From fans to superstars

Chapter 327 Arsenal's Crazy Investment Plan! ! !

League, Champions League, League Cup, FA Cup!

Arsenal is making great strides in all competitions. After playing the Champions League group match with Paris Saint-Germain, there is only one month of winter window to open!

On another timeline, Arsenal lingered in the winter window this time, and the quality of their signings was extremely poor, but this time, because of Chen Yuyuan's appearance, Arsenal made early preparations for signings!

However, before officially signing in, Arsenal still needs to adjust the salary structure of their team, and at the same time sell some unnecessary high-paid players!
For example, Bastian Schweinsteiger!

The legendary German midfielder has very few chances to play this season, but he has the strength and can also play in the cup!

But the salary is a bit too high!

When he was at Manchester United, his salary was 13.5 pounds, which was No.14 in the Premier League. After joining Arsenal, his salary was as high as 11 pounds per week. Other old players, such as Laurent Kosche Ernie doesn't even have such a high salary!

The second is Enlog Kanter. When he was in Leicester City, the French midfielder's weekly salary was 4 pounds, and now it is 12 pounds. The salary level of Granit Xhaka and David Luiz It's all here too!
This is also a reason why the older generation of players are dissatisfied. An important reason why it has not exploded so far is that the contracts of nearly 17 players will expire this year, so they are all waiting for their new contracts!

The rise in the salary cap also means that the team will have less money to spend on signings!
The only good news is that under the pressure of the fans, the big boss Stan Kroenke seems to plan to increase investment when the season is expected and the sales of Chen Yuyuan's joining team are soaring!

The weekly salary of 30 pounds, which broke the record in team history, is still after tax, which can explain this problem very well!
And, Arsenal aren't poor.
In another timeline, because of the dissatisfaction of the fans, although Stan Kroenke is still the stingy boss in the eyes of the outside world, he spent a full 14% in the transfer market from the 15-19 season to the 20-4.08 season. 2.32 million pounds, far higher than Liverpool's 2.11 million pounds, Chelsea's 1.46 million pounds, Tottenham's 5 million pounds, second only to the [-] million+ of the Manchester City duo
During this period, in addition to the red and blue teams of Manchester City, Barcelona, ​​​​Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich, Arsenal has always ranked sixth in the Forbes rankings, only slightly inferior to Chelsea in 2015, down to seventh !
In terms of financial revenue, Arsenal has been ranked in the top 2001 in the world since the 2002-10 season when Arsene Wenger won the second championship, creating an extremely stable revenue story.

From the debt problem at the Emirates Stadium, we can see how profitable Arsenal are!

The original estimate was that the debt would not be paid off until 2030+, but under the steady control of Arsene Wenger, the money was repaid more than ten years earlier!

But why, in the eyes of many people, especially the fans, Arsenal is a poor guy?
Because, Stan Kroenke, the big boss behind Arsenal, doesn't care about the performance of the fans. He doesn't want expensive ones, he only wants cost-effective ones, and he doesn't care about the fans' experience!

What he cares about is his own virtuous circle!
But why did you spend 8000 million euros later to be a big injustice?

Because in another timeline, Arsenal's performance deteriorated, the "reversal" movement prevailed, and fewer fans entered the stadium to watch the game, which caused the club to lose a lot in terms of tickets!

This big boss, originally valued real estate very much!

The purpose of building the Emirates Stadium is to increase ticket revenue, how can it be shaken now! ?
So in another timeline, although Arsenal did spend a lot of money, it made people feel poor when they missed Enlog Kanter and Virgil Van Dijk!

"42.5 billion!"

Stan Kroenke frowned. His family is a huge business empire. The helm is preparing to build a super stadium for his beloved "Bulls".

This investment, according to preliminary estimates, needs 42.5 billion US dollars!
Originally, the giant planned to embezzle Arsenal's funds, and he did so in another timeline, but now he can't do this!
Because, the team's financial report gave him a statement!
One person has to be mentioned here, Gazidis!
简单说一个数据，阿森纳的商业开发收入，在他接管后从2009-2010赛季的5370万欧提升到2017-2018赛季的1.207亿，涨幅达124.77%，所占比重也由20%拉到了28%。

He is not only responsible for the player's contract, but also responsible for Arsenal's advertising operations, and he has done a good job in this regard!

Such an economically minded person has his own plan in mind. The original transfer rights of Arsenal have basically been snatched from Arsene Wenger!
In the past, Arsene Wenger was the real decision maker of the transfer, because at that time Arsenal needed Arsene Wenger's reputation, and they really had no money, and the negotiating team really couldn't do it!

But now, Arsene Wenger's "faint trick" has had an unexpected effect!
Arsenal's advertising revenue has always been a problem. Arsene Wenger and Stan Kroenke can chat. One of the important reasons is that both of them have an ambitious goal, which is to increase Arsenal's revenue!

And now, the opportunity to catch up with Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona and other teams in terms of revenue is at hand!

2 million pounds!
Because of Chen Yuyuan's joining, Arsenal's revenue is likely to exceed the 5 million pound mark!

This is almost impossible, but it really happened. In another timeline, Arsenal's revenue exceeding 17 million pounds in the 18-4 season is already a great improvement!
But now it is the 16-17 season, because of the addition of one person, Arsenal's income has increased by nearly [-] million pounds!

Moreover, Gazidis also said in the report that the current Chen Yuyuan has not yet reached his "peak", if he can improve Arsenal's performance, he will be matched with some stars!
Arsene Wenger and Stan Kroenke's revenue surpassed that of Real Madrid, Manchester United's idea will no longer be a fantasy!
"Put in!"

"Must invest!"

Stan Kroenke's eyeballs are red. As a successful businessman, he knows when to invest!

At the same time, he also recognized the ability of his old buddy for once!

Originally, Arsenal were professional people doing professional things. In terms of transfers, Arsene Wenger has basically stopped intervening!

However, in this summer's transfer, Stan Kroenke had to admit that Arsene Wenger made such a move, Jiang is still old and hot!
Arsenal's crazy investment plan has been slowly brewing!

This plan has also been approved by another shareholder from Russia!
Alisher Usmanov, a former prison oligarch.

Such an identity is not welcome, but he is a pure fan, just like Chelsea's Abrahimovic!
Arsenal's top management is divided into two factions: one is the "Golden Dollar Faction" with Alisher Usmanov as the coach, David Dunn as the general, and Thierry Henry as the supporter; One faction is the "independent faction" with veteran directors such as Hill Wood as the commander, and Stan Kroenke and Arsene Wenger as the generals.

The conflict between the two factions mainly revolves around the word "spending money".

For example, regarding Arsenal's plan for the debt issue, both the "independent faction" and the "golden dollar faction" at the time gave their own views.

Judging from the situation of Arsenal's loan repayment later, the "independent" strategy of raising money and repaying the loan, although being complained by the fans, was perfect: the loan was divided into two, one was for the relocation and renovation of Highbury The loan of 1.35 million pounds for the apartment was agreed to be repaid in April 2010, and it was finally paid off on time. The other loan was 4 million pounds. The club converted the loan into long-term debt by issuing bonds, which reduced a lot of interest.

This is why Arsenal have been able to buy players like Alexis Sanchez for two consecutive years, and they have held back a big wave this year, directly spending a lot of money to update their signings in the summer window!

But this plan, Alisher Usmanov does not approve!

His plan is very Russian!
Shareholders buy the ownership of the club and donate it to the club. The money from the purchase can pay off debts and save interest.

To put it simply, Alisher Usmanov is willing to pay for debts, and does not point fingers at Arsenal. He simply wants to see Arsene Wenger lead the team to play wonderful football.

Someone interviewed Alisher Usmanov in 2007. He said that he paid attention to Arsenal in 1999. He was impressed by Wenger and Arsenal’s football style, and thought Wenger was the best in the world. Coach, he even went to Highbury to watch Arsenal play, he missed the days of Patrick Vieira, Thierry Henry, Bergkamp and Pires.

This is a real fan, but he has never been able to display his "talent"!
Even when owning 30% of Arsenal's shares, there is no way to enter Arsenal's board of directors!

The two factions have been fighting, but in the final analysis, it is all for the good of Arsenal!

Now, though, the days of fighting are coming to an end!

Because the two parties have reached a preliminary consensus!

Spend money, go to a higher stage, and complete Arsenal's qualitative leap!
Here, Arsene Wenger proposes two names!
A name that is both unexpected and reasonable!

Virgil van Dijk, Son Heung-min.

These two players will be Arsenal's main targets in the winter transfer!
Virgil Van Dijk can still play in the Champions League for the team because Southampton did not participate in the Champions League!

Although Sun Xingmin has played in the Champions League and the English League Cup, he can still contribute in the FA Cup that has not yet started, and in the league!
Laurent Koscielny is getting old, David Luiz is a bit rough at centre-back, let alone Per Mertesacker!

Virgil van Dijk will be the backbone of the team's future defense!
(End of this chapter)