Southgate, who came to Millwall 11 years ago, was honorably "retired" at the Lion King Stadium. The official retirement ceremony and follow-up activities held by Millwall for Southgate have become famous in European football and even in recent world football. focus of attention.{3w.
It has to be said that the momentum created by Millwall's expenditure has made the club very humane emotionally, rather than the fact that in the minds of most fans, the giants always turn their backs and disown people, and the loyal veterans cannot start and end in one club.
On June 3, Southgate’s bronze statue was unveiled in the square east of the Lion King Stadium. His bronze statue will permanently stand within the Lion King Stadium for tourists to appreciate, and for the younger and next generations to enjoy. , countless generations of new Crazy Lion members will learn to respect him in the future.
Carter, who single-handedly organized these activities, was originally a behind-the-scenes man, but the widespread positive influence received by the end of this series of official activities at Millwall allowed him to successfully escape the shadow of his former self.
In the past, people would always say that Millwall's CEO was Aldridge's puppet, but now, people can feel Carter's presence and influence in the club, and his contribution to pushing the club forward. As the global village era takes great strides forward, , Carter is leading Millwall's commercialization into a new era of grandeur and forge ahead.
Fleet Street portrays Carter as a careerist with a sky-swallowing ambition.
Describe the business plan launched by the new CEO as a "global domination in a green world" strategy.
Millwall was no longer satisfied with the local market a long time ago. After all, the local market has been close to saturation for a long time, and the unsaturated part, which consists of emerging fans, will slowly change as the population grows.
After all, fans of giant clubs like Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal have very traditional beliefs in their local area, and they will not change their tune just because Millwall has been suppressing other giants.
But the overseas market is different. With the development of television broadcasting, especially in third world countries and regions, and the improvement of living standards, there is a huge market waiting for others to occupy it.
Millwall has established football schools or training camps in more than 30 countries and regions. It is also investing a lot of money to create new "base areas". Using these as bases, it will radiate to the countries or regions where they are located and cultivate their fans. group.
This is not just a high-profile statement: We have 50 million fans in Asia!
Such a declaration is very false. Most of it is for sponsors, and it is not a fool's errand, but it is to increase the bargaining chips. Now, Millwall is really trying its best to cultivate and attract more real fans, and Once such work reaches a time of qualitative change, the rewards will be extremely huge.
At the same time, Millwall also frequently made moves in the transfer market and established cooperative relationships with other clubs. Some second-tier league clubs directly became Millwall's satellite clubs. In less than three weeks, Millwall Nearly 25 million pounds were burned overseas, and many work teams were sent to communicate with those partner clubs to impart the successful experience of Millwall's youth training in cultivating players. Most of the money was spent on buying young and talented players, but Instead of letting the players come to Millwall Club, they directly choose to rent them out and own the players. If the club needs it in the future and they have someone who agrees with the recruitment standards, they can directly transfer them back to the club. However, if they cannot meet Millwall's recruitment requirements, If you ask for assistance, you can cash out the investment at the appropriate time.
Most of them are players born in 1987. In the summer of 2005, they were around 18 years old, which is in line with Millwall's investment philosophy.
For example, Fellaini, Mene of France's Four Little Swans, Khedira of Germany, etc.
Compared with the previous two summer seasons, Chelsea's overwhelming momentum in the transfer market caused everyone in the entire football world, even the richest clubs, to feel insecure. In the summer of 2005, Millwall didn't know the situation of other companies.
But their situation is much better and much more stable than before.
There will always be poachers, but it has only been one year since Millwall's players renewed their contracts last season. It is extremely difficult to poach them. In addition, they have just witnessed Southgate's retirement, which invisibly affects the internal players.
After thinking about it on the field, and taking into account Millwall's success in defending the double crown last season, no heavyweight player in the team has the idea of moving away.
Real Madrid president Florentino is already learning lessons from past failures and focusing on strengthening the defense. However, Millwall officials directly rejected his intention to buy Ramos.
Then?
There is no more.
Everything is peaceful.
This shows one thing. After receiving the news, Ramos himself had no intention of transferring back to Spain and playing for Real Madrid.
And Chelsea's tentative attempts to poach people again turned out to be self-defeating.
Even unknown members of the Millwall youth team would not be interested in Chelsea's invitation. It was as if going to Chelsea was walking into a black hole vortex, where they would sink and disappear.
Young players are a bit taboo about Chelsea, because in addition to having to bear the reputation of being a traitor, this is a psychological pressure that most of them cannot bear now. On the other hand, it is difficult to see the future of Chelsea. Even though they are rich, they will not pay attention to it.
Focusing on the green field, under the coaching of Mourinho, it is almost impossible to see that Chelsea is cultivating young players. Glen Johnson, who left Millwall, has become invisible at Chelsea. Compared with the one coached by Eriksson,
The season's attendance rate has dropped significantly.
Millwall's summer is proceeding in an orderly manner. In the Premier League, something happened that shocked the world.
June 22.
Manchester United delisted from London Exchange!
June 28.
The Glazer family, which owns more than 90% of the shares, initiated a compulsory acquisition. On this day, Manchester United completely became the private property of the Glazer family!
At the same time, Manchester United, the second richest football club in the world, became the most indebted club in the world overnight!
Of course, debt and poverty are two different concepts.
In the capital market, it is normal for companies to have debt.
It is precisely because the Glazer family regarded this investment as a capital game that they were able to leverage capital in a way that ordinary people cannot understand and complete this shocking acquisition. They did not use their own assets as collateral, nor did they themselves.
He had the capital to acquire Manchester United with his own financial resources. Instead, he used Manchester United as collateral before the acquisition was successful, and successfully raised funds to occupy Old Trafford in Manchester. At the same time that the acquisition was completed, Manchester United also
The mortgage was completed and a shockingly huge debt was incurred.
Manchester almost fell into riots. Countless Red Devils fans protested against the American takeover and clamored for the Glazer family to get out!
Even the fan base has a tendency to split, because according to tabloids, the club was acquired this time, and Ferguson played a role in fueling the situation, or he is suspected of attracting wolves into the house!
Of course, people who can stand and talk without back pain can say that it is normal for the club to be in debt and there is no need to make a fuss.
However, objective analysis shows that Manchester United's profitability has not fluctuated significantly due to the Glazer family's entry into the business and the change of owners.
If there was operating income of 150 million pounds in the past year and the growth rate was 10%, then next season, Manchester United's operating income will be 165 million pounds. However, if Manchester United needs to pay off its debts, it must spend part of it, such as 30 million pounds.
Then, their income is 15 million pounds less than last season.
The core of the problem is that the money received by the Edwards family and other Manchester United shareholders from the sale of Manchester United shares belongs to them personally.
The Glazer family did not use their own financial resources to fill this financial gap, but used mortgage loans. In other words, in the long period of time since then, Manchester United continued to repay debts, which only allowed the Glazer family to "justifiably" reduce the crisis.
Owns Manchester United.
In this process, due to the addition of huge debt expenditures, Manchester United's competitiveness will inevitably be affected, because European football has completely entered the capital era!
The protest by Manchester United fans is partly due to the maintenance of tradition. Most overseas fans don't actually care about the identity of the boss, but the British do!
The traditional giant Manchester United has become the private property of Americans!
This is unacceptable to the vast majority of local Manchester United fans. This resentment definitely exceeds whether Chelsea fans care whether the boss is a Russian rich man. After all, Abramovich parachuted to Stamford Bridge as a savior, and the Glazer family is the vampire image portrayed by the tabloids.
Come and use Manchester United to make money!
On the other hand, it is very realistic.
Millwall has just completed the double defense of the League and Champions League, and the upgrade is almost completed, and will enter an era of great strength!
Even if we don't mention Millwall, even Chelsea in west London is already riding on Manchester United's head.
How can Manchester United fans not feel a sense of crisis?
To improve the competitiveness of the club, of course you have to spend money!
However, Manchester United became the most indebted football club in the world overnight!
How can I bear it?
Arsenal can endure it. They are building a new stadium. After the completion of the new stadium, their financial income will improve significantly. They will get better and better in the future. They have a prosperous development prospect.
But what about Manchester United?
It was obviously a rich, very, very rich club, but in the past, the fans fought against the Edwards family!
Because Edwards was too stingy, when Manchester United had strong financial resources and other clubs were burning money, although Manchester United was not shabby, they rarely made absolutely large investments. One of them even made Ferguson's vision controversial, yes.
, Veron was bought at a sky-high price, but Rooney, who invested heavily last season, made up for this. But the average total investment per season, Manchester United’s expenditure is not in line with their world status, especially in terms of financial resources.
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In the past, I had money but was reluctant to spend it. In the future, I may want to spend it but don’t have a lot of money to spend. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
