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In the first half, Manchester United scored on a corner kick opportunity and entered the second half with a 1:0 score advantage.

During the halftime break, Sandoko had a phone call with Rangnick.

Rangnick is a German with a rigorous work style and may not be able to accept this black box operation model.

Encapsulate the club's management and team operations in a black box and let Brazilians do the work of Brazilian football... There will definitely be many tricks here, which will greatly damage the rights and interests of investors.

But there is no way.

Failure to do so will only cause greater damage to investors’ rights and interests.

Just like a certain domestic industry boss who is both the head coach, general manager and agent, he has all the power of the club and can do whatever he wants.

A young player with a salary of 1.5 million yuan, starting for him as the head coach, has a reason to increase his salary. Then as the general manager, he was given a salary increase to 6 million yuan, and as an agent, he received 50% of the commission and received 3 million yuan in commission.

For the players, the actual money received has increased from 1.5 million to 3 million, and they are very happy to be playing the main team; for the industry bosses, they can also make a lot of money through commissions.

What is at stake is only the rights and interests of investors.

The investor is a big boss with a net worth of billions. Of course he knows about this kind of thing, but he can only choose to turn a blind eye and cannot afford to offend him. If he turns a blind eye and chooses the black box mode, then the team will play well and have the strength to compete for the championship; if he dares to attack, the team will definitely become a relegated team, let alone compete for the championship.

The same is true in Brazil.

Ronaldo later acquired a Brazilian second division team and rushed to the Brazilian League in the second season. Because Ronaldo is Brazilian, he is the big boss of Brazilian football.

The Red Bull Group cannot do this. Even if it has a lot of money and invests more in youth training, construction, buying excellent players, and scientific training, the refined management makes the practitioners lose their "oil and water" and their "power". How can there be anything left? Motivation for struggle?

No matter how much money Red Bull spends, there will be no chance for Red Bull Brazil. On the other hand, Ronaldo spends less money and can achieve great success as soon as he makes a move.

If a strong team wants to be promoted, it only takes a few key battles to clear the relationship, and then it can be steadily promoted to the top league.

Not to mention the dark football environment in Brazil, even European football is the same.

American sports is really clean and transparent. It is a system created through labor negotiations one after another. For example, in the NBA, the salaries of all employees, including agents, players, general managers, sponsors, cheerleaders... all expenses can be broken down to 1 cent of income and expenses, and they are all open and transparent. not bad.

The same cannot be said for European football. There are too many tricky deals.

Even Ferguson is like this.

Why were the greedy Glazer family able to acquire Manchester United when the entire UK boycotted it?

Because of Ferguson.

That year, Ferguson made his son involved in the transfer of Manchester United players and made millions of pounds. Later, the owner of Manchester United found out, and he became very angry and quarreled with Ferguson.

The results of it?

Relying on his strong reputation and influence at Manchester United, Ferguson drove away the boss and ushered in the Glazer family. So despite the fact that the Glazer family has caused great harm to Manchester United, all the famous Manchester United players are criticizing Glazer, but Ferguson doesn't even dare to fart. Because the Glazer family is his benefactor.

This is also the reason why Zhou Buqi wants to transform Manchester United towards a "German" style.

The sports director is Rangnick, a German.

The head coach wants to choose Klopp, who is also German.

Introducing German systems in the competitive field to shape Manchester United.

Among the five major European leagues, the Bundesliga is the healthiest. A very important part of the reason is that it comes from the German people's pursuit of excellence, rigorous, restrained, restrained and even old-fashioned style and spirit.

German teams are the most open and transparent, the German football system has the least tricks, and German football is the healthiest.

Later, the European giants collectively launched an attack. They couldn't bear UEFA's various behind-the-scenes operations and wanted to create an open and transparent new football competition similar to the American sports model - the European Super League. The CEO found for the European Super League is a German with a rigorous style.

Therefore, as a German, Rangnick may not be able to accept it.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Santoku expressed Rangnick's concerns.

Zhou Buqi's attitude is very clear, "You can't copy the German football system to Brazil. You must do it according to the idea of ​​black box operation."

Santoku said: "At the management level, it's okay to say that he is concerned about the team's tactics. Will he implement his tactical ideas?"

"Well……"

Zhou Buqi was in trouble now.

Brazil's football style is casual and free, with an extremely prominent personal style. There is no strict overall tactical structure design, and it pursues the flash of inspiration of certain talented stars.

This is completely different from the rigorous concept of German football.

In his previous life, Rangnick once took over a team from the Red Bull Group. Other teams were doing pretty well, but only the Brazilian and African teams could not continue to play. They could not improve and make profits no matter what.

Zhou Buqi said: "The main purpose of buying a football team in Brazil is human trafficking."

"Ahem..."

Sandoko's face turned red. Even though he knew it was a joking metaphor, he felt that his words were too outrageous.

Zhou Buqi didn't care either. This man was from a Wall Street investment bank. The last thing he cared about was political correctness. He suddenly thought of something, "By the way, do you know Ronaldo?"

"Who?" Santoku was stunned for a moment, "Which Ronaldo?"

Zhou Buqi said: "The Brazilian one."

Santoku said: "I haven't been in contact with him, but David and Ferguson should have his contact information. Isn't he retired?"

"Retired?"

Zhou Buqi's eyes lit up.

Santoku said: "Yes, this is the biggest news in world football this month, right? He returned to Brazil from Milan to play football and chose Corinthians. But his physical condition was so bad that he announced his retirement half a month ago. ."

Zhou Buqi was very happy, "Good thing!"

"Huh?" San Dezi raised his eyebrows, seeming to understand what Boss Zhou meant, "Looking for him to be a partner?"

Zhou Buqi said: "The complex environment of Brazilian football is something that outsiders like us can't handle. Ronaldo is different. He is the most powerful person in Brazilian football after Pele. If we can get him to join us, it will be great." Having a helper in the black box makes it easier to operate."

"Fund together with him to acquire a Brazilian football team?"

"Yes, be more generous and buy a Brazilian team directly!"

"The earning power of the Brazilian team is not weak." San Dezi looked at him deeply, "If you want to buy a Brazilian team, the price will be very high."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and said calmly: "Time is more important than money. Looking at the current environment in Europe, if you want to get out of the European debt crisis, you must actively embrace Middle Eastern capital. Just like Manchester City, there will be More and more hot money is pouring into European football. By then, the trend of going to Brazil to grab people will intensify. To seize the opportunities of the times, it cannot be too late."

"That's it..."

San Dezi's eyes were very complicated and he didn't know what to say.

This boss Zhou is so confident!

Everything he said was clear and logical, as if he had seen through the world trends and the direction of the global economic situation, and he was confident and powerful.

The key is to have strong financial resources.

Last year, the big boss injected US$400 million into PPT Football Group, which is so rich!

Zhou Buqi asked: "By the way, which city is the most economically developed in Brazil?"

Santoku said: "It should be Sao Paulo... Corinthians, where Ronaldo played before, is one of the 'four giants' in Sao Paulo."

"Four wealthy families? What do they have?"

"Saint Paulo, Corinthians, Palmeiras and Santos."

Zhou Buqi thought for a while and made a decision, "Brazil's environment is too complicated. We should develop in big cities. It is best to choose between the teams in Sao Paulo."

"The price is very high." Santoku was very cautious about this. "When Red Bull went to Brazil, they also chose a team in the Sao Paulo area, and they only chose a second-tier team."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and said, "That's it. You go to Sao Paulo and find out the situation first. Red Bull Group only has a few dollars, and they lack enough courage to invest in football."

Santoku was a little embarrassed, "Okay, I...I will make an appointment with Ronaldo first."

Zhou Buqi nodded and said: "When we buy a Brazilian team, we mainly want to achieve three results. First, we must maintain the team's ability to compete for the championship, be able to participate in the Copa Libertadores, and be self-reliant. ; Second, discover enough outstanding talents in Brazil and then transport them to big European markets; third, cooperate with Manchester United to help Manchester United promote the South American market."

At this time, the slightly dull game finally changed again.

Manchester United fights back!

The interception ball from central defender Ferdinand was directly passed to Scholes. After Scholes got the ball, he passed the ball to "Peter Pan" Robben on the right.

After Robben got the ball, he ran all the way and cooperated with teammates Rooney, Giggs and Park Ji-sung to quickly form a four-on-three frontcourt. Dribbling the ball all the way inside, he then made a clever cross pass directly to Giggs on the left.

Giggs, who came on as a substitute, pushed the ball forward and the ball hit the far corner steadily!

2:0!

A textbook quick counterattack, from intercepting the ball to scoring a goal, which took about 10 seconds. It was so fast and lightning that it directly detonated the entire stadium.

At this time, the game had reached the 79th minute.

Secure the victory!

After Zhou Buqi took charge of Manchester United, he finally had the opportunity to win his first League Cup trophy.

very happy!

Like all the Red Devils fans in the audience, they stood up, pumped their fists and clapped.

What a powerful Manchester United!