The Godfather of Football

As early as 2008, when FIFA announced the implementation of the 6+5 policy and received strong support from UEFA, many people began to spread that this might be a weapon for UEFA to limit the rapid growth of the Premier League teams.

You know, in the years before and after that, the strength of the Premier League has made a leap forward. As early as Ye Qiu led Chelsea to win the Champions League, and then Liverpool won the championship, and then Tottenham Hotspur completed the feat of defending the title, and the Premier League teams occupied three of the four semi-final seats for several consecutive seasons. All signs show that if appropriate restrictions are not taken on the Premier League, the Premier League will very likely become an oligarchic league in the Champions League.

This is definitely not alarmist, because since the phone gate, Serie A has been in a slump, and since the Bundesliga bubble burst in 2002, the Bundesliga teams have always believed in a healthy management policy, belonging to the type of small and beautiful girls who manage their families well, and La Liga has long been trapped in a situation where Real Madrid and Barcelona dominate.

In this situation, Premier League teams rely on huge international capital to acquire top superstars everywhere. From the prosperity of Chelsea, to the revival of Liverpool, to the rise of Tottenham Hotspur, and now the influx of local tycoon teams such as Manchester City, West Ham United, and Newcastle, the Premier League has completely become a gold-dollar league, and the purchasing power of players is invincible in Europe.

Take the Premier League share last season as an example. Even the relegated team ranked 20th can get more than 40 million pounds in revenue from the Premier League in a season, and this share of the Premier League is rising steadily. In other words, the income of the relegated Premier League teams even exceeds that of some mid- and upper-level teams in Serie A and La Liga.

What does this mean? This means that Premier League teams have enough strength to wave their pounds to acquire famous stars everywhere, use these stars to strengthen their own strength, and further drive the influence of the Premier League. As the influence further increases, the broadcasting fees and various incomes of the Premier League will also increase, which forms a virtuous circle.

And you have to know that the stadiums of Premier League teams are all private property, and all acquisitions belong to the clubs, which is unmatched by many teams in Serie A and even La Liga.

The three major sources of income for clubs are match day income, broadcasting fee sharing and commercial sponsorship. The Premier League has two of the three major sources of income that far exceed its competitors in other leagues. The Premier League is also the most successful league in commercial operation. It is conceivable that if the situation in the Premier League is not curbed, to what extent will the Premier League develop?

But in fact, some people think that such worries are unfounded.

The competition in the Premier League has always been very fierce, more intense than the current Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga, and they have no winter break, so some people think that the fierce competition in the Premier League has caused Premier League teams in the Champions League, especially in the knockout stage, to be affected by the fierce domestic competition.

Of course, some people think that this statement is incorrect, so the two sides have a lot of debate.

But just when UEFA was ambitious to implement the first year of the 6+5 policy, 20 Premier League teams protested against the English Football Association, which soon swept the entire European football world and was officially recognized and affirmed by the European Union, who believed that the so-called 6+5 policy fundamentally violated the EU constitution.

Although in the field of football, FIFA and UEFA both advocate internal resolution of disputes, and even some violent incidents on the field do not involve crimes, there is no precedent for matters related to the EU constitution, that is, the famous Bosman Act, which directly led to a huge change in European football.

Therefore, both FIFA and UEFA have to reconsider. Once things get out of hand, will there be a second Bosman Act? Will it further weaken the authority and industry leadership of FIFA and UEFA?

You know, they themselves are not clean either, but no one was willing to confront them directly before. But if things really get bad, those big teams don't need to come forward themselves. They can support a small team to come forward and discredit FIFA and UEFA. This is also the method they often used when G14 was still there.

Just when FIFA and UEFA were under pressure and revealed through some insiders that they might reconsider the 6+5 policy in the special situation within the EU, the Premier League started a big acquisition at a time when the football transfer market in Europe was extremely depressed.

Newcastle, which was funded by the Qatari consortium and took the lead in launching a big acquisition, announced that it had introduced the powerful Swedish center Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan at a sky-high price of 65 million euros, which shocked the whole world. The Swedish center was regarded by Newcastle's Redknapp as an important symbol of the team's revival.

But this was just the first step. Just one day later, Newcastle announced again that it would introduce Brazilian genius Robinho from Manchester City, who had fallen out with the team. The Brazilian genius will continue to stay in the Premier League and form a luxurious double striker lineup with Ibramovich. It is reported that in order to get Robinho, Newcastle offered a higher salary package.

Just when everyone was surprised by Newcastle's big move, Liverpool, which was acquired by the Indians, finally showed ambitions that had never been seen in the past decade, and began to show full courage in the transfer market.

After Benítez chose to stay in the team, he received a transfer check from Ambani that was called unlimited by the outside world, so Liverpool quickly made a move in the transfer market, and directly acquired Juan Mata and David Villa, two international players, from the old club Valencia, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, at a package price of 85 million euros.

Coupled with the current Spanish golden boy Torres and the team's soul Gerrard, Liverpool's strength this season has been greatly improved, especially the team's strong offensive power. When Torres, Gerrard, Villa and Juan Mata formed a strong offensive formation, I believe the whole of Europe will be panicked.

Soon, the former rich Manchester City was not to be outdone. After successively taking over James Milner of Aston Villa, Inter Milan striker Balotelli, Atletico Madrid striker Aguero, and Lazio left back Kolarov, although many transfer transactions did not disclose the specific amount, everyone was guessing that Manchester City's investment was also very amazing.

After all, Aguero alone is worth 45 million euros, and the other players are basically famous European stars, which makes Manchester City's overall strength in recruiting players definitely not weak.

But when people were still speculating whether Manchester City or West Ham United, or Liverpool and Newcastle, would invest more, Manchester City announced three heavy transfers in one go, first introducing Daniele De Rossi from Serie A runner-up Roma at a price of 35 million euros.

This transfer was a transfer deal selected by Mancini. He believed that De Rossi's arrival could help Manchester City improve its midfield strength to the greatest extent, and the introduction of Van der Vaart from Real Madrid was also for the same purpose, which would greatly improve Manchester City's midfield.

But what attracted the most attention from the British media and fans was that Manchester City introduced backup goalkeeper Joe Hart from Tottenham Hotspur at a high price of 15 million euros. This transfer transaction created a record for the transfer fee of Premier League goalkeepers, making Joe Hart the most expensive goalkeeper in England, and Mancini said that Joe Hart's transfer fee was very cheap and cost-effective.

But some people think that Mancini is having fun in misery, because Joe Hart did not play many games in Tottenham Hotspur. Although he had a good performance in the cup, no one is sure about his strength.

After signing several big orders in succession, Manchester City did not seem to have any intention of stopping. Instead, it announced in a high-profile manner that it would intervene in Manchester United's poaching of Inter Milan's right back Maicon, and raised Maicon's price to 25 million euros in one breath, which made Manchester United a little daunted.

Finally, after a period of stalemate, Manchester City won the former world's number one right back, Maicon.

Looking at all the transfers of Manchester City this summer, Ye Qiu admires Maicon the most. Regardless of Maicon's strength, after Manchester City took Maicon, Manchester United's plan to strengthen its right side was completely destroyed, causing Ferguson to continue to worry about the right side. Ye Qiu felt that Manchester City made a good deal.

With the aging of Gary Neville, Manchester United's right side has always been weak. Ferguson has tried many players, including Brown, O'Shea, Fabio and the Rafael brothers, but the effect is not very good. Even though Manchester United won the Champions League last season, the weakness on the right side has always been there.

So the most important thing for Ferguson this summer is to strengthen the team's right side. Other introductions such as Smalling and Hernandez are all to further strengthen the team's bench lineup. Unexpectedly, Manchester City took Maicon away, not only strengthened its own strength, but also completely destroyed Manchester United's plan, killing two birds with one stone.

After hearing the news, Ye Qiu made a special phone call to disgust Ferguson. On the phone, Ferguson was so angry that he cursed Mancini and threatened to make him look bad, while Ye Qiu was in a good mood on the phone.

Tottenham Hotspur did not make much progress in the transfer market this summer. Neymar and Coutinho both joined the team and successfully applied for work permits, but Lucas Moura failed to get a work permit and could only be loaned to Ajax for training. Ye Qiu has asked Ajax to focus on Lucas Moura.

Ajax sold Alexis Sanchez before and made a lot of money. This summer, they sold Di Maria and sent the Argentine to West Ham United for 30 million euros, making another big fortune. All this should be attributed to Tottenham Hotspur, so they did not hesitate to ask Ye Qiu.

Ajax made money, and Ye Qiu also reaped a lot of benefits. When Ramirez transferred to Chelsea, Ye Qiu not only asked Ancelotti to call him personally, but also knocked Chelsea for a high price of 25 million euros. Ye Qiu did not spend much effort to introduce Ramirez.

Previously, Newcastle's behind-the-scenes boss, Qatar's Crown Prince Tamim Al Thani, personally talked to Ye Qiu about the transfer and made a list. Newcastle wanted to get several Tottenham stars such as Joe Hart, Falcao, Zielinski, Coentrao and Alves.

Early before Tamim Al-Thani proposed it in person, Newcastle had already applied for a transfer to Thiago Silva, offering a price of 40 million euros, but Ye Qiu refused and was even unwilling to negotiate. In order to avoid the player being poached, Ye Qiu also personally talked to Thiago Silva about this matter. The Tottenham Hotspur captain expressed his willingness to stay with the team.

Thiago Silva can be what he is today, and Ye Qiu's further education and cultivation of him in the past few years are inseparable from his relationship, so he himself also loves and respects Ye Qiu very much, and has a lot of feelings for Tottenham Hotspur. Now that Ye Qiu has spoken, he has almost no hesitation to choose to stay.

Besides, 40 million euros is enough to take away the captain of Tottenham Hotspur? Just kidding!

But soon, Newcastle shifted its target to Thiago Silva's partner Zielinski, and offered no less than Thiago Silva's worth of 35 million euros, but Tottenham Hotspur still refused.

When Tamim Al Thani personally started negotiations with Ye Qiu, the Qatari Crown Prince was indeed a wealthy man. He agreed to the sky-high price of 45 million euros without much discussion. At the same time, he offered a high price of 30 million euros to the Portuguese left-back Coentrao who performed very well in the World Cup.

For the two transfers, Zielinski and Coentrao, Tottenham Hotspur paid Newcastle 75 million euros. With the addition of Joe Hart's 15 million euros, Tottenham Hotspur's three players earned a net income of 90 million euros, making them the biggest sellers in the transfer market.

But just when everyone thought that Tottenham Hotspur might stop, especially considering Ye Qiu's principle of selling players, he should not sell them again. Unexpectedly, Tottenham Hotspur soon announced on its official website that the team had agreed to West Ham United's transfer request for Rodamel Falcao.

Soon, the Colombian also announced through his agent that he accepted the contract offered by West Ham United and expressed his gratitude for Tottenham's cultivation, but he hoped to prove his strength in West Ham United and get everyone's recognition and affirmation.

The outside world believes that Falcao's choice to leave Tottenham has something to do with Ye Qiu's preference for Cavani. Interestingly, both players were poached at the same time. Cavani was paid attention to by Newcastle, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and other teams, while Falcao was also seduced by Real Madrid, Newcastle, West Ham United and Manchester City.

In the situation of choosing one of the two, Ye Qiu finally chose Cavani and gave up Falcao.

But as the most shady club in Europe, it is not an easy task to get Tottenham to give in, especially considering that Falcao is currently competing with Real Madrid, Newcastle and Manchester City, so Tottenham has an advantage in the transfer, and West Ham United finally compromised, with a transfer fee of 70 million euros, completely surpassing Ibrahimovic and becoming the top bidder in this summer's transfer market.

When this explosive news came out, everyone had only one feeling, that is, shady!

Too shady!

You know, a year ago, when Tottenham brought Falcao from Ajax, they only paid a transfer fee of 5 million euros, but now, a year later, Falcao's value is as high as 70 million euros. Although Falcao has shown the strength of a top scorer in the past season, it is only one season.

More people think that the price markup of Tottenham Hotspur's past sales of stars, the addition of Ye Qiu's personal charm, and the competition of many top teams eventually made West Ham United, which had no advantage and could only attract players by constantly spending money, pay a sky-high price for the Colombian center.

Falcao's sky-high price of 70 million euros immediately caused a huge response around the world. The name of West Ham United Chairman Rebolovlev once again appeared on the pages of the world's media. The shock caused even completely covered up the news that Liverpool introduced Javier Martinez from Athletic Bilbao for 30 million euros.

Benítez wants to build a Spanish gang in Liverpool, but it is obvious that stars are king!

After selling four players, Tottenham Hotspur received a transfer fee of up to 160 million euros, but as in previous years, Tottenham Hotspur once again stated that the team will not adopt a high-priced recruitment strategy. Ye Qiu will pay 100 million euros to the London Olympic Committee, which is also the last payment for Stratford Stadium.

After paying this amount, Tottenham Hotspur can wait for the 2012 event to end and take back the Stratford Stadium. However, after taking it back, it will probably need to invest more than 20 million euros in renovation. After all, Tottenham Hotspur has very high requirements for its home stadium.

According to Ye Qiu, the team wants to build the most advanced seven-star home stadium in the world.

Not only that, Tottenham Hotspur Real Estate Company has announced a new plan to invest 100 million euros to acquire an unfinished project in Gunnersbury, west London. This place is located next to Brentford in west London and is regarded as a new commercial office district in London, with the famous Chiswick Office Park.

Chiswick Office Park is regarded as an emerging commercial office park in London. The rent is cheaper than that of the financial district, but the appreciation potential is huge. Major companies including PepsiCo, Swarovski and Tullow Oil have settled in this area.

The unfinished project taken over by Tottenham Hotspur is located in the south of Chiswick Park. Like all buildings in West London, it is a low-rise building with only five floors, but there are six buildings in total, covering an area of ​​150 acres, and the surrounding transportation is very convenient.

Affected by the subprime mortgage crisis and the European debt crisis, the developer went bankrupt and fell into the unfinished stage. At the beginning of this year, Blackstone Group evaluated it and valued it at 130 million euros, but no one took it over. After this bottom-fishing, Tottenham Hotspur is expected to continue to invest about 100 million euros in the next year or so, that is, before the completion of the project.

However, considering that the current office rent per square meter in the surrounding area is 500 pounds, it is still 20% lower than the eastern financial district, so it has attracted many international companies to settle in, and there is great potential for appreciation in the future, so this deal is very cost-effective no matter how you look at it.

Ye Qiu has been buying up London real estate at the bottom in the past few years, whether in the financial district or in the east. Now he has entered the west. The real estate held by Tottenham Hotspur Real Estate Company is valued at a high price, but Ye Qiu does not plan to sell it for the time being, at least until after the London Olympics.

And he thinks that being a landlord is actually a very good choice. After all, in the UK, especially in places like London, the price of real estate will definitely rise for a long time in the future. There is no doubt about this.

After all, Ye Qiu is now a professional bargain hunter!

But there are special people in Ye Qiu's company to take care of these things, so he doesn't need to participate or worry at all. What he needs to do most urgently now is to adjust the team's status to welcome the new season, and at the same time, make appropriate signings for the vacancies left after the team sells players, and he basically has goals and ideal targets for these.