Legendary Broker

"Mr. Cherny, I have known you for a long time."

"Don't dare. The Arsani family is like a thunderbolt."

Rist also did not expect to meet the crown prince of Qatar and the future chairman of Paris Saint-Germain Club Tamim Alsani in Spain.Tamim Alsani is not yet 30 years old this year, only 29 years old.But as the crown prince of Qatar, this person's strength cannot be underestimated.

"Mr. Cherny, please sit down."

When Rist saw Tamim, the boss of Malaga and Carvajal were connected in the middle.The boss of Malaga is also a member of the Arsani family, but he is a marginal member of the family just like Alphahim back then.The owner of Malaga is a private entrepreneur with a royal surname, and has no deep connection with the Qatari royal family.

Rist was originally talking about Liverpool in England with John Henry.John Henry is basically determined to join Liverpool.So Rist is helping him with something simple.Unexpectedly, he received a call from Carvajal, and the Crown Prince of Qatar wanted to meet Rist.

This time, Rist didn't know why Tamim Arsani would meet him.It seems that I have some relationship with the UAE, but it really has nothing to do with Qatar.Malaga's new boss, if it weren't for the relationship between Carvajal and the Sanz family, Rist would not have a relationship.

"I'm looking for Mr. Cherny this time because I need help with something."

Tamim didn't speak loudly or fast.Although the clothes are worn by Arabs, their speech is no different from that of Europeans and Americans.Anyway, he was very polite to Rist.

"I don't know what it is. If I can help, I will."

If such a benefactor came to him, he would be a fool if he didn't catch it.Many people think that Tamim Alsani's assets are around 600 billion euros.But in fact, the scale of Qatar sports investment funds he controls is definitely far more than 600 billion euros.How much money there is, in fact, people outside can't count it at all.

The Qatar Sports Investment Fund belongs to the Qatar Investment Authority, which is not a private investment authority, nor is it simply an official investment authority.This is the body from which the national strategy of the Qatari state came into being.Qatar is a small country, unremarkable in the world or even in the Middle East.It is not so easy to survive in the cracks of those countries in the Middle East.

But Qatar, like other Middle Eastern countries, is born with good luck.Their country is rich in oil and natural gas.More than 80.00% of the country's fiscal revenue comes from oil and natural gas.So their country is very rich.The per capita income exceeds one hundred thousand US dollars.It can be ranked first in the world.

But Qatar is very self-aware.We know that no matter how much oil and natural gas there is, it will run out.At that time, how will Qatar develop? At that time, Qatar will be a small country.So they set up an investment bureau, which is dedicated to making various investments around the world.The purpose is to lose oil and gas in the future.And live a rich life.Therefore, this investment bureau is an institution of national strategy.The strength of the strength is simply beyond the comprehension of outsiders.

Sheikh Hamad was in charge of this investment bureau back then.He is also the current Prime Minister of Qatar.This is a national agency, a real national investment strategy agency.Therefore, the strength they have is definitely not the 600 billion euros that people think.

"Mr. Czerny. Barcelona's general election next year is about to begin. At present, everyone is optimistic about the former Barcelona vice chairman Russell. Do you think Russell can win?"

"can."

Rist didn't know why Tamim was interested in Barcelona's general election, but he answered without hesitation: "In the current Barcelona, ​​although Laporta's performance is very good, he is too centralized and has a poor relationship with the top members of Barcelona. .So it is basically difficult to be re-elected, and he has no move to participate in the next general election. Therefore, for Barcelona, ​​​​no one is an opponent of Russell. Russell has the support of many people in Catalonia, and Roselle Serge's election as Barcelona president is a certainty."

"That's good."

Tamim nodded, a little pleased.Then he said to Rist: "Mr. Czerny, I believe you should have heard. Qatar is currently actively applying to host the World Cup. The results will come out around October next year. This is a big deal, and we are very confident in Qatar .But I think it is still not enough, we should start from various aspects, let them see the strength of Qatar."

Rist listened quietly, not very clear what Tamim meant.But Qatar's application for the World Cup is crystal clear.Recently, the English media has criticized Qatar every day, believing that they are using unfair means to compete.

Because Qatar spends money, according to incomplete statistics, since Qatar began applying to host the World Cup last year, Qatar has spent more than 6 million US dollars in the past year.What is the money for? It is the public relations of those FIFA executive committee members.

Last year, the Qatar World Cup Bidding Committee was established. There are nearly a thousand people working for this committee. Except for the royal family, the rest of the middle and high-level sports management elites are all from Europe and the United States.In addition, in the periphery, Qatar also spent tens of millions of dollars to invite such prestigious bid ambassadors as Zidane, Guardiola, Ferguson and Milou.

Of course this is just the beginning.Because many FIFA executive committee members have their own companies besides this job.Those who can serve as executive committee members of FIFA basically have family businesses.In other words, if you have no money, you are not eligible to become a FIFA executive committee member.What Qatar lacks most is money, and they use money to cooperate with their family businesses to do business.And in order to avoid suspicion, it is not Qatar state agencies that do business with their companies, but some Qatari private companies.But in the country of Qatar, which one of the so-called private companies does not listen to the above.Therefore, although this did not violate any laws, it was actually a naked bribe.Just in another form.

And it's not over yet.In order to win over the African brothers, Qatar turned out to be in some warm-up matches.Invite the presidents of the Football Association of 20 African countries to come to Doha to watch football and travel.Then let the Qatari company become a sponsor of the African Football Federation, completely using money to win over African football.

Qatar has spent more than 6 million U.S. dollars on these apparent expenses.If some unscrupulous means are added, it is estimated that it is possible to spend a billion dollars.Rist believes that under such a money offensive from Qatar, the success of the bid is basically a certainty.It is precisely because of this that the English media keeps attacking Qatar.

"We want to sponsor Barcelona."

Rist shrugged and said in surprise: "Mr. Arsani, you sponsor Barcelona, ​​and Barcelona must welcome you with hands up. Why do you need me?"

Speaking of which, sponsor rights are huge.Especially for a funder like Qatar, if the sponsorship opponent is definitely a large sponsorship.At that time, Barcelona may welcome with raised hands.Why contact Rist.

"Because I want to sponsor Barcelona's chest ad. Or name it Camp Nou."

Rist couldn't help laughing.No wonder Tamim found himself and asked Rist Russell if he could become the chairman of Barcelona.It seemed that he already knew Russell, and that the relationship between Russell and Rist was very good.

If it is a general sponsorship, Tamim can actually find Carvajal.And Barcelona will not refuse.But these two sponsorships are not so easy.Although Carvajal and Barcelona have business.But the relationship with him is the former Barcelona chairman Gaspart.Instead of Laporta and Russell.

It should be very difficult to name Camp Nou.After all, Pocamp has been called for many years, and those Barcelona members who want the naming rights cannot agree.In particular, the naming rights of Camp Nou were handed over to the Middle East chief.And the chest advertisement of Barcelona jersey.It has always been a public good.Barcelona has not sold chest ads, but has been cooperating with UNICEF.Barcelona members are quite proud of this, thinking that they have not been corrupted by money and have been doing public welfare advertisements.

But times have changed.Now Atletico Barcelona is at its peak, but their economy is in a mess.Barcelona was outstanding last season, but this year they won six championships in a row, becoming an unprecedented six-time champion.But even so, Barcelona's financial situation just announced shows that Barcelona's loss this year has reached nearly 8000 million euros, and Barcelona's current debt has reached 4.6 million euros.

Under such a dire economic situation, Roselle definitely needs to increase income and reduce expenditure.Rist remembers that Barcelona sold their own chest advertisements in history, and the sales were quite high.From this point of view, this aspect should be able to convince Roselle.Since it can be sold, Rist is willing to help Tamim in front of him.Leave a good impression and continue to cooperate in the future.

So Rister nodded, and said, "Mr. Arsani, it may be difficult to name the Camp Nou. But the advertisement on the chest of the Barcelona jersey, I can persuade Russell. If Russell is elected Barça president, let him agree to negotiate with you on the chest of the jersey."

"Thank you."

"No. It's just a little effort."

"Some time ago I was going to buy Manchester United, but Manchester United's asking price was too high. And want to win Arsenal, Arsenal's owner Kroenke is not willing to make a move."

Rist was quite surprised.Although Rist had also heard the news in this regard, he was quite surprised to hear Tamim say it himself today.If this buddy really enters Manchester United, or enters Arsenal, then the entire Premier League will be in trouble.After all, this buddy is no worse than Mansour, but he will be the future boss of Qatar.Looking at his shots in Paris Saint-Germain, if he bought Manchester United and Arsenal, he didn't know how he would spend the money.

But Rist did not ask why he didn't buy Liverpool.If he wants to buy Liverpool, it must be much cheaper than Manchester United and Arsenal.According to reports, Glazer's price for Manchester United is too high, and Arsenal is also a high price of nearly one billion euros.And buying Liverpool only needs to spend [-] to [-] million and there will be no problem.

"However, I have been in contact with Paris Saint-Germain recently. If possible, I hope to have the opportunity to continue to cooperate with Mr. Czerny."

"I can't ask for it."

Riester doesn't quite understand why these rich Qataris are so obsessed with investing in sports, and they spend money recklessly.Could it be that people in their country like sports?Probably not.

Rist really didn't understand the specific reason.But in Rist's view, it is probably because Qatar is too small.It is a small country in the Arab world. It may be that what happened in Kuwait frightened him back then.Qatar, like Kuwait, does not have any national defense forces.If anyone in the Arab countries next to him doesn't like him, he won't be able to fight back even if he bullies him.He should use sports, something that the whole world can pay attention to, to promote his brand, so as to gain some regional security.

Applying for the World Cup, winning Barcelona's chest advertisement, winning Paris Saint-Germain, and the current tennis tournament held in Qatar is also famous in the world.Qatar also sponsors f1 and even hopes to bring f1 to Qatar.Ambition, madness, anyway, the Qataris are going to attack. (To be continued..)