Football giants

Chapter 131

When it comes to summer transfers, Nicola Cortez looks cautious.

He feels that Southampton's strength is too strong now, let alone in the League One, even if they are promoted to the English Championship, it is basically difficult to meet opponents, and it will be a matter of time before they can be promoted to the Premier League.

From the perspective of running a team, Nicola Cortez believes that there is no need to introduce stars.

Because the introduction of stars represents a further increase in the team's operating costs.

"Master Huan, I have also discussed this issue with Bielsa. He is very satisfied with the current status of the team."

Yang Huan looked at Nicola Cortez and listened to his opinion.

"I think, with our current strength, there is still a great hope of promotion in the English Championship next season, and more importantly, our current debt situation is already very serious. Financially, I am afraid..."

Southampton's income is not high, it can even be said to be very little.

Although it has attracted many sponsors, it has also attracted famous brand sponsors including Heineken Beer and Citibank, and is currently actively negotiating about jersey sponsorship for the next season, including Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Puma and other brands are very interested in Southampton.

From a financial point of view, Southampton is indeed seriously unable to make ends meet. Among other things, Ibrahimovic's annual salary of close to 1000 million pounds is enough to make Southampton bear heavy debt pressure.

From this point of view, there is really no need to introduce superstars again.

Wear as big a head as you want. Southampton is a low-level league team after all. A superstar like Zlatan Ibrahimovic is already very dazzling. If you introduce another one, the effect may not be obvious, but may be weakened.

However, the introduction of high-quality players is imperative.

"Nicholas, financially, I don't think there will be a big problem."

Yang Huan believes that with the improvement of the team's performance, Southampton's finances are gradually improving.

The node is the season when the team is promoted to the Premier League.

"From next season, Heineken will sponsor £300 million, and Citibank intends to renew the contract for one year with a guarantee of £700 million, but my psychological price is £900 million. This requires us to continue signing to gain the confidence of the sponsors and increase the bargaining chip in the negotiation."

Nicola Cortez was a little puzzled, because the chest advertising sponsorship of 900 million pounds is indeed too high, especially considering that Southampton next season will still be in the English Championship, not the top Premier League.

But it is not impossible, after all, sponsors want advertising value.

Sometimes, the advertising value that low-level leagues can create is higher than that of the Premier League.

It seems that Southampton beat Arsenal this time, and the shock and advertising effect caused are obviously higher.

"Umbro's £500 million is too low. We need to get in touch with other jersey sponsors. We will continue to strengthen signings next season to ensure that the team is promoted to the Premier League."

This is exactly what Nicola Cortes thought.

Chest advertising and jersey sponsorship, these are the two major sources of commercial operating income for any team.

"Combined with some of our existing sponsors, we will be able to obtain commercial income of nearly 2000 million pounds from the field of commercial sponsorship next season, coupled with our ticket and match day income, financial income will likely create a new high."

Southampton's attendance rate is full, and every home game in the League One is full of seats. Although the ticket revenue cannot be compared with Manchester United, Arsenal and other amazing giants, it is still quite good.

According to Yang Huan's preliminary estimate, the total amount of ticket and game day income, as well as the existing commercial sponsorship contract income, exceeds 6000 million pounds. However, Southampton will be in the English Championship next season, and there is still a lot of commercial potential to be further tapped.

But the problem is also quite obvious. Southampton's salary expenditure this season is nearly 5000 million pounds.

Many young players have performed very well this season, and it is imperative to renew their contracts and raise their salaries. Yang Huan has already asked Nicola Cortes to prepare for the renewal of contracts and salary increases for many players.

As a result, the salary expenditure for the next season will exceed 6000 million pounds.

Coupled with the cost of building a new training base, if they invest heavily in signings, Southampton's debt will be further increased, and may even exceed [-] million pounds.

One hundred million pounds!

How much did Yang Huan pay when he bought Southampton?
Nicola Cortez was born as a banker, and his policy is to operate in a healthy and thrifty manner, so his philosophy is to maintain the current status quo next season, or in other words, to ensure the competitiveness of the team, only to leave but not to enter.

But Yang Huan didn't see it that way.

In his view, football has always been a money-burning business. The key question is whether the money is worth burning.

"I have received news that the broadcast share of the Premier League in a single season is as low as 4000 million pounds, and the highest even reaches 6000 million pounds. I can guarantee that the value of the next Premier League broadcast contract will be half of the existing one."

If Yang Huan remembers correctly, the next Premier League broadcast contract will ensure that even the bottom-ranked teams can earn at least 6000 million pounds, while the middle-ranked teams will earn at least 8000 million pounds.

If it ranks upstream, it is very hopeful that it will exceed [-] million.

Therefore, for Southampton, how much money is burned now is not the key.

The key is to rush to the Premier League at the fastest speed and gain a firm foothold!

"Turn it in half?" Nicola Cortez was a little stunned.

Now the Premier League broadcast fee is already quite high, if it has to be doubled again, isn't that outrageous?

"You have to have a concept, Nicholas!" Yang Huan smiled lightly, "Football is always a scarce resource. As long as there are fans in this world, football will always be the object of commercial capital."

From a certain point of view, the number of football fans has always been on the rise.

Not only in the Chinese and Asian markets, but even in the US market with the highest spending power, the number of fans is rapidly increasing.

But the Premier League has always only had those [-] teams, and the seats have not changed!
There have always been so few wealthy teams!

Anyone who has studied business understands what this means.

And what Yang Huan wants to do most now is to use his powerful identity as a time traveler to create a strong team capable of competing with top giants before it becomes invalid.

As for how much money to burn, it is not in his consideration for the time being.

"This is the list of signings I drafted, and you will operate according to this list."

Yang Huan took a piece of paper from Long Wu's hand, on which were written the names of the players and the clubs they belonged to.

"Although we are eager for talents, we are not being taken advantage of. As long as the price is acceptable, you can talk about it, or even take it directly."

Nicola Cortes took over the list from Yang Huan.

When he opened it, he was a little stunned.

Although there are no famous superstars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the list, there are still many stars, and some are even hot stars, facing competition from many top teams. If such a player is to be won, the transfer fee will definitely be bleeding.

"Master Huan, this..." Nicola Cortez was in trouble. This is the rhythm of spending tens of millions of pounds, or even over [-] million.

Yang Huan waved his hand, "Don't worry, you can go ahead and talk about it. Funding is not a problem."

Nicola Cortes could only smile wryly.

It seems that Master Huan is determined to burn money.

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Imissedyousobad (I always miss you so much),

Imissedyousobad (I always miss you so much),

Imissedyousosobad (I always miss you so much),

Beforeyoucameintomylife (before you came into my life),
Imissedyousobad (I always miss you so much),

Andyoushouldknowthat (you should know that),

Socallme, meybe (call me if you can).

……

In the recording studio, Lin Yuner used her sweet and refreshing voice to sing a lively, lively, playful and beautiful melody.

After singing the song [Callmemaybe], standing outside the recording room, Josh, a famous arranger specially invited from the United States, applauded vigorously.

"Good singing!"

Lin Yuner in the recording studio took off the earphones she was wearing on her head, and showed a playful smile to Josh, Li Zhushan, Uncle Bird and others outside, and gave a thumbs up to the people outside.

When she came out from inside, everyone immediately greeted her.

"Singing is great!" Josh was full of praise.

"Especially the chorus part of this song, it's very ear-catching, and it matches your voice very well, it's as sweet and clingy as fruit candy, and it's easy to get hooked once you hear it!"

"Really, Teacher Josh?" Lin Yuner was also very happy to hear such a high evaluation.

Josh nodded with a smile, "The melody is simple and catchy, the rhythm is brisk, and the lyrics are short and powerful. It does have the potential to be popular."

Generally speaking, songs that are too awkward to pronounce are difficult to become popular.

"Of course!" Bird Uncle Du Ziteng laughed at the side, "Master Huan personally composed the music and wrote the lyrics. If it doesn't become popular, it will be unreasonable."

Now he admires Yang Huan so much that he worships him like a god.

It has been ten days since Josh came to England. From Uncle Psy, Li Zhushan, Lin Yuner and others, he has heard the name of Master Huan a lot. He is also full of curiosity about the person behind the scenes who personally made Uncle Psy the superstar.

Unfortunately, Yang Huan has not been in the UK recently.

"I think the arrangement of this song should be in a playful and pure style. Recently, there has been such a trend in the American music scene, but it is not obvious, and it fits Yoona's image very well."

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

Yang Huan once said that Lin Yuner was born with the pure face of a heroine in a literary film, if she doesn't follow this route, she will be useless.

"Okay, then I'll trouble Teacher Josh." Lin Yuner nodded and smiled at Josh politely.

"You're welcome." Josh left first, and he still had to think about how to arrange the music.

Watching Josh leave, Du Ziteng looked at Lin Yuner enviously.

"Yun'er, it doesn't seem long, you, a pure goddess, may become more popular than me."

"Where is it?" Lin Yun'er smiled modestly and shyly.

"Master Huan clearly wants to praise you. As long as Master Huan wants to praise you, I firmly believe that you will be popular."

Du Ziteng was full of confidence in Yang Huan, "Oh, but speaking of it, Master Huan said that this year, we will have another Divine Comedy for us. I'm really looking forward to it."

With Jiangnan Style becoming popular, Yang Huan decided to release a single for Du Ziteng every year.

Now, it’s already [-], the popularity of Gangnam Style is still going on, the click rate on Youtube is also rising, and the number of downloads on the Apple Music Store is also increasing rapidly, but Du Ziteng feels that it is time to start preparing for the new single.

But he didn't dare to urge Yang Huan.

Everyone knows that Young Master Huan is busy, so who dares to rush him?

When Yang Huan was mentioned, Lin Yuner's heart warmed up, but she felt a little empty.

She hadn't seen Yang Huan for nearly half a month.

"Uncle Bird, I heard that Master Huan has returned," Lin Yun'er said with a timid shyness on her face.

"Well, I'm back. I watched a football match in London last night." Du Ziteng also watched the football match.

"Then... is he coming back today?" Lin Yuner was a little excited.

She didn't know why, but she just wanted to see him.

But every time I saw it, I didn't know what to say.

You can't just stand there stupidly and don't talk, can you?

"Who knows?" Du Ziteng was also uncertain about Yang Huan's temper.

Lin Yun'er pursed her lips delicately, her charming eyes revealed anticipation.

Just at this time, Paul Yarrow, a fat man, ran up from the stairwell, out of breath, and shouted whenever he saw anyone.

"Master Huan is here, Master Huan is here!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard it.

"Master Huan is here?" Du Ziteng was full of surprises.

"Is it really here?" Lin Yun'er took a step forward and asked nervously.

Paul Yarrow liked the feeling of being noticed, he smiled, "Come on, I just saw him get off the car and go upstairs."

"Ah!" Lin Yun'er lost her voice, turned around and ran away.

"Hey, Yoona, where are you going?"

Of course Lin Yun'er would not say that she was going to wash up, she was sweating from singing just now, she was not willing to go out to meet people like this.

"I... will come as soon as I go."

Du Ziteng had a strange expression on his face, "Just now I was talking about whether I would come, but now the person came, but I ran away."

He was a little unpredictable and laughed dumbly, "Oh, this woman's heart is really a needle in the sea!"

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