Legendary Broker

"Rist, Platini is a must-death situation. We won't be able to get out after we get in. It's too risky."

When Merkley heard Rist conveying Platini's conditions, he immediately shook his head.Although Platini's conditions are indeed very attractive, after all, he is the CEO of UEFA, the number two figure in UEFA, and holds a lot of power in UEFA.But this kind of benefit can only be obtained if you have your life.Merkley has been the chairman of the Czech Football Association for five years, and he is well aware of some changes in UEFA.

Although Platini is No.1 in French football, he is still a little bit worse than Beckenbauer.Beckenbauer's own influence is not only the best in German football, but also the number one figure in European football.There is also the factor of Johansson.Johansson is a big talker in European football, especially Johansson led UEFA to fight with Alan Vige and Blatter every day, which made many people in UEFA admire.

And Johansson's policy has some sheep-herding.The current European football can have such a development, and Johansson's contribution is great.Especially for many football powers and giants, they all like Johansson very much.This gives Johansson great strength in European football.

Now it is clear that Johansson is launching Beckenbauer and continuing to fight against Blatter.Beckenbauer himself is the emperor of football, and there is not much suspense about this matter.Only Michel Platini, an idiot, jumped out to compete for UEFA president.In the eyes of others in European football, Platini is a clown.How could he defeat the cooperation of Johansson and Beckenbauer alone.Merkley clearly knew this, so how could he support him.

Fortunately, it was Rist who sent the message. If it was someone else, Merkley would immediately throw him out in order to eliminate the suspicion.It is impossible for Platini to take the position at all, and he came to win him over.But for Rist's sake, he will speak out.

"Bavel, you are in the game, so you can't see clearly. I will analyze it for you now, and you will know that this is a thing you can bet on. If we win, Czech football will be in the next ten or 20 years. It's guaranteed."

"Tell me."

No matter how Merkley sees Platini, there is no possibility.What does Platini have now.Except for France's support and Spain's ambiguity among those football powers, other countries overwhelmingly support Johansson and Beckenbauer.Even if English football and German football are feuds, the English Football Association is also a supporter of Johansson.What does Platini use to compete with Beckenbauer?

"First of all, Beckenbauer said that he would participate in the UEFA presidential election, but he may not actually participate."

"what?"

Merkley was surprised.In fact, among Johansson's camp, not one or two are currently in high positions in UEFA, and Beckenbauer is not the only candidate.But many giants in the Johansson camp are too old, either over seventy or almost seventy.And the ones who are a little younger are not famous enough.It is lack of ability.There are many candidates.But none were able to carry the flag.So Johansson can only launch Beckenbauer.Beckenbauer was also a strong figure, not a follower of Johansson.So it's just a cooperative relationship between them.This is just a character that the Johansson camp had to introduce in order to fight against Blatter.But if Beckenbauer does not participate, then Johansson's camp will take a huge blow.

"Bavel. I still have some relations with German football. There are also many people who have close relations with Beckenbauer. Do you know Franz Swann?"

"Who? Never heard of it."

"Robert Swan's son."

Merkley nodded.Merkley didn't know who Franz Swan was, but he knew who Robert Swan was.Because this person was the top agent in European football as early as 40 years ago, because this person is the agent of the football emperor Beckenbauer.His cooperation with Beckenbauer lasted for nearly half a century.Most of Beckenbauer's current net worth is managed by Robert Swan.

Beckenbauer respects Robert Swan very much, and he asks him for help with anything in his family. The relationship between them is no longer a simple relationship between an agent and a player.Like Beckenbauer's second son suffering from meningitis during the 1966 World Cup, he immediately called Swann - not his parents.This shows the relationship between the two.

Beckenbauer showed amazing political ability at a very young age, in which Robert Swan made a great contribution.Before Robert Swan became Beckenbauer's agent, he was a high-level Bayern executive.Robert Swan first ran some small businesses at the Viktualling market in Munich, and then worked as an insurance broker.By coincidence, Swan entered the management of the Bayern club.He was soon on the board of the competition committee because of his natural business acumen, and was a strong candidate for club manager because of his excellent work ability.But he gave up these, and then became Beckenbauer's agent.

When this person was alive, he was a famous figure in German football.Not only did he act as an agent for Beckenbauer, but he also helped Rummenigge cheat his injuries and escape military service so that he could continue to play for Bayern.

Robert Swan also named his youngest son "Frantz" because of his good relationship with Beckenbauer.But his son is not as good as him, but he is doing very well in German football.Because his father used to be a high-level Bayern executive and Beckenbauer's agent, and his personal relationship with Beckenbauer is very good.With Beckenbauer's status today, with just a few cares, they will be able to live a very nourishing life.

"According to him, Beckenbauer hopes to participate in the FIFA presidential election rather than the UEFA presidential election. Although Johansson supports Beckenbauer now, Johansson and Beckenbauer are just collaborators. Not really a group of people. Think about it, what will happen when Beckenbauer reneges on joining the UEFA presidency? Does Johansson have a backup candidate? Maybe he can only do it himself .”

"Is this true?"

"This kind of thing that is related to the future of our Czech football, how can I talk nonsense. Beckenbauer is more ambitious than expected. Once the World Cup in Germany is a big success, how can he see a mere UEFA by then? The position of the chairman. Once there are some conflicts between him and Johansson, will Johansson still support him as he is now? On the other hand, is there anyone in Johansson’s camp who can be compared to Beckenbauer?"

Merkley kept thinking, thinking about what to do.Johansson is great, but he is really too old.And once Beckenbauer really suddenly repents, Johansson will definitely be at a loss, and Johansson's camp will definitely be in chaos.It's time to rush out.It was at a disadvantage in itself.

"In addition to this, I have another piece of information to disclose to you."

"what?"

"The Johansson camp launched Beckenbauer. In fact, Platini is not without support. Now it seems that he is alone, only the French Football Association has the full support. But when the election comes, there will be powerful forces to support him."

"You mean Blatter?"

Who is Merkley, Rist just said that he understood.Risto nodded and said, "Yes. Platini and Blatter are partners. As long as Platini needs it, Blatter will stand up and support him."

"Fun, really fun game."

Merkley couldn't help laughing himself.This kind of thing can be understood after thinking about it.FIFA seems to be the boss, but in fact, FIFA has more power in South America.The relationship between FIFA and South American football is inextricably linked.But among the institutions under FIFA.UEFA's Johansson is the vanguard against FIFA.And FIFA does not deal with it at all.

In addition to UEFA, there are also CAF and AFC that are at odds with FIFA.In addition to UEFA President Johansson who wanted to replace Blatter, CAF President Hayatou was also an important figure.It's just that European football is the center of world football, and UEFA is FIFA's confidant.Johansson in UEFA.Blatter will never be able to control UEFA.As long as UEFA cannot be controlled, FIFA will never be able to unify world football.

So taking advantage of Johansson's departure from UEFA, Blatter supports Platini who resisted Johansson, which is very normal.

"I talked with Platini. The slogan Platini shouted was 'give more opportunities to small countries', and he wanted to distribute the benefits of the Champions League to some small country league clubs. This slogan is very attractive to some small countries. , they don't care about those things."

"Give small countries more opportunities? What a fucking nonsense."

Merkley pouted immediately.After the Bosman Act, the order of European football has stabilized.Even if a local tyrant like Chelsea comes out, the most they can change is the status of their club, not the status of the league.

Like the current UEFA Champions League group stage attendance is getting lower and lower.The biggest reason is that too many small league clubs have flooded into the Champions League.The reason for making the game much less attractive.When those broadcasters broadcast games, they broadcast the teams from the five major leagues.If Platini said to give more opportunities to small countries, it would be infringing on the interests of those giants.This one is not so easy to change.The strength of the giants in European football is definitely not something that UEFA can suppress if it wants to suppress it.

UEFA may be able to target a certain giant and suppress a certain giant in a targeted manner.But he wants to suppress the entire wealthy family and squeeze the interests of the wealthy family.Then once these giants join hands.Even UEFA has to take a step back.

"Bawell, just talk about what those politicians bragged about before they came to power, and a few of them can be fulfilled after they came to power. They are all blown out in order to win votes. But think about it, Platini's slogan must be very Attract those small countries."

"Yes. There are a few people who were not hype before they came to power, but a few of them will finally make it happen."

"So don't care what he says, as long as it attracts people."

Merkley considered the matter carefully.In European football, it is generally a joke to watch Platini.Because no one believed that Platini could win, Beckenbauer's victory was a certainty.But after Rist's analysis, Platini really has a chance to win.

Victory, victory.Merkley considers risks and opportunities.As Rist said, Platini is likely to win.If I really help him and become the chief executive of UEFA, it will be a huge leap for Czech football.At that time, two more famous Czech football players will be recruited into UEFA, and no one will be able to calculate the Czech Republic.

Merkley has always remembered the humiliation of the 02 World Cup.Just for the fairness of the game, the Czech Republic will have to rack their brains.When he becomes the chief executive of UEFA, and there are one or two executive committee members of Czech nationality in UEFA, who would dare to suppress the Czech Republic.It's not bad for the Czech Republic not to suppress other strong teams.

"Bavel, when Johansson was UEFA president, there were three Swedes in the UEFA executive committee. If you become the chief executive of UEFA, and our performance in the Czech Republic is better, our Czech The status of the Czech Republic will be greatly enhanced. In the future, we, the Czech Republic, will also have the right to speak in world football."

Rist is also a little excited.Merkley became the chief executive of UEFA, and then let Czech football stars, such as the golden generation of Nedved, Poborski, and Jan Koller who are about to retire, enter UEFA.At that time, this will become a huge interest system, and Czech football will be guaranteed.

"What about the failure?"

"It doesn't matter if we fail. We in the Czech Republic are originally out of the fringes, not in the mainstream. Even if we fail, can Johansson and Beckenbauer still catch us? Even if they want to suppress us, they can still suppress us." Where are we? For UEFA, the biggest headache is not us Czech Republic."

What is barefoot who is not afraid of wearing shoes.Top leagues like the Premier League and La Liga have the strength to fight against UEFA, but because of this, their choices will be more cautious.Because once UEFA hits a certain league with all its strength, no matter how strong that league is, it will be suppressed.

Just like the Premier League.To be honest, the Premier League has gathered the most stars in European football. After all, the Premier League is rich.In a few years, even newly promoted Premier League players will be able to spend tens of millions of pounds to buy players. Which league in European football has such boldness.Those strong teams in the Premier League spend 4000 to [-] million pounds at every turn during the transfer period.

This kind of financial ability allows them to continuously search for good players in the world football world.But what's the use, UEFA has a lot of ways to suppress the Premier League.In the knockout rounds of the Champions League, they were assigned top teams.If it cannot be stopped, let them engage in civil war.Anyway, as long as UEFA wants to suppress, there are still many ways.

But Czech football is different.The Czech Republic is not a mainstream league, and there are not so many problems.It was originally a small league, and UEFA had to fight against the top leagues above, so there was no time to settle accounts with the Czech Republic.Moreover, the Czech League is not a league with nothing at present. It represents the interests of small football countries such as Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and Northern Europe. Wherever you want to suppress it, you can suppress it.

"Platini, Platini."

Merkley thought for a long time.Because he knows one thing, as long as he unites with Platini, he will be firmly tied to Platini.The decision was not easy.

Merkley is not the same as Rist.Rist is an agent. Although he is inextricably linked with the Czech Republic, even if the Czech league is hit and Czech football is hit, he can still be his agent.Because although the Czech players have the numerical advantage among Riester's current players, there are still many players from other countries.But once Merkley makes a wrong choice, he will be the sinner of Czech football.Of course he knows that as long as this bet succeeds, it must be the foundation for the continued glory of Czech football.

"It's a bet. Rist, if we win this time, then Czech football will no longer be a rootless duckweed. But if we lose, you and I will be the sinners of Czech football."

"Bavel, as much risk as there is, there is as much profit. Once successful, you and I will become the biggest contributors to Czech football."

With the big brand of UEFA, it will give greater boost to the fast-growing Czech football.The development of Czech football will be even more rapid, and the Czech League is likely to be on an equal footing with the Eredivisie and the Portuguese Super League.