The day after arriving in London, Ronan first went to the FA to visit William, the two were old acquaintances, and William also received Ronan warmly.

"Welcome to London. William shook Ronan's hand and asked, "Ready?"

Ronan smiled and said, "I made some preparations, but things were more complicated than I thought, so I came to seek confidence." ”

William smiled and said, "Didn't you already make a plan?"

"I would like to ask about the position of the FA side. Ronan didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "There is also the Premier League." ”

Willian said very seriously: "The Premier League is an open league that welcomes fans and players from all over the world, as well as investors from all over the world, and the Premier League is no different. ”

Ronan took a reassuring pill and deliberately said: "There are many investors in various places, is there a priority in investment?"

"Of course. William has been familiar with this since he was a child, and understands what he means: "The FA and the league give priority to welcoming investment from friends. ”

Ronan knew that this "friend" was not talking about a personal relationship: "Relativity Entertainment has always been a friend of the FA. ”

From the first time he met Willian to the current operation of the acquisition of Manchester United, Ronan and Willian have not met much, but a lot of work has been done in private.

To be precise, Ronan's abundant financial resources made William feel the warmth of the sun.

Because of some special reasons, many things cannot be clearly expressed.

In short, Ronan understands that William, an important figure who has not yet achieved financial freedom in the royal family, also understands.

After spending half the morning at the FA and having lunch with William at noon, Ronan took his leave and left, and the official obstacles were basically removed.

Of course, if the opposition of the fans is extremely fierce and even triggers large-scale protests, no one can guarantee whether the FA will change under the huge pressure of public opinion.

Half an hour later, Ronan arrived at the London branch of Bank of America.

As Judith and the head office had specifically greeted her, Joanne Fisher, the branch manager's loan business, was already waiting at the bank's door.

The two sides have communicated about the loan before, and Bank of America has also said that it will provide a loan.

Of course, the premise of a huge loan is that there is a corresponding collateral.

However, Bank of America did not know the purpose of the loan for the time being, and Ronan came over this time to make a final explanation and go through the relevant procedures.

Joanne Fisher looked at the information Connie handed her and reconfirmed: "Mr. Anderson is asking for a personal loan?"

Ronan said directly: "The purpose of this loan is for personal use, and it is all stated above. ”

"Buying Manchester United?" Joanne Fisher was rather surprised.

Ronan said lightly: "I hope Ms. Fisher can keep it a secret." ”

"Of course. Joanne Fisher hurriedly said, "Mr. Anderson, please trust me in my professional ethics. ”

Ronan waited for her to finish reading the information, and then said: "I used Amazon's shares as collateral to borrow 500 million pounds from your bank. ”

Materials such as proof of equity have long been passed to Bank of America, and Joanne Fisher said: "The head office will approve the loan within a week. ”

"One more thing, I want to state in advance. Ronan said directly: "If the acquisition of Manchester United Club is successful, your bank needs to handle the equity decompression for me, and the loan collateral will be replaced with Manchester United Club's income in the next three years." ”

Joanne Fisher understands that this is about passing on personal loans to corporate loans.

"Under normal circumstances, we don't handle it. Joanne Fisher glanced at Ronan and then sold well: "But Mr. Anderson is the most important partner of Bank of America, and as long as the legal channels can be passed, we will do our best to serve Mr. Anderson." ”

"The goal of this loan is to buy Manchester United, and if Mr. Anderson buys it as a sole proprietor, creditors agree to that in the future, it would be easy to do," she said. In the case of joint ventures, the consent of the other partners must be obtained. ”

Ronan has already spoken to Will Smith and Tom Cruise, saying: "That's fine. ”

It is enough for him to know that Bank of America can operate legally, and how to do it will naturally be handled by the people below to communicate with Bank of America.

Now that the Glazer family has not yet appeared, Ronan's team has not yet found out about the involvement between the Glazer family and Manchester United, and perhaps Manchester United will change hands before the Glazer family decides to make a move on Manchester United.

But Ronan has also borrowed some operational methods from the Glazer family's takeover of Manchester United, and although the financial strategies used by the two sides are fundamentally different, they have one thing in common – to use Manchester United's future earnings to buy Manchester United.

It used to be a classic business case of successful leveraged buyouts.

The so-called "leveraged buyout" refers to the acquirer borrowing a large amount of funds from investment banks or other financial institutions to carry out acquisition activities on the basis of a small amount of capital, and using the company's income to pay a high proportion of liabilities arising from the acquisition after a successful acquisition, so as to achieve the purpose of using a small amount of capital to grab high profits.

At the time, the Glazer family, with a net worth of less than a billion pounds, obtained loans from JP Morgan Bank and the three major US hedge funds in the form of a leveraged buyout to buy close to their entire net worth of Manchester United.

After the acquisition, Manchester United was saddled with a heavy debt burden of more than £700 million.

What's even more terrifying is that this debt has extremely high interest due to leveraged buyouts.

Ronan used a mortgage buyout, and if successful, United would also have huge debt, but with low interest.

In contrast, the tactics he uses are more subdued.

There is no problem with the collateral of Manchester United's revenue, which had a total revenue of 518 million euros and a net profit of 70 million euros last season.

It is the healthiest professional football club in Europe.

At the same time as Ronan's operation, one of Jefferson's teams was also working in the secondary market, constantly eating into the outstanding shares on the market, while negotiating with several minority shareholders who had previously been in contact, and reaching acquisition agreements with many of them.

By the end of the day, Ronan had nine percent of the shares in Manchester United.

In the evening, Connie, as the spokesperson for Ronan, Will Smith and Tom Cruise, officially disclosed the relevant information to the public, and issued a takeover offer to Manchester United Club in the name of Ronan, Tom Cruise and Will Smith!

The news spread quickly, and at first there was an uproar on the Internet.

After the paper media reacted, the whole of Britain and even Europe were boiling.

Last year's acquisition of Chelsea by Roman Abramovich caused a sensation, after all, it is a second-rate team, Manchester United is one of Europe's top giants, and it represents a special meaning in itself.

Subsequently, Manchester United officials confirmed that there were indeed "tentative approaches" to them about buying them.

The emotions of Manchester United fans were instantly ignited, and the Shareholders League was the first to stand up and declare - Manchester United does not sell, whether it is euros or dollars!

England's conservative die-hard fans, known all over the world, Manchester United's conservative fans organized as quickly as they could, and shouted an unusually loud slogan: Bloodline Defense!

Some Manchester United supporters' leaders have declared that as long as Manchester United fans are united, it will be the same as the last failed takeover by an outside power: they came, they saw, and they failed to conquer in the end.

More agitated fans began to rally in Manchester Square, further emphasizing the battle for bloodlines, as Manchester United was the last pure, last dignity of English football.

And that's not the most troublesome, the most troublesome thing is that these die-hard fan groups hold a sizable stake in Manchester United.

A nine-percent stake is enough for Ronan's small group to become United's fourth-largest shareholder.

But Ronan is also well aware that it will take an uphill battle to win Manchester United.

Jefferson, who represents Ronan's trio, made initial contact with the club's management of the Big Three manager Alex Ferguson, CEO Peter Kenyon and general manager David Gill.

As with the information gathered from previous investigations, the trio did not object to the change of ownership of Manchester United, but unanimously demanded that the stability of the club be maintained.

Later, Ronan met Ferguson in person.

Manchester United was in a period of change in this era, and Ferguson was carrying out a radical reform of Manchester United, completely abandoning the English style of play and bringing in a large number of technical players.

Ronan promised him that as long as the acquisition was successful, the transfer fee would not be a problem, and that he would not take a penny of profits from Manchester United for the next five years, and that the club would have enough income for him to bring in the players he wanted.

In London, in an ultra-luxurious manor house in Chelsea, an Arab man in his thirties looked at two assistants, one fat and one thin, with a serious face.

"Message confirmed?" asked Chief Mansour.

The thin man was the first to reply, "Yes, confirmed." After analyzing the news from multiple sources, Ronan Anderson has teamed up with Hollywood superstars Will Smith and Tom Cruise to buy Manchester United. Before, they didn't trigger it, and they have been preparing in secret, so we didn't notice them, but now they are in the open, and the relevant information is not difficult to collect. ”

The fat man added: "Ronan Anderson and Will Smith are currently staying at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, and Tom Cruise will be on a flight from Los Angeles tomorrow to join Ronan Anderson and Will Smith soon. ”

Mansour seemed to see the young figure again, and sighed lightly: "Ronan Anderson, our old friend. ”

The thin man and the fat man glanced at each other, and they were both smart enough not to take the topic.

Of course they know who Ronan Anderson is! What Ronan Anderson has been involved with the Abu Dhabi consortium, they know it too!

Mansour quickly shakes off that inexplicable emotion and asks, "Are they well funded?"

The fat man replied, "Definitely not as abundant as us." ”

Mansour waved his hand: "The takeover of Manchester United starts early, you go and contact the shareholders of Manchester United in person, and ......" He hesitated slightly, and quickly made a decision: "Contact Ronan Anderson, I want to meet with him." ”

It's best if the other party takes the initiative to retreat.

When it comes to money, the Abu Dhabi consortium is not afraid of anyone, but this thing ......