Nine Hundred and Eighth High Ambition

908 lofty ambitions started from coaching Real Madrid

At the advanced level, his every move involves the interests of all parties.

The British media also knew that Gao Shen's wife still lived in Cheshire, so they naturally paid more attention to it. No matter how low-key he was, he would be known by the British media as soon as he returned to Cheshire.

This is actually nothing. For example, when Mourinho was in charge of Real Madrid, he often traveled to and from London, which is normal.

The key is to see how the media reports.

Recently, Manchester City's performance is indeed not satisfactory, and the standings ranking is still below Leeds United. This makes the British media and Manchester City fans begin to miss those days of high-level coaching.

When Gao Shen meets media reporters in Cheshire, he will try his best to give them convenience, but he will also make his own demands.

Don't scribble!

He is now the head coach of Real Madrid and does not want to cause any unnecessary trouble.

The media also know that this is an exchange of interests.

Therefore, when Gao Shen is in Cheshire, he basically needs to eat, drink, and meet friends when he needs to.

For example, he specially delivered two boxes of good wine to Ferguson, and Ferguson's wife, Cathy, also specially cooked a meal for the two of them, entertaining Gao Shen and his wife graciously.

Later, Manchester City's chairman Mubarak, consultant Brian Marwood and others also came over and had a meal with Gao Shen.

During this period of time, media reporters have been following and filming, and Gao Shen didn't hide it, anyway, it was a normal meeting of friends.

But when they met, they mentioned another matter.

...

The market in the entire Premier League has really risen.

According to the assessment given by several banks with football business, including the Rothschild family in the City of London, once the 2013-2016 local broadcasting contract worth 3 billion pounds is signed, the Premier League market will be volatile. It has risen a lot.

"I heard that Kesh Harris from Seymour Pierce Investment Bank contacted you recently?"

At the dinner table, Mubarak suddenly asked with great interest.

Gao Shen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You are really well informed."

Everyone around also smiled, there are actually not many secrets in this business.

The Premier League circle is very small.

Kesh Harris is the biggest player in the football business in the City of London. According to him, almost all foreign acquisitions of English teams have more or less passed through his hands.

Another great man with all-hands and eyes is Rothschild Jr. of the Rothschild Family Bank, but this family is not as powerful as described in a best-selling book, he is just a little famous in the financial city.

"Gene Age"

At least, Gao Shen has seen Rothschild Jr., and his evaluation is not as good as Kesh Harris.

"The royal family of Bahrain is interested in Leeds United." Gao Shen explained.

As early as 2003, the royal family of Bahrain,

When Leeds United was on the verge of bankruptcy, they were already interested in the White Roses, but for some reason, the negotiation failed, and the matter was temporarily put on hold.

Now, as soon as the new three-year broadcast contract of the Premier League was signed, the whole world was shocked.

From 1.7 billion pounds, it suddenly soared to 3 billion pounds. This is only the local copyright, and the copyright outside the mainland is also soaring every year. One can imagine how amazing the entire broadcasting rights of the Premier League will be in the next few years. increase?

It's too late to think of entering the game now.

Of course, it's just slow, not too late.

"What price are they offering?" Mubarak asked with a smile.

"100 million pounds, take 49% of the shares, and inject 50 million pounds every year for the next three years." Gao Shen replied.

Clearly, what the royal family of Bahrain wants is cooperation.

But anyone who has done a little bit of research and investigation can easily find that Leeds United's current foundation is very solid.

From the perspective of the club's administrative department, Leeds United already has a structure that does not lose to the giants. This is a huge investment.

Not to mention anything else, this summer, Leeds United made more than 100 million pounds in sales, but it is still ranked third in the Premier League.

This is of course a flash in the pan, but what is behind it is the team's operational ability.

After Mansour's Abu Dhabi consortium made a fortune buying Manchester City, and Qatar's Paris Saint-Germain made a huge splash, it's no surprise that the Bahrain royal family has rekindled the idea of ​​getting into football.

Especially in the face of the amazing broadcast contract of the Premier League.

Of course, Gao Shen couldn't tell them that this was just the beginning.

But even so, the quotation given by the Bahrain royal family still surprised Mubarak and others.

Too high!

"I remember, you didn't spend much to buy Leeds United, did you?" Marwood said enviously.

If the 100 million pounds is taken away, Gao Shen will be free of wealth directly, so why should he be a head coach?

More importantly, relying on the Bahrain royal family who is not short of money in the future, are you afraid that Leeds United will not be able to get out?

"The structure is small, isn't it?" Gao Shen looked at Marwood and smiled, "We have nearly 100 million pounds in our hands now, and the installment income for the next two years, with the current development momentum of our club, do you think 100 million pounds will be sold? Half of the shares, is it worth it?"

Mubarak and Marwood glanced at each other, and both felt that Gao Shen's words were reasonable, but vaguely felt that Gao Shen's plot was not small, and it didn't look like a simple one. He just wanted to serve as a training factory for the rich .

The current Premier League structure is very obvious, and Manchester City is the only one.

Don't look at Chelsea now ranked first, but everyone knows that Manchester City fell back a little after the peak period last season, and the coaching change caused Pellegrini to need some time to adjust, so he played a little bit. took a nap.

With the strength and confidence of Manchester City, it is unlikely that they want to win the Premier League title from Blue Moon.

...

During the meal, Mubarak also mentioned another consortium interested in Leeds United, the Dubai Investment Group.

This consortium almost bought Liverpool a few years ago, but unfortunately, it was unsuccessful.

Now, seeing Abu Dhabi, which has the same roots and the same origin, is flourishing in the Premier League, it is natural to be jealous and want to enter the game.

But Gao Shen still declined.

He is not even interested in knowing the offer from the Dubai consortium.

"Leeds United is like my own child to me. I am just learning to walk now. I am looking forward to seeing what it will look like when it grows up. This will be a very wonderful process for me." Gao Shen explained.

Mubarak didn't care either, he just conveyed his thoughts to his friends.

Because of the new broadcast contract, there are many foreign consortiums eyeing the Premier League. With the help of their high reputation, Leeds United has naturally become the focus of many investors.

But Mubarak is more interested in the profound.

"You seem to be very optimistic about the prospects for the development of the Premier League."

"Don't you like it?" Gao Shen asked with a smile.

Mubarak smiled.

"I calculated an account. Since 2013, the annual broadcast fee of the Premier League is 1 billion pounds, and overseas copyright sales are about 700 million pounds per year. This number will continue to grow in the future. Overseas copyrights will eventually be equal to local copyrights. Even surpassed."

The key nodes are in the North American market and the Asian market.

These will be the two major areas where the Premier League will focus its efforts in the next few years, and it will also be the area with the fastest growth in Premier League broadcast revenue.

At the same time, it is also an area where Leeds United should focus their efforts.

At present, the team has established an Asian regional office in China, and will also establish an office in North America next.

With the development of the Premier League, these are two big pieces of fat.

"In fact, not counting the transfer income, we basically broke even last season, and this season is expected to reach even, or even have a slight surplus, so we started the construction plan of the new training base, with a budget of 5,000 yuan. to £60 million."

"So high?" Marwood was quite surprised. "Tottenham's training base has built the first indoor training ground in the Premier League. The budget is only 45 million pounds. Do you also plan to build an indoor training ground?"

Manchester City is also under construction, and the specifications are higher than Tottenham. They can even change the site conditions to simulate the away turf.

"Yes, and our youth team stadium has stands, and the player dormitory in the training building is built according to the standard of a five-star hotel. In the future, no matter whether it is a home or away game, if you gather before the game, you will live in the training base. "

At that time, the team's office will also be moved to the training base, and every inch of the Elland Road Stadium, where every inch of land is precious, will be developed and utilized as much as possible to increase the team's match day income.

Calculated in this way, Leeds United's training base will occupy a larger area and have better facilities.

Both Mubarak and Marwood sensed each other's surprise.

High ambitions are no small feat!

With such a good situation right now, especially the high-quality stocks that Leeds United has gradually opened up and is about to usher in a period of rapid development, what reason does Gao Shen have to sell at this time?

What's more, is he short of money?

If he really wanted wealth and freedom, he would have been free long ago.

With the stocks of big companies such as Apple and Penguin, plus the bitcoins in his hands, and real estate in major domestic cities, if Gao Shen really wants wealth and freedom, he can be free every minute.

But that's obviously not what he wanted.

He wants more!

...

As the head coach of Real Madrid, Gao Shen did not stay in Cheshire for too long.

After staying for three days, he returned to Madrid.

But this time, he brought his wife Su Qing, mother, and mother-in-law, and a group of four went south from Cheshire.

According to Su Qing, she just came to see her house.

As for whether to go back to Cheshire after seeing the house, she didn't say anything.

It must be said that the climate in Madrid is really much better than that in the UK.

As soon as they arrived in Madrid, their mother and mother-in-law began to urge Gao Shen to get the house done quickly.

Apparently, they too had had enough of the British weather.

After returning to Madrid, Gao Shen could no longer be idle, and immediately threw himself into the intensive work.

The first is the performance of the international players in the national team and their physical condition.

The next step is to start preparing for the upcoming devil's schedule.

Real Madrid's fourth-round opponent is an away game to Sevilla, which will be a bitter battle, followed by the first two rounds of the Champions League death group, as well as Vallecano, Deportivo and Barcelona.

Every game is a very terribly hard fight.

What is even more troublesome is that Real Madrid's international players, as the core players of their respective national teams, all played a lot of time in the national team, and even played all two games.

After the players had finished playing for the national team and returned to the club after a long journey, Gao Shen had to start cleaning up the mess.

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