"Judging from the current general situation, the third-party institutions that hold players are usually agency companies."
"When selling players, not only do we have to share the player transfer fee with third-party organizations based on the shareholding ratio, we also need to pay additional transfer agency fees and a certain percentage of commission to the agent company."
"Just like Javi Garcia, when he was introduced from Real Madrid, it cost 7 million euros.
The money was paid by us and the agent.
When he transferred to Manchester City, the transfer fee was 1,600 euros.
Ten thousand euros, and we made a difference of nine million euros.
If divided according to shares, we can have a transfer profit of 4.5 million euros.”
"But after deducting agency fees, commissions, and a series of other follow-up fees, we only earned less than 3 million euros at most, and the rest was all earned by the broker."
Yang Huan could completely imagine this situation.
After all, third-party institutions and agents have always existed in a vampire way, especially a big agent like Mendes, who is not a good person.
But then, Rui Costa's words surprised Yang Huan.
"Master Huan, maybe you think that no matter how much you earn, you still have something to earn."
The former Portuguese superstar said this and smiled awkwardly.
Yang Huan also felt a little strange, because Rui Costa gave him the impression of an artist-like figure, but now, what he was talking about was extremely shameful reality and snobbery.
If fans outside knew about it, it would definitely be I'm going to break my glasses.
"But do you know that Javi Garcia played for Benfica for two years.
During these two years, his salary, bonuses and a series of other supporting benefits were all borne by the club.
If these are also included If so, let alone making money from this transaction, we may even lose money.”
These words really surprised Yang Huan.
Because Rui Costa calculated this way, Benfica did suffer a big loss.
On the contrary, it is a third-party agency that takes commissions on players' salaries, bonuses and benefits, as well as transfer fees, agency fees and a series of other handling fees.
They also make a lot of money.
In the end, it was the club that was unlucky.
"Actually, Javi Garcia's situation is good.
After all, he has made contributions to the club and the team's results are also very good.
Although the players did not make any money, the club has gained results."
At this point, Rui Costa changed the subject, "But do you know that with players like Saviola and Garay, the club has completely lost money."
"Why" "Saviola transferred to Benfica from Real Madrid in 2009.
He is worth five million euros.
This money was also paid by a third-party agency, but his salary is very high.
Originally, the club hoped that he could live up to his worth.
I sold it to cash out, but I didn’t expect that his performance in Benfica was not satisfactory.”
"But what's even more outrageous is that in 2012, Málaga was recruiting stars in European football, and Saviola was one of them.
At this time, Saviola's third-party ownership agency represented Malaga.
Laga came to Benfica to negotiate and they asked Benfica to let Saviola move on a free transfer."
"Benfica was finally forced by the pressure from agents and players, plus Saviola's salary was too high and it was too luxurious to stay on the bench, so they had to choose to let him transfer on a free transfer.
But in this transaction, Benfica lost money.
It’s a mess, but the agent is making a lot of money.”
This time, Yang Huan could understand without Rui Costa's explanation.
During the three years at Benfica, the agent took a commission from Saviola.
This money was given by Benfica.
Even if Saviola performed poorly and was unable to play the main role, he still had to give a salary, and the agent could still take the commission. .
After the free transfer to Malaga, on the surface, the third party represented by the agent also suffered a loss, but in fact The commissions in the past three years have already recovered some of the costs.
I went to Malaga on a free transfer and took the opportunity to ask for a big contract, plus agency fees, signing fees, etc.
After this cycle, the agent will not I dare say it’s a big profit, but at least it’s a small profit.
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On the contrary, Benfica suffered a huge loss.
As for Garay mentioned by Rui Costa, he also comes from Real Madrid and is worth 5 million.
He is still playing for Benfica, but it is said that he has signed with the Russian team Zenit in advance and is worth 6 million euros.
This is too cheap for the dignified Argentinian national team’s main central defender.
It is completely foreseeable that the agent operated Garay to go to Zenit, and the Russians must have paid a lot of agency fees and commissions.
In this transaction, Benfica was also very passive, had no autonomy, and could only watch helplessly.
"The more profitable one is Witsel.
For the 40 million euros that the Belgian transferred to Zenit, we can probably get about 20 million euros.
If agency fees and commissions are deducted, it will be 1,500 euros."
It’s about 10,000 euros, which is a huge profit.”
Yang Huan could only smile bitterly at this.
He really didn't expect that the so-called third-party organization was actually darker than he imagined.
No wonder Atletico Madrid has cultivated so many stars over the years and sold off its leading players one after another.
As a result, it still suffered losses every year and could not make ends meet.
Vieira sat aside and smiled bitterly, "Master Huan, you are a Premier League giant and you don't understand our situation.
Player salaries are generally high now.
If we want to compete for the Champions League income, we must attract a group of capable players." , salaries and bonuses have become a heavy burden for us.”
"It's not just Benfica.
Porto, excluding player transfers, has an annual income of about 80 million euros, but their annual expenses are nearly 100 million euros, a loss of nearly 20 million euros."
Yang Huan still believed what Vieira said.
Many fans only see teams like Porto shining in European competitions, but they ignore that behind their outstanding performance, they also need to bear heavy pressure, especially player salaries. no pain no gain.
Investment may not necessarily yield returns, but if you don’t invest, there will definitely be no returns.
Therefore, every performance of Porto in the Champions League is built up by the heavy debts behind the club.
This is true for Porto, it is true for Benfica, and it is true for countless teams like them.
After straightening out this layer, Yang Huan further understood why the Portuguese Super League team had to rely on a third party.
To put it bluntly, without third-party investment institutions, they don’t even have the money to recruit.
On this side, the team has to rely on selling its own players to make up for its losses, but on the other side, there is no money to make signings, so the choice left to the club is very simple, either bring in a third party, or lose its strength.
The latter seems to have a lot of backbone, but these days, backbone can be eaten What is particularly noteworthy is that when a team falls into a vicious cycle, no one can save it.
Therefore, they clearly know that cooperating with a third party is a way to quench their thirst, and they know clearly that they have to accept the exploitation of a third party, but they still have to accept it, because if they refuse the third party, they will only die.
And if someone talks about youth training, they are even more naive.
If there were any professional club these days that pinned all their hopes on the youth training camp, then this club would definitely have died somewhere long ago and would have no chance of surviving.
To put it bluntly, youth training is just gambling on luck.
No one knows what you can gain from investing so much.
Maybe even nothing
I would like to ask, is this kind of operating model reliable?
If Yang Huan remembers correctly, Benfica still has a debt of 100 million euros.
As for Porto, the debt is tens of millions.
Of course, don’t think that Vieira and Rui Costa are victims just because they are complaining.
Don't be so naive Maybe, like Porto's da Costa, they are the beneficiaries of this system.
Because they are who they are and Benfica is Benfica.
Who stipulates that if Benfica suffers a loss and is heavily in debt, they will also suffer the same?
But after this conversation, Yang Huan really had a better understanding of the Portuguese Super League.
The advantage of the Portuguese Super League is that it is attractive to players from South American countries such as Brazil and Argentina, as well as their excellent scouting network in South America, which ensures that they have an endless supply of talents.
However, in recent years, South America's economy has taken off, and the value of players has also increased.
It is no longer the era where talents could be poached for hundreds of thousands or one or two million.
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Therefore, neither Porto nor Benfica can afford the transfer fees for South American players, which can easily reach several million or even over ten million, and they can only turn to a third party for help.
Just kidding, what is your annual income to afford these players?
But in the Internet age, as soon as a player makes a splash, he immediately attracts attention and his value soars.
It is difficult to find high-quality and cheap products anymore.
Therefore, to a certain extent, third-party institutions can also be regarded as a kind of football-type venture capital.
It’s just that what they invest in is people.
This kind of behavior of treating people as slaves and selling them as commodities will be banned sooner or later.
However, Yang Huan was thinking that the current situation of teams such as Benfica and Porto is exactly the same as Atletico Madrid's.
They relied too much on third parties, but they themselves have strong ability to cultivate players and have excellent scouts. network.
The only thing they lack is money More importantly, their market value on the stock market is quite low, probably only around 30 to 40 million euros.
According to the current stock price of Benfica, if they are willing to bear debt, the acquisition price must be incredibly low.
At that time, if we follow Atletico Madrid's approach, eradicate the cancer of third-party institutions, and invest a sum of money to operate it, I believe there will be great potential.
Thinking of this, Yang Huan had a good idea and decided to go back and let Zhao Yuanfang study it carefully.
With UEFA and FIFA both vigorously cracking down on third-party ownership, the Portuguese Super League will definitely be punished, and if we can take this opportunity to win this most ideal natural springboard for South American players , that is undoubtedly a pretty good opportunity.
With this thought, Yang Huan became interested.
I grabbed Vieira and Rui Costa and asked for more inside information and information.
Benfica really hopes to cooperate with Yang Huan.
They even mentioned the Brazilian monsters of Shakhtar Donetsk, hoping that Yang Huan can loan them to Benfica.
This immediately made Yang Huan smile bitterly.
There really was nothing new under the sun.
As for the monster who bought Shakhtar Donetsk, it was done secretly by Yang Huan, with Pinizahavi, Joorabchian and Bertolucci in charge, and the deal had just been completed not long ago.
The total price of the seven players selected by Yang Huan is close to 60 million, which is a pretty good deal.
But who would have thought that Benfica had already received the news just after the deal was completed.
This is true for Benfica and certainly for other European teams.
Damn it, with the quality of this group of Brazilian players, will there be a lot of teams rushing to get them?
It’s really a headache when you think about it: