Boss Mo took a bad look at Zhuang Ge and naively added, "The last one here is to meet you at the airport in person, Mr. Van Prager, chairman of Ajax Club."
"Uh-huh" knew that Zhuang Ge was indefensible and gave a giggle.
The number of Serie A bosses in this room is much more than Zhuang Ge imagined. Originally, he was invited to attend the meeting. Italian club owners included the top three in the North and others. Unexpectedly, Sampdoria boss mantovani Jr. and old Tanzi, who had retired from Parma, also came.
I should have thought that since the president of Florence can attend this meeting himself, others are naturally eligible to be dragged in by other giants …
Chapter 25 European Club Summit (3)
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After a brief analysis of the composition of the people in this small room, Zhuang Ge divided the six Serie A bosses present.
In the eyes of outsiders, the president invited by Moratti is naturally a partner with Inter Milan, and the "holy alliance" of AC Milan and Juventus has been faintly established after the position of Mo Lao Fox, so it is good with Juventus and Milan. Sampdoria and Parma were naturally drawn into this summit by the two clubs.
"Antonio, you are here" is the most respected Gianni Agnelli among all of you. Although the position of Juventus president has long been handed over to his brother umberto, this boss summit was attended by him personally.
"Hello Grandpa Gianni, it’s really reassuring to see you still in good health." Having lived in Italy for nearly three years, Zhuang Ge naturally knows the unique position of this Italian "godfather" in the Apennine Peninsula.
After World War II, the economy of Italy’s defeated country was in a state of collapse. Gianni Agnelli propped up Italy’s backbone with his extraordinary talent. After World War II, the Italian government changed frequently, but Gianni finally stood still and was praised as "Italy’s eternal institution" by former US Secretary of State Kissinger. Although the protest against Fiat never stopped, almost all Italians knew that it was the Italian godfather who could really stand up and lead them through the difficulties whenever the national economy was in trouble.
It can be said that without Gianni Agnelli, there would be no Italy now
Moreover, Gianni Agnelli’s younger brother umberto Agnelli is different from him. He is very decent in management. At the height of the Italian mafia, he dared to go to the street and declare that he would fight the mafia to the end. During his presidency of Juventus, he rejected the big three, Giraudo. The reason is that Gianni Agnelli thinks that Giraudo is too eager for quick success and instant benefit, which can be said to be unscrupulous. Simply put, he is not good.
This is an old man worthy of his respect, Zhuang Ge judged
Therefore, despite Zhuang Ge’s dislike for Moggi and the fact that the Bianconeri are under the control of the Juventus Big Three, France has no respect for this old man with honest and frank personality and decent style.
"Ha-ha, I can scamper around for a few more years without bothering you as a junior." Gianni Agnelli laughed and said that the old man’s face soon recovered. "Now that Antonio has arrived at the venue on time, it means that the summit will be called on time this afternoon …"
At this point, the old Agnelli paused briefly, as if considering the words, and then continued, "Are you all here today? I mean, it’s mainly to let our bosses from Italy calm down before the meeting and make a joke at the meeting."
"Yes, Mr. Gianni, what should our Italian team do at this meeting? If you want to speak, we young players will naturally follow you. "It’s AC Milan boss silvio berlusconi, who obviously doesn’t dare to put up a fight in front of the famous old Agnelli.
"Ha ha, where do I have any good ideas? I can succeed only by humbly listening to other people’s suggestions and then choosing the best one from them. "Old Agnelli said modestly," What do you think is here? Let’s discuss it first and then discuss it in detail at a formal meeting if it is feasible. "
"Then I’ll say Mr. Gianni first." The first speaker was callisto Tanzi, the boss of Parma. "I hope this meeting can pass the case of expanding the seats in the European Champions League of major leagues."
The main reason why Old Tanzi made this suggestion was that the influence of this meeting was so great that it directly shocked UEFA. After all, if the owners of these clubs really joined together, even UEFA would have no good results. Therefore, UEFA specially sent a representative to attend this meeting and reported the progress and results of the meeting to President Johansson.
"callisto, your suggestion is very good. I think the meeting will definitely discuss this topic … What do you all think?"
See old Tanji took the lead in coming up with his own ideas, and everyone here will no longer be reserved for heated discussions … Finally, including Zhuang Ge, six bosses have reached an agreement on some issues and are going to attack in the afternoon meeting!
As a result, people are not as good as the boss summit. Van Prager presided over the meeting in Taiwan before he came to say some scenes. Manchester United boss Martin Edwards made a speech, which ushered in the first climax before the meeting. "I discussed here to protect the interests of most European teams, but also to let fans see more exciting games. We should expand the number of high-level league teams to participate in the European Champions Cup."
"No, this is absolutely impossible!" As soon as Edwards’ voice fell, there was an objection in the meeting.
Zhuang Ge found that none other than Liverpool, Manchester United’s arch-rival in English football, was the first to raise objections.
Manchester United and Liverpool can be called one of the mortal enemies. Manchester and Liverpool are only over 4 miles away, which constitutes the first element of hostility between the two sides. Secondly, both teams have excellent records in the top leagues in England, and both sides are looking forward to suppressing their opponents; Thirdly, Liverpool is a major city of Irish immigrants, and the citizens mostly believe in Catholicism, while Manchester is a typical English city, believing in the Anglican Church, and the two teams are also incompatible in religious beliefs; Fourth, there are many businessmen in Liverpool, but many working-class people in Manchester don’t look at each other. It is precisely because of these four reasons that Manchester and Liverpool are hostile to each other that the "Northwest Derby" between them can be called the hottest and fiercest derby in English football.
Therefore, although the owners of these two clubs are both from the Premier League, it seems that the hatred between Manchester United and Liverpool has risen to a considerable height. If one side gives an opinion, the other side will not hesitate to find various reasons for sarcasm and retaliation …
"Why not?" Edwards was also angered by the Liverpool boss at this time and asked rudely
"Er … I just can’t!"
You!’ If Edwards is not old enough to do strenuous exercise now, he really doesn’t mind having a real PK with Liverpool people.
Chapter 259 European Club Summit (4)
"Okay, okay, let’s stop arguing. Can’t we sit down and talk in a friendly way?" At this time, I can act as a peacemaker. Naturally, there was a meeting host, Van Prager. "Chairman Morse, please control your emotions. This meeting is not a place for you to duel with Mr. Edwards."
David Morse didn’t change his role just now, or did he meet in the Premier League? He found himself lost, and Morse couldn’t wait to find a crack in the ground. After all, now he represents Liverpool Football Club.
In fact, Edwards just discussed that everyone here is quite in favor of the expansion of the Champions League, which is beneficial to most teams present. After all, a large number of strong teams will inevitably make the Champions League already very high, so the teams participating in the Champions League will naturally get more profits than they do now.
Chairman David Morse of Liverpool expressed his opposition on the one hand because of the feud between Manchester United and Liverpool, and on the other hand, because even if the Champions League expansion test is carried out, the runner-up of the four major leagues will be included. Liverpool ranked behind his arch-rival Manchester United in the season, and now the Premier League leader is Newcastle Morse. Of course, he will object.
Soon, two clubs (six Serie A clubs, four La Liga teams, five Premier League clubs, two Bundesliga clubs, Ajax and Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco) presided over the meeting, and the owners voted on the Edwards proposal. Finally, 16 votes in favor, two votes against and two votes against were passed.
The representative sent by UEFA to attend the meeting looked at the scene in the meeting room and groaned in his heart. This unfortunate man can already imagine that when he reported his working hours after the meeting, he was scolded by UEFA President Johansson. Although it was not him, this feeling was not good!
Zhuang Ge knows that these so-called "resolutions" made at the current meeting have no practical significance and effect, but in this era when the Bosman Act comes, UEFA can’t help but take care of the emotions of most giants and compromise on these matters-after all, there are one or more big families behind the giants. If Johansson really doesn’t care about these "public opinions", then it is really possible for these giants to leave UEFA alone. Isn’t that how the famous European Champions Cup started?
(Note: In 1954, some European teams were going to hold the European Champions Cup, but at that time, UEFA insisted on holding the Expo Cup, which was the predecessor of the UEFA Cup, so it was not interested in the Champions Cup, which made the club forget about it. As a result, everyone saw that the UEFA Cup was always the highest level competition in the club, and whether the UEFA Cup was a second-rate competition during the three major European cups or after the reform)
Uefa is a non-governmental organization, and it is only a little more effort for these rich and powerful giants to re-create an event themselves. However, without these giants, the UEFA flag three major cups would be in name only, and these officials can’t afford such economic losses.
Therefore, UEFA’s attitude towards this summit of European giants and bosses is very simple. If you want these clubs to participate in the three major European cups, then everything else can be discussed, otherwise it will be more than just sending an observer to attend …
After finishing the first topic, Arsenal boss Hilwood was unwilling to be lonely, and then Manchester United made a suggestion. He hoped that FIFA could unify the national team’s match day, so that the team would always be removed from the main players because of various inexplicable national team competitions during the league tournament, so that the team could play in the best condition.
Boy, the results of these guys in the Premier League haven’t been made yet, but there are quite a few requirements. Sitting with a group of Italian bosses, Zhuang Ge sneers in his heart.
However, it’s also good to have Premier League teams rushing ahead to be Depth Charge’s own side, so you can bear a lot less pressure.
As there is no unification at this time, there are quite a few clubs that suffered from FIFA match day, so this issue was naturally passed by vote.
Then the topic is more complicated, and some miscellaneous things are turned out by these rich bosses to bask in the sun, such as …
"Our club pays the players wages, but the players are often injured in the national team, so the club always suffers from economic losses. I think UEFA and FIFA should make a certain amount of compensation for the injured players in the national team competition. It is best to formulate a regulation so that the players can claim compensation from the national football associations to which they belong." This time, AC Milan boss Silvio Berlusconi spoke. It seems that the media tycoon is full of resentment that his players have been repeatedly called up to play in the national team.
It is also true that in Berlusconi’s conceit, AC Milan is absolutely capable of regaining the title of the league last season. It is because of the repeated deployment of players by various national teams that Milan often can’t make up the strongest match that the team now ranks second in the league.
"agree!"
"That’s right! This should have been done a long time ago! These national teams often forcibly transfer our players back or a wounded number to make our team suffer losses in vain! "
So Berlusconi’s proposal was successfully passed.
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With the passage of time, the meeting was passed, and more and more UEFA representatives were sweating on their backs.
"Ahem ….." It’s almost time to discuss the theme of the meeting. Van Prager, who presided over the second summit in Taiwan, coughed twice to signal everyone present to keep quiet. "Now I’m going to announce the last topic of the summit, which is to set up a strategic alliance composed of a certain number of football clubs to communicate with UEFA and FIFA, so that our clubs will no longer be in a weak position but have an equal voice in the contest with them!"
Holy cow, can it be said that the "soccer utopia"-G14 organization appeared four years before this little butterfly incited itself? After hearing Van Prager’s words, Zhuang Ge suddenly flashed such an idea in his mind.
Coach, this is unscientific!
G14 was born before Chapter 26 ()
Big event! Originally, this boss summit was just a gathering of tycoons to put pressure on UEFA. I didn’t expect them to unite to create an organization to fight UEFA!
This is what the observer sent by UEFA thinks at this time. His IQ can naturally be thought that when G14 was established, UEFA’s original high position and unquestionable prestige will be greatly affected.
At the same time, Zhuang Ge was surprised to be born four years before the G14 organization, which is a major event with the change rate of the world line exceeding 1%!
However, if there are these teams, it seems that they are not very persuasive after establishing a strategic alliance, right?
Zhuang Ge looked at these clubs in the venue now. They are representatives from Italian teams, including the top three in the North, Parma, Sampdoria and their own Florence. La Liga is represented by Real Madrid, Barcelona, La Coruna and Atletico Madrid; There are two invited Bundesliga clubs, namely Bayern Munich, the unified giant, and Dortmund, which has recently risen strongly; The Premier League is more wonderful. It is understandable that Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool came to Zhuang Ge, but among their representatives are Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa, two teams that have long since lost their scenery. Isn’t this a chilling person?
It is true that Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa have glorious histories, especially the former, which created four consecutive unbeaten league games in the early 1990s. The two European Champions Cup trophies declared that the forest team had swept Europe in the past. In this respect, other teams invited to attend the summit are not necessarily much more brilliant than these two clubs. For example, there is a Champions Cup in Barcelona and a Champions Cup in Dortmund …
However, the current situation of these two clubs is not optimistic. Nottingham Forest was unfortunately relegated in the first season of the Premier League, and has not won a league title for more than ten years. Aston Villa also won the runner-up in the first year of the Premier League, and the league ranked outside the top ten in the next two seasons, not to mention the giants, and even called it a strong team reluctantly.
Let’s take a look at the teams invited by other leagues, such as Monaco, Florence, Parma, etc., which can participate in this meeting because of their outstanding achievements in Europe in recent years rather than the so-called glorious history.
After all, the so-called strategic alliance of European giants is not based on the so-called history, but on whether these clubs are worthy of the title of "giants"
However, since we talked about the topic of "establishing strategic alliance", it means that there is no need to continue the meeting at this time, because although the owners of the teams present have a lot of energy, they obviously represent the whole European football-less in the case that Portugal and Belgium, the football powers, did not send representatives to attend the meeting, the establishment of a strategic alliance representing the interests of European teams seems to be not so justified.
So on the first day of Van Prager’s hosting of the second boss summit, the meeting came to an end and the topic of establishing a strategic alliance was left to be solved slowly in the next few days.