Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

  Chapter 317 Do you need to understand politics when running a football club?

   Manchester City at this time was just acquired by former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for £81.6 million last summer.

   But since Thaksin was caught in the whirlpool of corruption scandals, he had no intention of running the club properly.

   So much so that the current Manchester City, even if the former England coach Eriksen was hired as the head coach, is still in a state of being in a state of being in a state of being on the verge of death.

  The game itself has nothing to say. With the return of Cristiano Ronaldo and the goals of Kaka and Beckham, Crystal Palace easily won Manchester City 3:1 at home.

   While continuing to maintain the lead in points, Chen Ran also got a "Free Kick Master Card" from the system.

   In the box at Highbury Stadium, while watching the game, the mysterious group of Arabs were constantly whispering and discussing.

   Judging from their serious and serious expressions, they are obviously not ordinary fans.

   In other matches in the Premier League, Chelsea beat Reading 1-0 at Stamford Bridge and Manchester United beat Portsmouth 2-0 at Old Trafford.

  Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Manchester United are still within a goal difference between the three teams.

  Three days later, Crystal Palace ushered in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

   This time, Crystal Palace will host the Championship team Preston.

Although Chen Ran still dispatched a lineup based on substitute players as originally planned, with the goals of Cavani, Cesc Fabregas and Alves, Crystal Palace easily won 3:1 at home. Preston.

  While advancing to the fifth round of the FA Cup, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Rehabilitation Card" from the system.

   Just when Chen Ran was busy preparing for the Premier League on the weekend, Stephen came to Chen Ran's office again.

   "Chen, another gold master has taken a fancy to our Crystal Palace."

   As soon as he entered the door, Stephen approached Chen Ran mysteriously and whispered.

   "Oh? Who is this time? Not American again?"

   Chen Ran was not surprised that a gold master took a fancy to Crystal Palace.

  With Abramovich’s acquisition of Chelsea, the new century’s golden-dollar football era has begun. In recent years, news about which football club has been spotted again has been heard every few years.

   The Premier League, which has the most complete and open management mechanism, is the first choice for those who want to acquire football clubs.

  Crystal Palace, as the hegemon of the Premier League in recent years, is naturally a matter of course to attract the attention of the sponsors.

   It’s just that the current Crystal Palace is no longer the Crystal Palace of the past, and it is not something that Americans who want to rely on loans for acquisitions can achieve.

   "Of course not those poor ghosts who always want to be white wolves with empty gloves." Stephen said disdainfully.

  As a descendant of old British nobles, Stephen despised those upstarts from the bottom of his heart.

  Especially after the Glazer family acquired Manchester United on loan and Tom Hicks and George Gillette acquired Liverpool on loan, the behavior of Americans transferring huge debts to these giant clubs has caused public anger among England fans.

   "Chen, the Abu Dhabi consortium in the United Arab Emirates expressed interest in our Crystal Palace this time. They sent a message through Tim Clark, the CEO of Emirates Airlines, to ask if you have any intention to sell the Crystal Palace Club."

   "Abu Dhabi consortium?"

Chen Ran is no stranger to the name   .

   In the previous life, they bought the Manchester City club, and single-handedly built Manchester City into a Premier League hegemon, and overwhelmed the city's arch-rival Manchester United.

   And they also acquired Manchester City from Thaksin after the end of this season. Counting the time, it seems that they are now placing the acquisition target on Crystal Palace.

   "Stephen, you told the Abu Dhabi consortium that I have no plans to sell Crystal Palace Club. But if they are interested, I can transfer some of the Crystal Palace shares to them."

   "Transfer part of Crystal Palace's shares? Chen, what do you mean? If you don't want to sell Crystal Palace Club, just refuse them."

   After listening to Chen Ran's thoughts, Stephen asked in a different way, and he was a little unclear why Chen Ran did this for a while.

   "Stephen, the Abu Dhabi consortium is different from the Americans who want to buy clubs with loans, these big oil bigwigs are the real rich."

   "If we shut out the Abu Dhabi consortium directly, they might turn around and buy other clubs."

"The money of these oil giants is easy to come by, and it doesn't hurt to spend it. If they buy other teams and then spend a lot of money, then we will have another difficult problem in the Premier League in the future. opponent."

   "So, although I don't plan to sell Crystal Palace Club. But if we can use some shares as bait to pull the Abu Dhabi consortium into our camp, it can be considered to eliminate a huge threat in advance."

"Chen, do you think too highly of those Arabs? What kind of football do they know? It's just that there's nowhere to spend the money. I just want to buy a team for fun. I guess I'll change hands after I get tired of playing for two years. Sold."

   Stephen curled his lips in disdain. In his heart, these Arabs who made their fortunes from oil are not as good as those American upstarts.

   "Hehe, Stephen, don't underestimate these Arabs. Maybe they don't understand football, but they have money. As long as they are willing to spend money, they can naturally invite people who are proficient in football to help them."

  Stephen doesn't know, but Chen Ran, a reborn, knows how Manchester City, after being acquired by the Abu Dhabi consortium, has crushed and ravaged a number of Premier League giants.

   "Well, I admit that you have a point. However, how many shares do you plan to sell to the Abu Dhabi consortium? If it is too small, it is probably not attractive to them."

   "Up to 20%, I want to hold the controlling stake of Crystal Palace Club firmly in my own hands."

   "20%? I don't think it can satisfy the appetite of the Abu Dhabi consortium."

   Stephen shook his head, obviously not optimistic about this matter.

   "Or if you ask them if they are interested in the shares of Galaxy Football Group, I can also sell 20% of Galaxy Football Group's shares."

   Chen Ran also knows that for the Abu Dhabi consortium, which claims to have assets of hundreds of billions of pounds, the 20% stake in Crystal Palace Club is difficult to satisfy their appetite. So after thinking about it, he took the shares of Galaxy Football Group again.

   If the Abu Dhabi consortium with deep pockets can also be pulled into the Galaxy Football Group, they can be used to check and balance the Red Bull Group, so as to achieve the most stable three-legged state.

   "Shares in Galaxy Football Group? Well, I see, I'll pass on your meaning to the Abu Dhabi consortium."

Just two days after the FA Cup match between    and Preston, Crystal Palace ushered in the twenty-fifth round of the Premier League,

   This time, they will go away to Birmingham.

  The main players of Crystal Palace who did not play in the FA Cup match were all put into the starting lineup by Chen Ran in this match.

   With goals from Toni, Ronaldo and Messi and Modric, Crystal Palace beat Birmingham 4-2 away.

  While getting three points, Chen Ran also got a long-lost reward from the system.

   "Ding, congratulations to the host for winning the game and discovering a teenager with football talent."

  Name: Chen Xi

   Age: 12 years old

   Potential (PA): 167

   Competency (CA): Vacancy

  Position: TBD

   With the selection of talented young players one by one, Chen Ran can be said to be full of talents in Huaguo’s youth training base.

  Director Xu, who is next door to the Shencheng Galaxy Club and who often comes to walk around, is drooling.

   Under the order of Chen Ran, David Gill, CEO of Galaxy Football Group, has also begun to arrange the "Galaxy Cup" Youth Football Invitational Tournament to be held this summer.

   At that time, the team formed by Chen Ran at the Huaguo Youth Training Base will make its debut in front of the world for the first time.

   In other Premier League matches in this round, Chelsea were drawn 1:1 away by Portsmouth, and Manchester United were also drawn 1:1 away by Tottenham Hotspur.

   This time, after a stalemate for a long time, Crystal Palace finally extended the lead from two points to four points.

   A week later, Crystal Palace ushered in the twenty-sixth round of the Premier League. This time, they will be at home to meet the challenge of Tottenham Hotspur.

  Because there are so many teams in London, there is no real London derby. So even if the two London teams play against each other, it is not as strong as some other famous intra-city battles.

   However, due to the previous self-defeating of Tottenham Hotspur boss Daniel Levy, the two clubs between Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur are considered to be in a relationship.

   So after that incident, the rematch between Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur also attracted great attention from England fans and the media.

   Now, the head coach of Tottenham Hotspur is no longer the hapless big-mouthed Martin Joel.

   However, Juan de Ramos, who replaced him, was Chen Ran's defeat when he coached Sevilla.

   Juande Ramos, who jumped from La Liga to the Premier League, obviously wants to play on a bigger platform.

   What better way to prove his ability than a victory over Premier League hegemons Crystal Palace?

   To this end, Juan de Ramos, who has been studying Crystal Palace since the time of Sevilla, sent the strongest lineup that he could play.

   However, the reality is so cruel, Juan de Ramos' ambition was once again trampled by Chen Ran.

  With the goals of Tony, Vidic and Vieira, Crystal Palace beat Tottenham Hotspur 3:2 at home.

  At the same time that he got three points, Chen Ran also got a "Level 1 Health Card" from the system.

   In other matches in this round of the Premier League, Manchester United narrowly defeated rivals Manchester City 2:1 at Old Trafford, and Chelsea was tied 0:0 by Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.

   With the help of Liverpool, Crystal Palace are four points ahead of Manchester United and six points ahead of Chelsea, and the Premier League title race has finally begun to develop in the direction of Crystal Palace.

   From next week, Crystal Palace will usher in the Champions League quarter-finals, plus the Premier League and the FA Cup, which will be another severe test for the players’ physical fitness.

   Just when Chen Ran was busy preparing for the battle, Stephen brought him the latest news from the Abu Dhabi consortium.

   "Chen, the Abu Dhabi consortium is very interested in the shares of our Crystal Palace. However, they think that 20% of the shares are too small, and they hope to get 49% of the shares."

   "49%?"

   Hearing this number, Chen Ran frowned slightly.

   Even though he knew that the appetite of these oil tycoons would definitely not be satisfied with 20%, but suddenly pulled it to 49%, which brought Chen Ran's controlling stake to a dangerous tipping point, which was absolutely unacceptable to Chen Ran.

   "Stephen, are they not interested in the shares of Galaxy Football Group?"

   "Not really, but they are obviously more interested in the shares of Crystal Palace Club. When communicating, their focus is always on Crystal Palace's side."

  “.”

  Chen Ran was speechless for a while.

   Te Meow’s past life, wasn’t it because Manchester City acquired football clubs all over the world to form the City Football Group?

  Why are they not interested in the Galaxy Football Group with the same structure now?

   Is what you do too advanced?

   Well, there is such a possibility.

   These oil giants have not really set foot in the football circle, and it is estimated that they have not yet figured out what the Galaxy Football Group does.

  Thinking of this, Chen Ran shook his head helplessly.

   "Stephen, you tell those Arabs in the Abu Dhabi consortium that I will only sell at most 20% of the shares of Crystal Palace Club. It's okay, it's okay, it's okay."

   "Chen, have you thought about it?"

   "After thinking about it, let's do it like this."

   Having said that, Chen Ran called Fatty again.

   Soon, Louis rushed to Chen Ran's office.

   After telling Little Fatty what happened, Chen Ran patted him on the shoulder.

   "Luis, after those Arabs are rejected by us, they will probably turn to other Premier League clubs. You have to find out which team they will buy."

   "During this time, you should pay more attention to the upper and middle clubs in the Premier League, especially Manchester City."

   "Manchester City? Didn't they just get bought by that Thai last summer?"

   The little fat man looked at Chen Ran with a different expression. Thaksin was the former prime minister of Thailand, and he was still very rich.

   "Thaksin is now involved in a bribery lawsuit, how can he still have the mind to take care of Manchester City Club? If the Thai government asks the British government to freeze Thaksin's property, then his loss will be huge."

   "So, I guess Thaksin will cash out soon. And the Abu Dhabi consortium is obviously a very suitable receiver. One wants to buy, the other wants to sell, and it's easy to make a deal."

   "Well, Chen, your analysis makes sense."

  Stephen nodded frequently, obviously being persuaded by Chen Ran.

   "Come on, you need to understand politics to run a football club? Isn't that too complicated?"

  Louis muttered softly.

   (end of this chapter)