Chapter 989: Exploding the Football Market

The piece of cake that Armando Marcos drew was so big and so tempting that even the cautious Cantarero was moved by his words and could not resist.

It has been twelve years since Chinatown was established. According to Armando Marcos' plan, in three years, that is, fifteen years, it will create a European quasi-giant team, which is undoubtedly a miracle.

But it is far from enough to just catch up with the financial revenue and keep up with the pace of the giants in the club's business operations.

"From now on, in the next few years, the salary structure of our club must be further strictly controlled. It must be kept at around 45%, and it must not exceed 50%. This is the bottom line." Gao Han said loudly.

He has a strong premonition that the player's salary will increase significantly in the next few years, both in the Premier League and in La Liga.

Chinatown's salary expenditure can increase, but it must increase steadily and in direct proportion to the increase in the club's financial revenue. Otherwise, once it is burdened with a heavy debt burden, Chinatown will fall into a business quagmire.

A more recent example is La Liga. When Barcelona won the Grand Slam in the 2008-2009 season, the club's salary accounted for nearly 70% of its fiscal revenue, which became the fuse for Laporta's downfall. After Rosell came to power, he has been cutting salary expenditures, but even so, it remained at 55% last season.

Real Madrid is relatively the best. During the first period of the Galacticos, Real Madrid's salary accounted for the highest proportion of 90%, which was simply a staggering figure. Florentino later had to abandon blue-collar players and could not meet Makelele's salary increase requirements, so the French midfielder left for Chelsea.

After learning from the pain, Real Madrid's current salary proportion has been controlled at around 45%, which is undoubtedly a relatively reasonable figure.

After Atletico Madrid's Grand Slam in the cold, many players received continuous salary increases, which once made the club's salary ratio exceed 60%. However, with the departure of players in recent years, the move to a new stadium, and the increase in fiscal revenue, the salary ratio of the Colchoneros has been controlled at 50% to 55%. Although it is slightly higher, it is still controllable.

The same situation also happened to Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur, especially Tottenham Hotspur. This North London team has always been low-key, but its overall strength has been steadily improving, and its salary has always been controlled within 50%, which is even more reasonable than Arsenal's 56%.

But the most outrageous is Aston Villa, which is as high as 85%, and is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Chinatown's current salary ratio is 48%, which is relatively good both in La Liga and in European football, but the team has started a new round of renewal and salary increase. If the fiscal revenue cannot be increased, it will definitely break 50% next, and then it can only continue to sell players.

Of course, if, as Armando Marcos said, the commercial income can be increased to more than 200 million euros within three years, the club's financial income will double by then, and there will be a lot of room for the salary structure of the players to be adjusted upward, and the probability of retaining core players will be even greater.

The more core players are retained, the more competitive Chinatown will be, and the more hope there will be to challenge the status of the three major La Liga giants and many European giants, and even have the opportunity to compete for the championship trophy.

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As the European Cup came to an end, the arms race among the major giants began to burn in full swing.

The first to ignite the war was Chelsea. The Blues announced that they had introduced midfielder Oscar from Brazil at a high price of 35 million euros. The player performed a hat trick in the previous World Youth Championship final and was selected for the Brazilian national team after the World Youth Championship. He is known as the world's most promising midfield rookie.

Following Chelsea, Arsenal also announced that it had brought in Spanish midfielder Cazorla from Malaga for 20 million euros. This player performed well with Malaga last season and was very comprehensive, and was valued by Wenger.

Manchester United was not to be outdone. After winning the Champions League last season, Ferguson was ambitious and hoped to have a more satisfactory result before retiring. So this summer Manchester United made another move and brought in Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa from Dortmund for 25 million euros.

After Korean player Park Ji-sung left Manchester United and went to Queens Park Rangers, Manchester United's introduction of Shinji Kagawa was seen as a positive signal for continuing to develop the Asian market.

However, what really shocked the entire European football world was the explosive news from the Portuguese Super League in mid-July, after the major teams started pre-season training. The Russian Super League player Zenit St. Petersburg brought in Brazilian center Hulk from Porto in the Portuguese Super League for a sky-high price of 60 million euros.

This transfer quickly detonated the entire European football market, and everyone was shocked.

60 million euros to introduce a player who has never proven his ability in the four major leagues. Isn't this too outrageous?

But soon after, the news came again, it was Zenit St. Petersburg, and the target was Benfica's Belgian midfielder Witsel, the transfer fee was as high as 45 million euros, which not only surprised everyone, but also surprised Gao Han who got the news earlier, because Mendes said it was 40 million euros before, how could it increase by 5 million?

This is 5 million euros, which is 50 million yuan in RMB.

The whole European football world was shocked by the continuous moves of Russian tycoons, but it was not surprising.

There is no shortage of tycoons in the three major leagues of Russia, Ukraine and Turkey. They recruit many outstanding stars from European football and all over the world every year, and they can participate in the Champions League, and some can even enter the knockout stage. Their strength is not bad.

It's just that the two transfers of Zenit St. Petersburg this year are a bit surprising.

Just when everyone was shocked by the big hand of Russian tycoons, the tycoon from France, Paris Saint-Germain, finally made another move.

Paris Saint-Germain announced that it would introduce Argentine winger Di Maria from Real Madrid at a price second only to Hulk for 50 million euros. The player was not valued by Real Madrid last season and failed to play as a starter, which made him somewhat dissatisfied, so he was eager to switch to Paris Saint-Germain.

French team newspaper also quickly confirmed the transfer transaction and revealed specific details, saying that Di Maria was recommended to Gao Han by technical director Antero Enrique and was selected by Gao Han. In order to persuade Di Maria, Gao Han, who was in Madrid, met with Di Maria after getting the approval of Real Madrid and persuaded the Argentine to join.

"According to the information obtained by the reporter, Di Maria will play a vital role in Gao Han's tactical framework for the new season, so Gao Han did not hesitate to come forward in person to persuade Di Maria to join."

As a chain reaction, after announcing the sale of Di Maria, Real Madrid soon announced that it would introduce the right back Carvajal, who had shined in the European Cup, from Chinatown at a high price of 50 million euros.

This transfer once again set off the ball market.

A twenty-year-old full-back, worth 50 million euros?

This makes Carvajal surpass Alves and become the most expensive right-back in history.

But what is surprising is that after learning that the club introduced Carvajal for 50 million, Real Madrid fans were very excited. President Florentino even said in an interview with the media that this right-back born in Leganes in the southern suburbs will become the future of Real Madrid.

Coincidentally, after Real Madrid announced the introduction of Carvajal, Atletico Madrid also quickly announced that it had finalized the midfielder Herrera from Chinatown for 40 million euros. This is the second time that the Sheet Army has poached the midfielder of Chinatown after Schneiderlin.

After announcing Herrera's transfer, Chinatown quickly announced that Rakitic would stay in the team. The club will sign a new contract with Rakitic in the near future. The Croatian midfielder also made it clear that he will stay in Chinatown.

This undoubtedly cut off the tentacles of Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Paris Saint-Germain and many other teams to poach.

After Chinatown announced that Rakitic would stay, Barcelona had to immediately shift its target and soon announced that it had brought in the defensive midfielder Alexander Song from Arsenal at a high price of 25 million euros.

The Arsenal captain had a conflict with the Gunners over the contract renewal issue in the past six months and had been unable to complete the contract renewal. It was reported that Arsenal intended to sell him, and Barcelona soon met Wenger's 25 million euros.

Song's joining was to fill the team's weakness in the midfield, but Vilanova's most important thing was the signing of the left back.

After a stalemate in negotiations, at the end of July, Barcelona finally announced that it would bring in the left back Alba from Chinatown at a price of 50 million euros plus Montoya. The former Barcelona youth player finally returned home in glory.

The media soon reported that Chinatown's left back signing targets included Malaga's Monreal and Valencia's Bertner, but the result was surprising. Chinatown announced that it would bring in the 20-year-old left back Alberto Moreno from Sevilla B at a price of 3 million euros.

Marca's famous reporter Matayana revealed that Chinatown's original first choice was Monreal and the second choice was Bertner, but the offers from both Malaga and Valencia clubs made Chinatown feel embarrassed.

"Gao Han personally formulated a rational investment recruitment strategy, which made it difficult for Chinatown to invest more than 10 million euros in the left back position, but the asking price of the two clubs was obviously higher than Chinatown could accept."

Chinatown's technical director Cantarero also quickly came out to explain that the club introduced Moreno because of the strength of this young player and believed that he could succeed in Chinatown and form a good competition with Alex Sandro.

When a media reporter asked about the rumors of Aubameyang's transfer, Cantarero also made it clear this time that the final result would be announced to the public in the near future.

Sure enough, three days later, Chinatown and Paris Saint-Germain announced at the same time that the French Ligue 1 tycoon had introduced Gabonese international Aubameyang from Chinatown by paying a penalty. Antero Henrique said that the African player had lightning speed and outstanding scoring ability, and would bring a huge boost to Paris Saint-Germain in the new season.

At the same time, Paris Saint-Germain also announced that the 21-year-old young player Kante in the team has moved to Chinatown, but the transfer fee has not been disclosed. Some media reported that it was only a symbolic one euro.

However, under the earthquake-level transfer of Aubameyang, Kante's joining did not attract any attention.

Even the Spanish media are more concerned about whether Chinatown will recruit players on the right side after sending Aubameyang away? If so, who will they recruit?