The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 665 Bottleneck
The news that Moon Sports Services Company is organizing the European Youth Champions League immediately appeared on the major websites around the world after the press conference, which immediately attracted the attention and reports of the media, and quickly landed in major newspapers around the world the next day And the layout of the media, almost all newspapers that care about football are reporting this big event.

UEFA President Michel Platini personally signed the licensing agreement with Moon Sports Services CEO Paul Newman.

At the end of the press conference, Paul Newman also announced the 32 teams participating in the competition, including Ajax, Rennes, Sporting Lisbon, Marseille and other teams with excellent youth training, as well as Barcelona, ​​Royal The figures of giant teams such as Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur.

And this time, Moon Sports Services also specially recreated the logo and brand of the European Youth Champions League. A competition has to hold on to the thick thigh of the Champions League.

Fans all over the world have given a very high evaluation of this initiative of Moon Sports Services Company. Many people even think that if this kind of 19-year-old young player's game is well organized, the viewing will not be lost to Adult teams, because now many adult teams still play more physical contests, and their style of play tends to be conservative.

How to operate this event, Moon Sports Services already has its own set of plans, but it will not consider military expansion in a short time, or the establishment of the so-called European Youth League Cup. The most important thing is to build the European Youth Champions League first.

As long as this event is successful, then the so-called Youth League Cup, or a series of other events, isn't it a matter of course?And if it is now blindly expanding, it is not a good thing.

Paul Newman said at the press conference that someone introduced him to Ye Qiu.

When Mark Warbendon and Frank McParland hoped that Tottenham Hotspur would support their plan, Ye Qiu had an in-depth exchange with them, asking them a series of situations, and finally got The result is that he is very optimistic about this plan, and said that he is willing to support and even invest money.

Mark Warbendon and Frank McParland were not rich, and they didn't have any ambitions. The plan had been in preparation for two years, but they still couldn't find an investor. So when Ye Qiu agreed to support it, They immediately realized that the opportunity had come, because Ye Qiu's connections and financial resources in European football were well known.

Later, Ye Qiu recommended it to Paul Newman. After all, if Tottenham Hotspur participated in this kind of matter, it would be a bad thing. Instead, it was Moon Sports Services Company. This company is getting bigger and bigger and its competitiveness is also high. It is getting stronger and stronger, and has enough resources and financial resources to independently operate such an event.

So now Moon Sports Services Company has set up a subsidiary company to run this project.

For this plan of Moon Sports Services Company, experts all said that if it is successful, it will completely change the existing European football pattern, especially for those young players aged seventeen, eighty or nineteen. received enormous attention.

For young people, this has certain benefits, but there are also great risks.

At the same time, this could greatly increase the mobility and value of young players, for the simple reason that if and when the UEFA Youth League is successful, then they will form a similar to the existing European senior teams. With the transfer operation system, the liquidity of small players will become more frequent, and the value of players will also rise accordingly.

Of course, any thing in the world has advantages and disadvantages. It is good for you, but it may not be good for others. Shock, everyone is maintaining a wait-and-see strategy, but they are all very sure that this is an improvement.

In any case, everything still has to wait until the UEFA Youth League is successful.

But it is obvious that Tottenham Hotspur has already made sufficient preparations in advance. As soon as the UEFA Youth League was announced and the group stage schedule was announced, Tottenham Hotspur booked tickets on the official website. Window, the game will be held in Theobald training ground, where there is a stadium that can accommodate 1 fans, and if the attendance is hot, it can be further expanded.

Judging from the situation at the booking window, Tottenham Hotspur’s commercial department has clearly locked the potential audience of the UEFA Youth League in young people, so their ticket prices are also very low. Adult tickets are five pounds, children Tickets are two pounds, which is really cheap compared to first-team matches.

Tottenham Hotspur's youth team is strong. This season, players including Lucas Moura, Pogba, Coutinho, Neymar, Nick Powell, Varane and others may participate in this event In competitions, after all, they play more as substitutes and participate in reserve team games. If they can participate in this higher-level European Youth Champions League, it will also be a help to them.

Because of this, as soon as the Tottenham Hotspur youth team booking window appeared, it immediately became the object of fans' pursuit. Many people even bought all the tickets for the entire group stage in one go , that is, three home games, even if it is calculated based on adult tickets, it is only fifteen pounds.

Entering September, in less than ten days, Tottenham Hotspur sold more than 7000 UEFA Youth League tickets, which also made other European teams feel far behind, because many of them Even less than a thousand tickets were sold, and Tottenham Hotspur's tickets are so popular.

As early as last season's FA Youth Cup final in England, Tottenham Hotspur played against Liverpool. This game was arranged to be held at White Hart Lane. The stadium was full for that game. Tottenham fans all came to watch the game, and a group of young people led by Nick Powell defeated Liverpool and won the championship.

Therefore, the Tottenham Hotspur youth team is popular, which has a tradition.

At the same time, Tottenham Hotspur officially announced the team's financial situation last season. Transfer income was not included in this financial statement. After all, Tottenham Hotspur is now privately owned. , Announcing the financial situation is just to let fans know more about the team's situation.

In this financial statement, the team showed all Tottenham Hotspur fans the team's operating results over the past season. First, the player's wages were reduced by 1000 to [-] million euros, mainly due to the club's sale of Yaya Toure, Cesc Fabregas, David Silva and several other core players.

But in the European arena, the team finally stopped in the quarter-finals, resulting in a sharp drop in Tottenham Hotspur's revenue in the Champions League. Relatively speaking, it almost exactly offset the part of the player's salary reduction.

In the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur successfully defended the championship, and their income was basically the same without much change. There was not much breakthrough in match day income, only an increase of 09 million euros compared with the 10/300 season, almost It can be regarded as no progress, which also shows the bottleneck of White Hart Lane.

You know, in terms of stadium management and match day income, Tottenham Hotspur will be about 7000 million euros less than Arsenal in a season, and the gap with Manchester United is almost 7000 million euros. It can be seen that Tottenham Hotspur's biggest problem at present is still in the home business.

The attendance rate is not a big problem, mainly due to the capacity of the stadium and the lack of potential to be tapped. At least the rent of a restaurant in Arsenal is as high as 500 million euros a year, not to mention the ticket revenue. do not have.

However, Tottenham Hotspur's commercial revenue this time was as high as 6000 million euros, which undoubtedly set a record for the highest commercial operating revenue in Tottenham Hotspur's history.

Compared with other European teams, in terms of business operations, Bayern Munich is the champion. They have 800 million euros, but their part includes the commercial operation income of the Allianz Arena, such as renting out to others to undertake some activities, etc. Wait, if this part is deducted, it is not very different from Tottenham Hotspur, about 500 million euros.

Real Madrid are €600 million less than Bayern Munich, Barcelona are €600 million and Manchester United are €400 million, and if you leave out stadium commercial revenue, they will all be behind Tottenham. prick.

Manchester United's commercial income has not improved much, but this does not include Manchester United's newly signed training suit sponsorship contract of up to 1000 million pounds, and in the past few years, Manchester United has indeed not had much breakthrough in commercial income , David Gill apparently supported Manchester United's financial situation, but in fact there was little breakthrough.

You must know that Tottenham Hotspur's financial revenue has been creating new highs almost every year in the past few years, and teams such as Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona have also repeatedly set new highs, but relatively speaking, Manchester United has long since lost its reputation at the beginning of the century. With that kind of vigor, the current name of the Red Devils business empire is more or less not worthy of the name.

Moreover, there are also debts and interest that bother Manchester United. They have paid 120 million pounds in interest in the past season, and their player costs have also increased by 36%. one question.

In general, Manchester United is no longer the commercial hegemony of the past, but the value of the Red Devils brand is still quite high, but in the field of commercial operations, the old teams Real Madrid and Barcelona have performed well, but Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur is undoubtedly the upstart in this field, especially Tottenham Hotspur.

If it is not limited to the stadium, Tottenham Hotspur may have become the highest-paid football club in Europe by now.

Tottenham Hotspur's commercial income has created a new high, mainly from the sponsor system.

BMW has re-signed a sponsorship contract with Tottenham Hotspur, with an annual amount of 1000 to [-] million euros. This is the highest amount among all car sponsorships in Europe, and it also reflects BMW's commitment to Tottenham. The importance of Tottenham.

In addition, in addition to the two major sponsors of Adidas and Qatar Airways, Tottenham Hotspur also has ten chief partners. They pay 600 million to 1000 million euros for the team every year. This includes BMW, Coca-Cola, Yingli Solar from China, etc., and there are 200 first-class partners, whose annual payment ranges from 400 million to [-] million euros.

There are also a series of other sponsors and partners, such as telecommunications companies in some Middle Eastern and Asian countries.

It is such a huge sponsor system that has built Tottenham Hotspur's business empire, enabling Tottenham Hotspur to achieve such outstanding business breakthroughs every year, and this set of business led by Peter Kenyon The team will continue to further develop and tap the commercial potential of Tottenham Hotspur.

As a model of healthy management in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur are very frugal in terms of team expenditure despite their high income. After Liverpool, it only ranks seventh, which is still surpassing Arsenal after the past round of contract extensions.

It is precisely because of this that many media believe that Tottenham Hotspur has some financial problems. For example, the team has never announced the use of transfer fee income, and the team has recently Surplus every year, but where are the funds used?
But Tottenham Hotspur is not a listed company, so there is no need to announce it so thoroughly, and almost no one would believe that Ye Qiu, who does not receive a half-cent salary from the club, will use Tottenham Hotspur to make money. He is now worth an astonishing amount, and it is more than enough to buy ten Tottenham Hotspurs, so he still needs to rely on Tottenham Hotspurs to make money?

Therefore, for the bombardment by the media, the fans are more amused or curious, but they have no objection at all.

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Tottenham Hotspur regroup after a fortnight of international breaks to prepare for their game against West Ham at Theobald, while the youth team prepares to welcome a youngster from Bayer Leverkusen Challenge, this is also the first game of the European Youth Champions League, and the time is arranged in the blank period between the Premier League and the Champions League.

This is also the cunning of the broadcasters, using this time difference to gain the attention of the outside world.

Ranieri's team has learned the experience and lessons of the previous two rounds this time, playing Tottenham Hotspur, even if it is a home game, the Hammers still focus on defense and actively defend themselves in front of the goal , and then use the opportunity to counterattack to attack Tottenham Hotspur, hoping to defeat the opponent at home.

Tottenham Hotspur did not dare to underestimate this time. They sent their main players to play as a guest at Upson Stadium. Although the team was attacked by the Hammers, they also withstood the defensive pressure from the home team very well. , Although the two sides played 0:0 in the first half, the initiative and advantage of the game are still firmly controlled by Tottenham Hotspur.

In the second half, Tottenham Hotspur finally exerted their strength. Relying on the goals of Cavani and Messi, they defeated West Ham United 2-0 away and won a not easy victory.

In this game, Tottenham Hotspur showed their steady side, with a 57% ball possession rate, which is in line with Tottenham Hotspur's consistent effective ball possession. Fourteen shots are better than West Ham United. Ten times more, but only five shots on goal, it can be seen that West Ham United is still doing quite well in terms of defense.

Ranieri, the tinkerer, does have the strength. He is well aware of the strength of Tottenham Hotspur, as well as the free kick skills of Pirlo, Messi and others, so he must ensure defense, but at the same time Players are required not to easily give the opponent a free kick within the 30-meter area, especially a positive free kick.

You know, Pirlo is a monster who can kick free kicks as penalties.

West Ham United did a good job in this aspect. As a result, Tottenham Hotspur suffered [-] fouls from the Hammers throughout the game, but they failed to get a good free kick opportunity, and [-] corner kicks Nor did it pose a threat.

For the team's performance seems to have dropped, Ye Qiu said at the press conference after the game that all of this was within his expectations, "No team can maintain the best state, especially considering the players Just made the trek to play for the national team, so I'm very happy with this game!"

Ranieri said that Tottenham Hotspur's current strength is thriving in the Premier League, and other teams need to make more efforts to beat Tottenham Hotspur, and he has repeatedly reiterated that West Ham The most important thing for the league is to reach the top four in the league.

In this round, Liverpool lost 0:1 in an away game to Stoke City. The Red Army will also be a guest at White Hart Lane in the next game, while Manchester United slaughtered Bolton 5:0 in an away game, showing their own strength. In a good competitive state, Newcastle played a boring 0:0 battle.

After the end of the Premier League, the Tottenham Hotspur youth team ushered in the youth team of the Bundesliga team Bayer Leverkusen at their home court on Monday, and started the horn of the European Youth Champions League. Qiu also showed enough sincerity. Players who failed to make the Champions League starters, including Nick Powell, Lucas Moura, Varane, Nastasic, Phil Jones, Pogba, etc., all started.

This group of young players from Tottenham Hotspur are all under 19 years old. They are in line with playing experience, but they also have rich professional experience. Leverkusen’s youth team lost a terrible 0:7 in Theobald !

This battle once again made Tottenham Hotspur's youth army appear in front of all fans. All Tottenham Hotspur fans who came to the scene were carried away, and all the media said that Tottenham Hotspur The biggest opponent of Nam Tottenham's youth team should be Barcelona's La Masia, or Real Madrid's Castilla, or Ajax and other teams.

Two days after the end of the UEFA Youth League, on Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 at home.

(End of this chapter)