Chapter 358 Target: Tottenham!
The UK is indeed a country with a lot of humorous cells, at least the media here is like this.
When they want to sarcasm and humiliate a person, a football club, they often have endless creativity, and the most typical example is their sarcasm towards Husky.
However, in recent times, the British media have begun to sarcastically sarcastically at a football club.
Last night I met a beautiful wild girl and she said to me: "You humiliate me, humiliate me to the best of your heart."
So, today I bought a Tottenham jersey for her
A little boy went to a social assistance center and told people there that he was homeless.
"Do you don't have a mom or dad?" the social worker asked him.
"No, they hit me." said the little boy.
"What about your grandparents?" the social worker asked again.
"Don't, they're fighting harder"
The social worker was helpless, "Okay, then you said, where do you want to live?"
"Tottenham" the little boy seemed to be prepared and answered confidently, "No one can beat the people there"
The city council rejected Tottenham's plan to build a new stadium in Northumberland County Park. A spokesperson declared that "we don't mind holding an amusement rally here every year, but it's a bit overwhelming to watch the performance of the circus clown once a week."
HHC TV special report, "It is reported that Tesco is removing the OX badger head of the daily necessities of British people because consumers complain that he has become a laughing stock now because of the shell of the same color as Tottenham Hotspur."
"After getting the news, OX Badger Head Company held an emergency special meeting and decided to modify the canned shell packaging. From now on, the color of the OX Badger Head's shell will become Arsenal's color."
I believe that after reading the above jokes, everyone can notice that they are talking about the North London team Tottenham Hotspur.
This team was once a famous and powerful player in the top league in England, and even had the opportunity to be linked to the giants. It was once regarded as the representative banner of English artistic football. Especially in the late RU and early 1990s, White Hart Lane Stadium was like its name, playing romantic and poetic football, and once occupied the third place in the league.
That once made people full of hope for his return to the top.
Many people say that it is a miracle for Kaiserslauteng to win the championship with a new team, so if it is a miracle for winning the top league championship with a new team, then this miracle Tottenham Hotspur had already created it 50 years ago.
In the 490 season, Tottenham Hotspur returned to the League One as the champion of the English League Two, and in the 50l season, he beat the Red Devils and Manchester United at the time and won the miracle of the newly promoted team winning the championship. Not only that, the then head coach Luo Wei also invented a set of pass-through and running tactics. This set of tactics has now spread all over the world, and almost all teams' tactics are based on this.
But after experiencing its peak, Tottenham Hotspur quickly fell into decline.
Tottenham has always left an impression in English football that it is the first to be the first to try, such as going public.
Tottenham Hotspur’s listing dates back to the RU era a long time ago. At that time, the FA had rigid regulations on the team. Managers could only get club profits as personal dividends and were not allowed to receive wages. After the club went bankrupt, the property could not be sold and given to other local football clubs.
But at that time, Erwin Scoller, a real estate developer from the casino Monte Carlo, fell in love with Tottenham. He successfully became Tottenham's new owner in 2019 by privately acquiring the club's internal bonds, but at the same time he inherited a huge debt of more than 1 million pounds. Then he boldly chose to transform the club into a joint-stock company and successfully applied for listing in 1983.
Manchester United followed suit after Tottenham's listing for 8 years, in 1991.
At that time, there was a saying in English football. Scoller said to the club's head coach at that time, Birkinshaw, "You will be an ordinary employee of Tottenham Hotspur Co., Ltd. from now on." This sentence made Birkinshaw announce his resignation the night before the League Cup final and leave Tottenham Hotspur.
Scoller made the world angry at Tottenham, and the most angry thing about the fans was that he demolished the famous West Stand. In addition, the team's poor performance in the following years, fans' dissatisfaction with him became increasingly high.
At this time, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in a worse combination. The new chairman was Alan Suger, a German businessman who operated electronic products. Alan Suger's partner was Venables, a famous British coach at the time. The two jointly bought Tottenham from Erwin Skoller, but Suger paid for money. Venables made money and invested in technology.
If anyone familiar with Venables knows that his deeds in English football are full of unknown ugly dramas and farces, and his coaching career has always been accompanied by black gold and controversy.
As a street-born Alan Sugar, and Venables, who is determined to treat Alan Sugar as a fat sheep and Tottenham as a tool to make money, the combination of the two laid a tragedy from the beginning. In the end, Sugar bought Venables' shares and told him to get out, but Sugar himself was in a dilemma.
It was in this situation that in the late 1990s, the PNIC consortium appeared in front of Alan Sugar, bought some of his Tottenham shares, and successfully increased its holdings in Tottenham to...
This is a very interesting number, because the UK stipulates that if it reaches 30, it must forcefully acquire all trading stocks on the market. The consortium also owns shares of many football clubs such as Glasgow Wanderers in Scotland, Vicenza in Italy, Basel in Switzerland, Athens APK in Greece, Slavia in Prague, Czech Republic, and Slavia in Prague. At least once, because Athens APK and Basel entered the Champions League group stage at the same time, Glasgow Wanderers and Slavia in Prague entered the League Cup at the same time, and were then targeted by UEFA.
As soon as the European Court of Justice issued, although the teams held by PNIC continued to participate in the game, the stock price of PNIC plummeted by 40, which made the company's desire to continue to expand its shareholding in Tottenham for a temporary pause.
It was not until recent years that PNIC has gradually expanded its holdings in Tottenham, and currently accounts for 54 shares in Tottenham.
But don't expect Joe Lewis and Danny Levi to really want to run Tottenham Hotspur. The former started out by selling scalpers and always regarded football as a business. The purpose of controlling so many clubs is just to make money. Danny Levi is a Tottenham Hotspur fan, but he is also a stockbroker and came to Tottenham for business purposes.
So, for them, Tottenham is not a non-sale product, the key is to see how you bid.
In fact, even though Tottenham has performed well this season, Levi has changed head coaches every year after he came on stage. Not only are the fans dissatisfied, but even the shareholders are very dissatisfied with this. It’s just that they are the number one shareholder and others can’t do anything to them.
Although the performance of PNIC and Levi is not satisfactory at the football level, the financial situation of this team is still quite good in the club's operation, because they are almost a very rare club without debt among all the Premier League teams, and their financial situation is very healthy.
This is undoubtedly in line with Ye Qiu's taste, because he is unwilling to spend so much money to repay the debt after acquiring a football club. Isn't this Kaizi?
Of course, it is not that Ye Qiu can rest assured after acquiring Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham's White Hart Lane Stadium is already old, and it is far from keeping up with the pace of this era in terms of capacity, facilities, and even in terms of operation. If Tottenham acquires and plans to build a new stadium, it must be put on the agenda, which requires considerable investment.
Of course, although Tottenham's lineup is not bad now, in fact, if Tottenham wants to win a Champions League place, at least it needs to strengthen the team's strength, which requires transfer funds.
So, Ye Qiu seems to have a lot of 400 million euros on hand, but in fact, it is very nervous if he shares it.
Because of this, since returning to London from the United States, Ye Qiu has been deliberately keeping a low profile. He first secretly contacted PNIC and used Eliza and her connections to contact Joe Lewis and Danny Levi to discuss the possibility of acquisition.
After more than a month of contact and investigation, Ye Qiu obtained the real information and clues of Tottenham Hotspur, and gradually negotiated in-depth with PNIC. Finally, after getting the approval that the other party could sit down and discuss, Ye Qiu took Eliza all the way to Tottenham District.
The transportation around the White Hart Lane Stadium is not very convenient, but the residential areas in the surrounding areas are dense and densely populated, and the people living in the surrounding areas are basically middle-class.
This has to be said of some allusions from Tottenham fans.
As we all know, Tottenham has always had a Jewish team, and the past few presidents and bosses, including Joe Lewis and Danny Levi, are all Jewish, so many people define Tottenham as a Jewish team, and many Tottenham fans will even play Jewish fans on the court.
But this statement is not much convincing.
According to the official statement of the British government, there are tens of thousands of Jews in the UK, and only the left are Tottenham fans. In other words, even if all these fans come, there are only a few thousand.
In fact, Tottenham Hotspur’s previous area was considered a wealthy area in London. Many rich Jews lived in this area and supported the development of the team, so many Jews entered the management of Tottenham Hotspur, but later, with the changes in London's urban area, they had left Tottenham.
That's why so many people say that real Tottenham fans should be in Kensington and Chelsea, which is where rich people live now, and Tottenham has now become a gathering place for middle-class people.
Of course, there are still some rich areas, but not many.
As for the owner of Tottenham Hotspur is Jewish, this is indeed true, but if someone does a serious statistic, it is not difficult to find that in fact, there are many Jews who are scattered in Premier League football, Abramovich is also a Jewish, and there are also shareholders of some other clubs, many of which are Jewish.
This is a very typical phenomenon, because Jews are often good at managing and are relatively rich, so even if you are in London or in the upper class in Europe, it is not rare to meet Jews.
In recent years, many Tottenham fans have even shouted "IDARNY" in the stands. This used to mean the Jewish army, but later, with the poor management of the Jewish boss, it has gradually changed to the anti-Semitism, because the word YID is recognized as a despicable name for the Jews.
The anti-Semitism here is not racism, but resistance to the Jewish boss, which is the same as other fans shouting that XX gets out. This explanation has been accepted by the English Football Association.
Ye Qiu drove north from downtown London. All he saw were old British-style street-side houses, with their parking lots on both sides of the road, and a road where two cars could meet were left in the middle.
This is a typical middle-class residential area in the UK, and the area around it is also the most densely populated area of London. From north of London to Tottenham, there are almost densely packed with middle-class residential areas. This can be seen from the cars on both sides of the road.
Arsenal's new stadium is located in the middle of White Hart Lane Stadium and London's downtown area. Their attendance rate is high. One of the important reasons is that the middle class living here is dense and can afford Arsenal's ticket prices. If it were in the poorer East and South, I'm sorry, I can't even afford to buy tickets, what else can I watch?
There are many reasons why Ye Qiu chose Tottenham Hotspur. First of all, the team he wants to get must be in big cities. It is best to be in London. If not, it must be in big cities like Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham. Especially the two teams in Birmingham and Aston Villa have been under his consideration.
As for other teams in London, they have either been acquired, they are heavily in debt, or Yu Qian's unsincere price, which has discouraged Ye Qiu. Moreover, Eliza also feels that only by staying in London can you achieve great success, especially considering the London Olympics in 2018, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity for all London teams.
Moreover, after several symbolic contacts, PNIC does not actually reject selling the club's shares, because for them, operating Tottenham Hotspurs is really a sluggish thing. Even Levi, who has been in charge of Tottenham and has been dismissing a head coach a year, has made almost no big progress in the team's performance. He performed well this season, but his goal is to qualify for the League Cup.
This is how the mid- and lower-level teams are, with their performance fluctuating, just like Everton, who won fourth place last season and entered the European Champions League. However, this team played on two fronts this season, but the results in the Premier League plummeted and fell directly to the 14th place in the league. It is still hard to say whether they can return to the forefront.
It can be seen that European competitions are not necessarily a good thing for small and medium-sized teams, because it will be very strict for your team's lineup. You must have a lineup of two-line combat to cope with so many games. If the lineup is huge, the expenditure will be more, the salary pressure will be greater, and the club's finances will easily have problems.
Even for a healthy team like Tottenham Hotspur, the financial problems are still very obvious and the pressure is very high, so they can't afford to buy stars, or even say they can't keep them.
Rather than doing this, wouldn’t it be better to sell the club when someone takes over and sell it at a high price. Wouldn’t it be better to make a big profit?
Ye Qiu's appearance really surprised Joe Lewis and Danny Levi, because Ye Qiu was coaching Chelsea a year ago, but just one year later, he wanted to swallow Tottenham Hotspur, the Premier League team, which really surprised and admired them.
However, it is obvious that they prefer to adopt a cooperation situation, and both sides maintain appropriate share allocations. Ye Qiu is in charge of Tottenham Hotspur as the team's head coach and also has the team's transfer rights. Joe Lewis and Danny Levi's PNIC are engaged in business planning behind the scenes.
Everyone knows that Ye Qiu has outstanding coaching ability. If he comes to coach Tottenham Hotspur, the strength of this team will be rising steadily and may have the chance to enter the Champions League qualification zone. By then, the club's value will continue to rise, and the shares in his hands will inevitably increase significantly.
But Ye Qiu had just jumped out of the wolf's den, how could he get into the tiger's den again?
From the beginning of the contact between the two parties, Ye Qiu clearly rejected the proposal of PNIC, saying that he only requested acquisition and did not want cooperation. If PNIC can accept Ye Qiu's acquisition terms, he can negotiate, but if they want to continue to cooperate and refuse to acquire, Ye Qiu will look for other teams.
Joe Lewis doesn't like football. One of the important reasons for his acquisition of Tottenham was that several of his good friends were engaged in football, such as Manchester United's two major Irish shareholders, but now they have sold Manchester United's shares to the Glazer family because of conflicts with Ferguson. In addition, Tottenham's situation is very embarrassing, so Joe Lewis has long had the idea of withdrawing.
Although Danny Levi is a Tottenham fan, he holds a low stake in PNIC, and the real decision-maker is Joe Lewis, so when Joe Lewis decided to negotiate with Ye Qiu, Danny Levi had no choice but to accept it.
So, Ye Qiu took Eliza to the White Hart Lane Stadium.
Joe Lewis personally rushed back to London from the United States to sit in the White Hart Lane Stadium. Danny Levi went downstairs to welcome him after Ye Qiu arrived at the White Hart Lane Stadium, and welcomed Ye Qiu and Eliza to the administrative office on the second floor of the White Hart Lane Stadium, and closed the door to negotiate.
From the negotiation lineup arranged by PNIC, Ye Qiu and Eliza can feel their importance to this negotiation, and they do see their willingness to sell Tottenham shares, so the two sides did not have any extra greetings or politeness, and went straight to the topic.
But what Ye Qiu didn't expect was that from the beginning of the negotiations, Levi directly shouted a surprisingly sky-high price.
Chapter completed!