Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 183 What a stingy genius

   Seeing that Chen Ran didn't respond for a long time, he suddenly laughed inexplicably. Stephen was also confused, what does this mean?

   "Cough, Stephen, you should first send someone to investigate the situation of this Willem II club, especially the financial situation. If there is no problem, then proceed to the next negotiation."

   "Okay, Chen. If we start cooperation negotiations with the Willem II club, do you have any requirements?"

   "First of all, the Willem II club must ensure that we have loaned the playing time of the past players, and we can't put people on the bench after borrowing them."

   "And these loan players, Crystal Palace has the right to recall at any time, Willem II club has no right to refuse."

   "Okay, what else?"

  Stephen took out his pen and started recording while listening.

   "The second point is that if the Willem II club has a player that we are interested in, then Crystal Palace Club has the right of first refusal."

   "Right of first refusal? Chen, the Willem II club can't even keep the qualification for the Eredivisie League. They still have players you like?"

   "Of course not now, but no one can guarantee that there will be absolutely none in the future. This is just added just in case."

   "Okay, any more?"

"The rest is some transfer operations. When the time comes, I will tell Luis to deal with it. You can nail the above two. Your first task now is to find out whether the foundation of this Willem II club is clean. ."

"Ok, I see."

After    Stephen left, Chen Ran called the little fat man over.

   "Chen, do you have anything to do with me?"

   The little fat man's face was red and he seemed to have gotten a little fatter.

When    is not in the transfer period, there are not many things for Luiz. His recent task is to maintain contact with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Kaka.

   "Well, there is indeed something. Stephen just brought good news. The Dutch club Willem II wants to become our satellite club."

   "Oh? This is a good thing. The Willem II club is an Eredivisie team. Is our Crystal Palace so attractive now?"

   Hearing the good news, the little fat man immediately became excited.

  The Eredivisie League is no stranger to him. Their main business is to send South American players to European football.

   The Portuguese Super League and the Eredivisie League are the two springboards for their players to land on the European continent.

  Since Mendes established himself, the Ferger family has gradually lost the springboard of the Portuguese Super League, which is also an important reason for the two sides to turn against each other.

   The only remaining springboard of the Eredivisie League is naturally very familiar to Little Fatty.

   "But the Willem II club is about to be relegated, don't you know?"

   "It's okay, as long as we have a few players on loan from Crystal Palace, they will definitely have no problem with relegation. The competition in the Eredivisie League is not as fierce as the Premier League."

   The little fat man looked as if he was not worried that the Wilhelm II club would be relegated.

   "How much do you know about this William II club? Is it clean?"

   "Well, I really don't know about such a weak team. I'll go back and ask my family and give you an answer. Chen, you called me here for this matter?"

   "This is just one of them. If Willem II really becomes a satellite club of our Crystal Palace, I'm going to use their identity to introduce some players, so I'm calling you over to discuss how to do it."

   "Chen, what do you mean"

   Seeing Chen Ran talking about the transfer, Little Fatty immediately became serious.

   "You also know that with our Crystal Palace's record getting better and better, and our reputation getting bigger and bigger, it's impossible to buy high-quality and cheap players like we used to."

   "Yeah. Last time you asked me to talk about the transfer of Kompany and that Lewandowski, and the other party came and said a lion."

   Hearing Chen Ran's helplessness, Fatty was also deeply touched.

  Because he is the sporting manager of Crystal Palace in charge of transfer affairs, he has experienced these things firsthand.

  Remember when Chen Ran took him, the two traveled all over Europe and bought almost all of the Crystal Palace's main lineup at a very low price.

   Such beautiful days are gone forever.

"So, this time, the Willem II club came to me, which gave me a new idea. Our Crystal Palace is a big tree now, but Willem II is still an unknown small club. Is this situation very similar to the original Crystal Palace? ?"

   "Chen, what do you mean, after finding any good seedlings, let the Willem II club come forward to discuss the transfer?"

   Speaking of business, the little fat man couldn't help but get close to Chen Ran, and the volume of his speech was greatly reduced.

"clever."

  Chen Ran gave Little Fatty Tree a thumbs up, and then continued:

   "This is my initial idea. But there is another key issue here, that is, we have to find a way to prevent the Willem II club from taking these good seedlings for themselves."

   "This is indeed a big problem. After all, the Willem II club is not a family with us, and we want to guard against them."

   Hearing Chen Ran's concerns, the little fat man kept nodding his head in agreement.

   "The key now is that when the transfer contract is signed, the Willem II club must come forward, and even the name of Crystal Palace cannot appear on the contract."

   "But we must also let the Willem II club honestly sell the players to Crystal Palace at the agreed price in the next transfer, and we can't make a big splash."

   After listening to Chen Ran's request, the little fat man couldn't help scratching his head and complaining in his heart.

  The owner of the William II Club is not your Chen Ran's son, how can he be so honest and obedient?

   "Chen, why don't we give the William II club a certain percentage of the commission? Otherwise, for things that are not good, once or twice is fine. If there are too many times, it is difficult to ensure that the other party will not use their brains."

   "This is also a way, you can be specific."

   "For example, the transfer fee for the player we want to introduce is 1 million euros, and we will give Willem II a 10% commission on the transfer fee, which is 100,000 euros. And so on, what do you think?"

   "That's fine, but you need to add some insurance. The transfer fee must be paid from the Willem II club's account, but when we transfer the transfer fee to Willem II, we can ask them to sign a loan contract first."

"Loan Contract?"

   The little fat man stared at Chen Ran with wide eyes, his mind a little bit lost.

"Yes, we lent this transfer fee to Willem II Club in the form of a loan. Then, the collateral for the loan is the ownership of the player. In this way, if Willem II Club does not transfer the player to us at the agreed price, They're going to pay back."

   "Huh? This is a good way. Chen, it's your brain running fast."

"Wait a minute, that's not enough. In case other clubs also take a fancy to this player and are willing to pay a high price to buy someone from the Willem II club. As long as the price is high enough, the Willem II club may still buy the player. sell it to someone else."

   "In this way, there will be an additional liquidated damages on the loan contract. If the Willian II club does not transfer the player to us Crystal Palace at the agreed price, then they need to compensate ten times the transfer fee."

   "Ten times?"

   Little Fatty was really frightened by Chen Ran's lion's big mouth.

   "Chen, is ten times too much? Can the Willem II club agree?"

   "Why don't you agree? As long as they act according to the agreement, does it make a difference whether the amount of money is more or less? Unless, they don't want to abide by the agreement at all. But then, do we still need to cooperate with them?"

   Chen Ran's words, the little fat man nodded again and again.

   Indeed, as long as there is no breach of contract, this liquidated damage is useless.

   And according to Chen Ran's method, you can also check whether the Willem II club really has the sincerity of cooperation.

   Isn’t that killing two birds with one stone?

  Thinking of this, the little fat man had to admire the cleverness of his good friend's head. Considering all aspects of the situation very comprehensively, even if the Willem II club wants to default, it also needs to pay a great price.

   "Chen, when will I go talk to Willem II about the transfer?"

   "Don't worry, wait for Stephen to investigate the situation of the Willem II club. By the way, you can also go back and inquire about their details."

   "Okay. Chen, don't worry, I'll call my dad in a while."

   "Well, if all goes well, when you go to discuss this matter with the William II Club, bring the club's lawyer with you. The contract must be strict, and you can't leave any room for the other party to take advantage of it, understand?"

"Okay, I know."

After    sent the little fat man away, Chen Ran began to think carefully about what other good seedlings could be excavated in advance.

   Since last time Kompany and Lewandowski were scolded by the Lions of the opposing club, Chen Ran temporarily gave up the idea of ​​continuing to dig for future stars.

   When the Crystal Palace lineup was first started, these future stars could be bought at low prices.

   So even if these future stars are still young and far from reaching the peak level, Chen Ran recognizes them.

   After all, it saves money, just cultivate it by yourself.

   But now the Crystal Palace tree is very popular, even if you buy young players, you will be slaughtered, so Chen Ran feels that it is unnecessary.

  It takes so much money to buy it and not use it right away. It has to be cultivated slowly, thank you.

   Then I might as well spend a lot of money to buy mature stars who can play the main force when they come, such as Vieira.

   Chen Ran now somewhat understands why those big companies are reluctant to cultivate new people, but prefer to directly spend a lot of money to poach executives who have proven their strength.

   Immediate results.

   However, now that he has the Vest of the Willem II Club, Chen Ran has the opportunity to experience the thrill of stealth.

   may be because the pressure of relegation is too great and the help of Crystal Palace players is urgently needed.

   To Stephen's request to know the financial situation of the Willem II Club, the Willem II Club unexpectedly agreed.

  The results of the survey show that although the record of the Willem II club is very poor, the financial aspect of the club is very healthy, and it has truly lived within its means.

  Perhaps, it is precisely because of this strict control of input that the Willem II club has fallen to the point of being on the verge of relegation.

   The most surprising thing is that, on the premise of not wanting to increase investment, and wanting to avoid relegation, the Willem II club actually thought of a way to take the initiative to join Crystal Palace and become a satellite club.

  I have to admit that the manager of the William II club is really a stingy genius.

   However, this is a good thing for Crystal Palace Club and Chen Ran.

  Louis also got a positive answer from his father.

  Wilhelm II Club is an inconspicuous small club, but its management style is stable and it is a good partner.

   From both Stephen and Louis, he got good results, which also made Chen Ran make up his mind to cooperate with Willem II club.

   At this moment, Stephen found Chen Ran again.

   "Chen, Mr. Vanderleet, the owner of the William II Club, wants to come to London to visit you in person."

   "What? Stephen, you mean the owner of the William II club wants to come to London to see me?"

  Chen Ran reconfirmed in surprise.

   is just to sign the cooperation agreement of the satellite club, and the CEO of both clubs will come forward.

   Now that the owner of the William II Club is going to visit himself in London, this is too grand.

   "Yes, Chen. Do you want to see him?"

   "Of course, since Mr. Vanderleet is visiting London in person, it would be rude not to see him."

  What Chen Ran didn't expect was that the day after Stephen passed the news that he was willing to meet, that Mr. Vanderleet came from Holland to London.

   "Hello, Mr. Vanderleet, I'm Chen Ran."

   Chen Ran was also surprised when he saw the old man in front of him with more than half of his hair and beard all white.

   It's not because of Vanderleet's age, it's all there in this information.

   was Vanderleet's expression, which was so lively that it didn't look like an old man in his seventies.

   "Haha, Chen, I've noticed you and your Crystal Palace for a long time, but I haven't had a chance to know each other. This time there was a problem with my Willem II club, and I thought of you right away."

  Vanderlet laughs, pulling Chen Ran to talk non-stop.

   "You magical Chinese boy can bring Crystal Palace from obscurity to the Premier League champion in just two years, then there must be a way to help my William II successfully avoid relegation."

  Chen Ran heard black lines all over his head, what is it that he thought of me the first time when something went wrong?

  What does it mean that there must be a way to help William II successfully avoid relegation?

  Grandpa, do we know each other?

  Chen Ran tried to pull out his hand several times without success. Despite Vanderleet's age, he had a lot of strength. He held Chen Ran's hand and talked and laughed, as if the two were friends who had not seen him for many years.

   Looking at the white-bearded old man in front of him, Chen Ran suddenly had a hunch that he might be in trouble.

   (end of this chapter)