It’s time for the Premier League Chairman’s Summit again In the high-end conference hall on the eighth floor of the Landmark Hotel in London, the top executives of twenty Premier League teams gathered together.
The scene was quite lively, and everyone was quite polite.
After all, anyone who walks out here will be a respectable person outside.
As in previous years, at the Chairman’s Summit at the beginning of every season, three old people will always leave and three newcomers will be welcomed.
The three teams relegated last season were Norwich, Fulham and Cardiff.
It should be said that Fulham's relegation is a pity.
This west London team is not bad in strength and has potential, but it is indeed a pity to be relegated.
However, this is cheaper than Southampton.
Because Fulham was forced to cut their budget after being relegated, Southampton took advantage of the situation and poached several outstanding youth training gems from Fulham's youth training camp.
In the past few years, Fulham's youth training has always been very good.
The talented forward Patrick Roberts, who shined in the Southampton youth training camp, came from Fulham's youth training camp.
Since the Football Association and the Premier League officially promoted the youth training reform of the Glorious Revolution, Southampton has collected more data on England's local youth training players.
Among them, Fulham has two or three young players who are valued by Southampton.
Southampton's youth team did not disappoint.
Last season, it participated in the English League C for the first time.
As a result, it ranked first in the league and was successfully promoted.
In the new season, it will enter the English League B, which is the fourth tier of the English league.
The Saints Youth Team is also the only Premier League youth team to emerge from League Three.
This also allows everyone to see that the excellence of the Saints youth team is not in vain for Yang Huan's continuous investment in the past few years.
The youth team has entered the English second league, which undoubtedly greatly enhances the appeal of the youth team.
Therefore, this summer, Southampton spent millions of pounds not only from Fulham, but also from other teams in England to introduce a group of outstanding young players in order to further enhance the competitiveness of the youth team.
Because, after entering the new season, Azpilicueta is going to Tottenham Hotspur, and young players Luke Shaw, Chambers and Prowse will all enter the first team.
If the youth team does not strengthen signings, maybe it will It's been downgraded.
The promotion of these three young players to the first team is not just because of their outstanding performance in the English League C, but because they have indeed met the requirements of the first team and can play in the game.
Otherwise, Southampton will consider letting them stay in the youth team to play in the English second league, or simply loan them out to improve like Januzaj did.
The metabolic process of Southampton's lineup has not moved much, but it has been proceeding in an orderly manner.
This is also intentional by the Saints.
After all, there is too much movement and it can easily put pressure on the team.
Just like the striker, Ibrahimovic and Drogba are gone, and Harry Kane and Martial are coming.
If Southampton is more powerful, the fans and media will use the two young players to compete with Ibrahimovic.
Movic and Drogba compared.
Isn't this an unwarranted effort to put burdens on two young players?
As for the midfielder, Modric is leaving the team.
Fabregas called Yang Huan before and made it clear that he will do his best to meet Southampton's requirements.
He hopes to reach the peak of his career in Southampton.
After all, he is only twenty-seven years old, which is the golden age for professional players, isn't it?
But in any case, if Fabregas is compared with Modric, there is no need, right?
Because of this consideration, Southampton is quite low-key in the transfer market.
Even if it is reported by the media, it is more news about poaching, especially during the World Cup, the performance of many players in the team He excelled and attracted the attention of many teams, which naturally led to more news.
To put it bluntly, Southampton no longer needs to rely on these to create hype.
In the conference hall, although Norwich, Fulham and Cardiff left, Leicester City, Burnley and Queens Park Rangers came.
Interestingly, the owner of Queens Park Rangers is also Asian, the president of Malaysia Airlines.
The people present were all famous people.
As soon as they met and introduced each other through the relationship of football, they naturally started chatting.
As the most popular team in Europe, Peter Kenyon has undoubtedly become the focus of the conference hall.
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In addition to Daniel Levy of Tottenham Hotspur and Mubarak of Manchester City, who have close contact with each other on weekdays, senior leaders of teams such as Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal have also moved closer, becoming an independent Small circle.
The top management of other Premier League teams either gathered together, or chatted together in twos and threes.
"Peter, why hasn't Master Huan come yet?"
Mubarak asked with a smile.
It seems that he cares about Master Huan quite a lot.
"It should be arriving soon.
Didn't Hamad go to pick up the plane?"
Peter Kenyon knew it and smiled.
Daniel Levi nodded, "Yes, it should be soon."
Now in the entire Premier League Chairman's Summit, everyone does not know that Hamad is Master Huan's follower, and Master Huan only follows his lead.
Mubarak didn't say anything more, and turned to look at Peter Kenyon, "Peter, why haven't you done anything this year?
Last season, the Premier League champions received nearly 100 million pounds, plus the Champions League champions, you are now You are so rich, but there doesn’t seem to be much movement."
Although no one knows how huge the benefits Southampton has received from these two championships, initial estimates are that it should be around 150 million pounds, but this is just bonuses and shares.
Just like the Champions League, if you include sponsors and match-day income, Southampton's total revenue from this event is estimated to be more than 100 million pounds.
This is still obtained, and the potential value in the future is immeasurable.
No, Southampton is already talking about a new sponsorship contract.
Obviously, this is the rhythm of price increase.
It makes people envious just thinking about it.
According to current outside estimates, Southampton's financial revenue last season should have exceeded Real Madrid.
But the specific number has not been announced by the saints, and no one knows.
Peter Kenyon shook his head and smiled, "It's not that we haven't made any moves, it's just that we haven't announced it to the public yet."
"Oh, who was introduced?"
Mubarak asked with interest.
Judging from the current situation in the Premier League, next season will still be a championship battle between Southampton and Manchester City.
As the chairman of Manchester City, he must be concerned about whether his competitors are
"We brought Harry Kane from Tottenham Hotspur and Martial from Monaco" Mubarak laughed immediately after hearing this, "Please, these two are little-known young players, okay?"
"What about Cesc Fabregas?"
"Fabregas" Mubarak was a little moved at this moment, "You mean Fabregas of Barcelona?"
Peter Kenyon raised his eyebrows and nodded: "It should be announced in the next two days."
Mubarak's expression suddenly changed.
Originally, Modric was about to transfer, and Manchester City thought that Southampton's midfield would be affected, but now they have added Cesc Fabregas and their overall strength has been strengthened.
It seems that Southampton's management is really calm.
"In addition to Cesc Fabregas, we have another major transfer that has been basically finalized, but it's not time to announce it yet."
At this point, Peter Kenyon couldn't help laughing.
"So, it's not us who are silent, but you.
The movement is too small."
So far, Manchester City has decided to bring in Sagna from Arsenal on a free transfer and Frank Lampard from Chelsea, as well as other signings.
But these two transfers are inferior to Southampton's Cesc Fabregas and another legendary blockbuster transfer.
Mubarak frowned on the side, but Daniel Levi pointed in the distance in amusement.
"Peter, no wonder Abramovich always glares at you.
It turns out you robbed their Fabregas.
I'm afraid he is thinking of killing you now."
Peter Kenyon also nodded with a smile, "You know, we are suffering for you?"
"We suffered for it."
Daniel Levi was startled, can we stop saying so Lei Feng?
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"Chelsea's performance was sluggish last season, and this season they are planning to recruit heavily to strengthen their strength and return to the semi-finals.
We don't care, but you, Master Huan just wants to protect you, so Chelsea has taken a fancy to Cesc Fabregas.
We snatched Cesc Fabregas, and they liked Pedro, so we snatched Pedro too.”
"Tell me, this is not for you, what is it?"
Daniel Levi was instantly defeated.
When did Peter Kenyon learn to be as thick-skinned as Master Huan?
Obviously you want to strengthen your own strength, so you go to steal it from others, okay?
"Then, don't say I didn't remind you.
Chelsea are now staring at Everton's young defender Stones and Stoke City's goalkeeper Begovic.
It's up to you."
Peter Kenyon’s words immediately moved Daniel Levy’s heart.
Among the current Premier League powers, Southampton and Manchester City have firmly secured the top four positions in the league, while teams such as Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United will compete for the remaining two spots. position.
As a competitor, anything that can weaken Chelsea is good for Tottenham.
Besides, isn’t Tottenham Hotspur also strengthening their team lineup now?
Defenders and goalkeepers, this is exactly what Tottenham Hotspur need.
"You two rich people, you are not short of money anyway, so you just keep an eye on Chelsea.
You will poach whoever they like.
I don't believe it.
Compared with being rich, Abramovich can be richer than you." money" Daniel Levi and Mubarak looked at each other, and both saw the helpless smile in each other's eyes.
There are really just as many subordinates as there are bosses.
Only someone like Master Huan can lead a subordinate like Peter Kenyon.
Is this still the polite bald guy from the Premier League?
Just when they were getting together and joking, the door of the conference room suddenly opened, and they saw Yang Huan and Hamad walking into the conference room side by side, talking and laughing.
Although Master Huan arrived late, everyone in the conference room had no grudges at all, and everyone immediately came to greet him.
Everton owner Bill Kenwright, who was still standing by and talking to Abramovich, immediately apologized, threw Abramovich aside, and greeted Yang. .
This left Abramovich standing there, extremely embarrassed.
It doesn't matter if you go up to him or sit down.
Looking at Yang Huan's appearance when he was being polite to everyone, Abramovich's eyes glared as if he was about to spit fire.
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