Masia's talent Curist, which makes List feel very angry. Now he finally waits
Rosell became the president of Barcelona.
"Thanks."
Rosell is also in a very good mood now. Rosell likes money, and becoming the chairman of Barcelona has brought many benefits to him and his partners. With the position of chairman of Barcelona, Rosell does not take any public funds from Barcelona.
, and can also double his net worth. Because the various economic benefits generated around Barcelona, a wealthy club, must be more than one billion a year. As long as Russell occupies one of them, he can live without food and clothing.
Sad.
"Sandro, I hope that under your leadership Barcelona can truly become the world's largest club."
Although it was nonsense, Lister still praised Russell. After all, no one wants to hear good things, and Russell is no exception.
"This is my dream too."
Russell is here, and his thinking is completely different from that of Laporta. Laporta is actually no different from Florentino. His real thinking is that of a superstar, and it is a superstar policy. Just like introducing Henry,
Brahimovic is following the same idea. He is using Barcelona to increase his leverage in politics.
But his luck was really good. During the Dream II period, Russell introduced Ronaldinho, Villa, Deco and others to build Dream II. With the establishment of Dream II, Russell was the real
His contribution is indispensable. But after Russell left, Barcelona's signings were all kinds of funny. In terms of chaos, it was comparable to Real Madrid.
But God was still very kind to him. Barcelona, which was in chaos, would never have had Dream Three if it hadn't been for Guardiola. When building the new Barcelona, Laporta hoped to use Mourinho and superstars to build the new Barcelona.
Rebuilding Barcelona. If it weren't for Cruyff's intervention later, Guardiola would never have become the head coach of Barcelona. Therefore, the emergence of Dream Three is inevitable, but it is also accidental. For Laporta, Dream Three is definitely
Accidental.
The biggest difference between Russell and Laporta is that Laporta regards Barcelona as a bargaining chip for his entry into politics. He only cares about whether Barcelona can have superstars and good results. But Russell regards Barcelona as a bargaining chip for his entry into politics.
Barcelona treats it as a business, and he manages the club the same way he manages a business.
Therefore, when Rosell took office, he proposed the policy of "running the football club frugally". He even announced in a high-profile manner that Barcelona is very difficult now. Barcelona's debt has exceeded 400 million. If they do not implement strict savings, they will break through next year.
500 million. It even means that Barcelona already needs loans to be able to pay wages. Therefore, Russell said that his goal is very simple, which is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
After Rosell was elected, he quickly implemented his slogan. On the third day after Rosell was elected, Barcelona negotiated with Henry to terminate the contract. In the end, the two parties reached an agreement, and Henry automatically gave up the remaining one-year contract.
Although it is only a one-year contract, Henry's salary is very high, which is 9 million euros after tax. Therefore, Henry's salary in Barcelona is more than 12 million euros. With Henry leaving, Barcelona can save money in one year
More than 12 million euros. Then he kicked Zygrinski back to his old club Shakhtar Donetsk. He was introduced for 25 million euros last summer and abandoned this summer for 15 million euros.
Everyone can feel the difference between Russell and Laporta. At this time, another Barcelona superstar player Arshavin was also abandoned by Barcelona. The 29-year-old Arshavin also enjoyed a super high annual salary in Barcelona.
Nine million euros after tax. Originally, Arshavin performed well in Barcelona, but Rosell was really unwilling to afford his salary of more than 12 million euros, so he had no choice but to let him transfer. This time Barcelona let Arshavin
Chauvin dumped him to his old club Zenit.
The Zenit boss is trying to make a big move, so he thought of bringing in Hulk. Compared to Hulk, Arshavin is more famous and more popular in Russia. Now Arshavin wants to transfer. So do they.
Very positive. In the end, Zenit took Arshavin away from Barcelona for 24 million euros.
Don't underestimate these transactions, which freed up nearly 30 million euros in salary for Barcelona. Including the bonuses they received, they saved Barcelona nearly 40 million euros. And this is not over yet.
Lister knows that Russell is also dissatisfied with Ibrahimovic and is ready to deal with him. His salary is also very high. If he is dealt with, more salary will be freed up.
“The 111-year tradition is no match for the commercial offensive!”
"The difficult financial situation forces Barcelona to change!"
"Cruyff: Barcelona selling chest ads is a shame!"
"Thirty million euros stain the red basketball jersey!"
In less than half a month after Russell took office, he first sorted out several high-paid players. Then Barcelona suddenly announced a cooperation with the Qatar Foundation and sold Barcelona's chest advertising to the Qatar Foundation. Three years a year
Tens of millions of euros were spent to sign a five-year chest advertising contract. As soon as this contract was announced, there was a wave of waves. Because Barcelona has never sold jersey chest advertising in more than 100 years.
Originally, Qatar Sports Investment Company wanted Qatar Airways' name to appear in Barcelona's chest advertisement. However, Rosell had already broken Barcelona's century-old rule and did not dare to directly appear in commercial advertisements. Compared with Qatar Airways, Qatar Foundation
That's much better. After all, the Qatar Foundation is not a profit-making organization, which can reduce some obstacles and member dissatisfaction.
However, this contract is the highest in European football. The chest advertisements of Manchester United, Liverpool, and Real Madrid are selling well, but they are only just over 20 million. The contract between Liverpool and Standard Chartered Bank is only
More than 23 million euros. But this time Barcelona sold it for a high price of 30 million euros.
Russell's behavior angered Barcelona's honorary president Cruyff. Cruyff wrote a long column in which he satirized Russell. He thought Russell was tarnishing the red basketball jersey in this way.
What is being tarnished is the history of Barcelona. And it is ironic that Russell only knows how to pick people up and does not open up new business channels. Instead, he follows the idea of advertising on the chest like other clubs. And after Russell took office, he said that
It will never be possible to do better than Laporta. Russell's performance can never be better than Laporta's.
Cruyff was arrogant and made wanton comments about Barcelona's new chairman. Russell was even more arrogant. Russell was so irritated by Cruyff's attitude that he immediately held a press conference. During the press conference, he
Cruyff was a "pain killer".
Russell said: "Currently, there is no position of honorary president in the Barcelona club's charter, so Cruyff's current appointment is not in compliance with the regulations. No one wants to hang an empty title, so I can only follow the club's regulations.
work."
The meaning of this sentence is very simple. Rosell means that there is no position in Barcelona's charter that is an honorary president. Cruyff's title of so-called honorary president is not recognized by the Barcelona club. In other words, Rosell
I don't recognize that there is such a thing as an honorary chairman of Barcelona. Cruyff, you can do whatever you should. You are no longer the honorary chairman of Barcelona. I have dismissed you.
Speaking of Rosell, this is really an exaggeration. Because just in March of this year, Cruyff was appointed as the honorary president of the Barcelona club by former chairman Joan Laporta. At that time, in order to express his grandeur, Laporta also held a special ceremony.
An appointment ceremony was held. Laporta said at the time that as honorary chairman, Cruyff does not have to perform any duties. This honor can be regarded as a recognition of the Dutchman's great contribution to Barcelona. Just like Di Stefano
Just like in Real Madrid, it is an honorary title. It honors the greatest star in the club's history.
However, less than two days after Russell took over, Cruyff was "honorably laid off". Cruyff was very angry after hearing the news. He said that Russell's decision was difficult for him.
Accepting it, the Dutchman said: "I didn't want to leave just like this. In their eyes, I am persona non grata at the Barcelona club."
Indeed, Cruyff was not a popular person in Barcelona led by Russell. In any case, Russell established his authority in Barcelona through Cruyff's affairs.
Watching this farce from the side, I felt a little amused. Russell was really a bit too much.
Constantly checking Barcelona's accounts, not sparing his predecessor Laporta at all. Now even Cruyff doesn't show any face, and has taken back the empty title of honorary president.
In fact, List himself doesn't like Cruyff. Cruyff has too much influence on Barcelona, and Guardiola has a close relationship with Cruyff, which has seriously harmed List's interests in Barcelona. Now Rose
Paul expelled Cruyff, expelling Laporta's forces in disguise, and also suppressed several agents who were closely related to Guardiola. For Rist, there is nothing better than this.
"Lister, what should we do about Ibrahimovic?"
Russell's biggest headache now is Ibrahimovic. Speaking of which, Barcelona fans are not as repulsive to Ibrahimovic as they imagined. On the contrary, many fans hope that the club will keep Ibrahimovic.
strange.
But Russell will never keep Ibrahimovic. Not only is it difficult for him to integrate into the current Barcelona system, but his after-tax salary reaches tens of millions of euros. It is a huge burden for Barcelona. But
Now that all European giants are shrinking, few giants can bring in Ibrahimovic. And few giants can afford Ibrahimovic's salary, so it is too difficult to make a move.
.
"Sandro, it's easy to say it's easy."
"explain."
"Qatar Investment Fund, which has just signed a large contract with Barcelona, has reached an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain and will soon take over Paris Saint-Germain. If you sell it to them, they will have money."
"Okay? Can Zlatan Ibrahimovic agree?"
Ligue 1 is still not influential enough. Can Ibrahimovic agree to transfer from Barcelona to Ligue 1? How can Ibrahimovic be considered a superstar player in today's football world? How can he be willing to go to Ligue 1?
?
"Do they have any other options? Are they willing to play as a substitute in Barcelona? The arrogant Ibrahimovic will not accept such a humiliation. Moreover, Raiola likes money very much. There must be many in Qatar.
Money. Both parties can hit it off immediately."
"This matter needs you to contact me so much. Anyway, I must clean up Ibrahimovic. By the way, too many players were sold in the summer. We also need some supplements. How about Ozil from Bremen?"
"If you are interested in him, I can bring him over to you."
