Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs

   Chapter 224 Galaxy Football Group

   "Why are you here? Didn't you come to see my jokes?"

   Mourinho looked up at Mendes feebly.

  It is well known that Mourinho's position at Chelsea is at stake because of his unsatisfactory coaching performance.

   This also makes the club staff who were respectful to Mourinho in the past, now one by one is beginning to go against the yin and yang.

   Mourinho found no effect after losing his temper a few times, so he simply hid at home and did not go to the club.

   "How could I come to see your jokes? Jose, don't forget, I'm your agent, and the two of us should stand together."

  Mendez looked at Mourinho sincerely and said earnestly.

   "Yeah, we should be standing together."

   Hearing Mendez's words, Mourinho repeated it silently.

   I don't know since when, he and Mendes began to drift apart.

  I didn't expect that when I was so depressed that even the staff of the club dared to talk back, it was this guy who remembered to come and see me.

   At this moment, even Mourinho, who is used to being self-centered, can't help but be moved.

   "Jorge, thank you."

   "Haha, Jose, it's enough to have you."

  Mendez, who knows Mourinho's character well, knows how difficult it is for Mourinho to say thank you.

   "José, in fact, you don't need to be so negative, things haven't reached the point of being irreversible."

  Mendez is not just here to comfort and visit Mourinho today.

   "What else can I do now? Just wait for Chelsea Club to notify me to sign the contract termination, and then take the rest of the money and leave."

"No. Before coming to you, I went to talk to Peter Kenyon. At least so far, Chelsea have not found a satisfactory replacement for the Russian boss, which is why they have not notified you of the importance of the termination of the contract. reason."

   "Humph, it's not easy to find a coach who can do better than me."

   Dead arrogant is dead arrogant, to the point of being fired, Mourinho still has this virtue.

   "Cough, according to Peter Kenyon, in fact, the Russian boss likes Chen Ran the most. It's just that he is the owner of Crystal Palace Club himself, so naturally he can't be the head coach of Chelsea."

"Humph!"

   Hearing Mendez's words, Mourinho's face turned black, and he was full of friends!

"José, like you said, it's not easy to find a coach who can do better than you. It's not that they don't, but these people are basically coaching at major clubs, and it's impossible to come to Chelsea to pick you up. The class. So your chances of continuing to coach Chelsea are not small."

   "Actually, I'm not greedy for the Chelsea manager's seat."

   Mourinho just wanted to explain, but he was stopped by Mendes halfway through.

   "I know, Jose, I know it all. You just want to beat that Chen Ran, right?"

   "That's right."

   Mourinho pouted and had to admit that Mendes knew him best.

"So, you just have to wait patiently at home now. As soon as there is news from Chelsea, I will inform you as soon as possible. However, although you are at home, you can't be so decadent. What a manager should do, you can do not forget."

"I see."

   Mourinho nodded, a small flame of battle ignited in his heart again.

   Looking back at Crystal Palace Club, just when Chen Ran was focusing on the transfer of Kaka and Ibrahimovic, Stephen came over.

   "Chen, now the season is over, the two Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillette have come to you two days ago, because you happened to be in Germany, so they were sent away by me."

   "However, their willingness to acquire Crystal Palace does not seem to have diminished at all. Are we still talking to them?"

   "Talk, since it's something we promised before, we have to meet, otherwise people will say that we don't believe what we said. Of course, whether it can be negotiated or not is another matter."

  If Stephen didn't mention it, Chen Ran, who was so busy, would have almost forgotten about these two Americans.

   "Okay, then I'll arrange the time."

   "Stephen, wait for a while, there is one more thing that happened to be said together. This season is over, so prepare well now for the preseason of next season."

   "We won the Champions League this season, and we also won the triple crown. With such a good result, it would be a waste to not make a good profit."

  Chen Ran stopped Stephen, who was about to leave, and prepared to implement a new plan.

   "Chen, do you have any new ideas?"

   "There is a new plan, Stephen, help me see if it works."

   "I plan to join forces with several giant clubs to organize a small event to make money together. What do you think of this approach?"

   "Join several giant clubs to make money together?"

  Stephen repeated Chen Ran's words, slowly chewing on the meaning.

   "Chen, how many giant clubs are you going to find? Our Crystal Palace's performance is so good this season. If you want to find them, you can't find them that are not good enough, otherwise we won't be taken advantage of by them in vain?"

   "Haha, that's for sure. I initially plan to call Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, the three old-fashioned giants in England, plus our Crystal Palace, it is suitable for four teams to play a single round."

   "Chen, aren't you going to call Chelsea? They are the Premier League runners-up for two consecutive seasons."

   "Hehe, Stephen, it is precisely because Chelsea is the biggest threat to us, so we can't call them. Besides, Chelsea should not be short of this little money."

"Understood."

   Stephen cursed himself secretly in his heart, making money with the competitor who threatened him the most. Isn't that a problem with his brain?

   "Chen, where are you going to hold this event this time? Or are you going to Asia like last year?"

   "Asia is definitely going. However, this year I also plan to increase the trip to the United States. After all, Americans are known to have money, and it would be a pity not to make money."

   "America? Do people there understand football?"

  In the eyes of a native Englishman like Stephen, he actually doesn't think much of an American.

   Moreover, the popularity of football in the United States is far behind that of football, baseball, basketball and other sports, so he is very puzzled that Chen Ran wants to bring the team to the United States to play friendly games.

   "Stephen, it doesn't matter whether the Americans understand it or not. As long as they are willing to buy tickets and pay to watch the broadcast. We are here to make money, not to promote football."

   "Chen, how do you know if Americans will pay to watch a football game?"

   "Stephen, this is not something we need to worry about. Just like last year's model of going to Asia, we will also find a good event organizer in the United States first."

   "After getting the appearance fee, let's fly over to play the game. As for whether the contractor can make money, it has nothing to do with us."

   "That's good. Chen, does the Asia trip still go to the same countries as last year?"

"New games will be arranged in the United States this year, so the Asian side will have to be reduced accordingly. China and the United Arab Emirates are two places that must be visited, so only one can be removed between Japan and Thailand. Let's set the terms of the negotiation."

   "Okay, then I'll contact the senior management of Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool now and ask them if they are interested in making money together. By the way, Chen, what do you plan to name this event?"

"Let's call it the 'International Champions Cup'. Stephen, before contacting those three clubs, you have to register the name and trademark with my offshore company. If this competition can really be done, then it will be another one in the future. The way to make money."

   "Understood, I'll take care of it."

   Under the constant urging of the two Americans, Tom Hicks and George Gillette, two days later, Chen Ran met these two guys for the first time.

   "Mr. Chen, it's really hard to see you."

   As soon as we met, Tom Hicks' first sentence was to complain. Also, Chen Ran kept dragging them away. If it were an ordinary person, I would have given up long ago.

  Under Stephen's introduction, the two sides chatted briefly before entering the topic.

   "Mr. Chen, when you asked for a billion pounds, we accepted it. Don't you know that this price is still counted?"

  Tom Hicks got straight to the point and asked the question he cared about most from the beginning.

  There is no way. Now Crystal Palace has won both the most powerful Champions League and the amazing Triple Crown honor, which makes Tom Hicks and George Gillette feel uneasy all the time, worried that Chen Ran will speak loudly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hicks, Mr. Gillette, because Crystal Palace's performance this season is too good, so the valuation of Crystal Palace Club has been greatly improved. Correspondingly, one billion pounds is obviously not in line with Crystal Palace's current performance. Value, I hope you can understand this."

   Hearing the news that he didn't want to hear, Tom Hicks and George Gillette looked ashen, and after looking at each other, Tom Hicks spoke.

   "Mr. Chen, what is your current offer for Crystal Palace Club?"

   "Hehe, Mr. Hicks, I think it's better that you don't know. Because you may not agree with this price, and it is even more impossible to accept it."

   "Mr. Chen, I insist on knowing the new asking price."

  Tom Hicks doesn't seem to want to give up yet.

"All right."

  Chen Ran shrugged helplessly, and said a number lightly: "Two billion pounds."

   "Pfft! Cough. Sorry, very sorry."

  George Gillette, who had just had a sip of coffee, was frightened by the number and spat out.

   "Mr. Chen, are you kidding me? The Glazer family bought Manchester United for less than £800 million. Don't you think it's too much to offer Crystal Palace £2 billion now?"

  Tom Hicks blushed, he felt like he was being tricked by Chen Ran.

   "Mr. Hicks, don't be angry, I didn't say you better not know. Moreover, this price is not just the price of Crystal Palace Club, but the price of the entire Galaxy Football Group."

   "Galaxy Football Group? What is this?"

  Tom Hicks and George Gillette looked at each other, apparently neither of the two football laymen had heard of this, and then they both turned their attention to Rodriguez, their football advisor.

   However, the result was disappointing, and Rodriguez apparently didn’t know about the Galaxy Football Group either.

  Nonsense, of course they can't know Galaxy Football Group.

  Because of this group, it only exists in Chen Ran's plan.

  When Crystal Palace won the Champions League before, the special reward given by the system for the triple crown was to open the football group mode.

   So Chen Ran gave this football group, which only has one club at Crystal Palace, a resounding name.

   Today, he plans to use this Galaxy Football Group to fool Tom Hicks and George Gillette, two Americans.

   "Mr. Hicks, Mr. Gillette, this is my preliminary plan for the Galaxy Football Group, you can take a look. If you are interested, you are welcome to join."

   After that, Chen Ran asked his subordinates to send the Galaxy Football Group plan he had prepared in advance to Tom Hicks and George Gillette.

  I don’t know if I don’t see it, but I’m startled when I see it.

  According to the description in the plan, this Galaxy Football Group will consist of a number of clubs distributed all over the world.

   For all clubs in the group, everyone shares all resources, including players, coaches, sponsors, training bases, etc., and can allocate surplus and idle resources to the clubs in need.

   In this way, the expenditure of each club can be reduced to the greatest extent. After resource integration and optimization, the highest efficiency and lowest consumption can be used to achieve the biggest goal.

   This plan is somewhat taken for granted by a veteran football practitioner like Rodriguez. Although there are many bright spots, it is too difficult to realize, so he is not optimistic.

   But for two football laymen, Tom Hicks and George Gillette, from a purely commercial point of view, the plan was an imaginative innovation.

Originally frustrated because Chen Ran raised the price from one billion pounds to two billion pounds, the angry Tom Hicks and George Gillette were now as if they were beaten with blood, excited, excited and heatedly discussing. This plan that Chen Ran threw out.

   Obviously, two people are very interested in this.

   Around this proposal of the Galaxy Football Group, Tom Hicks and George Gillette kept raising various questions, and Chen Ran, who was well prepared, patiently answered them one by one.

   For a while, the negotiating table seemed to be turned into a conference room.

   "Mr. Hicks, Mr. Gillette, I wonder if you are interested in starting a football club with me in the United States, and then make this club the second member of the Galaxy Football Group?"

   Seeing that the time was almost up, Chen Ran also threw out his long-planned bait.

   (end of this chapter)