The decline of La Liga is doomed. Sports and economy are also closely related. The strength of the Premier League and the decline of Serie A have exposed this relationship most directly.
The decline of Serie A is essentially one thing, that is, Serie A clubs have no money. When Serie A was at its most glorious, it was also when Serie A clubs invested the most. In the 1990s, Serie A clubs’ investment was like
It is the same as the current Premier League. At that time, the top transfers in European football were all completed by Serie A clubs. Not only the top three in the north, but also clubs such as Fiorentina, Parma, and Roma. The current strength of the Premier League depends on them.
Strong economic strength.
Now the Spanish economy is in shambles, and Spanish clubs are even more struggling. Under such circumstances, even La Liga is most proud of. An important policy that made La Liga strong in the past few years, the "Beckham Act", has been cancelled. There is no money and no preferential policies.
, the decline of La Liga is only a matter of time. Unless the Spanish economy rebounds, La Liga clubs can regain financial strength. However, with the current situation of the Spanish economy, it is almost impossible to revive the economy. I don’t know if it will be in the next five years.
It's still the next decade. Anyway, there is no sign that Spain's economy will rise at all. There are only two giants in Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Fortunately, European football still has the Premier League, the most expensive league, and of course there is no shortage of various upstarts. Even if the transfer market in European football is declining, there will not be much fluctuation.
"Not bad. Thank you for your recommendation."
"Mutual benefit."
Tamim is a very straightforward person. When Lister introduced Arnesen to him, he immediately began to investigate Arnesen. The Qatar Investment Fund led by Tamim is a very professional institution and has a huge number of investors in Europe.
With their network of connections, investigating an Arnesen is a piece of cake for them.
Tamim was very satisfied with Arneson's past results. Arneson has never been loyal to any club, not even PSV. After PSV realized that Hiddink had too much power, he immediately
It was to jump to Tottenham. And when Abramovich was interested in Arnesen, he did not hesitate to abandon Daniel Levy, who had great trust in him. Lister admired Arnesen's ability.
But Arneson's loyalty, what is loyalty? Arneson is very ambitious and will never take such an illusory thing as loyalty into his heart.
Therefore, when Paris Saint-Germain offered to let Arnesen serve as the club's sporting director, Arnesen once again chose Paris Saint-Germain. Compared to working as a youth training director at Chelsea, becoming a sporting director at Paris Saint-Germain would have more rights.
Moreover, the salary at Paris Saint-Germain is also high. Here he can almost get a high salary of 4 million euros after tax. So he changed jobs again and came to Paris Saint-Germain.
"Frank, tell me exactly how much transfer fee Tamim will give you this season?"
"There is no limit."
"Blank check?"
"That's pretty much what it means."
List shook his head. This group of upstarts all have this kind of behavior. They don't care about any money at all. There is no limit on the transfer fee. Abramovich was so generous when he first came to Chelsea. Later, Mansour
It was so crazy when we arrived in Manchester City. It seemed that these people were all the same.
"Do you have a goal?"
"There are quite a few targets, and I have already started to contact them. But Paris Saint-Germain is a Ligue 1 club after all. Many players are unwilling to come, so I can only spend money on them. There are still two targets, but I need your help.
.”
"How can you be polite to me?"
List recommended Arneson to become the sports director of Paris Saint-Germain in order to strengthen the relationship with Paris Saint-Germain so that he can continue to make money in the future. After List and Mansour cooperated, in just over three years, he earned
Hundreds of millions of pounds. Cooperating with Mansour. Let List understand that cooperation with the nouveau riche is the most profitable way.
“Pastorre in Sparta Prague.”
"Have you talked to his agent?"
Pastore’s agent is not Riester. And Pastore is not a youth training player of Sparta Prague, let alone a Czech player. For Sparta Prague, he is just a transit point, as long as someone comes out
Money will not prevent his transfer. Riester himself does not have much affection for Pastore, after all, he is not his own player.
"We've talked about it. It's not a big problem. It just requires more money."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. This kid Marcelo is really greedy for money. I didn't like this kid from the beginning. Pastore is only a few years old. It is the moment when he needs the most development. Coming to Paris Saint-Germain is not a delay for him.
The future? No wonder Dlessandro achieved that success back then."
After hearing Arnesen's words, List immediately complained about Marcelo Simeone. List really didn't like Marcelo Simeone. He was the same as the Argentine tycoon Mascardi.
They are all people who only care about money and not players.
This was the case for D'Alessandro back then. In fact, it wasn't that time, that is, it was four or five years ago. Lister knew some of the truth better than anyone else. D'Alessandro became famous in the World Youth Championship back then, and he quickly became famous.
He became the core of the frontcourt at River Plate. He was well-known in South American football and was known as the "Little Maradona". At that time, he went to many places, but it was precisely because Wolfsburg had a lot of money that he stayed there.
Choose Wolfsburg.
But this choice was not too bad. What really made List despise was what happened later. In January 2006, Portsmouth of the Premier League was in the relegation zone and the relegation situation was in danger. But at this time, a Jewish rich man Gade came
Mark, his father is also a billionaire with a net worth of 500 million pounds.
It was through Pini Zahavi that Gedmark took over Portsmouth. After Pini Zahavi helped Gedmark take over, he immediately helped him introduce some players to avoid relegation.
Dallisandro, who was at Wolfsburg at the time, was loaned to Portsmouth, which caused an uproar in the entire world of football. Because Dallisandro performed well at Wolfsburg at the time,
In the past two years, he has even been one of the best attacking midfielders in the Bundesliga. Such a choice is really incredible, but in fact the thing inside is very simple, that is, Marcelo Simeone got a lot of money from it. Otherwise, with Dali at the time
With Sandro's fame and strength, why would he choose to be loaned to a Premier League relegation club like Portsmouth?
At that time, few Argentine players would choose the Premier League. Not to mention a technical attacking midfielder like Dalisandro, who would be looking for death in the Premier League. But Marcelo Simeone let Dalisandro go to the Premier League for a little money.
Luo went to Portsmouth. But Dallisandro was really up to the task. He actually showed his strength among a group of tough guys in the Premier League and helped Portsmouth avoid relegation. Dallisandro's contribution was very great.
of.
After that, he still didn’t stop. He took Dallisandro to Spain and came to Zaragoza, which was recruiting soldiers at the time. During this period, Marcelo Simeone asked Dallisandro to spin around, constantly
To make money. But the originally talented Dallisandro was completely ruined. Dallessandro, who is not yet thirty years old, has long been unable to gain a foothold in high-level European leagues.
"I've also discovered it. I have a feeling of seeing Dalejandro back then. But List, most South American agents are like this. Those agents finish their meals today and don't care about tomorrow. Agents with vision
People have become top agents."
Arnesen nodded. When Arnesen was the general manager of Eindhoven, he had a lot of contact with South American agents. Therefore, he looked down upon the South American agents, each one being more greedy than the other. In their eyes, players are commodities.
Their future is not in their eyes at all, they only like money. For money, they don't care about the future interests of the players at all. Such agents have too narrow vision and do not have much development prospects. Even if they have some outstanding players, they will not.
Will become a world-class agent.
"But who cares, it's not my players. It's just a pity for Pastore's talent. I hope he won't waste his talent like Dallessandro. Tell me, how much money do you have for Paris Saint-Germain? Anyway, you have plenty of money.
, give more.”
"You are so greedy."
"No way. Tell me, I sold Giovanni for more than 50 million. Even if you don't give such a high price, at least it should be similar."
"OK."
Arnesen also understands that although he has a wide network of contacts in European football, this kind of network has some advantages when recruiting players. But you still have to give what should be given. After all, if you want to let good players go to Ligue 1, it is impossible not to give money.
It's possible. And anyway, he and List are allies. When List makes money, Arneson will also earn his share. The two people still have a very secret financial interest relationship.
"Where's the other one?"
"Matuidi from Dortmund. This is your player."
"No. I just own his image rights. After all, Matuidi is a French player, so he may be easier to convince. And it also depends on how you spend money. Although Dortmund's finances are much better now, they still need money. Just spend it.
There is no money you can’t get. Matuidi’s side also depends on how much money you give. Matuidi’s current salary is not high. As long as you can afford a sufficient salary, I don’t think he will exclude Paris Saint-Germain.
Germanic.”
Paris Saint-Germain indeed has a big appetite. Ibrahimovic has already been introduced. Now the idea is to focus on Pastore and Matuidi. Pastore is really talented in offense and deserves to be called "
"Argentina Kaká". As for Matuidi, who performed very well in Dortmund, he has been Dortmund's main defensive midfielder for several seasons.
If they can really be brought in, Paris Saint-Germain's strength will definitely be greatly enhanced. And this is just the beginning.
"That means there's no problem."
"Of course, Frank. I will contact these two places immediately. As long as you can get enough chips, I think there will be no problem. I will get it done for you in a short time."
Riester did what he said. With a financial backer like Paris Saint-Germain behind him, several transfers soon began. The players introduced by Paris Saint-Germain far exceeded the normal value of players in European football today. There was no way.
, their attractiveness is actually not as attractive as Manchester City back then. After all, Manchester City is in the Premier League, while Paris Saint-Germain is in Ligue 1.
41 million euros were spent on Pastore from Sparta Prague, and 27 million euros were spent on Borussia Dortmund’s Matuidi. Less than half a month after joining Paris Saint-Germain, Paris Saint-Germain has already spent more than 110 million.
The euro shocked the entire European football world.
The Qataris have used their generous gestures again and again this summer to tell everyone in European football that we have money, we have plenty of money. Support us, we have money and are capable of hosting the World Cup.
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"Tamim is good, really good."
Mubarak was very happy and said to Riester: "Okay, great. Now the one that attracts the most firepower is Paris Saint-Germain. We don't have to stand out."
"Yes. Whether it's Paris Saint-Germain or Malaga, they are all attracting firepower for Manchester City. Manchester City should keep a low profile during this period. I will try to connect you with Platini."
