Grand Place, Brussels, Hilton Hotel. ↑ Summit Novel, 2+3wx
In the business conference room, a total of 19 clubs are represented as members of the g14 organization.
In addition to the 14 founding members, there are also 4 clubs that were reviewed to join after 2002, as well as Liverpool, which won the title of returning to the top of Europe last summer.
The 19 clubs are:
From England: Millwall, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal.
From Germany: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen.
From Spain: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia.
From Italy: Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan.
From France: Lyon, Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain.
From the Netherlands: Ajax, PSV.
From Portugal: Porto.
In addition to representatives of the 19 clubs, UEFA Secretary General David Taylor attended the meeting. He will wait for the G14 to make a decision and then sign the agreement with the G14, or not.
g14 was caught in internal and external troubles around the time of the "change of power" in UEFA.
The external trouble was naturally that Platini took over as UEFA president and began to suppress G14.
The internal concern is that the French club G14 publicly expressed support for Platini during his campaign. At the same time, in the first half of 2007, Dane from Arsenal stepped down due to the rotating chairmanship, and in turn also lost the rotating chairmanship. qualifications, resulting in a vacancy among the nominal leaders within g14.
Carter, Millwall's representative, has been controlling the situation, but during the same period, Millwall suffered a shocking "murderous crime" in the European War. Millwall's situation within G14 was extremely embarrassing!
The subtlety of the situation is that Millwall can only remain silent. Without a specific plan and letting g14 allies see the possibility of implementation, it is impossible for Millwall to order g14 to protest and fight for something, because g14 is an interest A group, not an alliance of idealists. Pure struggle is meaningless to other G14 members. It must be tangible interests. Fighting for these is reality.
When the time came for the annual rotation of the rotating chairman, Lyon chairman Aulas, the Ligue 1 class tyrant who was the first to defect, became the rotating chairman, and a funny scene of "monkey becoming king" appeared within G14.
After two summits in the second half of 2007, other giants remained silent, but Aulas believed that he could serve as a leader, especially since Millwall withdrew from the European war, just like Juventus, Dortmund and other teams that have not qualified for the European war. Lost the right to speak.
At today's summit, the atmosphere of the meeting was as dead as ever. It seemed that most club representatives were precious about words and unwilling to say any more words.
Manchester United represented Gil. Real Madrid president Calderon, Barcelona president Laporta, AC Milan represented Galliani, Millwall represented Carter, Bayern Munich and Rummenigge, etc. Representatives of these European giants all remained silent.
Rotating chairman Aulas presided over the meeting and passionately promoted the victory of G14 at this stage!
Yes, he regards the conditional agreement between FIFA and UEFA as a victory for the G14.
In the past, when their players were injured in international matches, the club did not receive any compensation. If the star player was injured, the loss would be immeasurable. Now, FIFA and UEFA are willing to provide them with certain financial guarantees. This is what Aulas said. became "victory".
In addition, he is also expressing that there is nothing wrong with hanging out with Platini...
UEFA Secretary General Taylor attended the meeting. This was his first time attending the G14 Group Summit. He was baffled by the meeting scene.
Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Millwall, AC Milan, Bayern, these giants that make up the most glorious picture of European football, who should have a strong say, are actually silent?
Lyon plays a supporting role in the European war. To put it more seriously, the French team is as small as dust in the history of the Champions League!
You know, in the history of the Champions League, the French Ligue 1 team has won the championship only once, Marseille in 1993!
However, Marseille that year was written into history as a shocking match-fixing case!
It is a shameful page for European football!
It is conceivable that French Ligue 1 clubs should theoretically not have any status or say in G14!
When it comes to France's social system and legal system, elitism is not allowed in the football field. This system is too restrictive. For example, Lyon is not allowed to build a stadium with 60,000 people, nor is it allowed to buy big names.
It all comes from France's legal regulations, financial system and other factors, resulting in the French team itself having some inherent shortcomings. It doesn't matter how it plays domestically, but when it comes to the European war, it is really timid, and the team is as plain as water, colorless and tasteless like Ligue 1.
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Thinking of this, Taylor's mood hit rock bottom.
There have long been rumors that there is a split within g14.
French clubs support Platini, who is also French. It is unknown what the deal is behind the scenes. Perhaps Platini will promote the reform of France's domestic football policy and will lead to France allowing elitism in the football field in the future.
None of this matters.
The key is, let alone Lyon, even if all the French teams are bundled together, they cannot represent the true core will of g14!
What Taylor is worried about is that if Real Madrid chairman Calderon raises objections, how will the passionate Aulas end up?
Does he have the courage to challenge the representatives of the Spanish giants?
How can he have the courage to unify the overall will of g14?
After Aulas finished introducing the main content of the meeting, Taylor also made a certain explanation of the agreement on behalf of UEFA and FIFA. Then, things went more smoothly than Taylor imagined.
There was no heated debate, no strong rebuttal from the opposition.
Representatives of the other 18 clubs, the Ligue 1 team took the lead in voting, Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille, agreed!
Ajax, PSV and Porto. Representatives of these three giants from Europe's second-tier leagues did not dare to speak out.
Now and then. Ten years ago, Ajax was famous in Europe. Ten years later, Ajax has become a top fringe team in Europe.
They belong to the role of younger brothers who follow behind their eldest brother to earn a living. The top wealthy families within G14 have never expressed their stance. They dare not easily choose sides. What's more, if they really want to follow the crowd, they will definitely not follow Lyon or Marseille.
Club, that is simply lowering yourself!
On the England side, Carter took the lead in nodding, and then representatives from Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal agreed.
Taylor's eyes widened with an incredible expression. He was really shocked!
So simple?
After these giants nodded, other teams had no room to resist.
Within g14, all 19 clubs voted unanimously to accept the agreement between FIFA and UEFA!
Taylor had to interject: "I may not have stated this agreement clearly. When signing this agreement, g14 must announce its dissolution!"
No one answered him. The giants just looked at Taylor with a tepid look, as if to say: We are not blind and deaf. We can see what is in the agreement. What did you just say? You can hear it too!
Taylor looked away awkwardly, and his mood suddenly became very comfortable and happy.
g14 compromised!
The serious problem between UEFA and FIFA will be eliminated!
Next to the wall of the conference room, there is a row of lawyers sitting. They are the team hired by G14. They want to sign an agreement. It is definitely not an agreement brought by FIFA and UEFA and they sign it after they agree. What if there is a trap in the agreement?
So after the g14 internal vote was passed, the legal team became busy and began to review the terms of the agreement.
The atmosphere in the conference room was still like a pool of stagnant water. No one was whispering or chatting. Everyone was sitting there as if they had nothing to do with anything, just waiting to leave after signing the agreement.
Lyon chairman Aulas was very proud at this time. When he saw that everyone was silent, and he was yelled and reprimanded by Carter in person last year, he smiled and said: "There is nothing bad about UEFA's policies now. Look, Didn’t Liverpool and Arsenal get the benefit?”
Everyone can understand the subtext in his words.
Arsenal was able to participate in this season's Champions League due to Millwall's withdrawal from the European competition.
If Millwall hadn't been eliminated from the Champions League last season, it's hard to say whether Liverpool would have won the Champions League.
hehe.
In response to Aulas, there were only chuckles from representatives of many wealthy families.
Some of the laughter was cold, while others were obviously full of ridicule.
Aulas asked for trouble. After the legal team confirmed that the agreement was OK, representatives of each club signed the agreement together with the Secretary-General of UEFA.
After the agreement was actually signed, Taylor breathed a sigh of relief, shook hands with representatives of each club, and then left impatiently to hold a press conference outside to announce this "historic event."
This is a victory for UEFA!
The chaos within UEFA will also come into effect when this agreement comes into effect, and will disappear after the disbandment of g14!
Club representatives from Aulas, Marseille, and Paris Saint-Germain also stood up and left. They wanted to show their faces, probably to seek credit from Platini.
Just after they left, representatives from Ajax, Eindhoven, and Porto also stood up and prepared to leave. They just followed the crowd and had no personal opinions. Or even if they did, their voices were too weak. In g14 ,who will listen to them?
They are even panicked, afraid of being abandoned by G14. After all, with their competitiveness, they are really not the core force of European football.
Just as they stood up, a voice sounded.
Carter said softly: "You three, please stay, our meeting hasn't started yet."
The representatives of the three clubs stopped, showing a puzzled expression at first, then looked at the atmosphere, and quickly sat back down in their seats.
Oh shit!
So weird!
All G14 member representatives from the four major leagues of England, Italy, Spain, and Germany did not move!
What did Carter mean?
Isn't the meeting over?
What do you mean it hasn’t started yet?
One minute later, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a group of people walked into the conference room with their heads held high.
The leader walking in the middle is none other than Aldridge in a suit and tie with a confident smile!
Behind him on both sides, there is Beckenbauer on the left and Chelsea boss Abramovich on the right!
After that, there were more than a dozen people, all of whom were representatives of well-capitalized sponsors in the European sports field, as well as representatives of TV broadcast giants!
Representatives from the three clubs, Ajax, Eindhoven, and Porto, were stunned and their hearts beat like thunder. They saw that the lifeless atmosphere at the scene changed subtly with the changes in the expressions of each participant, because those representatives from the wealthy clubs There was obvious excitement in his expression!
No matter how stupid you are, you know what will happen next. The representatives of these three clubs suddenly felt a cold feeling in their hearts.
damn it!
fortunately!
Fortunately, I didn’t leave with the three representatives from France!
Aldrich walked to the top of the long conference table and pulled out the boss chair, unbuttoned his suit jacket, sat down naturally, moved forward, straightened his back, raised a smile, and placed his right hand on the table like a He knocked on the door and knocked twice on the table.
Dangdang
"Gentlemen, let's get down to business now." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
