"Hello, Mr.
Levi" "Thank you for your reception, Mr.
Yang Huan" At the Royal Pier in Southampton, Yang Huan met Daniel Levy and his team who were traveling south from Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham's CEO went south not only to supervise the war, but also expressed the hope of visiting Southampton's new stadium project.
After Tottenham Hotspur failed to compete with West Ham United for the London Bowl, the main venue for the Olympic Games, they decided to spend 400 million pounds to build a new stadium in north London.
The chosen partner was Foster + Partners.
Today, this firm belongs to Yang Huan.
Therefore, when Tottenham Hotspur approached Norman Foster and expressed their hope to visit Southampton's new stadium project, Yang Huan naturally agreed without hesitation and received him in person.
Both projects in Southampton are in full swing.
Looking out from the Royal Pier, it was a lively scene.
The artificial island has already taken a rough shape, and it looks like a huge amount of work.
"Mr.
Yang Huan, it is not easy to convince the citizens of Southampton to agree to build this project."
What Levi said was quite touching.
The security of the community where Tottenham Hotspur is located is not very good, and the spending power and transportation of fans are not very convenient.
Tottenham have long wanted to leave, just like Arsenal, moving to a place closer to London.
But as a result, the fans caused trouble and the plan was scrapped.
The biggest problem facing Southampton's new stadium is undoubtedly environmental protection.
But as the saying goes, there are people in the DPRK who are easy to get things done.
This question depends on who they are dealing with.
"The Northumberland development plan you proposed this time is also very ambitious.
Coupled with the support of the London City Government and the community, it is also not simple."
Levi shook his head and smiled bitterly, sighing deeply, "It's never as popular as the wealthy teams."
That's true Arsenal want to build a new stadium, and all parties have given strong support, even allowing them to leave Highbury Stadium and choose a new site.
After all, it’s not because the Gunners are a wealthy team.
"Tottenham Hotspur have performed quite well in the past few years.
If they persist for another two or three years, they will be in the top four," Yang Huan encouraged with a smile.
Unexpectedly, Levi sighed deeply again, his brows looking full of helplessness.
"We're afraid we won't be able to hold on any longer."
"What's going on?"
Yang Huan was a little surprised.
Levi is not afraid to be honest, "We started to increase investment in 2008 and 9, but in the past few years, the finances have continued to decline, and player salaries have soared from more than 60 million in the past to 100 million."
More than 10 million, nearly double.”
"Now, players such as Gareth Bale are asking for a salary increase, and the team's financial pressure is very high."
The CEO of Tottenham Hotspur is well-known in the Premier League and even European football for his business capabilities.
Moreover, he holds a quarter of Tottenham Hotspur's shares and is considered a shareholder of the team.
Naturally, I just want Tottenham to develop.
"The subprime mortgage crisis and the European debt crisis hit, and commercial revenue dropped sharply.
Fortunately, the share of Premier League broadcast fees soared, but our financial revenue is actually the same as in 2008."
On the one hand, the revenue is flat, and on the other hand, the broadcast fee share has soared.
This proves that Tottenham Hotspur's commercial operations have not grown in the past few years, but have been in a state of shrinkage.
In fact, if you take into account European stadium income and player transfer profits, commercial income has shrunk significantly.
"Our financial debt this season is estimated to be between £30 million and £40 million."
Yang Huan was really a little surprised when he heard this.
Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal have always been the healthiest teams in the Premier League.
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If even Tottenham is like this, then you can imagine the situation of other teams.
"Many fans think that the professional league is about players and head coaches, but they don't know that the professional league is about capital.
Players and head coaches are only part of the team's many resources, and they are not even the decisive part."
Daniel Levi said with emotion.
Yang Huan also feels the same way.
Before he became the team owner, he was just an ordinary fan.
He felt that if he brought in the best stars, the best head coach, and built the best team, he would be able to win the championship.
But in fact it's not that simple.
Because a season lasts nine months, including the transfer period, it is one year.
Without sufficient resources and strong capital to back it up, no team can survive for a year.
So look at Arsenal, they have more than 100 million pounds in cash on their books, but this is normal in a professional league.
The cash on Southampton's books is less than 100 million pounds, so Nicolas Cortez will have to go to Yang Huan and yell at him for a long time, and then try every means to get a blood transfusion.
"If a mid-range team wants to challenge the wealthy teams, it must either have strong financial backing like you or the Abu Dhabi consortium, invest heavily for a long time, and persist until the team enters a virtuous cycle, or it must learn from Arsenal."
Arsenal's approach is to ensure the top four every season.
Looks cowardly Yang Huan also often made fun of Wenger.
But this is a strategy learned from the ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang, which is to build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king.
If you don’t believe it, look at the Bundesliga and La Liga.
Why no team can compete with Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Real Madrid in the long term The Bundesliga has always been dominated by Bayern.
Teams such as Dortmund and Werder Bremen have stolen Bayern's limelight, but they cannot last long.
In the past few years, Dortmund has made a comeback and is fighting against Bayern, but how long can they hold on?
La Liga has also produced teams such as Deportivo La Coruna, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Sevilla and Atletico Madrid, with the intention of challenging the two giants of the Spanish Super League, but none of them are short-lived.
Another simple example is Inter Milan.
Moratti suddenly made a splash.
After dominating Serie A for many years, he wanted to try for the Champions League.
He invited Mourinho, introduced many powerful stars, and won a triple crown.
But what happened?
After winning the Triple Crown, Inter Milan couldn't hold on any longer and was overwhelmed.
I don't know when they will be able to make a comeback.
If professional football really has legendary heritage.
Those abundant resources are the foundation of a club.
Yang Huan nodded in approval: "You're right, so the assets of a team are very important."
Levi chuckled and nodded, "Well, Mr.
Yang Huan really doesn't understand football at all like what the outside world says."
Yang Huan couldn't help but smile.
I didn’t understand it before, but as a boss, you must learn to understand these things.
The team has many assets, the most obvious ones being the stadium and training base.
The team's three major incomes are broadcast fees, match day income and commercial income.
Broadcasting fees are not controlled by the team.
Commercial income depends on operational capabilities, but it is also related to the market environment.
Game day income depends on the stadium, which is the most stable basic income.
St.
Mary's Stadium has a capacity of more than 30,000, and Arsenal's Emirates Stadium has a capacity of 60,000.
Add in Arsenal's ticket prices, and the Gunners can earn tens of millions of pounds more than Southampton in ticket revenue a year.
If you include the rent for the stadium's shops, restaurants, etc., it will be at least over 100 million pounds.
With this amount of income, no matter how good your results are in Southampton, can you keep up with others?
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If you are playing an arms race with others, why don't you light a lamp in the toilet and seek death?
So, the stadium is very, very important Yang Huan has been preparing for the new stadium since the first day he acquired the team.
Tottenham Hotspur is already running a financial deficit, so they can tighten their belts and build a new stadium.
If you build it, there is still hope.
If you don’t build it, you can only wait for death.
Moreover, Yang Huan gradually understood the meaning of Daniel Levi's words.
It seems that there is nothing in the Tottenham Hotspur team that is not for sale.
This guy deliberately told himself so much, and the subtext was also saying, little brother, the stars in our team are of high quality and low price.
Who do you like?
Brother, I will sell it to you.
The price is fair and the price is fair.
You are a good boy.
Who gave me financial problems?
Not for sale Even if we win the Champions League next season, our finances will not be approved by UEFA.
As for Southampton, hey, no such trouble.
The reason is simple.
The money invested in the training base and new stadium can offset the debt.
Therefore, Southampton is still very wealthy and has no problem bringing in Messi.
The budget of a stadium is 700 million pounds.
It is not easy to deal with Messi.
"Mr.
Yang Huan, I heard that you signed a cooperation agreement with the Australian Real Estate Group" Australian Property Group is the world's largest listed retail property group, owning more than 100 high-end shopping centers around the world.
Among them, the one at the subway exit of the London Olympic Village, Europe's largest shopping mall, is owned by them.
It cost 1.5 billion pounds, but its annual turnover is as high as 1 billion pounds.
"Yes, they become our retail partners and will operate Southampton's largest shopping mall, including a luxury mall, on the first floor of our new stadium."
Southampton's new stadium is the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, with nine small islands surrounding the main island.
At present, all nine islands have signed lease agreements.
For example, Apple has decided to operate Southampton's first aestore here, and Adidas and Nike will also set up Southampton's largest flagship store here.
The main island is divided into two floors.
The bottom floor is in the shape of a five-pointed star, and the golf course is built on top of this five-pointed star shape.
Australian Real Estate plans to operate a high-end shopping mall on the ground floor.
"Mr.
Yang Huan, can you please reveal the details of the cooperation?"
Yang Huan smiled slightly.
This is not a secret, and the media will know it sooner or later.
"One hundred million pounds, five years" Daniel Levi opened his eyes wide and exclaimed, "Oh my God" Twenty million pounds a year Yang Huan smiled slightly, "Have you seen those nine islands?"
"Yeah" Daniel Levi nodded.
"Two million pounds for a small island, signed for five years at a time"
"Two Million" Daniel Levi was dumbfounded.
Nine islands, that’s 18 million pounds.
Guaiguai, not much else to say, the rent in these two areas is nearly 40 million pounds a year.
And there is a restaurant inside the stadium.
Yes, I heard that a restaurant partner has also been found for Southampton's new stadium, which specializes in providing private rooms and Southampton's rich second-generation members, with an annual rent of 20 million pounds.
There are also ordinary restaurants, KFC, McDonald's and the like, all of which will definitely come here.
When all is said and done, the rental income from Southampton's new stadium alone will be 70 to 80 million pounds.
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Wait, just now he said that he would sign for five years at a time, which seems to be the money paid up front.
In other words, if Southampton wants to build this new stadium, it has not yet started construction.
Just by signing these lease contracts, it will be able to get two to three hundred million pounds of funds.
That's two to three billion Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium budget is only 400 million even if it is fully played Until now, he still has a dark eye and doesn’t know where to raise money.
But people just talk and get two to three hundred million.
Comparing one person to another can definitely make people angry to death Yang Huan looked at Daniel Levi's crying expression and couldn't help but feel funny.
What is this If compared with the empty-handed real estate developers in our motherland, I am nothing.
Besides, the Duke of Westminster also contributed a lot here, and he is still thinking about a bigger piece of cake.
Among other things, Southampton City Council supports 10 million pounds, the British government supports 25 million pounds, and Southampton Community Council supports 5 million pounds.
Southampton has received 40 million pounds from the government.
Payments in pounds sterling.
The reason is none other than that once these projects are completed, they will provide thousands of jobs to Southampton, and will also bring substantial financial revenue to the government every year, and even boost Southampton's economy and tourism.
Moreover, Southampton's two major projects have been integrated with the city government's old city renewal project, so the government will naturally provide some support.
Next, Southampton is considering investing in naming the stadium.
It is expected to earn at least 20 million pounds in naming fees a year.
When that time comes, who dares to say that our great saint is not a rich man?
Looking at Daniel Levi's startled and poor look, Yang Huan couldn't help but feel funny.
I really have to tell you everything, and I won’t scare you to death.
However, when Yang Huan mentioned poverty, he remembered one thing: