Chapter 983 Why Always Me
Perhaps, the fans don't feel much, but in the industry, they have paid considerable attention to the 2015-2016 UEFA Champions League, and feel that this is likely to become a watershed in European football again.
Why do you say that?
The first is the overall increase in income.
European professional football is inseparable from money. There is no need to say how important income is to a team.
In the new season, as the sponsorship contracts signed by UEFA have generally increased, the share and bonuses allocated to each team have also been increased.
For example, in the group stage, 32 teams played six group matches. The guaranteed income was 8.6 million euros in the past, but now it has increased to 12 million euros, which is equivalent to the appearance fee of the UEFA Champions League group stage.
Then, every time they win a game, the prize money will increase from the original one million to the current one and a half million, and the tie will still be half a million.
In other words, in theory, if the participating teams win six consecutive group matches, they can get a total of 20 million euros in income.
This is just the group stage. The prize money for the next knockout round and finals has also generally increased, basically around 50%. The prize money for winning the championship has also increased from the original 10 million euros to 15 million. EUR.
According to preliminary estimates, the most basic prize money for this season's championship team will reach more than 50 million euros.
But this is only the most basic, because there is also a share of the bonus pool.
With the rise of British Telecom, under the leadership of the guy who unbuttoned the three buttons, this old British consortium is ambitious to do a big job, and won the rights to broadcast the UEFA Champions League in the UK for the next three years at a sky-high price.
This is why Sky TV will bid for the local broadcasting rights of the Premier League at sky-high prices.
Because of the loss of the Champions League, they can no longer lose the Premier League broadcast rights.
The prize pool of the UEFA Champions League is linked to the price paid by TV broadcasters in the country where the team is located. Therefore, the higher the British Telecom bid, the higher the bonus that the Premier League teams participating in the UEFA Champions League will receive.
It is estimated that among the four Premier League teams participating in the UEFA Champions League this year, the best performer will be able to allocate more than 40 million yuan, which is almost double that of the past.
That is to say, if the Premier League team wins the Champions League again, the total prize money will exceed 100 million.
But it's just bonuses and share,
If you count the sponsor income, match day income and other income from participating in the UEFA Champions League, it will be an even more astonishing figure.
If you just look at this data, you will definitely wow, thinking, oh my god, there are too many.
Even if people who don’t know it are watching it, they will definitely yell and think that Southampton is too fucked. It is too outrageous to make so much money playing in the Champions League and vowing to compete with the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League. Bar?
But actually?
As Yang Huan has always said, there is no free lunch in this world, if you want to spread out as big a scene, you have to pay a lot of money.
Many people have seen Southampton winning two consecutive Champions League titles, three consecutive Premier League titles, and the team's superstars. They must have thought that this team was going to be against the sky, but in fact, they did not see the various profit calculations behind it.
For example, the annual salary, from the time Southampton was promoted to the Premier League to the present, in just three years, the salary expenditure has been increasing at an alarming rate almost every year. The reason is very simple. People, okay, give the annual salary.
Just like Hazard, when he first joined, his weekly salary was 100,000 pounds, but now?
I have already received a weekly salary of 200,000 pounds. With the joining of Messi, in order to resist the poaching of teams such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, the team is ready to start negotiating with Hazard. After Messi, the second player with an annual salary of over 10 million.
Hazard renewed his contract, what about Suarez?
Harry Kane was so eye-catching last season, he is going to renew his contract, what is his annual salary?
How much should Martial give?
If you want Sanchez to stay in the team with peace of mind, how much annual salary should you give?
Pogba, Kovacic and Toni Kroos, being chased by most of the European giants, should also renew their contracts.
According to Ron Gourley's calculations for Yang Huan, with the joining of Messi, the Saints' annual salary expenditure will rapidly increase from the current 230 million euros to 300 million euros.
Even if this data is in Europe, it is second only to Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Of course, this also includes the administrative staff of about 30 million euros, as well as the salary expenditure of the club employees.
This is because many of the superstar players in the team are cultivated by Southampton themselves. If it is all based on introduction, the annual salary will have to reach an astonishing astronomical figure!
Just like Tottenham Hotspur, the annual salary has caught up with Southampton, but the income is far behind!
Therefore, the introduction of Cristiano Ronaldo was originally not supported by Yang Huan and Daniel Levy, but Prime Minister Hamad promised to inject capital, which led to the transaction. Otherwise, Tottenham Hotspur would not be able to bear it at all. rise.
If the Saints want to maintain their competitiveness in the Champions League, they have to manage such a large lineup, but the problem is that the salary is fixed, you have to pay it no matter what, but the results are fluctuating, God knows if you can win the championship ?
If you win the championship, you will earn a lot of money, which is a good thing, but what about the bonus?
Last season, the team won the double crown, and the Saints gave a bonus of 60 million euros.
But if the results are not satisfactory, then the team's expenditure will be completely in vain!
This is why Yang Huan has always said that the Champions League is a game that burns money, not just any team can afford it.
It can be said that Southampton relies on this lineup and the huge salary expenditure behind it to support the Saints' competitiveness in the Premier League and the Champions League.
If it weren't for these, the saints would have been thrown aside by Saqima.
Southampton dared to introduce Messi this year because the team is very confident that it will hope to reach 600 million pounds in terms of operating income, which is 700 million euros, which will make the Saints the highest-earning team in history.
In this case, the salary expenditure of more than 300 million yuan is not a big problem for the saints.
What's more, Southampton does not have any debts, and its finances are very healthy, so it can afford it.
Especially with the stable implementation of the free ticket policy, coupled with the support of long-term and stable sponsors and partners, the income of the Saints is very stable, so Yang Huan dared to say that the Saints will adjust their business model this year.
As a result, everyone has seen that the Saints not only stopped selling people this year, but spent 150 million euros on Messi. All of this is based on the team's excellent finances and management. basis.
In the face of the salary expenditure of more than 100 million, or even 200 million or 300 million, the 100 million bonus and share of the Champions League, as well as the share of the Premier League broadcast fee, are really nothing.
Not even enough for the Saints to pay the players' salaries and bonuses!
It is precisely because they understand this truth and understand that the only standard-bearer team that can represent the Premier League and compete for the Champions League can only be the Saints, so the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League will agree to reform overseas income.
As for Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, if they want to accumulate to the realm of saints, they must first raise their financial income, club management, and team lineup strength.
Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, and even Chelsea, sorry, if you want to catch up with the Saints, it will take four or five years.
Especially for Manchester United, if the debt is not paid off, the Red Devils don't expect to turn around.
As the saying goes, the economic base determines the superstructure.
In the eyes of ordinary fans, the Saints are brilliant superstars with powerful strength.
But in Yang Huan's eyes, all of this is money.
Didn't you say something?
In the field of professional football, talking about everything without money is like playing hooligans!
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There is another big change in the Champions League this season, that is, the winner of the Europa League last season will qualify for the Champions League.
However, since last season's Europa League champion was Inter Milan, and the Nerazzurri themselves were the champions of Serie A, this clause is useless to both Inter Milan and Serie A.
This is why the chairman of Lazio, which ranked fourth last season, said before that Inter Milan should take the initiative to lose in the last few rounds for the benefit of Serie A, and let Juventus go up to win the championship. Roma and Lazio ranked second and third. .
Because of this, Inter Milan can still play in the Champions League.
But after Inter Milan won the championship, the Europa League champion's qualification for the Champions League is tantamount to automatically giving up.
Another big change in the Champions League this season comes from the division.
Unlike in the past, the rankings were based on points from the European War, this time the rankings have been adjusted.
The defending champions and European top seven league champions are automatically seeded in Pot 1.
Pots 2, 3 and 4 are ranked according to European Championship points.
At first glance, it seems that there is no difference, but in fact, the difference is very big.
According to the new ranking, Southampton, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Monaco, Zenit St. Petersburg and Ajax have become the first team.
In the second tier, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Porto, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Valencia, Shakhtar Donetsk and Manchester City are all strong teams.
The point is that in the third tier, Juventus, Roma, Lyon and other teams are all strong, while in the fourth tier, Tottenham Hotspur, Hamburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Wolff are gathered. Fort and other teams.
It can be said that such a distribution rule has disrupted the order of the group stage where the strengths and weaknesses were clearly distinguished in the past.
Because the strong teams used to have high points and ranked in the seed team and the second tier, but now, there are teams with low points such as Monaco, Inter Milan, Zenit St. Petersburg and Ajax in the first tier. Disrupted the traditional grouping mode in the past.
Theoretically speaking, with such a group draw, the possibility of a death group will become very high.
And the facts also proved that there really was a group of death.
The Saints failed to continue the good draws of the past this time, and drew Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Wolfsburg.
When they saw this lottery, everyone in the audience was in an uproar.
Nimi, they are all teams from the five major European leagues, and they are all strong teams.
This is simply the rhythm of death!
Needless to say, Saints, one of the strongest teams in Europe, Paris Saint-Germain is not far behind, and although Juventus and Wolfsburg are weaker, they are not without strength .
When these four teams get together, it's simply against the sky!
Sitting in the venue, Yang Huan showed a wry smile helplessly after seeing the result of the lottery.
Of course he knows that UEFA does not want Southampton to defend their title again.
Just kidding, it is outrageous for you to defend the title once, if you are allowed to win the championship again, wouldn't it make the Champions League the ban of your Yang family?
Besides, if you won the championship, why don't other teams play balls?
The Saints didn't even think about winning the championship this season, so they can only rank firmly in the forefront, preferably in the semi-finals, and that's fine.
However, if the Saints were unlucky in the lottery, Manchester City would really cry to death in the toilet.
When the lottery results came out, Yang Huan could clearly see the expression on Mubarak's face singing.
why always me?