"Lord, did you really decide to buy the Southampton club?"

Speeding back to the BMW on the road back to Boleyn Manor, the butler Paul held the steering wheel and looked up at the image of the young earl in the rearview mirror who was closing his eyes and recuperating, and asked with some curiosity and concern.

"I do have that idea, Jerry is right, Southampton FC is in the doldrums right now and there is a lot of potential to be tapped, and if the acquisition is successful, there is a long-term system for the future. The Saints may not be unable to return to the Premier League. Arthur opened his eyes and smiled.

"Of course, first of all, it has to be cheap, otherwise I can't afford it. ”

He said this as if he still had a lot of money.

In fact, Arthur himself is also hungry, and he has no money to eat the saints, after all, even if the saints are cheap on the street, it will cost tens of millions of pounds before they can be sold, and Arthur, who still has millions of pounds on his account, seems to have only dry eyes.

However, Arthur, who has recently learned a lot of financial knowledge, does not think so, in his opinion, as long as the price is low enough and there is room for profit, he can swallow the Southampton club.

You know, there is a method called leveraged buyout, which can completely satisfy him to complete the acquisition when he has no money. Leveraged buyouts, also known as financing mergers and acquisitions, are a kind of corporate financial means. It refers to the strategy of a company or individual to use the assets of the acquisition target as collateral for debt.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is also called the white wolf with empty gloves, using the assets and future earnings of the Southampton club to show the bank financing loan, and then using the bank loan to buy the Southampton club, and finally transferring all the loans to the Southampton club.

Although he cannot receive any income from the club until he pays off his debts, the club belongs to him.

The typical representative of this type is Manchester United's Glazer family, I have to say that the Americans have super financing ability, and they also play the most financial means, using the principle of leverage to buy Manchester United at a price of less than 800 million pounds, which is almost all loans, and the debt is passed on to Manchester United, which is why Manchester United fans hate the Americans.

Why go into debt to buy a club that has hit the streets of League One?

No matter how you look at it, it is a bit worth the loss for the current Arthur, but Arthur knows that the future English football club will be more and more valuable, and football is advertising.

Especially in the United Kingdom, football, as the national sport of the United Kingdom, has a great social influence, many celebrities are fans of the team, and buying a club is actually buying a business card for yourself, so that you can really enter the British high society.

Although Arthur, as an earl, belongs to a member of British high society, he is not well-known, and it is undoubtedly a very depressing thing to write a popular film that he does not dare to disclose to the public that he is its author.

And investing in football, the attention is extremely high, and it is all available!

As a homegrown club in Southampton, Hampshire, Paul, the housekeeper, is also a fan of it, but he doesn't think it's a good idea for his own earl to buy the Saints, after all, playing football burns money. Any Premier League club burns more money every year than its own earl.

The current Premier League, you have no money, and you even owe money, no matter how thick the foundation is, the top egg is used?

Looking over the transfer records of Premier League teams in recent years, who is not starting with 20 million pounds? Others are throwing money hard, you are still thinking about how to repay debts, even if you stay in the Premier League, it is estimated that when the debt crisis passes, the team is also a relegation life, the account is not negative and replaced by 0, the progress is not small, slowly relegation, step by step from the bottom, play to the middle - relegation worry-free, you can look forward to the future - do you think 10 years is enough? If you can stay in the Premier League, even if you have a big life.

Not to mention the Saints who are going to play in League One this year, the Championship, the Premier League, the Champions League。。。。。。 Tsk, some climbed!

As for his young earl, the butler Paul is now completely incomprehensible, obviously he seems to be very shrewd, but what he does is all done to the death, he wants to persuade him, but he does not know where to persuade him.

Arthur naturally didn't know what Paul, the butler who was driving, thought in his heart, but even if he knew, he wouldn't change his mind, anyway, he already had a lot of money borrowed from the bank, and he didn't care about any more.

Moreover, the development of football must be simmered slowly, and managers must have enough patience, and no one can expect to "get rich overnight". "It may take 10, 20 or even more years to build a championship division, it is enough to have a plan, a dream, and an expectation for the future, and at the same time follow the internal laws of football, which is not transferred by personal will.

Of course, it all depends on what kind of price Southampton shareholders offer, if it is really cheap, it should be picked up, if it is too expensive, then it can only be counted.

"Didi-"

The BMW stopped in the square in front of the main entrance of Boleyn Castle, and the waiters and maids heard the horn of the car and lined up on both sides of the main entrance, smiling to welcome the owner of the castle.

Looking at everything in the manor, Arthur couldn't help but feel a sense of stability from the heart, maybe unconsciously, he had a sense of belonging to the manor, and it felt good to go home!

After taking a shower and changing into loose and comfortable casual clothes, it was time to enjoy his exquisite afternoon tea, and when the afternoon tea was almost finished, Arthur's cell phone rang, and the call was Jerry Fuller.

"Boss, I've already met the majority shareholders of Southampton FC and they are offering £20 million... ”

Arthur was not surprised to hear this number, but this price was not something he could accept, so he asked directly, "Is this their final offer?"

"Boss, this price is negotiable, but the other party doesn't know how sincere we are, so they gave me this price, and they will also announce their intention to sell the team in the near future. ”

"That's it... Arthur took the mobile phone, frowned slightly, and said: "You replace me first, contact the other party, and tell the other party that I am very sincere to take over Southampton, but the price of 20 million pounds is indeed high for the current Southampton club, 10 million pounds, I think this price is the most suitable." ”

"Ahem... ”

Not only did Jerry on the other end of the phone cough lightly twice when he heard this offer, but even Paul, the butler standing next to Arthur, pulled his face unnaturally.

10 million? Do you think it's the most suitable?

Well, Arthur's bargaining level really makes people don't know what to say, but Arthur didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his offer, but said: "The club is already on the verge of bankruptcy, and if it really gets to the point of being trusteeship, falling into the English League and not being able to sell players, their shareholders will lose the most."

The reason why I am interested in the Saints is also because Southampton's youth system and scouting system have a self-reliant and sustainable system and ability, otherwise, 10 million pounds, I feel a bit high, tell the other party, I am really, very sincere. ”