After talking with Daniel Levy for a while, Lister was surprised. Daniel Levy came to the Czech Republic this time and came to Prague for only one purpose. He was ready to help his clients, who were also his friends, and more importantly, he was his own
Partner's Joe Lewis buys out Slavia Prague shares.
Lister was a little confused. Lister also knew about Joe Lewis. After all, this guy who later became Tottenham Hotspur was the boss behind the scenes.
Because Tottenham later performed well and had the ability to break the Premier League pattern. Later, there were even transfer transactions worth more than 100 million euros, so it attracted a lot of attention.
Therefore, Lister also knows the owner of Tottenham, the Jewish tycoon Joe Lewis. He is a world-class rich man with a net worth of more than 2 billion pounds. He ranks around 300 richest people on the Forbes list.
I just didn't expect how he would be interested in Slavia Prague.
Daniel Levy touched his bald head.
Then he said: "Mr. Cerny, this is not the first one. We at ENIC International already own shares in some clubs. We have shares in AEK Athletic Club in Athens, and we also have shares in Scotland's Glasgow Rangers Club."
Listening to Daniel Levy's words, Lister frowned unnaturally. If the ENIC company Daniel Levy mentioned was translated into Chinese, it would be "England National Investment Company".
The name is very loud and sounds like the name of one of those European and American state-owned companies. But in fact, this company is not a state-owned company in England.
Now the company's headquarters is still in Panama. Joe Lewis put the company in the tax haven Panama, and Daniel Levy in front of him also has more than 20% of the shares in this company.
But what makes List frown is that Joe Lewis is so powerful. This is indirectly controlling several football clubs, or indirectly influencing several football clubs.
It's somewhat similar to the Shide team in the Chinese Super League later. It's just that it's not in the same league.
This practice should be prohibited. Although UEFA has not explicitly stipulated it, this situation should be prohibited in every aspect. AEK Athens and Glasgow Rangers are both strong domestic teams in their respective countries and often compete in Europe.
Leagues meet. What will happen if they really meet?
But Riester quickly relaxed his brow.
Joe Lewis controls so many clubs. What inside information there is has nothing to do with List. List is not an official of UEFA and has no control over these matters.
Lister is just a player agent. As long as he makes money, why does he care about so much?
So he smiled and asked: "Mr. Levy, I am just an agent. And I have no relationship with Slavia Prague Club. There is even some hostility between the two parties because of my identity. How did you find me?"
on the body."
This is what puzzles Rist the most.
If Joe Lewis wants to buy some shares in Sparta Prague, Lister can also come forward to help. Because the shares of Sparta Prague are now very fragmented, and almost half of the shares are in the hands of ordinary fans.
During the wave of liberalization, many people thought that by holding shares in Sparta Prague, they were the masters. In fact, this was what everyone thought when they got shares not only in Sparta Prague, but also in many former state-owned enterprises.
of.
Very naive and silly.
In fact, the shares they held in Sparta Prague were almost the same as scrap paper.
They have no involvement in the club's decisions at all. Even if they put forward something at some shareholders' meetings, it has almost no impact on Sparta Prague's decisions.
Now that Thomas Czerny has bought the shares from the Prague Municipal Government into the club, the voices of these small shareholders are of no use.
Dividends? How many years have they not seen the club pay dividends? They just have a nice name now. The shareholders of Sparta Prague are actually bullshit.
Those shares are worthless.
At this time, if a rich man like Joe Lewis buys their shares at a certain price, it should not be a problem.
But Slavia Prague Liszt has nothing to do with them. He has nothing to do with the current Slavia Prague club executive Liszt.
I don’t understand why Daniel Levy found me.
"Mr. Cerny, are you familiar with the share structure of Slavia Prague?"
Lister shrugged and shook his head.
List is just a football agent. He doesn’t have much time to care about things that have nothing to do with him. List only knows that Slavia Prague’s shares are relatively scattered, and because of historical reasons, there is no Czerny family in Slavia Prague.
's family.
Therefore, it seems that the largest shareholding in Slavia Prague is currently held by the Prague Municipal Government.
Then the rest of the shares constitute Riester's unknown.
Daniel Levy said: "Currently, 43% of Slavia Prague's shares are in the Prague Municipal Government, and the remaining shares are scattered. Only one person's shares reached 9%, and then
There is no major shareholder whose shares exceed 2%."
List nodded without interrupting Daniel Levy. This is the case for many companies in the Czech Republic, where there are no major private shareholders.
"This is the first time our company has entered the Czech Republic. If we want to buy enough shares from retail investors, we don't know what year or month it will be. Moreover, our opponent in the club will be the Prague Municipal Government, and we don't have much confidence that we can beat the market.
The power of government in Slavia Prague.”
"So my idea is very simple. Instead of collecting the shares of retail investors, I can directly take their shares from the Prague city government. Forty-three percent is enough to own Slavia Prague."
Having said this, Lister slowly understood why Daniel Levy found him. They wanted to take over the shares owned by the Prague Municipal Government.
It's a pity that I don't have any connections.
In countries in transition like the Czech Republic and Eastern Europe, if you want to get things done, you can't go around the government. What's more important is that even if you have money, you must find the right connections.
"Mr. Levi, do you want me to help you contact the city government?"
Daniel Levy nodded.
"I heard. Mr. Cherny just helped Sparta Prague buy the shares owned by the city government. I believe you have more ideas than us in this regard."
List did not immediately agree. List was considering the future development of Czech football. Whether Joe Lewis's entry into Czech football would be good or bad for him.
After all, he is a rich man. Will he disrupt the balance of power in a place like Abu did?
Riester couldn't guess.
However, since Joe Lewis already owns shares in so many clubs, I have never heard that the football club owned by Joe Lewis is very powerful in later generations. It was only after Joe Lewis entered Tottenham for more than ten years that he slowly began to have Strength to enter the top four.
I have never heard of other clubs he controls.
Now even if List doesn't help, List believes that with Joe Lewis's financial resources, although it will be difficult and take some time, he will eventually be able to win the shares of Slavia Prague.
Since that's the case, it doesn't matter if you help.
In a small country like the Czech Republic, Czech football has a relatively closed environment. It is not like the Premier League where you can be unscrupulous if you have money.
So Lister nodded: "Mr. Levy, I can help with this. But there are still a lot of things that need to be taken care of."
Lister is not Lei Feng. Helping a rich man enter a club cannot be in vain.
Daniel Levy is a Jewish businessman who is smarter than anyone else. As soon as Lister said it, he understood what Lister meant. So he smiled and said: "I have analyzed Slavia Prague. The city government owns Forty-three percent of the shares have a market price of approximately US$4.5 million to US$5.2 million."
Daniel Levy's operation is very formal.
Therefore, the valuation is also very accurate. If it were 43% of Slavia Prague's shares half a year ago, it would be about US$4 million.
But this summer's outbreak has caused Slavia Prague's shares to rise.
So it is not easy to estimate now. Their estimate is just an estimate, and what kind of results they will get in the end is still unknown.
"We hope to win it at a price of five million U.S. dollars. If Mr. Cherney can help, we will give Mr. Cherney a remuneration of four hundred thousand U.S. dollars. And if it is reduced by one hundred thousand U.S. dollars from the base of five million U.S. dollars, US dollars, we will pay Mr. Cherny fifty thousand US dollars."
Hearing what Daniel Levy said, Lister smiled slightly.
Four hundred thousand dollars.
Moreover, the price is suppressed and you can get a share.
good.
very nice.
So Riester stood up and said: "Mr. Levi, wait for my good news."
…………
Very simple.
List once again approached Martin Merkley. The last time he acquired Sparta Prague's shares, the cooperation between the two was very beautiful.
This time too.
Lister didn't hide Martin Merkley.
Of course, it can't be a 50-50 split. Lister is willing to give Martin Merkley $100,000 out of the 400,000 US dollars in income. He also hopes to keep the transaction price as low as possible, and then the two people can split the proceeds 50-50.
Martin Merkley is corrupt. Really corrupt. He is in charge of state-owned shares in all the companies in Prague and has made a lot of money riding on the wave of liberalization.
But he is smart. He will not be stupid enough to deliberately lower the price to the point where people can see it for a little money. He will not sell shares worth four million US dollars for one million US dollars or two million US dollars. Stupid things like dollars.
He has his own bottom line. For something worth four million US dollars, he will at most reduce it to US$100,000 or US$200,000.
This is not because he has a conscience, but because he is cautious. For him, protecting himself is the most important thing. As long as he has nothing to do, he will have enough capital to continue making money.
This time is no exception.
He lowered it to US$4.4 million, and then he was no longer willing to lower it any further. But Lister was already very satisfied.
Because once the deal was completed at this price, List received a total of US$700,000 from Daniel Levy. He gave US$250,000 to Martin Merkley, and pocketed US$450,000 himself.
Daniel Levy is also satisfied.
Although he said that his plan was to use US$5 million to win this cooperation, in fact, the bottom line in his mind was US$5.5 million. After all, the government of a country in transition like the Czech Republic is very powerful, and he himself did not have much confidence.
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In the Czech Republic, Daniel Levy was blind and knew nothing. Using List as an intermediary, although List made a lot of money, Daniel Levy only spent a total of 5.1 million US dollars.
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Successfully completed his task.
Suddenly became the largest shareholder of Slavia Prague.
