1149th History of the Heaviest Ticket

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Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 3-1 away and entered the semi-finals of the Champions League with one foot.

But what's interesting is that this game failed to make the headlines of the major media after the game.

It's not because the weight of this game is not enough, but because more weighty news is coming.

On the night of the game, FIFA posted a penalty notice on its official website, announcing that Barcelona would be punished by prohibiting players from trading for 14 months, that is, two transfer windows.

The reason for the penalty is that Barcelona violated the regulations when signing U18 players.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar.

This is the heaviest fine in history!

In Gao Shen’s previous life, Barcelona did receive such a punishment, but they quickly appealed through crisis public relations, and finally succeeded in delaying the execution of the punishment, allowing Barcelona to still sign in in the summer of 2014.

But at that time, Gao Shen didn't have a deep understanding of the specific situation, but now he understands a little bit.

The so-called violation of regulations can actually be traced back to 2001, when FIFA issued a series of transfer clauses aimed at protecting underage players, such as Article 19 of [FIFA Player Status and Transfer Regulations].

According to regulations, players under the age of 18 cannot go abroad to play football.

When seeing this, everyone must feel very puzzled, how is this possible?

Let’s not talk about Messi, who was before the law, but in recent years, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid, Premier League teams such as Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, etc., as well as Leeds United, which of these teams is not full? The world digs people?

Especially like Leeds United, have they dug less these years?

Let alone those under the age of 18, anyone in their 80s and 90s will dig. Isn't this even more outrageous?

But the fact is that in 2007, on the basis of this series of clauses, FIFA established a transfer inspection system, part of which is to supervise the transfer of players under the age of 18.

What about the signings of Leeds United and other teams?

This still has to be found in the specific terms, which have three special conditions.

One is that the player lives near the border and is within 100 kilometers of the club in a neighboring country; the other is that the player is over 16 years old and must be transferred within the EU; the last is that the player’s family relocated to the country where the club is located for non-football reasons .

It can be seen that FIFA has also taken great pains and thought of all kinds of situations.

But there is a saying that is right, there are policies above and countermeasures below.

FIFA expressly stipulates that clubs have ways to circumvent it.

Among them, the third one is the most used one. The player's family relocates to the country where the club is located for non-football reasons.

What does that mean?

For example, it seems that Mbappe transferred from France to Leeds United, how to operate?

Leeds United directly giving Mbappe's family a job?

No no no, this is banned, it has to be for non-football reasons and the job cannot come directly from Leeds United.

Therefore, Leeds United must first "help" Mbappe's family find a job in the UK, and the whole family "move" to live in the UK, so that Mbappe can enter Leeds United's youth training camp.

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Do you understand?

In fact, there are many, many ways to circumvent these terms, and because of this, these terms of FIFA have not been strictly enforced.

If it is strictly enforced, Real Madrid, Barcelona and almost all European top league teams will suffer.

Who hasn't done this kind of thing?

even,

The most real purpose of FIFA's establishment of these clauses has never been to restrict top league teams from poaching youth training, but to avoid money laundering and black gold transactions, so they usually turn a blind eye.

Maybe everyone is wondering, since everyone is doing it, and FIFA also pursues the strategy of "the people don't raise officials, don't prosecute them", so why did they fine Barcelona this time, and it is still such a severe punishment?

The reason is actually very simple, someone sued Barcelona.

At the beginning of 2013, FIFA found that Barcelona had 10 youth training players transfer violations between 2009 and 2013, and suspended 6 of them, including three South Korean players.

But what is the problem?

More than a year has passed, and Barcelona did not carry out a thorough rectification, and was caught by someone with a heart, and reported to FIFA in an anonymous letter, which even listed in great detail which regulations Barcelona had violated.

Let me ask, in this case, what can FIFA do?

I already punished you a year ago, and it sounded the alarm for you, but you still don't know how to wipe your ass clean?

In this case, no heavy penalty, okay?

This may seem like a small problem, but it actually exposes a very, very serious problem.

Even when Gao Shen saw this news, his first reaction was, "Is there no so-called compliance risk management in Barcelona?"

Isn't this the awareness that all normal enterprises and institutions should have?

But soon, Gao Shen understood.

Not to mention Barcelona, ​​many football clubs, even many superstars and coaches are not aware of this.

For example, Chelsea was able to let Mourinho sit down with Ashley Cole in person to talk about the prospects of the Arsenal left back after joining Chelsea...

This is simply off the mark, isn't it?

Look at the things Barcelona has done to poach players over the years. Aren't they all telling everyone that Barcelona never obeys the rules?

Many people say that Real Madrid likes to poach other people's stars, but Real Madrid has always done things in a well-behaved manner.

There are actually many, many ways to avoid things like youth training, not only the above three, but also a series of other methods, but Barcelona seem to be too lazy to use them.

There is a big one, anyway, FIFA doesn't scrutinize it...

After FIFA's scrutiny, it sounded an alarm, and Barcelona didn't feel the pain. Anyway, it was the young players who were punished...

Gao Shen still clearly remembers that at that time, Barcelona also said that there were 15,000 underage players from overseas in the Catalonia region. If they strictly followed the FIFA regulations, they would all be illegal. of.

This is somewhat choked with FIFA, right?

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It's like riding a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. After being stopped by the traffic police, he pointed to other passers-by and said, "They don't wear helmets. Why should I be arrested?"

The problem is, the traffic police warned you once yesterday, and specifically reminded you to crack down on it recently, remember to wear...

The bigger show operation is that after being punished by FIFA, Barcelona held a press conference to clarify the matter to the outside world, and vaguely stated that there were black hands behind the scenes attacking Barcelona.

Gao Shen is really convinced by this.

In contrast, Leeds United has a very complete compliance risk management and control mechanism. Whether it is a series of major decisions such as contacting players or player transfers, there will be a set of evaluation plans to ensure compliance with FIFA, UEFA and The laws and regulations of the national football association and the government.

The team also invests a lot of money in this area every year, and the team of lawyers and consultants is dedicated to studying these rules and regulations and making suggestions for the club, in order to avoid such outrageous operations.

Barcelona is such a big family, and there is also a vice chairman in charge of law, but it turned out to be such a big mess. The key is that they were all punished.

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"You know? Every time I see the operations of these giants, even if it is like Manchester United, I will feel that it is really unreasonable for our Leeds United to fail!"

Back home, when Gao Shen mentioned this matter to Su Qing, he felt very funny.

He couldn't figure it out at all. How could such a thing happen in a normal company?

The point is that Bartomeu issued a statement early in the morning saying that they knew that FIFA would punish them in November last year, but in the past four months, both Barcelona and the Spanish Football Association have been told that they will not be punished at all.

This is why Barcelona has been slow to move.

It's okay if you don't explain it, but once you explain it, you will really expose the fig leaf.

Translated, it basically means: We knew in November last year that we would be punished, but we got inside information through some special channels.

That's where it gets interesting.

"In the end, it's a management issue." Su Qing also felt that this matter was outrageous.

Even if we don't talk about the punishment at the beginning of 2013, since we know that it will be punished in November, shouldn't we make up for it and mediate quickly?

Why are you so big-hearted, thinking that you won't really be punished?

"They're just too self-righteous, so they don't deserve it!" Gao Shen pointed out the problem bluntly.

"That's right, coupled with the bloated internal management, overstaffed people, lack of basic analysis and judgment on things, blind listening and blind faith, this finally led to the current situation."

When talking about this, Su Qing smiled wryly, "Actually, whether it's FIFA or UEFA, it's also not formal at all, and there are too many gray spaces, which makes the water in this industry too deep. Unspoken rules are rampant, and gradually, they really ignore the rules, and don’t even care about the minimum compliance.”

"So, how could our Leeds United not be successful? Is there any reason for not being successful?" Gao Shen was particularly confident.

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In terms of management, Leeds United is definitely ahead of the pack.

"It's not as exaggerated as you said." Su Qing smiled sweetly, "But sometimes I really feel that these clubs, even some wealthy clubs, should reform their management mechanisms. No matter how you say it, it can cost tens of millions, or even several. How can you be so big on a deal worth tens of millions of euros?"

Let’s not talk about corruption, there are too many of them.

In terms of risk management and control, especially the risk management and control of player transfers, there are absolutely no more than five teams in the world that can fully assess.

As explained in [Football Economics], the transfers of these teams are all in a rush.

For example, if a certain player shines in the World Cup, he can immediately increase his value tenfold.

That's outrageous, isn't it?

If we start from the level of strength, has the strength of the players skyrocketed after playing in the World Cup?

The answer is obviously not.

The biggest factor for the skyrocketing value of players is that they have performed well in the world, the players have become more famous, and more teams are interested in them. When the demand increases, the value will naturally rise accordingly.

As for how much the increase is, is it not a matter of one sentence?

This involves the transfer operation of the club.

This is almost a must-have skill for all black shops.

Leeds United is also very experienced in this regard.

And Gao Shen has a strong premonition that, on the one hand, it is the year of the World Cup, and on the other hand, if Barcelona appeals and wins the postponement, then this summer is bound to sign wildly.

Well, better beat them up a bit more so they bleed more this summer!