Chapter 151 The Choice of Right Back

Anita's pregnancy has attracted countless media attention. European media and Chinese media are better. They only report it as gossip news. Wan Sheng is 34 years old, and it is not surprising to have a child suddenly.

American media is different.

Many American financial media hope to get more accurate information, because Anita is also named the president of Dow Jones Company, and her every move is directly related to Dow Jones Company and its "Wall Street Journal".

This aspect is also in charge of News Corporation, Anita's father Murdoch needs to consider.

Anita is Murdoch's favorite daughter and his legal heir. Although Anita does not strive for the greatest inheritance of Murdoch's property like the two brothers, Murdoch has considered leaving some for his daughter. .

The Dow Jones Company is one of the most influential companies under News Corp.

In 2007, News Corp. spent nearly 6 billion US dollars to complete the acquisition of Dow Jones. Now the Dow Jones shares controlled by News Corp. have a market value of more than 8 billion US dollars. Murdoch mainly considers using Dow Jones' influence and Dow Jones's "Wall Street". Daily News to expand the influence of News Corporation in the American media.

Murdoch controls a 30 percent stake in News Corp, which means about $2.4 billion of the Dow Jones & Co.'s $8 billion market value is Murdoch's personal property.

Three years ago, Murdoch was ready to leave his shares in Dow Jones to Anita, but her daughter had no ability, so she could only become a shareholder who "controls the largest share but has no right to speak".

Murdoch didn't want his children to be like that, so he let Anita take over the Dow Jones Company, the main thing is to exercise her ability.

After the media reported the news of Anita's pregnancy, Murdoch also got the news for the first time. He did not know it through the media, but a phone call from Anita. Murdoch also began to consider the issue of Dow Jones.

In the eyes of the American financial media, the resignation of the CEO of Dow Jones is a major event, but in fact, in Murdoch's view, it is a small matter at all, because Anita does not actually control anything in Dow Jones, and more is in the To learn, not to really take charge of things, it is still Les Hinton who is really in charge of running the Dow Jones Company.

Les Hinton has been in charge of Dow Jones since 2007. He is 67 years old and is an old man under Murdoch. In the 1960s, Hinton has been working for Murdoch. He was Executive Chairman of News-International and successfully cut costs for News Corp's UK newspaper business and brought all businesses closer together.

In terms of ability, Murdoch believes more in Les Hinton.

Anita is Murdoch's daughter. From a family point of view, he must feel sorry for his younger daughter, but Murdoch is not the kind of person who values ​​family affection. In the eyes of a pure businessman, everything has specific value. Anita's affection is what he gave. In turn, he would not consider how much affection Anita had for him. Therefore, if Anita was pregnant and let Anita resign as CEO of Dow Jones, he would feel that he owed Anita.

After the news of Anita's pregnancy came out, there was no news from Dow Jones, and on the third day, Dow Jones held a press conference to announce that Anita stepped down as CEO, and Les Hinton took over as the official head of Dow Jones. That afternoon, Murdoch, who was in Los Angeles, appeared in front of reporters, and he threw a big news to the media, "I have decided to give my daughter 10 million shares of Dow Jones that I personally hold. Annie..."

This is big news!

The Dow Jones stock market value is $100, which means that Murdoch personally announced that he gave a billion dollars to his daughter. This is the first time Murdoch has publicly given property to his children.

Many American media analysts believe that "...this may be the beginning of Murdoch's inheritance war!"

Now Murdoch has six daughters and two sons. Even the most popular James Murdoch is only the chairman of Sky Broadcasting Company and is in charge of News Corporation's European and Asian business, and has not really inherited Murdoch's property. .

"Waltz Daily" analysis pointed out that "after giving a billion-dollar property to his young daughter, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is likely to fulfill his promise to hand over the "media empire" to his son."

The "son" in the report refers to James Murdoch, the eldest son of Murdoch known to Wansheng. His younger brother Lachlan is also one of Murdoch's heirs. It is certain that, Murdoch will definitely leave most of his property to his two sons, but whether James or Lachlan will be the biggest winner of the 'Murdoch's property battle', there has been no accurate news.

Murdoch must have hesitated.

"...The youngest daughter Anne, who received a billion-dollar gift from Murdoch directly, also shows that Anne is not a simple rumor that Murdoch's favorite daughter... It is worth noting that for the youngest daughter Anne, ten $100 million may be nothing, his husband, the football celebrity Wansheng, controls the Tagolwan Group, which has developed into a world-renowned consortium, and he himself owns the largest share of the Tagolwan Group and is also the chairman of the Tagolwan Group.”

"According to the interview report, Tagore Wan Group is expected to achieve an early listing in the United States next year, so it can be expected that Wan Sheng will become one of the richest people in the world by then. Perhaps one day in the future, News Corporation's inheritance will no longer be a concern. Now, the movement of the 'Wansheng Consortium' will be more important."

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The reports of Dow Jones, Murdoch himself, and the American media still caused some influence in Madrid, Spain. There were constant media hopes to interview Anita herself, but Wansheng completely refused. In his eyes, Murdoch’s gift The billion-dollar shares given to his wife are completely less important than the children in Anita's womb.

That is the only child in the past and present, where can some dollars be compared?

In the next few days, Wansheng's house also became lively. His parents came, and the old couple came to take care of Anita. For this reason, the servants at home became a lot more leisurely. Because of the work of cooking, All were taken over by Wan Sheng's mother.

After Wan Sheng's parents arrived, another guest came to the door, and they were busy with the reception alone.

On the fourth day, Wansheng simply returned to the club.

If he stayed at home, there would be guests coming to the door one by one, and he was very busy. It would be better to come to the club to work easily, at least to work in the club, no matter who came, he had a reason to stay in the office by himself.

There are still many companies in the club, and the most important thing at the moment is the transfer.

In the current lineup of the entire team, it is obviously the backline that needs to be supplemented the most. After Domingos, Asunsang and others left, the main backline lineup is complete, and the replacement lineup is very pitiful, and it is imminent to supplement the backline.

Wansheng also submitted several player names to the club's transfer department to operate, but good defenders are not easy to buy, and even if they spend a lot of money, it is difficult to bring back those players who want to stay in the original club.

In more than ten days, the club's transfer department has only completed one transaction, which is still linked to the previous transfer of Aguero, that is Jerome Boateng from Manchester City.

Boateng is also an old player under Wansheng, but in the two seasons he played under Wansheng, due to issues such as age, experience, and ability, Boateng has not performed well and can only serve as a backup at the back line. .

In the past three seasons, Boateng has also stayed at the Manchester City Club. In fact, he has the opportunity to become the main player in the main selection. However, the Manchester City Club has continued to buy outstanding stars, resulting in Boateng has not been reused until now. Can only be a semi-main player.

When Aguero completed the transfer, Atletico Madrid had reached an agreement with Manchester City. As long as Boateng himself agreed, they would give priority to selling Boateng to Atletico Madrid.

After that Atletico Madrid had a rival - Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga hegemons hoped to bring Boateng to Munich to continue to strengthen the team's back line.

Bayern Munich's bid for Boateng is not low - 11 million euros.

It's a pity that Atletico Madrid just sold the 'top star' to Manchester City. Coupled with the relationship between Wansheng and Manchester City, the Manchester City club must be inclined to sell Boateng to Atletico Madrid.

At this stage, two clubs can wear a pair of trousers, plus Boateng's own wishes, Atletico Madrid got Boateng for 10.5 million euros.

With the addition of Boateng, Atletico Madrid's defense has been slightly supplemented.

However, it is not enough.

The most missing part of the team's back line is on the right. Felipe Kasmirski is a pure left-back. Luis Perea can play in the middle and on the left. Other players, such as Godin , Rafael Varane can only serve as a central defender, Ujfalusi is good, but he is a bit old after all.

So the introduction of a strong right-back is imperative.

Wansheng values ​​two players.

One is Juan Forlan, who debuted in the Real Madrid youth academy. His full name is Juan Francisco Torres Belém. In the 2003-04 season, Juan Forlan represented the Real Madrid first team. He played in the 2005 World Youth Championship and became famous, and was even hailed by fans as Figo's successor.

It's a pity that Florentino's Real Madrid has never paid attention to its youth players, which led to Juan Forlan only played 6 games in the two seasons he played at the Bernabeu.

Juan Fran struggled to gain a foothold in the star-studded galactic warship, and he was first loaned to Espanyol and then sold to Osasuna.

In the four and a half years of Osasuna’s four-and-a-half years, Juanfran, as the core of the team, took on the responsibility of organizing the offense. The underdog Osasuna, who was on the verge of relegation every year, was able to stay in La Liga every year. - Fran contributed to this.

The most worth mentioning is that in the 2008-2009 season, Osasuna fought desperately against Real Madrid in the last round to avoid relegation.

After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, the whole game finally ended. Real Madrid, who challenged with 9 players, led by 1 goal in the first half, lost to Osasuna 1-2 away, ending all competitions this season with a 5-game losing streak. After the victory, Osasuna's points reached 43 points and they were successfully relegated.

In this game, it was Juan Forlan who led the way for Osasuna.

In the 4 seasons that Osasuna played for, Juan - Forlan has been the absolute main force of the team. In the first 18 rounds of the league last season, Juan - Forlan played all the games.

Such an experienced, skilled and powerful right-back at the age of 26 is exactly what Atletico Madrid needs.

One of Wansheng's words to the club's transfer department was, "At any cost, Juan Forlan must be won!"

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