Chapter 1339: A Quick Acquisition

The weather is still cloudy and rainy this morning, which makes many people feel very depressed.

In the owner's office of the Manchester United club, Glazer and Woodward are sitting inside, discussing some things.

"Boss, do they really want to buy half of our shares?" Woodward asked.

Glazer nodded: "I made the news last night that I was going to sell half of the shares in my hand. Unexpectedly, they contacted me early in the morning and said that they would come to discuss this matter with me this morning."

Woodward heaved a long sigh: "I didn't expect that with the passage of time, Kintag's Demon King Sports has become the world's number one sports brand. It's amazing."

"I still have 50% of the shares left in my hand, with a total value of 2.5 billion euros. Even if I plan to sell half of it this time, they will still have to pay 1.25 billion euros, and I ask that it must be in cash! There is no He hesitated and agreed, what a big deal. I didn’t expect that the kid who used to work for me would laugh at himself for hundreds of billions, dozens of times more than me, which is really annoying!” Glazer’s face was a little ugly.

Woodward said comfortingly: "Boss, you sold half of the shares this time, and you are still one of the two major shareholders with Jin Taige, and he can't suppress you."

Glazer snorted: "I know, but I'm just upset! Recall that when my father bought Manchester United, he bought 75% of the shares in one go! You know, as long as we hold more than 75% of the shares, we can demand Manchester United withdrew from the London Stock Exchange, and Manchester United went from collective ownership to the private property of our Glazer family."

"But I didn't expect that after decades, Manchester United would return to the collective ownership. The 50% of the shares have been dispersed to many companies around the world. If today's transaction is successful, then Jin Taige and I will become the largest The two controlling shareholders, but we only have voting rights and no decision-making power.”

What Glazer said is absolutely correct. After the old Glazer bought 75% of Manchester United's shares, they were eligible to make Manchester United "private property", and they could control the adjustment of the club's personnel structure, and even the changes of the club's board of directors. , It's all decided by the Glazer family!

At that time, the old Glazer borrowed 300 million euros from Morgan Bank in order to complete the acquisition. In the next few years, in order to repay the debt, they searched away all the money earned by Manchester United, not only repaying the debt, but also investing in American companies, but There is very little investment in Manchester United!

It was this practice of borrowing chicken to lay eggs that made the Glazer family a target of public criticism. They were opposed by countless Manchester United fans, and even directly led to Sir Alex Ferguson's early retirement.

However, after Kintag took office, his series of methods brought Manchester United back on track. The Glazer family also appropriately increased some investments in order to ease the situation. They once spent a period of honeymoon with Kintag and Manchester United fans. .

But as time went on, the Glazer family's American company ran into trouble, and they began to drastically reduce Manchester United's various investments, including transfer funds.

Relying on Kintag's super skills, although they still maintain an advantage in the Premier League, in the Champions League, facing teams such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​​​Paris, which continue to invest huge sums of money, Manchester United is declining day by day. Past the Champions League semi-finals...

It is precisely for this reason that Jin Taige finally fell out with Glazer and chose to retire directly. Glazer did not hold back at all.

Unexpectedly, three years later, Kintag returned to England with a large sum of money and made a decision to acquire Manchester United shares.

Seeing that the former subordinates who had a bad relationship with him became equals to him, Glazer was of course very upset.

When Yot, the commercial director of Demon King Sports, came to Glazer's office, Glazer also had a grumpy face: "You want to buy my shares?"

Joate nodded: "That's right. Since Mr. Glazer made the announcement yesterday, we have been ready. I am here today not to discuss with you again, but to directly sign the equity transfer contract."

Glazer snorted: "Your straightforward style of doing things is really similar to that guy."

Yotte took out a prepared contract and handed it directly to Glazer: "If it's suitable, let's sign it."

Seeing Yot's straightforward manner, Woodward, who was sitting by the side, suddenly remembered a lot of past events.

It was decades ago when I first met Kintag. At that time, he was still very young and had just taken over Manchester United and became the head coach. At that time, he took out a transfer list with 15 players on it, and he wanted to talk to these players in person and sign them.

During that transfer negotiation trip, Woodward and Kintag traveled to many countries. Kintag did it himself, and on average, he was able to settle a transfer in half a day. The efficiency was astonishingly high.

Alisson, Eric Bailly, Anthony Martial, Dembele, Benjamin Mendy, Dele Alli, N'Golo Kante, Kimmich, Mahrez, Marcos Aaron So, Asensio, Naby Keita, Leroy Sane, Virgil van Dijk...

At that time, Jin Taige said that the total worth of these players can exceed one billion! You must know that it only cost more than 30 million euros to buy them!

Woodward couldn't do it at the time, but five years later, when these players became the core of the seven-time champion, he realized that the total worth of these players had already exceeded one billion!

Later, Woodward and Kintag worked together for many years and achieved many commendable transfers, which makes Woodward very proud in retrospect.

When Kim Tag left, Woodward was very reluctant, but he knew that the conflict between Kim Tag and Glazer could not be reconciled, and he had to stand by Glazer's side. Therefore, he could only be reluctant to watch Jin Taige leave.

I didn't expect that Jin Taige is back now, and will become the largest shareholder of Manchester United just like Glazer. It is really sad that the world has changed.

Glazer held the contract in his hand, and he looked it over carefully, but when he saw the end, he suddenly froze!

Glazer raised his head and looked at Yot, his eyes were burning: "Young man, don't you guys understand the content of this transaction?"

Yotte replied very calmly: "Of course we understand that, Mr. Glazer, you are going to sell 25% of Manchester United's shares. The price is 1.25 billion euros, and you must ask for cash."

Glazer nodded, pointing to the contract in his hand: "You are right, but the content of this contract is not the same as what I said? Can you explain to me, what is the situation? "