After some conspiracy, Zhang Yida and Li Hengbo flew to Milan the next day and announced that Yanhuang Investment (Hong Kong) would replace Temasek's hedge fund and become the controlling shareholder of AC Milan.
At the same time, Temasek will continue to retain a small stake in the club and remain in the club as a financial investor.
As soon as the news came out, the citizens of Milan, the design capital, were not calm again.
Fans of rival Inter Milan laughed at AC Milan supporters: Just go to sleep, AC Milan has not had a chance to turn around in recent years.
The Singaporean boss sold the club just a few days after taking over, indicating that it was a hot potato and no one wanted it.
AC Milan fans are very worried. They have sold this thing and sold it in the past. The club is in such turmoil that even good results may come as a surprise!
Several radical fan organizations feel that this cannot be done and something must be done for the team.
Just when they were preparing to take action, the authoritative media "Gazzetta dello Sport" spoke out.
"In the past month, our Rossoneri have suffered major setbacks and their future is unclear.
As one of the prides of Milan, the Rossoneri has a history of 119 years and has won 18 Serie A championships and 7 Champions League championships...
It is no exaggeration to say that this is one of the greatest teams in Italy and Europe!
Seeing the team sink like this, as a Juventus fan, I can’t stand it anymore.
However, the good news is that Yanhuang Investment Group from Hong Kong, China, has decided to take over AC Milan.
This group has a strong background, and its actual controller is Asia’s richest man, Mr. Yida Zhang, the founder of the US$200 billion technology company Ruixiang!
This gentleman is very close to Italy. His English name is very similar to the Chinese name of our Italian country...
Congratulations to AC Milan fans, your club is now one of the richest clubs in Europe, and can even compete with Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain.
In addition, Mr. Zhang is a person who has repeatedly achieved miracles. I hope that AC Milan can return to the top under his leadership!"
Zhang Yida now also owns Wikipedia, which contains many Western media reports on him and introductions to his industries.
After checking the information, AC Milan fans could almost be described as crying with joy and running to tell each other.
"Here he comes, China's super rich man is coming towards us with green euros!"
The fans sighed, hoping for the stars and the moon, and finally the great savior has arrived.
Although the previous club chairman, Li Ge, failed in his speculation and was out of the game sadly, his willfulness and generosity in spending money still left a deep impression on fans like them.
Now a rich man has arrived who is worth a hundred times more than Brother Li. The picture is so beautiful that I can’t even imagine it!
Dig Cristiano Ronaldo, poach Messi, poach Neymar, poach Mbappe... to form AC Milan's Galaxy Battleship.
Reasonable fans poured cold water on them, "Wake up! Because of the Financial Fair Play Act, don't even think about spending big on signings. Let's deal with the current UEFA penalties first!"
With this reminder, the fans who were trapped in beautiful fantasy were brought back to reality.
Also, if we don’t have to fight in the European war, how can we talk about revival?
Look at the methods of the new Chinese boss!
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Accompanied by the club's management, Zhang Yida visited the AC Milan club's stadium, training room, and honorary memorial hall...
Zhang Yida looked at the glittering memorial hall with dozens of trophies on display, and secretly sighed: There is indeed a foundation, and there are so many trophies that I can hardly put them down.
Look at the photo frames of meritorious players hanging on the wall, Kaka, Shevchenko, Van Basten... everyone has achieved brilliant achievements in their respective eras.
It’s just that times have changed. Milan still has a long way to go if it wants to return to its peak!
A middle-aged man with a beard and a fierce face followed behind Zhang Yida and was carefully introducing the championship trophies and meritorious players of AC Milan to Zhang Yida.
This is the current head coach Gennaro Gattuso, who is famous in world football for his bad temper.
During his playing days, he once "choke Lippi the Silver Fox" and "slap Zlatan Ibrahimovic".
The year before last, he was coaching the Pisa team in Italy's third tier league. When playing against the league leaders, Gattuso once slapped his assistant in front of everyone because of nervousness, and his actions were very rough.
Because of this incident, Gattuso was criticized verbally by fans and the media after the game, but he did not change much after that and still could not control his bad temper.
Zhang Yida really can't believe why Milan chose such a person as the head coach.
Can a person who cannot effectively control his own emotions lead a team well?
Gattuso is 40 years old this year and has only retired as a player a few years ago. Based on his qualifications and experience, he can only coach in lower leagues.
But this guy is also one of Milan's famous players and has contributed to Milan. As a player, he helped Milan win two Champions League championships in 2003 and 2007.
Because of his tireless running and ferocious tackles on the court, he also earned the nickname "The Divine Dog".
Although the grumpy man behaved respectfully, humbly and politely in front of Zhang Yida, Zhang Yida had no intention of renewing his contract.
A bad temper is secondary, the most important thing is ability.
Competent people can tolerate some of his other flaws, but the most annoying ones are those who are incompetent and have a bad temper.
Spending money on coaches is to make the team perform better, not to let them be fools.
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Within two days of inspecting the Milan club, Zhang Yida quickly made a major change in the management.
Former Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis was hired to replace current Milan CEO Fassone.
Louis van Gaal, who was idle at home, was also invited to serve as Milan's new head coach.
This boss is a world-class coach. His biggest characteristics are his "iron-fisted coaching" and "good at cultivating new players."
He has coached Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester United and other giants, as well as the Dutch national team.
Especially during his time at Bayern, the 4231 tactics he created for the team benefited Bayern and even the German national team.
His successor Heynckes used the team and tactics he left behind to help Bayern win the Champions League;
Loew was inspired by his tactics, and that year the German team swept two strong teams, England and Argentina, and won third place in the World Cup;
Four years later, in the 2014 World Cup, the German national team still used the 4231 formation and won the World Cup that year.
However, Van Gaal was too aloof and often had conflicts with the media, leading to mixed praise and criticism from all walks of life.
In addition, he is a reformer who has the courage to innovate, is not superstitious about big names, and firmly holds his own position.
Known as the founder of the dynasty!
Zhang Yida was a little worried about whether he would have any conflicts with Ronaldo, which would be really tricky.
On the one hand, it is necessary to use Ronaldo's fame to re-shape Milan's popularity and brand, but Ronaldo will not be able to play for a few more years.
In the long run, Van Gaal needs to help Milan dig out and cultivate a group of new stars.
Rising stars are the most valuable and can slowly increase the valuation of the Milan club.
Gattuso did not leave after he was dismissed as head coach.
Maybe he realized his shortcomings in ability, or he felt that AC Milan had great potential in the future, so he took the initiative to apply and wanted to be an assistant coach.
Zhang Yida originally wanted him to leave directly, but after thinking about it, it was just an assistant teaching position and it didn't matter.
If Gattuso is driven away directly, it may break the hearts of those club celebrities.
These people have no other abilities. After retiring, they just like to comment on this and that in front of the media.
Although there is nothing wrong with it, as a Chinese boss, Zhang Yida is new here, so there is really no need to make too many extravagances.
Unite all the forces that can be united!
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The Spanish club Real Madrid announced on the 10th local time that its star player Cristiano Ronaldo has paid 120 million euros in liquidated damages and officially transferred to Serie A giant AC Milan as a free agent.
As the news spreads, the whole world is paying attention!
Someone with a sharp mind can smell something different. This familiar formula is similar to when Neymar joined Paris.
Just when the outside world was questioning whether the transfer violated the Financial Fair Play Act, AC Milan fans fell into a sea of joy!
The local pubs were all full and it was as happy and lively as Christmas!