The Young Lion

"Knowing Roman was an accident. About a year ago, I had two friends in the United States who were trapped in Russia. I looked for a way to rescue them and learned that there was a character like Roman in the Kremlin, which was out of mine. It is expected that he extended a helping hand without asking for rewards. Later, when I learned about his wealth, I realized that people like him should not care about material rewards. Through that, we became friends. Although we have no connection in our career, we are really Became a private partner, and the two of us spent Christmas together in Dubai."

On the rooftop of the castle, the brothers smoked and chatted against the edge of the fence. Barnett cut off the idea of ​​letting Audridge withdraw from the football industry.

After hearing his words, Aldridge thought carefully.

More than a year ago, Russia was at the beginning of a period of change.

When Putin just came to power, there will definitely be chaos, but the next step is the beginning of the decade of Russian revival, which is "Putin ZTE".

It is expected that Barnett’s two friends should be Americans and businessmen. With Putin’s thunderous means of economics after taking office, maybe these two Americans have any bargaining transactions in Russia.

Although the United States and Russia were the leaders of the Cold War camp, the exchanges between the two sides, especially the United States' attitude towards Russia, is by no means an old-fashioned and indifferent attitude.

You must know that the failure of Russia’s privatization before Putin came to power led to the bad situation of oligarchs controlling the lifeline of the country’s economy. The policy blueprint for the initial publicization to privatization came from the hands of two American economic experts. The Russians hoped that the state-owned industry would become An international company such as the United States, which is publicly held by the masses, has allowed oligarchs to take advantage of the loophole, which has become a commonplace for people to complain. The chaos requires great governance. Putin's rise to power is the prelude to a new era in Russia.

The two American businessmen should be out of luck. They encountered Putin's remedial stage of killing chickens and monkeys. Unexpectedly, due to chance, Barnett and Abu formed a "friendship".

"Do you understand the political situation on the Russian side?"

Barnett swallowed the clouds and asked leisurely.

Aldridge nodded, then shook his head again.

He should understand the general situation, but the specific content is not of interest, even if a lot of information can be seen by watching TV, because the Western media is highly free and open, although not without secrets.

At this stage, Putin is focusing on suppressing oligarchs and catering to people's psychology of killing the rich and helping the poor. The Russian people's hatred for the rich is very serious. Even if Putin has been described by the international media as a tyrant, Russian people will still feel that Putin is kind to oligarchs.

"Belezovsky is the nobleman that Roman hit. Without him, there would be no Roman today. However, last year Berezovsky came to Britain to take refuge, which made Roman feel a deep sense of crisis."

Barnett's words made Aldridge couldn't help but whispered: "Retribution!"

What is an oligarch?

To put it bluntly is to embezzle the property of the people of the country and put the wealth belonging to the people in their pockets.

This is true of Berezovsky, as is Abu.

If he was a Chelsea fan in his last life, he must like Abu, there is no reason to hate him, because without Abu, Chelsea is finished, as for the negative impact of Abu intervening in the team, as a fan, you must understand and accept, because compared to the club Bankruptcy and liquidation, falling into the abyss like Leeds United, Chelsea's fate has been so good.

However, as an ordinary person, Aldrich cannot like Abu because you will not want to be around you. There is such an oligarch that plunders the public interest and becomes rich.

Berezovsky came to the United Kingdom to take refuge last year. The news reported for a while. Odrić knew that this kind of refuge was terrible. To put it bluntly, he spent his old age in a comfortable cell. Berezovsky stayed in England. What are you afraid of? Of course, I am afraid that Putin has sent overseas agents to arrest wanted criminals globally, like a movie plot? No, this is what happened.

Abu is now a celebrity in the Kremlin. It does not mean that he will always be in the future. He has a sense of crisis and is very normal. He is oligarch with a background similar to his background. He has fallen off one by one. He is next to Putin. He is really a companion. With the tiger.

"One day, Roman asked me, what is the most influence and attention in the UK? I take it for granted: football. This makes him very interested, in fact, I know that he is not a fan, the key point is influence and attention degree."

Aldridge nodded in approval.

Such as what Abu likes to watch football after watching a game, fly over the Thames and land at Stamford Bridge, such a good story, listen to it, don't take it seriously.

Not to mention how big his investment is, just because of his sensitive identity, like football, he came to Britain to spend a lot of money?

"He has already started to acquire Russian football clubs, but he found that he has no influence on investing in football clubs in Eastern Europe, so he wants to come to the UK to see that, exactly, my brother has a team called Millwall, It is the most watched team in the world. Although it is a little more expensive, if you are willing to sell it, he will definitely buy it. The sensation of this transaction may bring him unparalleled attention and influence."

Audrey recalled carefully, if remember correctly, Abu should also be the boss of the Moscow Central Army, after the acquisition of Chelsea, it will be turned from dark to dark, otherwise UEFA will not not intervene, only to switch to sponsorship rather than the face On the owner.

Abu needs attention and influence. Investing in football can bring these things, but investing in football in Moscow has basically no effect. The first is the ball market environment, the second is news communication, and the third is the attraction of the team itself Power, even if he scored 1 billion in Moscow, it is useless. The competitiveness of the Russian football league is there. The overall is not improved. The development of a super giant is also limited. Even in mainstream leagues like the Bundesliga, Bayern When the Munich family was alone, the media just joked: just one **** ate the bugs one by one.

First, the United Kingdom is not as confrontational as the United States and Russia in the political environment. Second, the United Kingdom is the European news center. Finally, the influence of British football is far ahead of the football of other countries on the basis of spread. This is not equated with the strength of football. .

As for Aldrich if the base price is 800 million pounds, and ask for 1 billion pounds, will Abu buy it?

Aldrich feels that 70% of the other parties will buy.

Think about how much he spent on buying Chelsea? 150 million acquisitions, plus 80 million debt repayments, which is 230 million pounds. At that time, Chelsea’s commercial value was negligible, and the team’s lineup strength was very limited. Together with the stadium value, commercial chain, and team hardware construction, including In all aspects of youth training and training bases, Millwall is ready-made, and it is the best level. More importantly, the Millwall championship is a basket, Chelsea? It has been almost half a century ago to win the league championship. The invisible influence, one is the sky, the other is the ground, 1 billion pounds sold, Aldridge thinks it is cheap.

However, it is estimated that Millwall is not worth 600 million pounds.

This kind of valuation is not enough for reference, unless the club owner actively sells it, because the reality is very simple: give you 600 million pounds, can you build a Millwall comparable to the present? Not to mention the team's honours over the years, just the new stadium plus the lineup, these 600 million pounds are estimated to be impossible!

"Oh, he wants to be a playful and wealthy man. Indeed, here, anything that touches football can become news and last a long time."

Aldridge flicked soot, casually said, like the old pervert of Manchester United boss Edwards, he disguised himself and went to the female toilet to peep and was caught. This can become a lively news for a long time, right or wrong is not important, in the football circle People, the topics and influence they can create are extraordinary.

Barnett smiled and said nothing.

Putin sanctions oligarchs, in addition to Li Wei and appeasing the people, there is also a fatal factor. The oligarchs try to unite to affect the political situation in Russia. This is considered a dead end.

Abu broke up with the oligarchs and stood on the side of Putin, but he also wanted to live in peace, came to the UK to make himself a celebrity, and also sent a signal to the Russian side: I am not interested in politics, I am more interested in football , I have no threat to anyone!

No matter what Abu thinks, Aldridge has no idea to sell the club anyway.

He even thought about one day when he was old and doing nothing. It was like Arthur, who appeared on the stands of the Millwall game as usual every week as a regular activity in daily life.

Although he can do the same by selling the club, he always feels that he will lose a very important feeling. It should be an emotional connection deep in his heart.

"Aldrich, Roman only needs influence and attention. He has no intention to hostilely grudge with anyone. If, if one day he still came to England, for example, he bought Manchester United, then please don’t treat him as an enemy. , Help him as much as possible, he helped me after all."

Before leaving, Barnett said to Aldridge with a serious heart.

Aldrich said: "He just needs influence? Then, I can help him. In front of the media, if he is a person in the football circle, I will list him as an enemy, it will bring him influence, I scold With two sentences, he will be able to appear on the headlines of a week."

Barnett stunned and immediately smiled bitterly: "Just do it, you have more experience than me in this regard, you deal with the media every day, anyway, I don't think how much hatred the football circle can forge, verbal confrontation, worthless Mention."

In his eyes, it is possible for money to form a deadly hatred. In the circle of football and the sunrise in the east and the rain in the west, how can there be endless hatred?

What if it was a feud like West Ham and Millwall?

Can West Ham United hinder Millwall? Will Millwall in turn kill West Ham United?

No, the football world only has competition, and there is no real life-and-death struggle.

Aldridge drove home and soon forgot about the meeting with Abu.