The Godfather of Football

Even though it had been three or four hours since the crazy celebration banquet, as soon as I walked out of the room at Zhenhua Hotel, I could still smell some alcohol from more than a hundred meters above the ground.

Ye Qiu knew it was a psychological effect, because most of the alcohol came from him.

The celebration banquet last night was too crazy. Many players celebrated wildly because of the end of this season. Basically everyone was drunk. Many people even had to rely on the support of the hotel staff and the club staff to return to their rooms.

A hard and busy season is over. The team will start to take a holiday, and many players will also start to take a holiday, but many players will also consider participating in the Confederations Cup held in Brazil in June. This is called the warm-up match for the World Cup. It is becoming more and more important and is also a very important intercontinental event for the national team.

Currently, Brazil, Uruguay, Italy and Spain have been selected in the Tottenham Hotspur team.

Among them, the Brazilian national team has three internationals, Thiago Silva, Marcelo and Neymar, but Tottenham Hotspur's two internationals on loan at Southampton, Lucas Moura and Coutinho, were also selected for this national team, so strictly speaking, Tottenham Hotspur has five Brazilian internationals selected.

Uruguay, Italy and Spain each have one international selected, namely Cavani, Pirlo and Azpilicueta. Among them, Azpilicueta has many opportunities to play in Tottenham Hotspur this season, and his performance is also very stable, especially on the defensive level, which won the praise of Bosque and was selected for the national team.

In the past, some media often said that Tottenham Hotspur is a Brazilian team, and believed that the North London team has many Brazilian internationals, but in fact, judging from the distribution of Brazilian national team internationals, Tottenham Hotspur is similar to Bayern Munich, Chelsea and other teams, but there is only one more.

Ye Qiu had also considered the fact that there were too many Brazilian internationals, so he wanted to let Sandro go this season in order to further weaken the influence of the Brazilian gang within the team. As long as there was no obvious factional power in the locker room, it would be easier for the head coach to control them. This was also a foundation he left for Mauro Tassotti.

However, Ye Qiu was still worried about Pirlo. The veteran's performance at Tottenham Hotspur this season had declined, especially after dealing with so many games. Once he participated in the Confederations Cup again in the summer, whether he could continue to maintain this state in the new season was a big question.

As for the team's signings, although Ye Qiu decided to introduce two strong midfielders to further consolidate the strength of the midfield, he was not sure how well they would be able to run in in the new season.

In fact, as early as a few months ago, Ye Qiu had asked the technical department and the tactical analysis department to discuss and analyze, and to formulate a feasibility plan for the two midfielders to join the team as soon as possible, such as how to adjust the team's tactics according to their technical and tactical characteristics, and how to help them integrate into the team faster.

This requires taking into account a lot of details about the players, such as their technical characteristics, their playing habits, and even the areas they are most familiar with in the game. These must be considered, and then the team's tactics and other players' responsibilities and tasks must be adjusted based on these, so as to bring out the strength of the new players while ensuring the overall level of the team.

But all of these are just theoretical things, and the specifics still depend on practical ability.

This is also another legacy that Ye Qiu left to Tottenham Hotspur, that is, to treat every transfer with caution. Once the signing is finalized, it is necessary to do everything possible to help the new player integrate into the team and bring out his due strength, rather than trying it like a universal plug, and throwing it away if it doesn't work, which is too wasteful.

All large companies will not adopt this kind of universal plug-style employee recruitment, because it is irresponsible to the company itself!

Therefore, Ye Qiu also wants to create such a professional management model for Tottenham Hotspur, so as to avoid the occurrence of players not adapting to it or becoming parallel imports to the greatest extent.

"Have a cup of tea to sober up!" Huang Chu, his wife, walked out of the hotel room, holding a cup of hot tea with white smoke in one hand, and holding a hotel robe in the other hand, which she put on Ye Qiu. She obviously felt that although it was summer, the early morning in London was still very cold, and it was not okay to walk to the balcony in shorts.

Ye Qiu looked at his wife, who was also wearing a robe, and he could swear that there was nothing inside the robe, so he smiled very ambiguously, which immediately caused his wife to roll her eyes, thinking that he had just been tossing around for a while a few hours ago, and now he still had this annoying look.

"I heard from Eliza that the team's Champions League income has increased this year?" Huang Chu changed the subject. She knew very well that if she continued to let this guy keep watching like this, something would happen sooner or later. She was now exhausted and just wanted to sit lazily, but she didn't want to toss around anymore.

"About 70 million euros, but the most surprising thing was Juventus, who actually got 65.3 million euros, amazing!" Ye Qiu said with a smile.

One of the important reasons why Juventus was able to get such a high share of the Champions League this season is that the fees in the agreement signed between the two Italian TV live broadcast organizations and UEFA have skyrocketed. Apart from Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan's Champions League performance this season is not ideal, so Juventus is the only dominant team.

Of the more than 60 million euros, more than 40 million is the share of TV broadcast fees, so the Zebras picked up a big bargain this time, while the Premier League is relatively helpless, with four teams participating, and Manchester United also made it to the round of 16, so the overall income is about the same as last season.

This year's Champions League total prize money is 905 million euros, of which 50% is performance bonus, which is divided according to the Champions League results, and the other 50% is ranked according to market share, just like Italy, the newly signed TV live broadcast contract is worth 80 million euros. After deducting a certain proportion, all of these 80 million euros are allocated to Serie A participating teams, and the specific allocation ratio is determined by the team's Champions League results and domestic league rankings.

Therefore, Juventus received more than 40 million euros this year, and relatively speaking, Tottenham Hotspur received a little more than last season, but less than 40 million euros.

Currently, the broadcasters of the Champions League and Europa League in the UK are Sky and ITV, and they pay more than 160 million euros for broadcasting every year, but that is for the whole of the UK, and teams like Celtic in the Scottish Premier League also participate in the Champions League, so the Premier League cannot get that much.

But recently, BT Sport, a subsidiary of BT, won the three-year broadcasting rights of the Champions League and Europa League from 2015 to 2018 at a sky-high price of 897 million pounds, which is more than twice as high as before.

In other words, by 2015, the income of all British teams participating in the Champions League will be much higher than now. If Tottenham Hotspur's current performance is followed, the broadcasting fee share alone can be as high as 80 million euros, and the total income will be over 100 million, which is a very amazing figure.

In addition to the new broadcasting contract of the Premier League, the Premier League champion team will receive more than 100 million yuan per year. If the Premier League and the Champions League go hand in hand, it will not be difficult for the Premier League giants to maintain a broadcasting fee income of about 200 million yuan a year, and this will further enhance the management capacity of the Premier League.

From this point of view, Ye Qiu is very optimistic about the future business prospects of the Premier League teams, because as long as Tottenham Hotspur maintains its current development momentum and enters 2015, as long as the team guarantees the Champions League and the Premier League results, even if it does not win the championship, as long as the team properly controls the salary, the team will continue to maintain high profits.

In 2012, Tottenham's total commercial revenue increased by 35% over 2011, reaching 260 million euros, of which sponsorship revenue soared by 52%, becoming the highest growth link in Tottenham's commercial operations. However, in 2013, Tottenham will sign new contracts with eight major sponsors, which will promote the team's commercial revenue growth by more than 40% in 2014, that is, commercial revenue will exceed 350 million euros.

The increase in match day revenue brought by the new stadium, the increase in broadcasting fee revenue brought by the new broadcasting contract, and the increase in revenue brought by the team's commercial operation system, all signs show that as long as Tottenham maintains its current development trend, it will surpass Real Madrid in 2014 and become the team with the highest income in the world, and it will be far ahead.

And you have to know that these are all determined, and in the coming year, all the new development income of the team will ensure the team's further development.

Deloitte has previously predicted that Tottenham Hotspur's successful defense of the title will push the reputation of this London team to a new height. You know, the average viewership of the Champions League final reached 210 million, and the indirect coverage reached 500 million.

Interestingly, in the league, the coverage of the century derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona reached 400 million, while the coverage of the North-South derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United in the Premier League exceeded 500 million. Tottenham Hotspur's amazing performance on these two platforms is enough to make this team the world's most influential and appealing top giants.

Therefore, Deloitte estimates that after defending the title again, Tottenham Hotspur's potential income in the next year will exceed 200 million, which includes the growth brought by the renewal of sponsorship contracts and the development of new potential business partners.

Now think back, it has been exactly seven years since the completion of the Tottenham Hotspur revenue in 2006. In the past seven years, Ye Qiu has been racking his brains for the future of Tottenham Hotspur almost every day and night, and finally achieved today's achievement.

"Forbes just announced a ranking!" Ye Qiu looked at the red sky in the distance. Although the sun had not risen yet, the sky was bright. "Real Madrid's value ranks first in the world, as high as 2.45 billion euros, and our Tottenham Hotspur is 50 million less than them, only 2.4 billion euros, ranking second!"

This list is regarded as a counterattack in football, because in this list, there are as many as five football teams in the top ten, including Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Barcelona, ​​which occupy the top four, and Arsenal ranks tenth, which shows the market appeal of the Premier League team and the two giants in the Spanish Super League.

"But I believe that by 2014, this list will change and we will surpass Real Madrid and rank first!"

When Ye Qiu said this, he was a little excited and thrilled for the team's surpassing, but also a little disappointed, because the goal he had been pursuing for so many years was about to be surpassed by himself, and he didn't know what to do next.

And you have to know that whether it is fiscal revenue or team value, it only includes Stratford Stadium, not the team's real estate business, because if real estate is included, Tottenham Hotspur would have surpassed Real Madrid long ago.

"You men always care so much about winning or losing!" Huang Chu's mentality is different from Ye Qiu. She is relatively indifferent and does not pay attention to money and fame. The only thing she cares about is family and relatives.

After hearing this, Ye Qiu laughed and looked up at the sky. It was blue. It was rare to see such weather in London. "Don't fight anymore. I will stay at home and accompany my wife and children in the future. Do you think it's okay?"

Huang Chu smiled brightly. She definitely didn't believe it, because she knew Ye Qiu's character better than anyone else.

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Last night, Tottenham Hotspur came all the way from Wembley in northwest London to Stratford Stadium. At that time, more than 300,000 fans gathered inside and outside the stadium, many of whom were local fans in London, many were tourists, and even many Bayern Munich fans came to join in the fun.

Outside Stratford Stadium, the entire celebration was deafening, but it also caused a lot of trouble for cleaning the next morning. You can imagine how terrible the garbage created by more than 300,000 fans gathered was.

However, from this point, we can also see that the biggest difference between Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium and White Hart Lane Stadium is that it is bigger.

Not only is the capacity of the stadium larger, but the environment around the stadium is also larger and more beautiful. Especially in the past year, the Olympic Park has been built into London's most famous wetland park. In addition to Zhenhua Building and Data Cloud, as well as other venues in the Olympic Park, it has become one of the must-see attractions for London tourists.

After a night of madness, Tottenham Hotspur's new round of gathering was at noon, but there was no dinner party, nor did they take the bus back to Theobald as usual. Ye Qiu directly announced to all the players and staff at the Zhenhua Hotel that the team would be disbanded on the spot.

With everyone's cheers, they dispersed one by one. They were like birds flying out of a cage, actively planning what to do, such as where to go on vacation, or where to taste the food they dare not taste at ordinary times, or even where to go to dance and drink.

The life of professional players during the league can really be regarded as bitter, and even their sex life with their wives and girlfriends is subject to certain restrictions. So now that they finally have a holiday, they will definitely have a lot of fun. Ye Qiu also adopts the usual laissez-faire attitude towards this kind of thing, as long as they can meet the team's requirements when they wait for the training camp.

The team is on holiday, but Ye Qiu still has a lot of things to do.

First, he had to listen to the situation report of Stratford Stadium last night. After all, this was the first time to receive a full crowd of fans. There would definitely be some problems at Stratford Stadium, but they were basically details, such as some seats in the stadium were broken, or there was a problem with a toilet, etc.

The shops and restaurants rented at the stadium also encountered problems. Some of them were inexperienced, so they were simply too busy to handle the first time they encountered more than 80,000 people gathering, especially later, more than 300,000 people gathered together. All the food and drinks in all restaurants and shops were sold out and in short supply.

Through this warm-up, Ye Qiu believed that including the people in the stadium management company, they had basically accumulated a certain amount of experience.

It is not terrible to have problems. After all, this is the first time, so the most important thing is to solve these problems.

Before, Ye Qiu was most worried about the huge LED TV combination having problems, but after this live broadcast, he could finally rest assured because the results were very satisfactory and there were no problems. During the game, the stadium management company also closed the roof once, and the effects of air circulation in the stadium were also very ideal.

Ye Qiu was satisfied with the data reported by the stadium management company, but he also made a request, that is, to deal with all the details as soon as possible, and to ensure that the stadium can provide the highest level of service to fans in all aspects before the new season.

Although the new season has not yet arrived, Tottenham Hotspur's season tickets for the new season have been sold out. The team has sold a total of 78,000 season tickets, which set a record for the highest season ticket sales in the history of the Premier League, because Manchester United's highest season ticket sales were less than 70,000.

Tottenham Hotspur still maintains the ticket price of the new stadium at the same standard as the White Hart Lane Stadium, which has not changed the ticket price and season ticket price of Tottenham Hotspur, and it remains in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, the lowest among all the giants and strong teams.

But Tottenham Hotspur has nearly 300 VIP boxes and executive boxes specifically for high-end fans. Tottenham Hotspur is ruthless in this regard. On average, the annual price of each box is around 80,000 pounds, which exceeds Arsenal, which is known for having the highest ticket prices. These can bring Tottenham Hotspur more than 25 million pounds in revenue each year.

Ye Qiu's strategy is very clear. The prices of VIP and executive boxes are higher, while the prices of ordinary seats are low. When the two are combined, the ticket revenue of Stratford Stadium will naturally not be low. As for high-end users, there is no need to worry at all. There are many wealthy people in London, and VIP boxes are simply in short supply.

Especially after Tottenham Hotspur defended the Champions League again, I believe that the attendance rate of Stratford Stadium in the new season, or even the attendance rate of this stadium in the next few years, does not need to be worried at all.

And the future of Tottenham Hotspur is bright!