Chapter 204 Signings! Choose handsome guys! What a great deal! 【Subscribe】
After all the giant teams develop to a certain level, they will inevitably face a very realistic problem.
Overcapacity of talent!
The talents here include the top talents.
It’s like the Chinese in Bayswater, the youth training side is constantly being trained, but the young players here in the first team are gradually oversupply.
After signing Tony Cross and Kevin De Bruyne, the midfielder has Matuidi, Rakitic, Aaron Ramsey, Ngolo Kante, Paul Pogba and others. .
Let’s look at the youth team again. The talented teenager Sterling has made his mark and Harry Kane has also become famous.
For the Beswater Chinese, the competition for talent in the team is already very fierce.
It may even turn into vicious competition at any time.
By then, young players would not get the chance to play, resulting in their growth being less than expected.
This is all a loss for Yang Cheng, the club and the players!
Such situations will happen to all giant teams.
Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayern are everywhere.
It's a pity to sell the player.
With such good potential, you can definitely sell at a high price after a few years of training.
The solution given by many giant teams is: satellite club.
This is not the first creation of Yang Cheng, but it has always existed.
For example, Real Madrid has a close relationship with many La Liga teams, including Getafe.
Manchester United has satellite clubs in countries such as Belgium.
There have been rumors before that Chelsea acquired Eindhoven in the Eredivisie, and Alex was sent to Eindhoven to level up.
But satellite clubs also have many disadvantages.
Yang Cheng has been thinking about this issue repeatedly since a long time ago.
Acquisition of clubs and group operations is undoubtedly a very good choice.
In his previous life, including Manchester City's City Group, Udinese, Granada, Watford acquired by the Pozzo family, and several clubs held by Red Bull Group, were undoubtedly group operations.
But they also have some problems.
For example, Manchester City's City Group.
Before Yang Cheng traveled through time, the City Group held 10 clubs, and the tenth old one was Troyes of France.
The City Group's operation on Troyes is very interesting.
They promote globalization and group management very simply and rudely.
In addition to unified jerseys, for example, they hired executives from Disney Paris to run the club.
A group of redundant staff were introduced from Manchester City, but they were unable to play in the game.
The head coach is even more outrageous, and he directly introduced a head coach from Australia who had never coached in Europe.
Even after achieving an "invincible" record of 5 draws and 14 losses in 19 rounds, fans shouted that get out of class was to be dismissed. The answer from Troyes management was, "Everything must be followed by the group's command."
The final result was that Troye was relegated and did not change his coach.
This matter between Manchester City and Troyes is actually very worthy of thinking.
There is no doubt about the advantages of group operations.
For example, the youth training system, scouting network and training system that the Chinese are most proud of today can be replicated.
Since it is informatization, it is not difficult to replicate all of this.
The Chinese in Bayswater can even arrange personnel to come and "open the mine".
After all the resources are shared, the little brothers club can save a huge amount of investment.
This has been repeatedly verified by the Bethwater Chinese in the satellite training center of the youth training system.
When the youth training system is shared with the scouting network, the younger club can gain amazing development advantages.
This is just the competitive level.
At the business level, Bethwater Chinese have strong brand appeal, and investment resources are simply not something that small clubs can imagine.
Not to mention anything else, just talk about the main sponsor, such as jersey sponsorship.
When the Bethwater Chinese are talking to giant companies such as Nike, Adidas, Puma, etc., they only need to add their younger brother's club, even if only two or three million euros seep out of their fingers.
This is very attractive to clubs like Nice in France.
Not to mention, the Bethwater Chinese have so many resources on hand.
By then, will Nice's revenue level still be like this now?
And on the other hand, why did the cooperation between Manchester City and Troyes have such a bad situation?
The reason is that Manchester City copied it too simply and rudely without considering the localized elements of football.
For example, isn’t it ridiculous to hire an Australian who has no experience in coaching in European football as the head coach?
The team's performance is already so bad, and it has not been adjusted in time. Everything must follow the will of the group. Isn't this nonsense?
The biggest difference between the football industry and other industries is that football is full of uncertainty.
Yang Cheng can actually understand the concerns of the city group.
Giving each club too much autonomy can easily become a mountain.
This is actually a big problem in modern enterprise management.
Urban groups are in the stage of blind rapid expansion and have no time to consider these issues.
In fact, localization of football is a very critical link.
Not to mention the city group, after Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco were first acquired by foreign capital, although they brought a large number of high-level foreign players, greatly enhancing the influence of Ligue 1, why did their reputations be so bad?
Because they did not feed back to Ligue 1!
All the transfer fees are spent on other leagues. What does the Ligue 1 team get?
How many benefits can these Ligue 1 teams that are about to be crushed by debts get from teams such as Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco?
Later, Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco adjusted their strategies in time and began to increase their signing efforts in Ligue 1.
It is precisely because I learned about these in my previous life that Yang Cheng’s current idea is to adhere to localized characteristics under the overall situation of group operations.
For example, Nice.
From a competitive level, this club is backed by the French youth training treasure house and has a huge talent reserve in Africa. It must insist on youth training and talent training.
The Chinese in Bethwater will gradually build themselves into a top-notch family next.
Under such circumstances, Nice will take on more tasks of youth training and talent training.
As for how to balance the two, we need to continue to explore in the next business.
Therefore, Yang Cheng will not learn from Manchester City's city group, and will not blindly expand rapidly, but will make steady progress.
First run a branch well, find out a mature management experience, and then slowly spread it out.
Nice in French Ligue 1 is the first branch that Yang Cheng chose.
Why Nice?
In addition to what Yang Cheng said before, Nice is very cheap, Yang Cheng has many other considerations.
Behind the cheapness, it means investment.
For example, a training center and a youth training center, this is what you must do after taking over.
This investment is also quite a few.
The important reason why Yang Cheng chose Ligue 1 in the first stop is that in 2011, with the acquisition of Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco by the Qatar Consortium and the Russian Consortium as the node, Ligue 1 will usher in a new era.
As foreign capital continues to enter, Ligue 1 will also rise with the rise.
It is now 2010, and buying in advance is undoubtedly a very suitable node.
Secondly, it is really super cost-effective to buy Nice now.
Why did Yang Cheng delay until this year?
In fact, he has been looking for the league and the team long ago.
But it was not until May 28 this year that France officially obtained the right to host the 2016 European Cup that Yang Cheng began to lock in Nice.
Why?
After obtaining the right to host the European Cup, France will start to choose the European Cup city.
As the fifth largest city in France and the most beautiful international business card outside of Paris, Nice will also become one of the host cities of the European Cup.
But Nice's current municipal stadium facilities are too old and the capacity is too small.
Therefore, in Yang Cheng's previous life, in 2011, the French government and the Nice Municipal Government jointly built a brand new football stadium.
The capacity of this stadium reaches 35,000 people, more than twice the municipal stadium currently used in Nice.
Moreover, all kinds of facilities are more complete and advanced.
Although the ownership still does not belong to the club, you can learn from the case of Manchester City renting a city stadium and directly get the long-term lease right. This is not much different from holding it yourself.
Xia Qing did a survey and said that with the current price of Nice's tickets, there is about 20,000 more people per year. If they can all be filled, there will be 600,000 euros in each game and more than 10 million euros in each season.
After considering all factors, Yang Cheng believed that winning Nice is definitely a very cost-effective deal.
And it can stand a flag in France's treasure house of football talents.
Yang Cheng believes that the current Bethwater Chinese have sufficient abilities, resources and experience to support a Ligue 1 team that focuses on cultivating young players!
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Lin Zhongqiu is a very cautious person.
Although Yang Chengyin had a lot of information obtained from his previous life, after listening to Yang Cheng's long-term plan, Lin Zhongqiu still felt very hopeful and felt that this business could really be done.
But why do you need to let the Yang Group do it?
After hearing this question, Yang Cheng laughed.
"It's very simple. UEFA has regulations that two clubs that belong to the same boss cannot participate in the same event."
Lin Zhongqiu felt a little confused when he first heard it.
What's the meaning?
If Young Group acquires Nice, isn’t it the same boss as Bethwater Chinese?
Isn’t this an obvious thing?
"If you say that, that's not wrong, but, from a legal perspective, what does these two clubs have to do with each other?"
Yang Cheng asked back.
"Baswater Chinese are mine now. They have no relationship with my dad and have nothing to do with the Yang Group."
"At most, China Umbro, a subsidiary of Yang's Group, sponsored our jersey cuff advertisements, that's all."
"What does Yang's Group acquires Ligue 1 Nice have to do with me? I don't work for Yang's Group."
"I even asked Yang Group to come forward, but I still wanted to help my dad advertise and let Yang Group show off again."
"If it is not, I can still operate it through various methods such as trust holding and entrusting holding."
Yang Cheng's words are really fine.
With UEFA's ability, they have no way to regulate the capital field.
For example, Yang Cheng’s Red Bull Group and Pozo family in his previous life.
In addition, like Volkswagen, Audi, and Adidas, they can actually influence many clubs at the same time, especially Bundesliga clubs.
Does UEFA have any solution to this?
Everyone knows that in the face of capital operation, this clause cannot be said to be meaningless, but it really has little practical significance.
If Yang Cheng really acquired Nice in French Ligue 1, all Europe knows that he is the actual controller of Bethwater Chinese and Nice, so what?
As long as there is no relationship between the two on the legal level and equity, there is no problem.
Family?
Then go and have a look at La Liga.
The two brothers hold two top league clubs and play in the Champions League at the same time. Are there no one?
Just like Red Bull Group acquires Red Bull Leipzig.
The whole world knows that it is owned by Red Bull Group and is the same boss as Salzburg Red Bull.
But legally, Red Bull Leipzig is a member holding shares and the funds come from commercial sponsorship. Isn’t this illegal?
However, all the members who hold shares are from Red Bull Group.
What's the matter?
What's the problem?
This is still the Bundesliga that is known as the most demanding entry!
If Yang Cheng was interested in the Bundesliga team, he would also replicate this operation.
This is called: taking the road of Red Bull, leaving Red Bull with no way out.
As long as it is a regulation, there will definitely be loopholes to be exploited.
This is hard to defend against!
Yang Cheng was not worried about these things at all.
"Then how much money are you planning to buy this club?" Lin Zhongqiu asked with concern.
"What do you think?" Yang Cheng asked back without answering.
"The other party asked for 10 million euros, but I think it would cost 8 million euros."
Yang Chenghan nodded with a smile, "Then let's get in touch first and do some due diligence."
Only after due diligence can you clearly understand Nice's financial status and assets.
But for Yang Cheng, he felt that the price of 8 million euros was still expensive.
The most important thing is that Nice does not have many fixed assets.
Yang Cheng has a reference in his heart.
In his previous life, Marseille, a French Ligue 1 giant, was sold for only 45 million euros when it was sold in 2016.
You know, that's the price after Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco burned money and the French Ligue 1 successfully held the European Cup.
In 2011, as the capital team, the Qatar consortium acquired 70% of Paris Saint-Germain's shares, which only cost 50 million euros, and 20 million euros of which were used to repay debts.
Also in 2011, Russian billionaire Rebonolev acquired Monaco, which was demoted to French Ligue 2, and only symbolically spent 1 euro to complete the deal.
Of course, whether it is the acquisition of Marseille by the US consortium or Rebnolev by Monaco, they all promise how much money they will invest in the next few years to ensure the team's competitiveness.
But from these acquisitions, we can see that the Ligue 1 team is now a hot potato.
Let’s talk about other teams aside, just talk about Nice.
Nice was first acquired in 1990 by Milan Mandaric, a tycoon with dual nationality from Serbia and the United States.
Maybe many people are not familiar with this person, but he is a speculator who specializes in trading clubs.
Nice made him make his first pot of gold and cashed out and sold it in 1995.
In 1998, he acquired Portsmouth and cashed out and sold it in 2007.
After selling the Pompeii Legion, he turned around and bought Leicester City.
He is now the chairman of Leicester City.
In Yang Cheng's previous life, in December 2010, he sold Leicester City and bought Xie Zhoushang.
After Nice managed it, it fell into the hands of the rich man Morris Cohen, who is a dual nationality of France and Israel in 2002.
During this period, Nice ushered in good development and sold it to Gilbert Strado, who is both Italian and French nationality, in 2009.
In Yang Cheng's previous life, Strado did not manage Nice well, so he transferred it to Jean Pierre Rivier in 2011.
Jean Pierre Rivier is a capable man. In his few years of operation, Nice has established a complete set of youth training.
Not only was a new training base built, but a new stadium agreement was reached with the Nice Municipal Government.
Until 2016, Chinese and American investors bought 80% of Nice's shares and spent 20 million euros.
Chinese investor is the owner of the Seven Days Hotel Chain, and he obtained 40% of the shares and became the largest single shareholder.
But later, Nice sold it again.
From this point of view, we can see that Nice is probably worth.
Jean Pierre Rivier moved a new stadium, built a training base, and built a youth training session. 80% of the shares were sold for only 20 million euros.
So how much is Nice worth now, which has nothing?
When acquiring football clubs, especially those in Ligue 1 now, the biggest headache is not the money to buy a club.
It’s the investment in running the club!
Why do wealthy families like Marseille only sell for 45 million euros?
Because in the years before the sale, Marseille invested a total of more than 200 million euros.
Note that the shareholders invested 200 million euros.
This does not include the club's liabilities.
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The day after Yang Cheng arrived in Nice, he welcomed a special visitor.
Emmanuel Palin, head of French scouts for Bethwater Chinese.
Dan Asheworth has a very high opinion of the scout, believing that he is extremely capable and is also very familiar with the French football market.
In the past few years, many of the signings made by Bethwater Chinese in France were all supported by Emmanuel.
For example, Paul Pogba, Ngolo Kante, etc. are all recommended by him.
When Yang Cheng and Dan Asheworth and Mike Rigg suggested that they wanted to acquire a Ligue 1 team, Dan Asheworth strongly recommended Emmanuel Palin.
Most importantly, he is very familiar with the business of Bethwater Chinese and has visited London to train business many times.
Emmanuel had already received news from Dan Asheworth about Yang Cheng, and at the same time realized that this would be a very good opportunity for his personal career.
If you always do a scout, how can you have a future?
So, during this period, he has done enough preparations.
Yang Cheng hopes that he will come forward and cooperate with Lin Zhongqiu to complete the acquisition of Nice.
As a native Frenchman, Emmanuel is a step in Yang Cheng's localization under group management.
Emmanuel did not disappoint Yang Cheng either.
After arriving in Nice, he communicated with Yang Cheng and Lin Zhongqiu and went directly to Nice to contact Gilbert Strado.
Both sides have very clear intentions.
The first gift Emmanuel brought to Yang Cheng was 5 million euros to buy French Ligue 1 Nice from Gilbert Strado.
Gilbert Strado also got what he wanted after concessions in the acquisition price.
Since due diligence is to be carried out next, Yang Cheng allowed him to sell two players including Remy and Modest during this period.
Don't underestimate these two players, at least they can bring Gilbert Strado a transfer fee of 20 million euros.
Of course, Yang Cheng will get a clean, debt-free Nice club.
As for the acquisition of Nice, Yang Cheng asked Emmanuel Perlin and Lin Zhongqiu to come forward to negotiate with the government and the French Football Association.
What Yang Cheng promised was that after the acquisition was completed, a brand new training base would be built for Nice, and a complete youth training system would be created.
Bethwater Chinese endorsement is behind this, and I believe no one will doubt it.
After all, the current Bethwater Chinese are known for cultivating young players!
In addition, the Chinese in Bethwater also promised to invest no less than 50 million euros in the next five years.
"50 million euros?" Lin Zhongqiu jumped again.
How many years have passed, why is it still so easy for him to jump?
"Acheng, are you sure?"
Yang Cheng nodded solemnly, "A training center is expected to be several million, or even tens of millions of euros. Then I plan to sell Matuidi and Ngolo Kant to Nice."
Yang Cheng emphasized one word, sell!
With the current value of these two players, especially Matuidi, at least 20 million euros.
That Bethwater Chinese "sell" 30 million euros, isn't it too much?
At that time, Yang Cheng will buy a few more people casually.
Look, isn't this done?
Does Nice need to pay?
No, keep the book!
I owe it first!
After the player is sold in the future, he will pay back the principal and profit together!
Lin Zhongqiu's eyes were straightened when he heard this.
Can I still operate like this?
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When Emmanuel Perlin and Lin Mid-Autumn went to contact and negotiate with all parties, Xia Qing hired a professional company to conduct due diligence in Nice, while Yang Cheng flew from Nice to Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
He made an appointment with someone to meet here.
Ronald Coman!
This is a very talented Dutch coach.
But at the same time, it is also a tragic fate.
Whether in past and present life, Yang Cheng admires Ronald Koeman's football very much and regrets the Dutch head coach's situation. He always chooses the wrong team at the wrong time!
Or it should be said that he has no choice!
Not all head coaches have sufficient choices like famous coaches.
It's like Ronald Coman.
His coaching career was very smooth in the early stages, transforming from a legendary star to a head coach. He first worked as an assistant to Hiddink in the Dutch national team, and then went to Barcelona to study under Van Gaal. He and Mourinho also worked as colleagues.
The first time he coached Witts alone, he showed his eye-catching coaching results, and then took over Ajax.
In Amsterdam, he became a well-known young coach in European football!
Afterwards, he had good coaching results in Benfica or Eindhoven.
But in the most critical leap, he encountered a painful Waterloo when coaching the La Liga giant Valencia.
The reasons why he ended his miserable defeat in coaching Valencia was not only the club's debt and management turmoil, but Ronald Koeman's control over Valencia's locker room was also very unsuccessful.
Especially the handling of several veterans of the team at that time, Alberda, Canisales and Angulo.
In addition, his tactical conflicts with Villa, Joaquin and others eventually led to him leaving Valencia in shame.
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
From taking over in mid-November to leaving the team in late April, Valencia was taken from fourth in the league and was brought to 16th in the league, almost falling into the relegation zone.
It can be said that Ronald Koeman completely ruined his coaching career in Valencia.
This Waterloo left Ronald Coman dormant for more than a year until in the summer of 2009, when he took over Alkmaar left by Van Gaal.
Chef Van left Alkmaar to coach Bayern Munich.
But in December, defending champion Alkmar ranked 7th in the Eredivisie and Ronald Koeman was dismissed again.
At this point, no one cares about Ronald Koeman.
Yang Cheng admires this head coach very much.
There is no problem with his coaching ability, but his temper is a little hot.
Ronald Koeman's defeat in Valencia is that he wanted to establish his authority from the beginning, but failed!
In addition, Valencia was in turmoil and heavily in debt at that time, and Ronald Koeman was unable to make up for the situation.
Yang Cheng knew this very clearly, so when he chose a head coach for Nice, he carefully selected Ronald Coman.
Because he is very sure that the Dutch needs a coaching opportunity to rise again!
Moreover, his annual salary is not very expensive now.
Up to 1.5 million euros.
Before tax.
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Yang Cheng's visit surprised Ronald Koeman.
The status of the two is very different.
Yang Chenggui is the world's top coach, and Ronald Koeman is now at the lowest point in his coaching career.
What are the two of you going to talk about?
Especially when Yang Cheng extended his olive branch, Ronald Koeman was very shocked.
At first he thought he was a Chinese from Bayswater.
This is not the team he can control now.
When Yang Cheng mentioned Ligue 1 Nice, his first reaction was to refuse.
Although he is at the trough of his coaching career, he is a legendary Dutch star, has had successful coaching experience and his resume is also very glamorous. Do you want to coach a team like Ligue 1 Nice?
"Don't rush to refuse, Ronald."
Yang Cheng smiled and comforted Ronald Koeman, not giving him a chance to say no.
Because once the words are said, they are irreversible.
"You and I know very well that your coaching situation is very bad now. You either continue to wait for an opportunity that you don't know when it will appear, and it may not be a good opportunity."
"If it's a good opportunity, how could he change his handsome guy?"
"Or, you choose a better team and re-prove your coaching strength, just like Van Gaal chose Alkmaar!"
Yang Cheng mentioned Van Gaal, which was still very exciting to Ronald Koeman.
As early as when Koeman coached Ajax, he was inconsistent with Van Gaal.
There are even rumors that Koeman took action against Van Gaal.
But Van Gaal's coaching experience is worth learning from by Ronald Koeman.
Why can Chef Fan coach Bayern?
Because after experiencing Barcelona's successive failures and Ajax's defeat, he went to Alkmaar and took several years to bring the team to the Eredivisie championship position.
It is difficult for Ronald Koeman to coach the top giants directly.
But if he wants to return to coaching in the Big Four leagues, he must prove himself again.
The best is the Eredivisie he is familiar with.
But Ligue 1 is undoubtedly suitable.
At least the league's competitiveness is stronger than that of Eredivisie.
It’s just that if Ronald Koeman is in the Eredivisie, he will have the opportunity to coach from giants like Ajax, Eindhoven or Feyenoord in the future.
Nice is just a small team in Ligue 1.
"I know what you're worried about, Ronald, but I can create a competitive roster for you."
As Yang Cheng spoke, he could clearly feel Ronald Koeman's eyes shining.
When the head coach encounters a suitable lineup, he can often burst out with strong competitiveness and is more likely to achieve results.
“For example, Graziano Pelle of Alkmaar.”
Ronald Koeman shook his hands clearly, raised his head incredibly and looked at Yang Cheng.
"This player should be very consistent with your tactics. He should use him as the center to create a lineup for you. What do you think?"
Ronald Koeman looked at Yang Cheng in disbelief.
He couldn't believe it.
Because he really admires Pelle.
As early as the summer of 2009, when he coached Alkmaar, he was already interested in high centers like Pelle.
But during his coaching period, Pelle has never been the main force and his performance is not ideal.
"How do you know Pelle?" Ronald Koeman was shocked.
He knew Yang Cheng, but he had never had any in-depth contact.
It is rumored that Yang Cheng has the ability to turn stones into gold, and players who are favored by Yang Cheng can basically become talents.
Ronald Koeman didn't believe it before.
But now, he was a little suspicious.
"Feeling!" Yang Cheng said with a smile, "I have studied several games where you coach Alkmaar. You have been trying to use Pelle, but because there were more stable forwards in the team at that time, Pelle was not qualified enough. ”
"More importantly, after a few substitutes, they did not perform well, and you really couldn't find a reason. I was right?"
Ronald Koeman sighed deeply.
"Actually, if there was no red card for the first game, Pelle's fate would have changed now."
Yang Cheng didn't speak anymore.
At this time, his best role is the listener.
"My first game in coaching Alkmaar was to challenge Almelo Hercules away. In that game, Hercules' Brazilian left player Eveton performed well and scored a goal in the first 8 minutes."
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"We attacked the entire first half, but there was no result, so I replaced Pelle during the break."
"After the start of the second half, we lost one goal in 3 minutes and another goal in the 61st minute. We were completely stunned."
"But soon, Pelle played a role, and he scored a goal for the team in the 77th minute."
"Immediately afterwards, we entered another one and chased 2-3."
"Both sides are very angry, and the scene is a bit out of control, especially our players. When the game ends, they keep attacking constantly. At the end of the game, they have had fierce physical conflicts between the two sides. Pelle and Sweets Sent off."
"We lost 2-3, and Pelle was suspended for 5 games by a red card."
Yang Cheng empathized with it.
This is often the case with football games.
Sometimes the fate of the player and the fate of the head coach are between that thought.
"He is now in Alkmaar and he doesn't get any chance at all. I'll bring him to Nice. If you coach, the Bethwater Chinese and I will create a competitive lineup for you."
Ronald Koeman looked up, looked at Yang Cheng, and asked, "Who can you give me?"
"Matuidi and Ngolo Kante!"
Ronald Koeman is very familiar with the players of Bethwater Chinese, and he knows Matuidi's strength.
Ngolo Kante also made a few appearances last season and performed very well.
The Dutch also thought secretly in his mind.
With Nice's Ligue 1 team, although he sold two or three core players including Remi, his overall strength is good.
Plus Pelle, Matuidi and Ngolo Kante.
It's still good to compete in Ligue 1 in the new season.
More importantly, the scouting network, youth training resources of the Bethwater Chinese, and Yang Cheng's vision of selecting materials all made Ronald Koeman feel excited.
He is also eager to return to coaching in the four major leagues!
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The negotiations between Emmanuel Perlin and Lin Mid-Autumn in France went very smoothly.
The French Football Association and the Nice Municipal Government are both very satisfied with the conditions offered by the Chinese consortium.
These days, there are very few consortiums willing to invest in French football.
What's more, he is leaning against a top wealthy family like the Beswater Chinese.
After the green light was given all the way, the acquisition went very smoothly.
It was just Xia Qing who had to complete the due diligence.
Emmanuel left everything about France to Lin Zhongqiu, and went to Amsterdam himself. Under Yang Cheng's witness, he officially signed a coaching contract with Ronald Koeman.
Nice's former head coach Eric Roy was originally the club's football director and took over the team in March.
Although he successfully led the team to relegation, Yang Cheng still decided not to renew his contract with him.
The consortium from China acquired Nice in France, which caused a lot of response.
It also quickly spread to Europe and the whole world.
Because behind this consortium are Yang Cheng and Bethwater Chinese!
At the beginning, people just felt that these two clubs were closely linked.
After all, isn’t Yang’s Group the industry of Yang Cheng’s family?
Immediately afterwards, more and more news broke out as the media digs deeper.
For example, many of the top leaders in Nice are from Bethwater Chinese.
Although they are all very low-key.
Football director Emmanuel Palin, who frequently appears in newspapers, is the scout director of the French region of Beswater Chinese.
Everything is very clearly placed before the world.
Nice is Yang Cheng's industry.
When media reporters asked, both the French Football Association and UEFA said they would pay attention and supervise.
But the whole pile acquisition is legal.
As time entered July, Nice officially announced that it had signed Matuidi and Ngolo Kant from Beswater for a transfer fee of 30 million euros.
This has attracted strong attention in Ligue 1.
At the same time, Emmanuel Perlin officially announced that the team has appointed Dutch coach Ronald Koeman as the team's head coach for the new season.
Once the two transactions and appointments were announced, they immediately caused heated discussions among French media and fans.
Since the club sold the main striker Remi to Marseille for 15.5 million euros, Emmanuel announced that it would sign Italian center Graziano Pelle from Eredivisie Alkmaar for 1 million euros.
Subsequently, Emmanuel announced again that he would sign 19-year-old Dutch central defender Virgil van Deck from Dutch William II in a free transfer.
In a free transfer, Clermont-Ferrand signed central defender Mehdi Benatia from Ligue 2.
The 23-year-old central defender was born in the Marseille youth training and was selected for the French U19 national team.
But in the summer of 2006, he loaned it to Toulouse in French Ligue 2, and then to Lorient.
But it was in Lorient that Benatia, who had no chance, suffered a severe knee ligament tear.
After the contract expired in 2008, he transferred to Clermont-Ferrand in Ligue 2.
He has played the lead in Clermont-Ferrand for the past two seasons, but his performance is average.
So, Nice signed Benatia from Clermont-Ferrand without even spending a penny.
In addition, Nice also signed Liard Mahrez, a player with dual nationality in France and Algeria from the fourth-level French league in France in a free transfer.
The 19-year-old made 27 appearances in the fourth division last season and scored one goal.
After operating multiple transfers in succession, Nice did not mean to stop.
Emmanuel then signed Sadio Mane, who was only 18 years old, from the famous Generation Youth Training Camp in Dakar, Senegal.
Subsequently, Nice signed Mohamed Salah from Egypt for a transfer fee of 500,000 euros.
Since the players of FCA Pacific Group are not foreign players in Ligue 1, Sadio Mane is not considered a foreign player, but Egypt does not belong to FCA Pacific Group, and Salah belongs to the French Ligue 1 foreign player.
Continuous signings have made Nice's first team very bloated and have many redundant staff.
But Yang Cheng did not continue to participate in the club's cleaning work, but handed over the task of selecting players to Emmanuel Palin and the new head coach Ronald Koeman.
This is also a way to help Ronald Koeman establish authority.
The Dutch is the biggest brand in Nice, but he also needs more prestige to control the locker room.
Some players sold can serve as Nice's operating capital.
At the same time, the Chinese in Bethwater also arranged personnel to come to Nice to help Nice build a youth training system and reorganize the youth training echelon.
From now on, the Nice first team and the youth team will fully compete with the Bethwater Chinese.
This is very attractive to French players.
After all, the Bethwater Chinese are the most famous team in European football today!
As for the reorganization of the youth training echelon, Emmanuel went north personally.
He first went to Bondi, a town 11 kilometers northeast of Paris, and successfully brought Killian Mbappe.
Then, from Effler in the western suburbs of Paris, he signed 13-year-old Ottoman Dembele.
These two players are the key targets of the Bethwater Chinese youth training system.
Among them, Ottoman Dembele also faces competition from Rennes.
Emmanuel was in charge of the French region before, and his base camp was in Paris. He was very familiar with the surrounding areas of Paris and had long been in contact with Mbappe and Dembele.
But neither they nor their families have the intention to play football abroad for the time being.
But this time, Emmanuel invited them to go south to Nice, but they did not refuse.
Needless to say, Mbappe is, compared with the youth training of Bethwater Chinese, Dembele almost went, it can be said to be a huge difference.
Yang Cheng stayed in Nice and was relieved after receiving a call from Emmanuel Palin.
As long as you grab these two French local geniuses, acquiring Nice will be a good deal!
Not to mention, there are Sadio Mane, Mahrez and Salah.
It’s exciting to think about it!
Of course, such a large number of talents cannot be used by the Chinese in Bethwater.
Yang Cheng’s positioning of Nice is very simple, which is to train young players.
Because of this, in his instructions to Emmanuel Perlin, Yang Cheng told him very clearly that cleaning up redundant staff is imperative.
Especially those who are older and have higher salary basically have to sell them.
The next step for Nice is to generate income.
Currently, jersey sponsors are Italian LeTu, with poorly sponsorship fees every year, and many of them are deducted by materials.
The contract is until 2011.
As for the chest advertisement of the jersey, I'm sorry, no.
By the way, Nice's home team jersey in the new season is a red and black sword shirt, which is a bit like AC Milan.
The away jersey is white, but from the left side of the shoulder to the right side of the waist, there are two ribbons in red and one color.
The second away jersey is made of a plaid interwoven with black, white and gray, which is a very special shirt-shaped jersey.
Now it is definitely too late to change the sponsor.
But next, Yang Cheng planned to put together the Bethwater Chinese and Nice's main sponsorship.
It is even not ruled out that the jerseys of the two teams are unified.
It depends on the fans' acceptance.
The new training center and youth training base must be put on the agenda as soon as possible, and this must be communicated and coordinated with the Nice Municipal Government.
Yang Cheng means that you can talk about the conditions appropriately.
In such a huge city of Nice, there is only a professional club.
So many things can still be discussed.
As for fundraising, Xia Qing has already considered it properly and will directly seek a loan from the bank.
The loan interest rate in the EU is also very low now, which is still very cost-effective.
Adam Croze, Omar Berrada and others will also come to Nice for inspection in the near future to communicate on the next stage of the clubs of both sides.
From now on, Bethwater Chinese and Nice will carry out group management and operations.
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Because of Yang Cheng’s relationship with Bethwater Chinese, the Nice acquisition has attracted a lot of attention.
But the news of professional football comes quickly and goes faster.
Fans were quickly attracted by news about the European transfer market and the upcoming new season.
Especially this summer's first International Champions League, the momentum is getting bigger and bigger.
Before the Bayswater Chinese began summer training, Yang Cheng specially met with several players in advance.
Including three new players, Courtois, De Bruyne and Tony Cross.
They have all settled in London.
The new players are very satisfied with the club's logistics support work.
Yang Cheng clearly told them that there will definitely be no lack of opportunities for competition in the new season.
But the premise is that they must show compelling performance.
Even if it was Tony Cross, Yang Cheng, who was chosen by Yang Cheng, told the Germans that he had no choice but to support him as the main force of the team as soon as he came.
Because both Rakitic and Aaron Ramsey performed very well.
Tony Cross said confidently that he was never afraid of competition and challenges.
Through the plans and blueprints that Yang Cheng had outlined for him before, Tony Cross was very confident of succeeding in the Bethwater Chinese.
With the incomplete restoration of Nice in French Ligue 1, and with the preparations of the Chinese in Beswater, Yang Cheng and his players embarked on the journey of the new season again.
According to the plan, the team trained in London for two weeks, and then went to the East Coast of the United States to participate in the International Champions League.
The 12 giant teams participated in the competition for the first time and all attached great importance to it.
Even UEFA and FIFA are closely following the every move of the International Champions League.
(This chapter ends)