Chapter 226 The new king! The last crazy transfer market! Americans’ money is really easy to make. [Please subscribe]
Time slowly enters July.
The smoke of major European transfer markets has gradually declined.
The wealthy teams have begun to prepare for summer training.
The International Champions League, which was popular in North America and Asian markets last summer, also began to build momentum in full swing.
The news this year is obviously going to be even bigger than last year.
The World Football Challenge, which was suspended due to the World Cup in 2010, has also begun to resume.
Obviously, the organizers from North America do not want to give up the fat meat they once grabbed in their hands.
Because the 12 European giants have signed contracts with ICC companies and the schedule is limited, they are unable to participate in the World Football Challenge.
Although, Americans expressed their willingness to give higher appearance fees.
For these giant teams, stable expectations and excellent late-stage guarantee are the most important.
But the World Football Challenge still attracted many European teams.
They have invited five European teams this year, namely Valencia in La Liga, Rome in Serie A, Olympiacos in Greece, Celtic in Serie A, and Benfica in Portugal.
In addition to Mexico's Guadalajara Athletics and the Americas, as well as the Eastern and Western United teams composed of Major League teams, a total of 9 teams participated.
But the schedule is really chaotic.
It's already July, and they're just late and give the matchup of the participating teams.
One can see that this is a temporary set of matchmaking.
On the contrary, the International Champions League of ICC Company announced the group and schedule early.
Because the resumption of the World Football Challenge, competition in the North American market will be very fierce this year.
The two sides not only competed in the participating teams, schedules and games, but even the stadium was very fierce.
Looking at the distribution of stadiums in the United States, there are more large stadiums in the eastern region, and many of them are more than 100,000 people.
Last year, the Chinese in the eastern United States were full of people.
ICC had expected it, so when signing the contract, it signed contracts with many large stadiums in advance and determined the schedule, so it was impossible to grab the World Football Challenge.
And, for the World Football Challenge, they don’t have that much confidence and can have such a high attendance rate.
The bigger the stadium, the more expensive the rent is, and they have to calculate the cost.
But on the west coast of the United States, the situation is different.
The most typical one is Texas.
The World Football Challenge was the first to grab the largest Rirant Stadium in Houston through its US relations.
This stadium not only has a capacity of more than 70,000 people, but also has 166 private rooms and 7,000 VIP seats.
These are all additions that can increase revenue.
Not only that, they also signed the Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, which is also a stadium at the 70,000-person level.
This seriously affects the schedule of the International Champions League.
For this reason, David Pensell and Richard Masters have been spending almost all of their time in the United States and running around.
In the end, the two of them passed various relationships, not only solving the problem of the competition venue, but also making a plan that even Yang Cheng was amazed after hearing this!
If it is successfully executed, I am afraid that I will never see the World Football Challenge again!
In order to cope with the pressure from the World Football Challenge, after fully communicating with 12 giants, ICC decided to arrange all four giants with the most box office appeal in North America to the United States.
That is Bayswater Chinese, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
These are undoubtedly the four most influential teams in the world today.
Not only that, Arsenal, which just won the Champions League championship, and Chelsea, who have been deeply involved in the North American market for many years, will also participate in the North American competition.
Baswater Chinese participated in the Eastern Conference last year, so this year they were arranged to the Western Conference.
In addition, Yang Cheng also made an exception to support ICC and decided to arrange this summer training camp in the United States, just in Los Angeles.
This is also to heat up the market in advance.
Interestingly, the warm-up match opponents arranged by Yang Cheng are all from European teams invited by the World Football Challenge.
But before this, Yang Cheng encountered a very difficult problem.
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The Sun, which has always been known for its transfer market news, broke a big news on the first day of July.
Baswater Chinese Croatian midfielder, Ivan Rakitic's contract renewal negotiations are deadlocked.
The cause of the incident came from Rakitic's agent Alduro Canales in an interview with the Sun that the player's contract renewal had encountered obstacles.
Carnales didn't say what was the specific obstacle, but the Sun dug it out.
The joining of Tony Cross challenges Rakitic's importance in Beswater Chinese.
As early as 2010, Bethwater Chinese had been repeatedly negotiating with Rakitic to renew their contracts.
The Croatian contract does not expire until 2013.
But with Tony Cross joining, Rakitic hopes to further enhance his role in the team.
"Facts have proved that although the arrival of Tony Cross made the team win the triple-champ last season, the Beswater Chinese still stopped in the semi-finals in the most important Champions League."
"Not only Rakitic, but there are actually other voices within the team, questioning whether it is reasonable for Tony Cross to replace Rakitic?"
"But Yang Cheng trusts Tony Cross very much and has entrusted him with important responsibilities."
"At the Chinese in Bayswater, Yang Cheng's prestige and decision-making are not allowed to be questioned."
"Rakiti has found Yang Cheng to communicate many times, hoping to further confirm his role in the team. He hopes to get a strong guarantee from the head coach, and he hopes to play a more important role."
"Just like Tony Cross before joining."
But now, the situation has changed.
Barcelona wants to strengthen the midfield this summer, and Fabregas is the player they want the most.
But the Arsenal captain was doing well with the Gunners, and had just renewed a sky-high weekly salary, and did not have too strong desire to return to the Camp Nou.
Liverpool's side, after failing to pursue Pastorre, also wanted to strengthen the team's midfield, especially to improve the team's creativity. The player Mancini wanted the most was Rakitic.
Captain Gerald is already 31 years old. At this time, Rakitic, who is only 23 years old and is about to usher in a golden period of his career, is undoubtedly a very suitable choice.
What's more, the Croatian midfielder is not just about both offense and defense, he also has a very outstanding pass and long shot in the back, which is known as the type of player who can perfectly fill Gerald's vacancy.
After returning to the Champions League, Liverpool is ambitious and wants to revive its past glory.
But whether it is Benatia or Pastore, the setback of signings made Liverpool feel depressed.
So, the Red Army hopes to sign Rakitic.
The Sun revealed that in the current European football world, there are actually not many highly-watched stars.
For example, Aguero and Pastore, although they are young and very capable, they have not proved themselves on top stages.
But who is Rakitic?
Baswater Chinese main player!
The main midfielder in the six-time championship season!
Even in the Champions League final, he has performed very well.
"When such a player flows into the transfer market, it will undoubtedly attract strong attention from the entire European football world."
"He is the biggest surprise in the transfer market this summer!"
...
The Bethwater Chinese also got a clear reply from Rakitic's agent.
The player is willing to stay, but he hopes to play a more important role.
The implication is that he wants to play the main force!
This is actually a problem that all teams will face.
If there is a player who is a little older, the problem is easy to solve.
But now, the Wizards of Rakity are only 23 years old, and Tony Cross is only 21 years old.
Not to mention, there are players such as Aaron Ramsey, Paul Pogba and De Bruyne who are eyeing each other.
To a certain extent, Yang Cheng agreed with Rakitic's idea.
If you don't fight at this time, when Tony Cross really plays out of the level, or if Ramsey, Pogba, De Bruyne and others rise, his situation will be even more embarrassing. "We don't have a good choice now. If we can't meet the players' requirements, I suggest you just sell it." Dan Asheworth gave his own opinion.
Mike Rigg nodded and agreed, "It's still two years before 2013. It's long and short."
The reason why it's long is because it's still two years before Rakitic's free transfer.
In 2 years, as long as the player is willing to renew his contract, he can be kept.
To put it short, it is because if we wait until 2012, especially in the second half of the year, and then talk about contract renewal, the Bayswater Chinese will be extremely passive.
Even in the summer of 2012, Rakitic, who had only one year contract, could no longer sell for a very good price.
This is actually a game of European football professional contracts.
It is usually signed for four or five years, and players and clubs have been playing games.
Once the player performs well, the club will often be willing to negotiate a contract renewal.
What Yang Cheng is more difficult now is that Rakitic did not make a fuss, and he didn't even say anything to the outside world.
With two years left in the contract, things have not been forced to break up.
For Bethwater Chinese, there are two best choices now.
Get together and part with each other, let him go, and now I can sell it for a good price.
Or meet his requirements and renew his contract with him.
"I want to have a good talk with Modric!" Yang Cheng said.
Everyone also understood that Yang Cheng attached great importance to Modric.
Rakitic is Modric's national teammate, and the two have a very good personal relationship.
Whether it is selling or keeping, Yang Cheng must listen to the captain's opinions.
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Yang Cheng called Modric.
The Croatian returned to his homeland for vacation, and he also heard news about Rakitic.
Yang Cheng speculated that Rakitic should have talked to Modric about this matter too.
Modric said that he respected Yang Cheng and the club's decision.
He will not express any comments on this matter.
"Please believe that no matter what decision you make, boss, I will continue to contribute everything to you and our club!"
After receiving Modric's reply, Yang Cheng felt relieved.
But at this moment, the Ass from Spain suddenly published an exclusive interview with Real Madrid coach Mourinho.
In the report, Mourinho actually took the initiative to talk about Ivan Rakitic.
The Real Madrid head coach said that in the current Real Madrid team, a midfielder like Rakitic who has both offense and defense is very needed, which can bring Real Madrid's overall strength to a higher level.
"I don't know why he can't be the core of the Chinese at Bayswater, but I want to say that he is the most underrated player in Europe. He has unparalleled strength and skills. He is a genius!" Mourinho said that a genius like Rakitic can play the absolute main role in any giant team. "When I saw the recent news and knew that I had the opportunity to sign a player like Rakitic, my first reaction was to call Florentino and I told him that we must sign Rakitic!"
This interview by Ass immediately caused an uproar around the world.
The participation of Barcelona and Liverpool is full of gunpowder.
Unexpectedly, Real Madrid has also intervened now.
This is the rhythm of snatching people!
And unlike players such as Pastore and Aguero, Rakitic obviously exceeds them in terms of transfer valuation and fame, and the transfer fee will definitely not be low.
La Liga transfer expert Barrager revealed in his column that Real Madrid has officially asked Beswater Chinese whether he is willing to listen to Rakitic's offer.
"Baswater Chinese gave a positive answer!"
Barragher revealed that Real Madrid is preparing a quotation in full swing, and the deal will be traded by general manager Jose Sanchez himself.
"Florentino supports Mourinho's statement that stars like Rakitic enter the transfer market are something that Real Madrid cannot miss!"
At the same time, Dzeko also mentioned Rakitic in an interview with media reporters.
From Bethwater Chinese, Dzeko's words were extremely cautious, and he said that Rakitic was a world-class midfielder. "I have worked with him for many years, and he has always had unparalleled strength and he can play an important role in any team."
As for Bethwater Chinese and Tony Cross, Dzeko only gave positive and affirmative comments.
"I haven't worked with Tony Cross, but I've played with him. He is indeed a very distinctive midfielder, and many people have told me that he has a very unique personality charm."
As for who to choose between Tony Cross and Rakitic?
Decko is no longer a fledgling boy back then, and immediately said with a smile, "We seem to have the opportunity to sign Rakitic."
Not only that, Decko also said that he had a good relationship with Rakitic. If necessary, he could call Rakitic and invite him to the Bernabeu Stadium.
With the Chinese who gave up, European football last and the largest brand of stars officially entered the transfer market.
It was at this moment that all the talents suddenly realized the madness of the transfer market.
Barcelona took the lead in offering a 40 million euro offer, but it had been rejected by the Beswater Chinese.
Liverpool and Real Madrid have successively made offers, and both clubs have given 50 million euros at the same time.
Also, Real Madrid has also started playing the emotional card.
First, Mourinho, then Dzeko and Mecon, which means that Rakitic will join the Bernabeu with confidence.
Just when everyone was focusing on Real Madrid and Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 also intervened in the transfer.
This Ligue 1 team directly offered a high price of 55 million euros to the Beswater Chinese, tying Aguero's transfer record when he transferred to Manchester City.
After such a powerful and not short of money, the rich team joined the battle circle, Barcelona angrily withdrew from the battle.
Barcelona Chairman Rossell revealed in an interview with World Sports that "the transfer market is now seriously bubbled, and we, Barcelona, will not participate in such chaos."
Rossel believes that in Barcelona's positioning, Rakitic's transfer fee is worth up to 50 million euros.
But the transfer market is obviously in chaos now.
Behind all this is caused by consortiums in the Middle East.
However, Roselti's words turned into a joke in the face of the real transfer fee.
Real Madrid gritted their teeth and shouted another offer of 60 million euros.
This shocked the media and fans all over the world.
Who would have thought that a Rakitic would actually trigger the final madness of the summer transfer!
But as many media have analyzed, when Pastore can sell an outrageous price of 50 million euros, how much is the value of Rakitic, who has proved itself on the top stage?
But Liverpool quickly raised its offer again and opened directly to £52 million.
This offer is about 65 million euros.
This has exceeded Yaya Toure's transfer fee.
Among all the players that the Bethwater Chinese have sold in the past few years, it is second only to Dzeko.
But the Bosnian center is a center.
At this moment, Real Madrid is no longer able to continue to persevere.
The Galaxy Battleship also withdrew from the battle circle in depressedly and announced that it would give up its introduction to Rakitic.
But Paris Saint-Germain, who came from Ligue 1, once again used its killer move and offered a sky-high price of 70 million euros, which is about 56 million pounds.
The Saudi consortium behind Liverpool hesitated for about half a day, and immediately offered another offer, hoping to sign the 23-year-old Croatian midfielder for £60 million and about £75 million.
Paris Grande has invested heavily in the transfer market this summer.
Now, facing Liverpool's crazy competition, their financial resources are approaching their limit.
So, Paris Saint-Germain had to choose to give up.
In the end, Liverpool signed Croatian midfielder Rakitic from Beswater Chinese for a sky-high price of £60 million.
This transfer transaction quickly ignited the whole world!
Countless media and fans are reporting crazy.
When everyone was shocked to introduce Pastore for Paris Saint-Germain with a sky-high transfer fee of up to 50 million euros, Saudi Arabia, also from the Middle East, spent 75 million euros to introduce Rakitic for Liverpool.
No one expected that Liverpool would be so willing to do so.
Liverpool fans are extremely excited.
It's not just because of Rakitic, but also because Liverpool is rich now!
Gerard is already 31 years old. It is undoubtedly a very suitable choice to introduce a Rakitic who is in line with his characteristics.
But more importantly, in the previous transfer market, Liverpool was really frustrated.
Even though he has a large amount of funds in his hand, he can't buy them alone.
Pastore went to Paris Grande and Benatia went to Chelsea.
Although the Reds signed players such as Downing, Henderson and Bellamy, overall, their strength improvement was not large.
But now it's OK, signing Rakitic, Liverpool's midfielder has taken a straight step.
Especially, Captain Gerald has a successor!
Head coach Mancini smiled from ear to ear at the press conference to announce the joining of Rakitic, saying that Liverpool is building a super lineup.
"In the new season, we will not only compete in the Premier League, the FA Cup and the League Cup, but we will also participate in the Champions League, which puts higher requirements on our lineup."
Signing Rakitic, the transfer fee is indeed very high, even outrageously high, "but this is the current transfer market."
"When you want to buy people, you will find that a player as good as Rakitic can't be bought at all."
Captain Gerrard is also very happy to see Rakitic join. "He is a very good player, and I felt this when I played against them before."
"When I played against the Chinese in Beswater, I thought that he was very similar to me in many places, but his skills were better than me, and he had strong ability to attack later. I think he would definitely succeed in Liverpool!"
The Liverpool Echo said that the reason why the Reds took out such a large amount of funds was ultimately due to the continuous setbacks in the transfer market before.
"The Saudi consortium hopes to tell everyone again through this signing that Liverpool wants to become the Premier League and become the protagonist of European football!"
... Rakitic's transfer still has some impact on the Chinese in Beswater.
For example, after his transfer to Liverpool, his weekly salary suddenly jumped from the original £60,000 to £150,000.
I suddenly entered the high-income class of the Premier League.
Modric's weekly salary is not as high as his.
Liverpool Echo revealed that the contract treatment offered by Liverpool made Rakitic very satisfied.
Because in comparison, the salary offered to him by the Bethwater Chinese during this period was only 100,000 pounds.
This also reflects the current situation in European football to some extent.
A group of Middle East tycoons led by Liverpool, Manchester City, and Paris Saint-Germain, plus Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and other teams, are indeed willing to pay.
The gunman is fine.
Like Chelsea, salary expenditure is already so high, and they are still investing.
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Manchester United even offered 80,000 pounds a weekly salary of Phil Jones, a fledgling boy.
What is this concept?
The annual salary is 4.16 million pounds, about 5.2 million euros.
This is a completely middle- and upper-income class in Real Madrid.
Baswater Chinese are still as low-key as ever.
After selling Rakitic, the team did not sign in the transfer market either.
On July 4, many Premier League teams began to gather and start summer training.
Baswater Chinese players were not affected by Rakitic's departure.
In the past few years, they have become accustomed to the coming and going of players.
On the first day of the team's training camp, the coaching staff and the club's official website immediately announced the 25-man roster for the team to go to the United States for training.
Goalkeepers: Courtois, Begovic;
Defenders: Pepe, Thiago Silva, Kompany, Jose Fonte, Marcelo, Ryan Bertrand, Piszczek and Kyle Walker;
Midfielders: Matic, Xavi Martinez, Modric, Tony Kroos, Aaron Ramsey, De Bruyne and Paul Pogba;
Forwards: Lewandowski, Harry Kane, Giroud, Gareth Bale, Walcott, Hazard, Di Maria and Sterling.
Compared with last season's 25-man roster, one Rakitic left, but a Stirling made up.
But fans and reporters who are familiar with the Chinese in Bayswater know that Sterling has been training with the first team as early as last season and has played in the first team.
Three days before the training camp, the team gathered at the Brent Training Center.
The Medical Department and the Sports Science Department conduct various very meticulous physical tests on each player, and the coaching staff tailored a reasonable "summer package" for each player to help them get back to their best condition as soon as possible.
An incident happened on the first day of the training camp.
Tony Cross took the initiative to come to Yang Cheng's office.
This kid probably heard some rumors about Rakitic's transfer outside, so he came straight to Yang Cheng and told Yang Cheng with a sincere and firm look on his face, "Don't worry, I will never let you down!" "I will prove to everyone that the decision you made is the most correct!" Yang Cheng really didn't expect that Tony Cross, who looks cold to others, would do this. "It's not as outrageous as rumored outside. I have a good relationship with Ivan. Before he left, he specially invited me to a meal." Yang Cheng said with a smile.
"Don't be stressed, let go of your body and mind, and the most important thing is to continue to improve yourself. I have never doubted you and never worried!"
Tony Cross said what he wanted to say and got what he wanted to hear.
But the more relaxed Yang Cheng said, the more Tony Cross felt a little sorry for Yang Cheng.
Especially last season's Champions League semi-finals.
In fact, he did not play well.
But no matter what, he must do his best this season!
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Wednesday, July 6th, morning.
The Brent Training Base gathered a group of media reporters from London Fleet Street very early.
Many of them came to see you off, but there were also several media that cooperated with on weekdays and were allowed to follow the Bethwater Chinese to North America for training and report with the team.
But when the coach and players of Bayswater Chinese appeared, everyone at the scene felt a lightening.
I saw that these players and coaches who were wearing different clothes on weekdays were all wearing uniform black suits, and they were all high-end, with a pair of shiny leather shoes on their feet.
The hair was also obviously carefully taken care of.
Only Marcelo.
This Brazilian was wearing a formal outfit and tidying her head, looking inexplicably funny.
But if someone who is familiar with Marcelo's personality will definitely not be able to help laughing.
This is in line with Marcelo's usual personality.
If it's just a whole suit, it's nothing.
The key is that they each have a suitcase. Although the styles and colors are different, they all look quite classy.
This is obviously a carefully designed link.
The media reporters at the scene immediately cooperated with the shooting.
After the players and coaches arrived, the team took a family photo in front of the training center.
The whole process took more than half an hour to complete.
The staff of the new media team are more advantageous than media reporters. They keep approaching the players to take close-ups, including the players' suits, leather shoes and luggage.
After this, today's video will be sent to the Internet.
When the team boarded the bus sponsored by Mann and slowly left the Brent Training Center under the gaze of everyone in the venue, the business director Omar Berrada invited all media reporters to the press conference hall.
Bethwater Chinese officially announced that starting from the November 12 season, the American travel brand under Samsonite will become the club's global luggage partner.
Borley, a luxury brand from the UK, will become the club's global formal wear and leather shoes partner.
Omar Berrada told all media reporters on the scene that the Bethwater Chinese have always been committed to bringing better services to partners around the world. "At the same time, we can also say very proudly that we are determined to become the most influential sports brand in the world!"
In the just-concluded 10/11 season, the Bayswater Chinese took the lead in announcing that their revenue was as high as 481 million euros.
This is in response to the Premier League’s request.
All teams must announce their financial status.
But after the announcement of Bethwater Chinese, La Liga Real Madrid also announced its revenue.
As a result, in the past season, Real Madrid's revenue has only exceeded the Bethwater Chinese.
Is there such a coincidence in the world?
According to Deloitte and many Spanish media's previous estimates, Real Madrid's revenue in the 10/11 season was actually only 478 million euros, but in the end they announced significantly more numbers.
The intention is obvious!
Real Madrid will continue to defend their position as the leader in the world football.
Baswater Chinese have now announced two sponsors at the same time, and they are both the highest-level sponsorships in the world, obviously to tell everyone.
The new season of Bayswater Chinese has started, and Real Madrid can't keep up!
It is not surprising that Burberry sponsored the Chinese in Bethwater.
Since Paul Smith also sponsored Manchester United as a luxury brand in 2008 and achieved good results, many European luxury goods are interested in this aspect.
Even brands such as Italian Armani have had a lot of contact with Bethwater Chinese.
End, the club chose to cooperate with Burberry.
This time, the Chinese in Bayswater traveled with the help of the club and held two major sponsors to hold such an event.
The key is not actually in the Brent Training Centre in London, nor in the football field.
But after the new media team filmed a series of materials, they would immediately cut them online. Then the three partners would launch online marketing at the same time, and with the help of Bethwater Chinese training in the United States and the subsequent international champion cup boom, it quickly attracted global attention.
This is also a brand new marketing model for the Chinese in Bethwater.
Adam Crozer believes that through this multi-party linkage, very good results can be achieved.
Baswater Chinese, sponsors and events can all benefit from it, and everyone is happy.
This is also why the new media team is becoming more and more important in the Chinese marketing department of Bethwater and has more and more staff.
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Yang Cheng led a team to Los Angeles, USA for training in his previous life.
This time he specifically asked ICC to rent the Drake Stadium at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The facilities at Drake Stadium are very complete, not only with a football field, but also with a gymnasium next door, a swimming pool, etc., which is very convenient.
More importantly, this is a closed training ground.
According to the planning of ICC, Bethwater Chinese sold training tickets to the public every day during the training camp at the UCLA.
This is different from the public training at Beaver Stadium last year, and the fees are also more expensive.
The average admission ticket is $99, only to watch the training, but a special breakfast is given.
This is because every day's open training is arranged in the morning.
If you want to meet and interact with the stars again, you need to buy a package for the meeting, which is $399.
Fans who purchase package tickets can enter the interactive area and interact with the players, including taking photos, signing, etc.
The day after the arrival of the United States, the first training class opened to the public, attracted more than 1,500 fans to enter the venue, and more than 800 fans purchased package tickets.
According to feedback from ICC, the first-day training ticket revenue exceeded US$400,000.
Of course, this part of the income is shared separately by the ICC company and the Bethwater Chinese.
But from this point we can also see the influence of the Chinese in the United States.
After that, every day, many fans bought training tickets to watch the team's training, which led to the popularity of Drake Stadium.
Baswater Chinese have long been accustomed to this kind of commercial competition.
After the players arrived in the United States, except for some routine activities, they basically devoted themselves to summer devil training.
Under the inspection of the medical team and the sports science department, the coaching team completely let go of their hands and feet, and the training arranged is very intense, and every day it seems like they are trying to extract the last bit of energy from the players.
During the first 10 days of training at Drake Stadium, except for participating in the US business activities, the team basically had two points and one line, and the training was very difficult, and everyone was trained to be miserable.
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The first warm-up match 10 days after the arrival of the US by the Chinese.
The opponent is from the Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League.
The game location is arranged at the Home Depot Center Stadium, home court in the Galaxy, Los Angeles.
There is nothing to say about the competition process.
Baswater Chinese have just experienced a high-intensity training camp and are indeed in poor condition.
The American Major League is still in the league, so the Los Angeles Galaxy is in a better state.
English superstar Beckham and US international Donovan are both in the Los Angeles Galaxy.
So, this game is also full of gimmicks.
In the end, Beckham assisted Donovan to score a goal in counterattack, and Beswater Chinese scored two goals in the second half.
2-1, Bayswater Chinese narrowly won!
But what really attracted Yang Cheng was not this, but the price of the tickets for this game.
This game was played by ICC, sponsored by Galaxy Los Angeles, and the Bethwater Chinese charged the appearance fee.
The capacity of the Jiadebao Center stadium is 27,000 people, all full.
But the highest-end ticket price is as high as US$645, or 448 euros.
The lowest ticket price is also 48 euros, or 76 US dollars.
On average ticket price is over $250.
It is actually higher than the average ticket price in the finals of the International Champions League.
In other words, the ticket revenue for this game alone reached US$7 million.
The appearance fee for the Bethwater Chinese is 2 million pounds, which is already very expensive, but it is only 3.6 million US dollars.
In other words, the appearance fee of Los Angeles Galaxy is the same as that of the Bayswater Chinese.
Even they make more.
This is simply outrageous! "So, you know now, why I keep telling you that our ticket prices are set to be low, right?" Richard Maestrey smiled helplessly.
"In this place of the United States, there are too many fans who are willing to spend money, and the ticket prices in the major leagues are also very high."
Yang Cheng kept nodding, "I just came here and thought it was a small profit but quick turnover, and I seized the market."
This is really the money and the fans are also more.
The Americans' money is really easy to make!
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After playing in the Los Angeles Galaxy, the team continued to train at Drake Stadium.
Then he participated in a warm-up match against the Soviet Super League Celtics at the Bulldog Stadium in Fresno in northern Los Angeles.
This was originally a football field, which belonged to the home court of the Fresno State Bulldogs University football team. It was temporarily transformed into a football field, and the venue conditions were relatively average.
But the fans are still very enthusiastic, attracting a total of 40,000 fans.
Baswater Chinese still did not show their form, drawing the Celtics 2-2.
Yang Cheng and the coaching staff were both satisfied with the performance of this warm-up match.
The most important thing is not the result of the game, but the process.
During the training camp in the United States, in addition to adjusting the players' status and physical reserves, a very important point is to further practice the team's offensive tactics.
Two fullbacks will get more freedom.
Especially on the Marcelo side.
These things take some time to adjust and adapt, and they also need competition to polish.
After finishing the game against the Celtics, the team continued to rest at Drake Stadium for 3 days before leaving California for Phoenix, Arizona.
After arriving in Phoenix, the team ushered in its last warm-up match, with the opponent from Valencia from La Liga.
The game is located in Tempe, next to Phoenix, at Arizona State University’s Sun Devils Stadium.
The Chinese in Bethwater have obviously improved a lot in this game, and they defeated Valencia 2-0 cleanly.
The Bat Legion's overall strength has been affected after losing several players this summer, including Juan Mata.
This game attracted a total of 50,000 fans.
From the moment the Chinese arrived in the United States, the popularity grew higher and higher.
Although some small controversies arose during the process, for example, some netizens complained that training packages were too expensive and limited in every day, which made them unable to communicate face to face with their favorite stars.
But soon, these were gradually calmed down.
Major media in the United States are also reporting news about the training of Chinese people in Bayswater in the United States.
The club itself is constantly updating the team's training situation every day. Platforms such as Twitter, Oily Dog and Facebook have been updated repeatedly. Actively interacting with fans, and the response caused is getting bigger and bigger.
In late July, with the end of three warm-up matches, the football atmosphere in the United States has been hot.
Especially when Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Arsenal, Chelsea, AC Milan and Bayern arrived in the United States one after another, it immediately caused a carnival among countless fans.
After experiencing last year's International Champions League boom, this year's second International Champions League once again triggered the US football market!
Bayswater Chinese, Real Madrid, Arsenal and AC Milan fight the West Coast of the United States!
Barca, Manchester United, Chelsea and Juventus fight against each other on the East Coast of the United States!
Finally, the top players from the two groups gathered in Tennessee in the southeastern United States to compete for the championship of this International Champions League!
Every game is a peak showdown between the top European giants!
The whole of the United States is cheering for these football feasts.
In contrast, the momentum created by the World Football Challenge is obviously far less than that of the International Champions League.
With the warm-up of the International Champions League and the popularity brought by the Chinese in the United States by Bayswater, and the conflict created by the two major events at the same time, the World Football Challenge has also attracted considerable attention.
But the organizer still failed to solve the problems encountered in 2009.
For example, they also wanted to divide the 9 teams into two major competition areas, but found that the schedule was unreasonable.
And the fans didn't buy it.
They rented Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City and NRG Stadium in Houston, both with capacity of more than 70,000 people.
But the tickets can't be sold at all.
According to media reports, the World Football Challenge specially arranged for UEFA Champions League teams such as Valencia and Benfica to play in these two stadiums, but there were less than 40,000 fans booking tickets.
In other words, half of them are likely to be empty in the game.
In contrast, the International Champions League.
The three games of the Bethwater Chinese first played AC Milan at the Phoenix University Stadium in Phoenix, and 63,400 tickets were sold out.
Then at the Dallas Cotton Bowl Stadium, against the Champions League champion Arsenal, all 92,000 tickets were sold out.
There was also a 93,000 tickets sold out in advance at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Los Angeles.
In addition, for games like Arsenal playing Real Madrid, AC Milan, Real Madrid playing AC Milan, etc., they are basically sold out in advance, and tickets are hard to get.
Why does this happen?
On one hand, tickets for the World Football Challenge cannot be sold, but on the other hand, tickets for the International Champions League are hard to come by. What is wrong with this?
The American media gave the answer.
What fans want to watch is not just a football match, but also a showdown between giant teams and a competition between stars.
Compared with the star-studded International Champions League, what's the best in the World Football Challenge?
But what really surprised everyone was this peak showdown in Tennessee!
This will be a game that shocks fans all over the world, and also makes the organizers of the World Football Challenge completely desperate!
(This chapter ends)