The Young Lion

Southgate, who came to Millwall 11 years ago, was honored to "retire" at the Lion King Stadium. Millwall's official retirement ceremony and follow-up activities for Southgate have become European football and even the recent world football. The focus of attention.

It has to be said that the momentum created by Millwall's blood capital has made the club very humane emotionally. Rather than the majority of fans always turning their backs on the giants, the veteran loyal clerk cannot start and finish in a club.

On the square on the east side of Lion King Stadium on June 3, a bronze statue of Southgate was unveiled. His bronze statue will be permanently standing within the scope of Lion King Stadium for visitors to enjoy, for the younger generation and the next generation In the future, countless generations of new crazy lion members will learn to admire.

Carter Ben, who runs these activities first-hand, is a behind-the-scenes man, but Millwall's series of official activities ended with a wide range of positive influences, which made him successfully get rid of the shadow of Adam.

In the past, people always said that Millwall’s CEO was Aldridge’s puppet, but now, people can feel Carter’s presence in the club, his influence, and the contribution made by the club to move forward. , Carter is leading Millwall commercialization into a new era of magnificent determination.

Fleet Street portrays Carter as an ambitious man with a desire to swallow the sky.

The business plan launched by the new CEO is described as a "global supremacy in a green world" strategy.

Millwall was no longer satisfied with the local market a long time ago. After all, the local market is largely close to saturation for a long time. The unsaturated part is emerging fans, which will slowly change as the population grows.

After all, the rich fans like Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, have a very traditional belief in the homeland, and will not change because Millwall has been suppressing other giants.

However, overseas markets are different. The development of television broadcasting, especially the development of countries and regions in the third world, and the improvement of life, have a huge market waiting for others to occupy.

Millwall has established football schools or training camps in more than 30 countries and regions, and is still investing money to create new "bases", using these as bases to radiate the countries or regions where they are and train their fans. group.

This is not just a high-profile declaration of being a pig and eating tiger land: we have 50 million fans in Asia!

Such a declaration is very false. Most of them are meant to be heard by the sponsors, not to be fooled, but in the end it is to raise the bargaining chips. Now, Millwall is really going to try his best to train more and more real fans, and Once such work has reached a qualitative change, the rewards will be enormous.

At the same time, Millwall also frequently shot in the transfer market to establish cooperative relations with other clubs. Some second-tier league clubs directly became Millwall’s satellite club. In less than three weeks, Millwall It burned nearly 25 million pounds overseas, and sent a lot of work teams to communicate with those cooperative clubs to teach the successful experience of Millwall youth training players. Most of the money was purchased by young talented players, but It does not allow players to come to the Millwall Club, choose to rent it out directly, and have ownership of the players. In the future, the club will need it. If they are attached to the recruitment standard, then they can be directly transferred back to the club, but if Millwall’s index cannot be reached Assistance requirements, you can cash back your investment when appropriate.

Most of them are 87-year-old players. In the summer of 2005, they were about 18 years old, in line with Millwall's investment philosophy.

For example, Fellaini, Mene among the four cygnets in France, Hedila in Germany, etc.

Compared to the summer of the previous two seasons, Chelsea had a sweeping atmosphere in the transfer market, resulting in the entire football world, even the giants are no exception. Everyone in the summer of 2005, Millwall did not know, But their situation is much better and much more stable than before.

Digging the wall will always exist, but Millwall’s players only lasted one year after renewing last season. It is extremely difficult to dig a corner. In addition to just witnessing Southgate’s retirement, it is also an invisible player to the inside. The baptism of the field of thought, and then considering the strength of Millwall's successful defending double crown last season, there is no heavyweight player in the team who has the idea of ​​moving.

Real Madrid President Florentino is already learning the lessons of past failures, focusing on strengthening the back line, but for his intention to buy Ramos, Millwall officially refused.

then?

No more.

Everything is calm.

This shows one thing, Ramos himself did not transfer to Spain after receiving the news, the idea of ​​playing for Real Madrid.

And Chelsea digs again tentatively, it becomes self-deprecating.

Even the unknown generation of the Millwall youth team will not be interested in Chelsea’s invitation. It seems that going to Chelsea is a black hole vortex that will sink into it.

Young players are a little taboo against Chelsea, because apart from carrying the traitor’s infamy, this is the psychological pressure that most of them can’t bear now. On the other hand, it is difficult to see the day when Chelsea is in their early days. Even if they are rich, they will look away Focusing on the greenery, under the supervision of Mourinho, it is almost impossible to see Chelsea training young players. Glen Johnson, who left from Millwall, became an invisible man in Chelsea, compared to the one coached by Ericson. This season's drop in appearance rate is too obvious.

Millwall's summer is proceeding in an orderly manner. In the Premier League, one thing has shaken the world.

June 22.

Manchester United withdraws from the London Stock Exchange!

June 28.

The Glazer family, which owns more than 90% of the shares, initiated a compulsory acquisition. On this day, Manchester United completely became the private owner of the Glazer family!

At the same time, Manchester United, the second richest club in the world, became the world's most indebted club overnight!

Of course, debt and poverty are two concepts.

In the capital market, it is normal for companies to have liabilities.

It is also because the Glazers use this investment as a capital game, so they can pry up capital in a way that ordinary people do not understand, and complete this shocking acquisition. They do not mortgage their own assets, nor do they themselves Have the capital to acquire Manchester United with its own financial resources, but used Manchester United as a collateral before the acquisition was successful, and successfully raised funds, fell into the main Manchester Old Trafford, and at the same time when the acquisition was completed, Manchester United, also The mortgage was completed, and the tremendous debt was burdened.

Manchester was almost in a riot, and countless Red Devils fans protested the Americans’ lordship, clamoring for the Glazers to get out!

Even the fan community has a tendency to split, because according to the tabloid disclosure, this time the club was acquired, among which Ferguson played a role in boosting, or he was suspected of attracting a wolf!

Of course, people who stand and speak without back pain can say that the club’s debt is normal and there is no need to make a fuss.

However, objectively analyzing, Manchester United's profitability has not fluctuated too much due to the ownership of the Glazer family and the change of boss.

If there were 150 million pounds of operating income in the past year, and the growth rate was 10%, then next season, Manchester United’s operating income will be 165 million pounds. However, if Manchester United needs to repay the debt, it will have to take out a part, such as 30 million pounds. Well, they lost 15 million pounds in revenue compared to last season.

The core of the problem is that the Edwards family and the other shareholders of Manchester United sell their money from the sale of Manchester United shares, which belongs to them.

The Glazers did not use their own financial resources to fill this fiscal vacancy, they used mortgage lending. In other words, for a long period of time afterwards, Manchester United continued to repay debts, but only to allow the Glazers to "justify their reputations" to reduce the crisis. Own Manchester United.

In this process, due to the increase in huge debt expenditures, Manchester United's competitiveness will inevitably be affected, because European football has completely entered the capital era!

Manchester United fans protested, on the one hand, because of the maintenance of tradition. Most overseas fans actually don't care about the identity of the boss, but the British care!

The traditional giant Manchester United has become the private property of Americans!

This is unacceptable to the vast majority of local Manchester United fans. This kind of grievance is definitely more than Chelsea fans care whether the boss is a Russian rich. After all, Abu is the savior of the airborne Stamford Bridge, and the Glazer family is the vampire image portrayed by the tabloid. Come and use Manchester United to make money!

On the other hand, it is very realistic.

Millwall has just finished defending the UEFA Champions League, and the renewal is almost completed. It will enter an era of extremely strong!

Even without mentioning Millwall, even Chelsea in West London is already riding Manchester United.

How can Manchester United fans feel no crisis?

To improve the competitiveness of the club, of course it costs money!

However, Manchester United became the world's most indebted club overnight!

How can it endure?

Arsenal can bear it. They are building a new stadium. After waiting for the new stadium to be completed, the financial revenue will be significantly improved, and the future will be better and better. There is a vigorous development prospect.

Can Manchester United?

It was obviously a rich, very, very wealthy club. In the past, fans were fighting the Edwards family!

Because Edwards is too stingy, when Manchester United is financially rich, and when other clubs are burning money, Manchester United is not shabby, but there is rarely an absolute big investment. One of them made Ferguson’s eyes controversial, yes. Is the Belon bought at a high price, but Rooney bought last season invested a lot, but it makes up for this. On average, the total investment per season, Manchester United’s expenditure does not meet their world status, especially in terms of financial resources. .

There used to be money to hold back unwilling to spend hard, in the future, it may be that you want to spend but there is no big money to spend.