Seven Hundred and Fiftieth Seventh Chapter Oolong
Time passed quickly. There was obviously a week between the two rounds of the Champions League semi-finals, but it felt like it passed in a blink of an eye, too fast.
In the last UEFA Champions League semi-final, Southampton played away. Nearly 100,000 fans gathered in the Glory Plaza. That scene not only made all the merchants settled in the Glory Plaza very excited, but also made everyone see the commercial potential here. .
In the second round, although Southampton was playing at home, the Glory Square was still crowded with people.
With the experience of a week ago, this time, the merchants in the Glory Plaza don't need the club to worry about it. They have carefully prepared a series of promotions and promotions, hoping to attract more fans to gather.
As a result, at dusk, the area from Glory Square to St. Mary's Square was already full of traffic.
Even the Southampton police were out and had to come here early to maintain order.
If there was a major blockage in the Saints during such a critical decisive battle, the anger of the angry fans would definitely burn them all to ashes, and even the chief of the police station might have to step down to apologize.
A long version of the rich golden Lagonda Conqueror slowly drove towards St. Mary's Stadium with the traffic.
This car is exactly the same as Yang Huan's car, but the license plate number is different.
But many Saints fans can't tell the difference. They just know that some reporters have reported that the extended version of the Lagonda Conqueror is limited, and Master Huan has one, so many people are chasing this car and shouting "Huan Huan" Master's name.
This made Pini Zahavi, who was sitting in the car, laughing helplessly and enviously.
"It's nice to be misunderstood!"
Sitting opposite him is the famous European agent Joorabchian, and the Brazilian super agent Giuliano Bertolucci.
Brazilians seldom come to Southampton. When they saw the group of fans outside who had an own goal but chased the car and shouted, they nodded with envy and admiration: "I dare say, Master Huan is definitely the best player in Europe." Welcome club owner!"
"Who says it isn't?" Joorabchian nodded.
"I have been to so many clubs and met so many managers, but there has never been any team or any owner who can win the hearts of so many fans and be so sought after by them like Young Master Huan!"
Pini Zahavi smiled, "That's for sure. You know, the Saints were still in England's third-tier league four years ago, but now? The Saints have a very high possibility of killing them." Get to the final of the Champions League and become the champion of Europe!"
"You say, just for this achievement, which club in Europe can do it?"
Speaking of this, the Israelis did not forget to look back out the window, "Not to mention the fans outside, sometimes, even those of us who have followed Master Huan all the way, find it incredible, we ourselves I never thought that today would happen, this feeling is like a dream!"
Giuliano Bertolucci couldn't help nodding, "I met Raiola once, and he said that sometimes he even doubted whether Master Huan has the ability to predict, because he almost fell in love with him. The players are all very good.”
Pini Zahavi laughed when he heard it, "He's right. If it weren't for this kind of statement, it would be a bit sci-fi. I also feel this way, even I am much stronger than that fat man."
After a pause, he seemed to recall his past experiences.
"Do you know? In my first deal with Southampton, I provided a list. As a result, Master Huan picked it up, took a look, picked up a pen, and swished the names of several people. As a result, these players Now each one is worth a hundred times.”
Having said that, Pini Zahavi shook his head with a wry smile,
"If someone tells me that Master Huan can divination, I will never doubt it, and I will even believe it!"
After hearing this, Joorabchian and Giuliano Bertolucci just smiled, but their feelings were not deep.
Since Oscar moved to Southampton, there have been more deals between them and the Saints.
Over the past year, they have brought several outstanding talent rookies in Brazil, such as Gelson, Kennedy and Barbosa, to the Saints, and Southampton has not hesitated when introducing such talented stars.
This time they came to Southampton, mainly to talk to Southampton about Barbosa.
And if possible, Joorabchian is very eager to negotiate a big deal with Master Huan.
The Lagonda Conquistador rolled slowly into the staff corridor at Southampton and into the car park of the executive office.
There were many Saints fans outside the fence shouting the name of Young Master Huan, but when they saw that it was not Young Master Huan who got out of the car, they were all disheartened, and some even booed.
This made the three of Pini Zahavi very depressed.
Come on, you guys made a mistake, okay? Why boo us?
But they also know that Southampton attaches great importance to the interaction and connection with the fans, and they can only endure the injustice, otherwise, Southampton will definitely trouble them.
"Come on, let's go in!"
The three of them hurried straight to the gate.
Southampton's new stadium can be described as very expensive, and now there are many employees in the Saints office. There are about 20 employees in the marketing department alone, all of whom are elite talents in the industry.
In addition, the news and public relations department, the fan service department, the sports department...
All together, there are more than one hundred employees of the Saints, and the office area will take up a lot of space.
After consideration, Yang Huan decided to build a headquarters building at the Royal Cruise Terminal. In addition to office use for the club, it can also provide fans with various services, and the venue of the Saints Fan Club will also be there.
Therefore, until the construction of the headquarters building is completed, the Saints' offices are still at St. Mary's Stadium.
Although this office is a bit small and old, but after the renovation, the image is completely different from the past.
As soon as you enter the lobby, there is a young receptionist sitting in the depths.
As soon as he saw Pini Zahavi and others coming in, he immediately stood up with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Zahavi, Mr. Gurli informed me that you are here, you can go directly to his office, please come with me !"
"Okay, thank you!"
It was the first time Giuliano Bertolucci arrived at the Southampton administration's offices and was a bit surprised.
"This is completely in accordance with the modern enterprise management mode to operate!"
Joorabchian, who has been here a few times, nodded and said: "Yeah, so Southampton's efficiency is very high."
Who said no?
The current football clubs, especially the wealthy teams, have terrible management, and they are not efficient at all.
Everywhere is full of benevolent households and relationship households, corpses and vegetarians, and people who do nothing can be found everywhere.
Looking at Southampton's ability to implement modern management, it is not difficult to see the ambitions of this team.
The front desk quickly led them to an office with the chief operating officer on the door plate.
After knocking on the door, the front desk took them in.
"Hi, Pini, Chia, Giuliano, welcome to St. Mary's!"
As soon as Ron Gourley saw them coming in, he left his desk and came to meet them.
Because there were many transactions and contacts before, they are considered to be familiar with each other, and they said a few polite words when they met.
Southampton is a big team now, and Ron Gourley is in charge of the team's transfer operations. Naturally, he is highly valued by Pini Zahavi, Joorabchian and Giuliano Bertolucci up.
Of course, big signings require multiple people to negotiate, but for some low-priced players, they only need to pass the technical evaluation and assessment, and Ron Gurley can make his own decisions.
However, I heard that Southampton will also evaluate his performance.
"This time, it was a bit sudden to invite them here." Ron Gurley was a little apologetic at the beginning.
Joorabchian smiled and shook his head, "Ron, it's too outrageous for you to say that. Southampton is playing against Bayern Munich. Even if you don't invite us to come, we will do everything possible to come. It's a pity to miss it!"
"Isn't it? I heard that the outside world is generally optimistic that Southampton will enter the final. Can we miss it?" Bertolucci also laughed.
Ron Gurley smiled. He was actually expressing an attitude. Could it be that he was really afraid that they would be unhappy?
Don't be kidding, Southampton doesn't need to look at anyone's face now!
"Ron, what did you say about Barbosa?" Bertolucci asked with concern.
Ron Gurley nodded: "The thing is like this. About two days ago, Master Huan told me that he planned to loan a player to Ajax, so I asked the technical department to evaluate it. They thought, Barbosa can do it, so I just want to hear your opinion."
"To Ajax?" Joorabchian and Bertolucci looked at each other in surprise.
But this is also a very good opportunity for players.
Even though the Eredivisie league is in decline now, Ajax has long since lost the glory of European tyranny. Hall, the ability to cultivate players is a leverage. If Barbosa can perform well in Ajax, his value will skyrocket immediately.
"What do you think?" Ron Gourley asked with a smile.
In fact, Southampton can make up their own minds about this kind of thing, and there is no need to ask the agent at all.
But out of politeness, Ron Gurley decided to discuss it with them.
"We have no problem!" Joorabchian and Bertolucci made eye contact and decided.
"But, Ron, can you be the main player in Ajax?"
This is also a very crucial factor.
Barbosa was very eye-catching in the Brazilian league, but he was only seventeen years old.
There is no problem with going to Ajax, but there must be games to play. Without games, there is no value in training. Instead, it is more meaningful to stay in Brazil.
"Don't worry, I have communicated with Ajax, the main force!"
Joorabchian and Bertolucci nodded immediately after hearing this, "Then we have no problem."
Ron Gurley nodded and smiled, "Okay, then I will ask someone to follow up on this matter later, and get it done as soon as possible so that Barbosa can participate in Ajax's summer training camp."
"good!"
Being able to participate in summer training is too important for a new player.
"Ron, why did you suddenly decide to let Barbosa join Ajax?" Pini Zahavi asked curiously.
Ron Gurley smiled slightly: "Originally we loaned Abubakar to Ajax, but now we have decided to sub-loan this player to Hamburg, so Ajax hopes that we can loan him for another period." Players passed, so after consideration, we chose Barbosa."
Pini Zahavi and Khorabchin are both the kind of people with open hands and eyes. When they heard this, they immediately caught a clue, especially the Israelis, and immediately laughed.
"Ron, it seems that Master Huan has successfully entered the Bundesliga!"
Ron Gurley shook his head with a smile, "Only got 35% of the shares!"
These words immediately brightened the eyes of Joorabchian and Bertolucci, and they looked at Pini Zahavi together again, with a hint of asking for help in their eyes.
"Ron, I don't know, where is Master Huan now? Do you have time, we hope to meet him?"