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"The stadium, it is indeed a problem." Joe Lewis squinted his eyes slightly, took a puff of his cigar, exhaled the smoke, and let it drift around.

Tottenham Hotspur, as a team with historical heritage, belongs to the London area, has a huge fan base, and also has the influence of a quasi-rich family. It has been even more famous than Chelsea since long ago. As Arsenal His mortal enemy, how could he be so weak?

It is such a team that breaks even. Although there are some debts, the team that is profitable enough to cover the debts is limited by the size of the White Hart Lane Stadium, which only has 36,240 seats. The annual game day income is about 44 million pounds. Match-day revenue for Tottenham is close to £60m a year lower than that of Manchester United, which has Old Trafford.

However, how many seats can be expanded by expanding the stadium? There is no doubt that building a new stadium is the best solution. However, the cost of building a new stadium can even buy two teams of the size of Tottenham. A costly project.

Don't think that Joe Lewis and Levy didn't have the idea of ​​building a new stadium. Unfortunately, it is really a lack of energy. At this time, the operation is in good condition and the balance of payments is balanced. It is undoubtedly not worth the candle to build the stadium with huge debts.

This strong team that has invested a lot of money in six seasons has failed to achieve corresponding results. In the face of fierce competition for Champions League qualification, the club sale may be the best way to get rid of this burden. After all, Lewis only spent 2,200 at the time. Bought Tottenham for £10,000.

"A valuation of 220 million pounds, I think you should be able to accept it, pay me 145 million pounds, and Tottenham will belong to you. Young man, this is my bottom line. If you refuse to accept it, I can only apologize." After pondering for a moment, Lewis finally said in a low voice.

Although the tone of the other party sounds uncomfortable, it is full of sincerity. After all, this negotiation has lasted for more than two weeks. The meeting between the two big bosses undoubtedly hopes to reach a conclusion. The club stabilized as soon as possible.

"OK!" Andy didn't hesitate. He fully accepted the price. With a slight smile on his face, he stretched out his hand and shook Lewis's old hand. "Thank you for your cooperation."

"Young man, I hope the white lily will bloom in your hands!" Joe Lewis said with a faint smile, not feeling the slightest sadness or regret for selling Tottenham. There is nothing special about it, the most important thing is to bring him huge profits.

Joe Lewis looked back at Levi with an ugly expression, and said involuntarily, "Levi, sell your 5% shares to Andy as well."

Everyone's eyes were on Levi, the so-called hardcore Tottenham, but Andy's eyes were very indifferent,

For the remaining 8% of the shares, he has already thought of a countermeasure. Undoubtedly, he still dilutes the remaining shares through capital injection first, and then squeezes them slowly until they are completely diluted. How to deal with it.

"Well!" Levi is not a fool either, he is also a financial elite, so he naturally knows that if he still clenched his teeth and persisted, he will face the fate of being crushed into scum by this young man with money.

Hearing Levi's response, the atmosphere in the entire cabin was completely relaxed. Except for the time when Andy and Joe Lewis continued to chat about artworks and yachts, the other two parties immediately began to quickly sort out various signing documents.

It didn't take long for the contract agreement to be sorted out, and on the table in the living room of the yacht, Andy and Lewis had already signed it by Levi.

The work assistant Christina, who was dressed in a capable OL professional attire, hurriedly took out the checkbook from her bag and handed it to Andy. It came down, put it aside, then wrote another sheet, and tore it off.

"Both, this is yours. Let's see if there is any problem." With a smile on his face, Andy handed a check to Joe Lewis and Levi with a check in each hand.

After the two took the check and looked at the numbers, Joe Lewis picked up the equity transfer letter on the table and handed it to Andy, "Tottenham belongs to you!"

Opened a bottle of champagne and celebrated for a while. Andy declined Joe Lewis' invitation to stay with him for lunch. With an excited face, David Dunn with a ruddy complexion and Levi who was a little sad left the luxury yacht and sat on their respective seats. Car, the convoy headed to White Hart Lane in North London to receive his team.

"Boss, after taking over the team in a while, I will go to the Premier League committee to make a report. After the committee releases the official news of the transaction tomorrow, a press conference can be held to introduce the new Tottenham to the media." The smile on David Dunn's face was extremely bright, and his eyes shone brightly, and he introduced the next process to Andy.

"Well, what are the internal arrangements for the club?" Andy pressed the equity transfer letter on his tui, and tapped his fingers lightly. The team he likes very much has become his own. After the emotional surge at that time, the excitement and happiness now are not so strong.

"Sporting director David Comolli to manager Franco Baldini may need to replace people in many important positions..." David Dunn took a deep breath and looked at the face of the young boss. .

Andy waved his hand indifferently, and asked, "Is there a suitable replacement? I don't want to affect the team's performance because of the turmoil in the club's management."

"The replacement candidates are ready-made. When I was at Arsenal, the team was in the negotiation team that was formed. They are all the most senior personnel in the industry. The management turmoil and the new coach will have a certain impact. The results in the first half of the season There will be ups and downs. However, I will try my best to speed up the running-in of the team..." David Dunn would not just say everything nicely in order to please his boss, he said the truth without hiding anything.

To be honest, besides being true, the most important thing is that he has to be worthy of the trust of the young big boss. It was not a test of his previous personnel handling. Unexpectedly, the big boss really gave him enough His trust and power gave him more confidence, and he would naturally respond to the boss's trust with sincerity.

"You really did a good job keeping the secrecy. So far, the media has not received the news that Joseph Heynckes will be the head coach of Tottenham. It seems that you want to let him appear at the press conference."

Hearing what the boss said, David Dunn chuckled and said: "The previous Tottenham signings were based on overly relying on data analysis, listening to the agent's one-sided words and ignoring the coach's opinion. The failure of the layman Baldini and former director Comolli is exactly the same. The painful lesson is too great. Only by restoring the coach's right to speak in transfers can the team improve.

In the future, it may be possible to expand match day revenue by building new stadiums. The winter transfer period should change the unfavorable situation of needing to balance financial revenue by selling core players. The youth and localization strategy implemented and implemented by this team now coincides with the football philosophy of coach Heynckes and me.

Any tactic needs to be executed by young players who are energetic and obedient, and the strategy of completing tactical intervention through psychological adjustment is also more applicable to young people..."

Andy listened to David Dunn instilling football concepts into him with a smattering of knowledge. When he approached the White Hart Lane Stadium, he saw a residential area of ​​old buildings on the side of the road through the car window. Surrounded by old buildings, when the team came to the parking lot at the main entrance of the stadium, Andy's frown became even tighter.

Narrow, small, crowded, even the parking lot is so small, there are almost no supporting facilities around the stadium, there is no room for maneuvering, let alone boosting the economy around the stadium on match days.

The motorcade stopped at the entrance of the stadium, and Andy got out of the car, not paying attention to the photos of those paparazzi who were happy to get the good news material as if they had been doped, turned their backs to White Hart Lane, looked around, and turned around Under the leadership of Levi, a group of people walked into the Tottenham club office building full of aura.

From this moment on, Bai Lily, established in 1882, ushered in its new knight! Andy, who has basically completed the privatization of Tottenham, will also share the glory with Bai Baihe!