To understand why the British are so obsessed with the ball, look at the historical records.

England is recognized as the origin of the Du horse, the United Kingdom is still the earliest place to appear color piao, in 1569 began to issue color piao, until today's British leagues at all levels, each arena has a different Bocai company staff in the sale of bets, betting is as convenient as buying a beer.

And the so-called bookmaker was also born at that time, in order to make the winner fair and safe, people were willing to hand over the money to those respectable, honest and trustworthy intermediaries for safekeeping, and pay tips, and later these middlemen gradually became professional gamblers, which is the prototype of today's British lottery companies.

In the football leagues of Italy and other countries, which is also the legalization of DU ball, the problem of match-fixing is much more serious than that of the United Kingdom, and the legalization of DU ball is naturally not a solution once and for all.

For example, when you see a big team being upset by a weak team, will you sigh that this is the mystery of football, or will you hum two words contemptuously from your nostrils, "Match-fixing!"

“。。。 Real Madrid in the 80s and 90s of the last century. There has always been a "habit" of giving Rolex watches worth £1,500 to £4,000 to the linesman before matches, and Real Madrid have won all of these matches.

Ligue 1 powerhouse Bordeaux has even set up a special account as a special fund for those who have played in as many as 16 European matches... On the phone, Nicola Custy continued to blow up the black material of football to his boss with a hint of mockery in his tone.

"Don't look at the DU ball group's HUI bribery methods seem old-fashioned, but they are very powerful, they are very particular about choosing HUI objects, will carefully analyze the football people, pick out those who love du, lack of money, greedy for LIAN, and use their weaknesses to "trap" chess pieces.

If the players and guanguan players can't buy it, they also have a "high trick" to deal with, which is poisoning!"

Hearing this, Arthur's brows not only furrowed, sure enough, if there is a 100% profit, someone dares to take risks, if there is a 200% profit, someone dares to flout the law, if there is a 300% profit, then someone dares to trample on everything in the world!

“。。。 When dealing with those 'disobedient' players, they bribed the team doctor and the chef of the hotel where he stayed to make him unable to play. It is rumored that one of the team doctors of the Slovenian NIYA team once poisoned the team and gave them "sedatives".

And when it comes to the next du, the most famous is Ronaldo's performance in the '98 World Cup. Before the final, Da Luo suddenly became physically abnormal, and he did nothing in the final, and the Brazilian team finally lost to the French team. After the game, many media have revealed the inside story, saying that Da Luo "ate something that shouldn't have been eaten in the lounge before the game, which resulted in Jingluan and almost couldn't play... ”

After listening to these revelations, Arthur also had to sigh, sure enough, as long as there are huge interests, the struggle around interests will not be eliminated, this time this "anti-du storm" caused by European football, how much deterrent power can it have, and whether it can really be investigated to the end, people will wait and see!

At around 2 p.m., Nicolas Costy arrived in London from Southampton, met up with Arthur, and drove together to the FA headquarters.

This time to the FA, and the last time it was completely deserted, the entire FA headquarters can be said to be full of people, very lively, this afternoon to meet is the head of the British professional team, plus the FA staff, the entire auditorium, almost more than 200 people sitting.

This time, the FA can only focus on the big and the small, focusing on the professional team, after all, if it really wants to gather all the football clubs in the UK, I am afraid that it can only go to the stadium for a meeting.

As the birthplace of modern football, the UK is one of the countries with the most complete grassroots football system. Almost all communities have teams and participate in leagues, with more than 37,000 clubs in England alone, hundreds of thousands of matches and football community, football education events held each year.

At the top of the football league pyramid is the Premier League, which contains 20 teams in a single group. Under it is the Football League, which is divided into three divisions, Championship, First Division and Second Division, with 24 teams in each division. Although the Premier League separated from the football league in 92, its 20 teams are still called league clubs together with 72 league teams, and they are all professional teams.

Although there were many people, but Arthur, who was as young as Arthur, was undoubtedly the only existence, and as soon as he and Nikolai sat down, many people cast their attention on him.

And these gazes contain all kinds of emotions, some scrutiny, some indifference, some banter, and of course, more kindness and curiosity.

The curious gaze, Arthur could understand, but those who nodded and smiled at him from time to time made him a little puzzled, you know, although he made a lot of noise when he bought Southampton Club, but he was definitely the first time to appear at a gathering of English football, not to mention familiar, not even familiar.

From time to time, he waved to acquaintances, smiled and nodded to say hello, Nikola Coustie turned his head to see the puzzled expression on the face of the young boss next to him, and at this time, he happened to see Arsenal's head coach Arsene Wenger nodding in their direction, and couldn't help but have some understanding, with a smile on his face, he lowered his voice and whispered to the young boss: "Boss, although we are in the first division, our youth training is incomparable to other clubs... ”

"Hehe... Hearing that Nikolai broke the connection, Arthur also shook his head with tears and laughter and sighed: "Well, they really treat us as a sought-after player supermarket." ”

Arthur, who realized the root of the problem, really didn't know what to say, no wonder it was the club heads in the Premier League region who smiled at him, and people were not interested in him as a young billionaire boss, but coveted his club's academy players.

TM's, all old foxes, really aren't good people!

"Produced by the Saints, it must be a high-quality product", although Southampton Academy has not produced many superstars, but many of the players produced have become the backbone of the league, especially the local players in the United Kingdom, which is really a hot commodity.

The survival mode of the Saints in the Premier League is second to none, since Arthur took over, now the Saints' youth training system has been doubled up, and there are even media that it is more Arsenal than Arsenal! Ajax youth training for the Dutch football to send fresh blood, La Masia academy to Barcelona brought many superstars, and Southampton propped up half of the Premier League!

In previous years, whenever they sold their biggest players, fans thought that heavy blood loss would cost them relegation, but the Saints were often able to get through the risk and stay in the Championship. While other giants are spending money on buying people, Southampton relies on the youth system, even in the club's most financially difficult times, they can still survive...

However, since Arthur became the owner, not only has he publicly stated that he will no longer sell leading stars, but even the good seedlings of the youth training system have been protected and will not be sold to the public at all.

used to be a Premier League supermarket, but now there is no product on the shelves, which makes several Premier League teams who are worried about Saints academy players really depressed.