"I'm sorry, it looks like I won't be able to accompany you to Stonehenge tomorrow. ”

After dinner, on the way back to the Port Southampton Spa Hotel in a Rolls-Royce, Arthur looked helplessly at Jiang Lai, who was thinking about something, and said.

"It's okay, it's important to get down to business, you can go anywhere you want, can't you?"

Jiang Lai's originally slightly frowning brows stretched, a charming smile appeared on his pale pretty face, and the red chun opened lightly, and said with some curiosity: "It's just that I can't imagine that a football club will be so cheap, I used to read the reports, isn't it all one or two hundred million pounds? 13 million pounds... Well, it's a lot, but I always feel that it's too easy for them to say yes. ”

"Hehe, you don't really think I'm going to spend £13 million, do you?" said Arthur with a playful smile.

"Is there anything else in this?"

"Of course, the most important point is the debt of the club, which is why Southampton have to declare bankruptcy, and after being relegated to the third division, they can't borrow money from the bank, so the 13 million pounds is the ownership of Southampton that was bought, and the troubles within the club have to be passed on to me.

Hehe, they're not fools, let's take a look tomorrow, if the hole is too big, maybe I'll return on the spot. Arthur shook his head and smiled and explained to Jiang Lai.

"I see. Jiang Lai nodded suddenly.

In fact, this is a very common phenomenon, just like in 07 when Mike Ashley, who was called a stinky fool by the fans 13, a slut, and a dead fat man, bought Newcastle for 80 million pounds, but after the acquisition was completed, he checked the accounts and found that Newcastle still had a debt of 70 million pounds.

Because of this, Ashley has announced that he wants to sell the team every year since he bought Newcastle, but the offer has been more than 300 million pounds, and he still refuses to let go, because he successfully turned Newcastle's 70 million liabilities into 150 million pounds。。。。。。

It's just that Arthur never imagined that the Southampton club he was going to take over would be so miserable... Yes, it's miserable, it's miserable!

The next day, Arthur had breakfast with Jiang Lai, and after parting, he drove to the Saints' famous Stepwood training base with Nicola Curtis and his team of six, as well as Arthur's lawyer, James, and Robert Lang, a financial adviser.

When Rolls-Royce arrived at the Stepwood training base, the club's shareholders, who had received the news, were already waiting at the door, and as soon as they saw Arthur get out of the car, they immediately greeted him.

"Good morning, Mr. Boleyn!"

Arthur looked at the three shareholders with smiles on their faces, and there was a little worry between the eyebrows behind him, and for some reason, the club management who looked at him curiously, couldn't help but smile in his heart.

It seems that the club owners are going to sell the Saints, and the club's management seems to have just received the news, and the tall white middle-aged man with a gloomy face should be the club manager who has just taken office, otherwise why would it be a look of disgruntle after being betrayed?

However, Arthur only glanced at the other party, and didn't look at it again at all, because these people were just migrant workers.

When the new boss takes over, the most important thing they should do is worry about what will happen to them in the future.

It's just that as everyone flocked into the Stepwood training base, what Arthur saw made his forehead start to have black lines, and his muscles jumped.

In addition to the turf can be managed, the mottled building, the rust-like traces left by the rain, and the other facilities all reveal an old atmosphere, and even more excessively, looking at the crowded office area of the staff of various departments, a messy scene, I really don't know what to say.

Arthur, at last, believed that on the way here, why did Curtis joke that the Saints staff were going to the away locker room to find sports drinks, tape measures, scissors, and other materials left behind by the visiting team.

It's not a joke.,It's TM's playing prevention for him.,It's just an amateur team called Hanako.。

It's no wonder they chose not to work at St Mary's Stadium and moved the club's office to the Stockwood training ground, because this is the only place where Southampton can continue to create value for the team, and it is only here that the young players who have been produced here can make money.

Under the curious and puzzled eyes of the club staff, everyone walked into the conference room, sat opposite each other, and as soon as they sat down, Arthur said meaningfully: "I thought that the saints were mired in relegation, and the inability to struggle was already the biggest dilemma they faced, but now it seems that Southampton's predicament is not limited to this!"

"Ahem... ”

The three shareholders sitting opposite each other looked at each other a little embarrassed, bowed their heads and coughed lightly to hide their embarrassment, while the other club management present were even more ashamed, they all knew that the young man sitting opposite was the new owner who was about to spend money to buy the club, but it seemed that they had left a bad impression on the future new owner.

"It is indeed because of the business problems that have caused the financial difficulties, which I have to admit, and I hope that the saints will be saved in the future at the hands of Mr. Boleyn. ”

A shareholder who has completely lost interest in the Southampton club said unabashedly, no way, the facts are the facts, the Saints are on the verge of collapse, and this kind of thing can't be hidden, so it's better to tell the truth.

"Hopefully. Arthur nodded lightly and said, "So, let's get started, let's talk about the accounts and liabilities first, I just hope this pit won't be too deep, I can't climb up the depth... ”

Arthur's teasing did not elicit laughter, but rather made the atmosphere solemn and awkward.

The three shareholders looked at each other, and they all saw helplessness on each other's faces, and saw that the wish to hope that the other party would pay money to complete the transaction and check the accounts again could not be achieved, and sure enough, everyone was not a fool.

The three shareholders directly ignored the club manager, who had been silent and had a gloomy face, and said to the financial director: "Tell the truth. ”

"The club is currently in debt of £18 million, with a £5 million loan due in November。。。。。。 ”

Well, no wonder it is on the verge of collapse, the funds in the account are -18 million pounds, and the loan of five million will be repaid soon, you can't sell players, you can't come up with money, it's no wonder if you don't collapse!

However, Arthur, who was already mentally prepared, did not stand up and leave directly, because this was within his acceptable range, and if the other party ran well, he would not sell the club so cheaply.

Arthur listened patiently to the detailed report of the club's financial director, and the other party did report according to the truth, did not hide it, and even introduced the income and expenditure of selling players in the past two years in detail.

“。。。 Wait, you just said that when you sold Gareth Bale to Tottenham, there was a transfer clause?

Arthur interrupted the other party's report with a sudden remark, but frowned, stared at the other party sharply, and asked with a hint of surprise in his tone.

"Yes, this transfer clause is that we will receive 15% of any future transfer fee for Bale. However, some time ago, due to financial difficulties, we negotiated with Tottenham to waive the clause as a condition that we would get three million pounds of compensation from Tottenham, but Tottenham replied that we had to consider it, and there has been no reply yet. ”

"It's okay to give up, the club will at least get a small percentage of the training costs from Bale's future transfer fee, which is about 2.5 per cent," explains the new manager who has been silent.

2.5% of Nima!

Arthur cursed directly in his heart, and glanced at the other party with some indifference, if he really followed this advice, he would definitely regret vomiting blood in depression after two years.

Who didn't know in the previous life that Da Shengbale was bought by the local tyrant Golden Real Madrid for 91 million euros, and this clause alone was enough to earn back the funds to buy the Saints Club!

What an unexpected surprise!

Tsk, it's not in vain that the saints have cultivated Bell, and they can drink thick soup in the future!

However, Arthur was not overjoyed, but continued to signal the financial director very calmly, as for the club manager, he simply ignored it, that is an unlucky guy waiting for the judgment of fate.

After the CFO finished reporting, Arthur looked at the three shareholders who looked a little worried and said: "I also know the basics of the situation, so let's do it, let the lawyers draft the contract, and strive for an hour later, we will open champagne to celebrate!"

"No problem!"

The three shareholders who were still worried heard Arthur say this, and said happily in unison.

After a short period of embarrassment, looking at Arthur, the four of them shook their heads and laughed in unison, now they are determined to buy, and the three of them will be sold alive and dead, and there is no obstacle at all.

I just don't know the future, do you regret today's decision after you know that a single transfer clause can make me pay back?