Joe Lewis did not come from a wealthy family, and he had no background at all.
Dance e-book Twenty or thirty years ago, he ran several woolen sweater shops in London, specifically targeting wealthy Japanese tourists at the time.
Later, he saw that many Japanese tourists ran a foreign exchange shop because currency exchange was inconvenient.
What he didn't expect was that the foreign exchange shop made more money than his sweater shop.
From then on, he began to enter the foreign exchange market and accumulated a considerable amount of wealth by speculating in foreign exchange.
In 1996, he acquired the enic company and began to be involved in large-scale foreign exchange transactions, becoming a first-class Rich man, worth nearly £4 billion at his peak.
In the 1990s, with the advent of the craze for Premier League clubs to go public, almost all Premier League teams, including Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, listed on the London stock market, and news tycoon Murdoch tried to acquire Manchester United.
Although it ultimately failed, it stimulated Lewis.
So, soon, Lewis teamed up with two Manchester United shareholders, Magnell and McManus, to try to launch an acquisition of Manchester United, but at the last moment, it also failed.
However, the failure to acquire Manchester United did not shake Lewis's determination to make money from football club stocks, coupled with the emergence of Daniel Levy, a famous gold medal broker in the London stock market and an avid Tottenham Hotspur fan.
As a result, the two joined forces and gradually acquired companies including Tottenham Hotspur, Scottish Rangers, Slavia Prague, Bulgarian CSKA Sofia, Aek Athens, Vicenza, and Basel through ENIC. shares in many European teams, and even completed controlling stakes.
The peak moment occurred in 1999, when Aek Athens and Slavia Prague took UEFA to court.
The reason was that it was an old rule in European professional football that the ownership belonged to the same person or group.
Teams, due to fair play principles, cannot participate in the same competition.
But in the end, UEFA kicked Athens Aek out of the UEFA Cup at that time.
Since then, enic's operations have become difficult.
What's even more terrible is that with the rapid decline of the football club listing craze in the late 1990s, the stocks of almost all listed clubs have been falling, especially Tottenham Hotspur, which has even dropped to less than 10% of the price at the time of listing. one.
Joe Lewis lost everything in this transaction.
But it was also at this time that he began to adjust his business direction and gradually focused his resources on Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
Therefore, starting in 2003, he aggressively acquired shares in Tottenham Hotspur and appointed Daniel Levy to take charge of White Hart Lane.
As a result, the North London team has experienced a strong rise in recent years.
But no matter how good Tottenham Hotspur's results were, Joe Lewis never changed his original thoughts.
He has only one purpose in running the North London team, and that is to make money Especially in recent years, with the onset of the economic crisis, Joe Lewis has also been gradually transferring his assets, investing in medical institutions, bars, restaurants, art collections, etc.
He has long been eager to get rid of Tottenham Hotspur's hot potato.
From the time he acquired Tottenham Hotspur to now, there is no doubt that the closest thing to his goal of cashing out and leaving is now.
Two hundred million pounds is undoubtedly a pretty good price.
In the final analysis, it is because the competition in the current Premier League is too fierce.
Now, what is in front of Lewis is either to continue investing and keep the top four in the league, or to simply cash out and sell, make a lot of money and leave.
If the quoted price of 200 million pounds is followed, Lewis can earn at least 100 million pounds.
This somewhat makes up for the regret that he suffered heavy losses in running the football club in the past few years.
"Prime Minister Hamad, I accept your offer, 200 million pounds."
In the silent conference room, Joe Lewis suddenly stood up and exhaled heavily.
This old British man who is over 70 years old still looks full of courage.
No wonder he is ranked in the top 300 on the Forbes list.
He is not a fuel-efficient lamp no matter how you look at it.
"Okay, Mr.
Lewis."
Prime Minister Hamad also stood up and laughed, "Give me a week to raise funds."
Lewis nodded, stretched out his hand to button the suit, and looked at everyone again.
There was nothing else for him to do here.
The moment he nodded in agreement, he had nothing to do with Tottenham Hotspur.
Daniel Levi and Yang Huan both stood up to see him off.
He was an old man after all, wasn't he?
After seeing off Joe Lewis, all the shareholders and executives of Tottenham Hotspur were present, so the meeting started directly.
Yang Huan proposed that Daniel Levy continue to serve as the CEO of Tottenham Hotspur because he believes that Daniel Levy is definitely the best club operator in the entire Premier League and even the entire Europe.
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Prime Minister Hamad had no objections and agreed on the spot.
He also proposed that his son Hamad be the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, which was also passed smoothly.
This has already been an agreement reached by Tottenham Hotspur's three giants before, and now it is just a formality.
The real highlight is what comes next "Master Huan told me before that in the new season, the competition in the Premier League will become increasingly fierce."
Prime Minister Hamad said with concern.
Daniel Levy nodded and said: "Yes, that's right, Southampton is still the most powerful contender for the championship, Manchester United is still going strong, Manchester City is also ambitious, and Arsenal will definitely have to fight hard to keep the top four in the league, especially this summer.
The London rivals are eyeing Real Madrid's Ozil and Higuain."
It's interesting to say that the reason why Real Madrid sold Ozil, Higuain and other stars in the team is to raise money to buy Southampton's Gareth Bale and Vidal.
"Chelsea lost their Champions League qualification last season and didn't even qualify for the Europa League.
This season, Mourinho has entered the palace for the second time, and Abramovich has decided to open up his wallet and recruit heavily.
The strength of the Blues It will definitely improve significantly.”
"There is also Liverpool.
Although Rodgers' team sold Suarez for 40 million pounds, the overall strength is still quite good.
Coupled with Everton, this season's Premier League will become more brutal than ever."
Prime Minister Hamad is completely unclear and not interested in these teams and these analyses.
"I want to know if there is any way to build Tottenham Hotspur into the strongest team in the Premier League in the shortest possible time."
Feeling the direct gaze from the Prime Minister of Qatar, Daniel Levi glanced at Yang Huan with a wry smile, feeling depressed in his heart.
It seems that my new partner is a football idiot.
Do you really think it is so easy to build a strong Premier League team?
At present, almost all famous stars have been taken away by wealthy teams.
Southampton has been able to rise rapidly within three years.
In addition to chance, the means and vision of signings are also indispensable.
If it's Tottenham Hotspur, Daniel Levy himself is not sure.
"Master Huan" Prime Minister Hamad looked at Yang Huan for help.
Everyone present, including Charlene Lahiri, suddenly realized that Prime Minister Hamad's trust in Yang Huan was genuine.
Yang Huan gave a charming smile, "I have said that today's professional football is capital football.
If you burn a lot of money, you may not be able to win a championship.
But if you don't burn money, you will definitely have no hope."
Arsenal have been without a trophy for many years, why?
Don't talk about softness or not, or what Wenger is, it boils down to two words, investment No input, no output "What is the investment method?"
Prime Minister Hamad asked again.
Yang Huan's expression was interesting now.
These days, even if you have money, you may not know how to spend it.
"It's very simple, beat high-level stars, but have knowledge.
It's best to be the kind of star who can fight and is not too old."
Daniel Levi couldn't help but nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
Master Huan's suggestion is a good one.
You don't burn money casually, you have to burn it on the edge.
"You should be around 25 years old, preferably younger.
If you invest in the game for a long time and choose a reliable world-famous coach, it will be easier to achieve results."
Prime Minister Hamad heard this and felt it made sense.
"Since you say you want to invest, it depends on how big your budget is."
Yang Huan looked at Prime Minister Hamad and asked with a smile.
This is also a test.
If you, the Prime Minister of Qatar, turn out to be an out-and-out miser, and you talk about investment, you might as well just cut back on your clothes and diet.
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How could Prime Minister Hamad not know this?
When I saw him, he also laughed, "I believe in your vision and wisdom, Master Huan.
As long as you like it and can buy it, I can afford it no matter how much it costs."
These words also boosted the confidence of all Tottenham Hotspur management present.
What is a rich man?
This is what you call a rich man It doesn’t matter who you want to buy, just say it directly, buy whoever you want.
This is not a rich man, who is a rich man?
At this time, Daniel Levi immediately came out to brush up his presence, and continued following what Young Master Huan just said.
"Actually, we originally introduced Gary Cahill and Markovic from Southampton, Moutinho from Atletico Madrid, Eriksen from Ajax, Emre Can from Bayern Munich, and Lisbon Atletico’s Argentinian left-back Rojo is both a famous star and a rookie with outstanding strength.”
Prime Minister Hamad nodded immediately.
Although he did not know these players, he knew that these were recommended by Yang Huan.
The vision of Southampton's scouting team over the past few years has been world-famous.
Who doesn't know that the player the Saints are interested in is definitely the right one.
"So, for now, we are short of a center forward."
But as soon as Daniel Levi finished speaking, Yang Huan shook his head and sighed.
"Daniel, you are right, but the pattern is too small."
"The pattern is too small."
Daniel Levy was startled.
What does it mean?
Even Prime Minister Hamad and everyone present found it strange.
Didn’t you, Master Huan, just praise Daniel Levi just now?
Why is it that now that I look back, I am criticizing again?
"Don't be angry when I say you are small."
Yang Huan looked at Daniel Levi with a smile.
"You are still using the old ideas of Tottenham Hotspur.
Don't think about it.
We are completely different from the past.
In the past, we could still use Aaron Lennon, but now, can we make do with it?"
Well There was total silence.
Everyone was choked by Master Huan's words.
Aaron Lennon will also Master Huan, your attitude is a bit too high, right?
Is he at least an England international player?
Although I only occasionally try to make him feel more present, there is no need to degrade him like this.
"I really want to say that Tottenham Hotspur's current situation is to be in the top four of the league, or even to compete for the league championship, so the players they introduce must follow this standard, so players like Aaron Lennon and Huddles Tong, Sandro, Kaboer, etc. are obviously not in line with the team's goals and positioning."
"Instead of staying in the team and wasting salary for such players, it is better to sell them for cash and then re-introduce a group of stars in their prime to further enhance the team's strength."
Don't mention it.
Yang Huan's words seemed a bit fussy when he first heard them, but after thinking about them carefully, they made sense.
Players like Aaron Lennon are in the Premier League.
They are not as good as those above, but more than below.
They are the kind of players who can be used, but cannot bring much improvement to the team.
If Tottenham Hotspur's goal is still to stay at the forefront of the league and strive to hit the top four in the league, then Aaron Lennon should continue to stay, but now it is obviously different.
Rather than keeping Aaron Lennon but not using him and letting him depreciate, it would be more cost-effective to simply take advantage of his current status as an international player and his good performance last season to sell him as soon as possible to cash out.
But before Daniel Levi and others had time to react, Yang Huan laughed again.
"I have several candidates here who can definitely help Tottenham Hotspur improve to a higher level, but I just don't know if you have the courage
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