Team Spirit

Chapter 45: A Match Worth £60,000

As Ferguson's biggest rival, Wenger had several private meetings with Ferguson.

On one occasion, Ferguson showed him a photo and said that when he took over Manchester United, the first person who shouted to drag Liverpool off the throne was not him, but another person.

Ferguson just dreamed someone else's dream!
The person who creates dreams is the truly brave one.

Now, the other party is standing opposite him.

This time he created an even more incredible dream, no...

Wenger handed the trophy to Lu Kai.

This time, the one who created the dream was the child in front of him!
Players from both teams then went on stage to receive their medals.

Dartford Royal VCD even lifted the championship trophy and took a group photo with the whole team.

The trophy was raised by Lu Kai himself.

Because the other players seem a little unable to bear the weight of this trophy.

……

Sky Sports: "Green Guns win the Kent Senior Cup at the Red Guns' home ground! A ninth-level young player boasts that he wants to play in the Premier League!"

BBC: "Lu Kai crowned King of Highbury, so proud of himself that he refused to be recruited by Wenger!"

Manchester Evening News: "Manchester United's youth academy is on the move! The King of Green Guns refuses to be stained, Lu Kai says he will not return to Arsenal!"

The Times: "Forgive Lu Kai, he's only fourteen! This is an age where he's likely to make any irrational decision!"

Kicker: "This is hard to comment on! Lu Kai exposes the cruel dark side of Europe's youth football training system, hoping to use youth for more meaningful things!"

Fox Sports: "Arsenal didn't even say thank you, ugh... didn't even apologize to Lu Kai??? Does Lu Kai think he's the president?"

Sports Weekly: "Stupid! Lu Kai's behavior is tantamount to choosing Beida Jade Bird over Hengshui Middle School and Chengdu No. 7 Middle School!"

Football News: "The Chinese National Youth Team was right not to call up Lu Kai. This kid's intellectual development is clearly abnormal. With such a good opportunity, he should have kneeled down to join Arsenal. Dignity is shit!"

dispute.

Curse.

Do not understand.

After the Kent Senior Cup, Dartford was put in the spotlight.

People have been calling them the "ninth-tier Premier League team".

The Kent Premier League also stood out from the fourteen ninth-level leagues, with the attention it received being thirteen times higher!
Especially the final title game between Dartford and Horndean.

The ticket booking phone for the Pond Stadium has been flooded with calls.

People want to see what magic this team has that can make Lu Kai reject Arsenal.

Kent Chao directly contacted Dartford's commercial director, Jiang Mengyun.

We hope to move this game to a larger stadium to maximize its commercial value.

They contacted Pressfield Stadium, the home of English League Two team Gillingham Football Club.

Hopefully the game can be held there.

Of course Jiang Mengyun disagreed, because this would make the team lose its home advantage.

Lu Kai said unless you pay more money!
Due to the tight time, the Kent County Football Association agreed to all the conditions offered by Lu Kai without any hesitation.

Including ticket revenue sharing and broadcasting fee sharing.

Yes, the BBC will actually broadcast this ninth-level match.

This was also the first time the BBC broadcast a league below the fifth level.

……

"what!!!"

In the convenience store, Jiang Mengyun excitedly jumped onto Lu Kai, and Lu Kai spun her around several times.

"We're rich now! You actually did it! We can pay off our debts!" ​​Jiang Mengyun cried with joy. "Xiao Kai, you don't know. A debt of 10,000 pounds is like a mountain, weighing me down. I can't even breathe right now."

Lu Kai was very calm: "If you hold me less tightly and don't press down on your chest, maybe you can catch your breath and breathe more easily."

Jiang Mengyun blushed, and then she realized that the two of them had gone a little too far.

She quickly got off Lu Kai.

The Kent County Football Association is really here to give money this time.

The ballot said 17,000 tickets were sold.

Not to mention the ninth level, even at the fifth level, I have never heard of a game that can sell 17,000 tickets.

According to the profit-sharing agreement they had agreed on, Dartford would receive £30,000 in revenue.

In addition, the BBC's share of the broadcast is 20,000 pounds.

Including the Kent Senior Cup championship prize money, the team will soon have £65,000 in their account.

This is not over yet!

Hornding also had objections to the change in stadium location. In order to appease them, the Kent Football Association increased the reward for this season's Kent Premier League championship from one thousand pounds to ten thousand pounds.

In the last league game, as long as Hornding does not lose, they will be the champions. They are two points ahead of Dartford.

But if Dartford wins, they can come back to the top and have the same chance of getting the 10,000 pounds.

At this moment, Jiang Mengyun understood how profitable the football business was.

This does not include the various revenues from her convenience store and the team's peripheral expenses.

Lu Kai's decision to buy Dartford was absolutely the right one.

"Kay."

Outside the store, Ashley Young and others knocked on the door.

Lu Kai took a look and found that they were the "Five Tigers with Yellow Discs and Green Guns" that he recruited in the second half of the season.

"Make some milk tea." Lu Kai asked Jiang Mengyun to go and do her thing, while he and the Five Tigers sat in the store.

The atmosphere was slightly awkward.

Ashley Young spoke first: "Kai, I'm sorry about what happened on the day we won the championship. I was a deserter and didn't shout those words with you."

Eastwood was also a little embarrassed: "The atmosphere in the team has been a little off these days. I feel like I can't keep running away like this, so..."

Barton was direct: "The main thing is we can't stay in Dartford forever."

Lu Kai quickly stopped talking: "No, no, no, I think I need to clarify something."

"It's my dream to lead Dartford to the Premier League. After all, I'm the chairman of this club and this is what I should do."

"But I don't want to tie your lives down to this, and I won't do that."

"Remember what we talked about when you joined Dartford? I will always support you in chasing your dreams."

"If there's a better opportunity, I hope you'll take it, rather than being constrained by our personal relationship or something like that."

After Lu Kai said this, everyone felt much more relaxed.

Barton said frankly: "I may go to several clubs for trial in the summer, preferably the first team. I'm tired of waiting in the youth team. Of course, if it is Manchester United's youth team, I can consider it."

Eastwood: "I also want to join a Premier League youth team, any team will do."

Duff: "I hope to play in the professional league. A friend recommended me to a League Two team. I should be able to get a trial opportunity."

Ashley Young was about to say that Watford's academy had reconnected with him, but Tomas Madeira spoke first:
"Well...Arsenal contacted me."

(End of this chapter)