Chapter 169: Three-Party Secret Talks (2)
This interaction between Abu and George served well to liven up the atmosphere. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoSo, in the following period, Ferguson and the others tasted a variety of elaborate delicacies and various famous wines, and chatted in the room about topics of their own interest.
"Viscount Nelson, what you told me at the banquet earlier, about someone wanting to buy Manchester United, can you tell us more about the specifics?" Edwards has been trying to sell his stake in Manchester United all these years. Otherwise, he would not have been able to sit idly by and watch Mannier and McManus increase their stake in Manchester United to 29.9%, which is dangerously close to launching a tender offer, let alone sell Manchester United, which had just won the treble at the time, to Murdoch.
However, the recent incident at the Rock of Gibraltar led to a bitter rivalry between Ferguson and Manier. At the same time, the strong influence shown by the Lord in this incident has made the latter start to be suspicious of the acquisition of Manchester United - with such a manager with great prestige and a poor relationship with him in charge of the team, even if he succeeds in buying Manchester United, it is really a question whether he can suppress Ferguson in the club. The most important thing is that Ferguson, who has already torn his face with Maunier, will definitely do everything to prevent the Irish from further expanding his sphere of influence at Manchester United!
With Manier's takeover stalled, Edwards had to turn to finding a new buyer for Manchester United. Therefore, Edwards became interested in George's previous words, hoping to sell his Manchester United shares for a good price!
"No problem. Seeing that Edwards was very interested in this matter, George naturally couldn't ask for it, and immediately agreed. This is because it is a plan that George has been carefully planning to let Edwards and other Manchester United shareholders find more suitable buyers, so as to change the fate of Manchester United being acquired by the Glazer family in the previous life!
In George's view, even if Manchester United were bought by the Arab tycoons, it would be much better than falling into the hands of the Glazer family as in his previous life. At the very least, these Arab consortia are willing to spend a lot of money to strengthen their teams, but what about the Glazer family? The reason why they bought Manchester United at that time was only because they saw Manchester United's profitability that is second to none in European football, and regarded it as a cash cow, and they had no intention of running Manchester United well!
If the Glazer family did not regard Manchester United purely as a cash cow, then Manchester United in the previous life would not have made the decision to let go of Tevez and Ronaldo and other ministers one after another when they returned to the top of Europe in 08, nor would they rely on Ferguson's prestige and a veteran to forcibly continue their lives, let alone not even have a few heavyweight transfers before the retirement of the lord!
So, in order to prevent United from repeating the mistakes of their previous life, George must step in to prevent these shareholders from selling their shares to the Glazer family!
However, there are not many consortiums that can satisfy this group of greedy United shareholders and have a keen interest in taking over the Red Devils. And those Arab consortia that are rich and eager to gain greater influence and voice are naturally the best choice!
"By the way, Alex, I bought that Gibraltar rock from Manier. Tomorrow morning, you can go straight to my horse farm and take it away. After recommending and detailing several Arab consortia to Edwards, George left the United president in his deep dive and said to Ferguson, who was listening, "Of course, if you can trust me, then it's okay to keep it with me." ”
Bought the Rock of Gibraltar and gave it to Ferguson to alleviate the lord's bad feelings towards Manier, so as to prevent Ferguson from doing something like in his previous life to lure the wolf into the house, and as a result, he and Manchester United were all trapped.
"George, this gift of yours is really to my liking!" Seeing that George not only bought the Rock of Gibraltar that he had never forgotten, but also gave it directly to himself very generously, Ferguson couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately agreed, "If there is anything you need my help with in the future, just come and tell the old man directly." As long as it's within my reach, I'll do my best to help!"
In the UK, horse racing can be called the second largest sports industry after football, and it is a sport loved by almost everyone in British high society, and the Lord is no exception. Not to mention, the Rock of Gibraltar is a treasure that Ferguson will never forget, and it is also a piece of the old man's heart!
Therefore, although the Rock of Gibraltar is not a top racing horse, its loss and recovery still made the old man feel a little sick, and his good opinion of George's disciple increased a lot - originally last season's league standings were surpassed by Tottenham, which made Ferguson a little jealous and mustard towards George, and George is now such a hand, while getting an important commitment from Ferguson, it has also re-narrowed the distance between the master and apprentice.
"Okay, that's all for gossip first, now it's time to get down to business. Seeing that the clock was already pointing to ten o'clock, and the atmosphere was already brewing, Edwards had been initially persuaded by himself, and at the same time had received Ferguson's promise, George finally brought the topic into the right track, "I invite you to come here today, there is indeed a very urgent matter, I would like to take this opportunity to discuss with you." ”
"George, what kind of big thing does it take us people to plan together?" Because of the friendship with George, he has just received such a big gift from the Rock of Gibraltar, so compared with others, Ferguson naturally has a little less scruples and a little more joke when he speaks, "Could it be that you plan to overthrow the corrupt bureaucracy of the FA, so you came to us for help?"
"Uh, Alex, where do you think of it......" Hearing Ferguson's joke, George couldn't help but feel ashamed, "I hope that from today onwards, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United can join forces to establish a partnership in various areas such as commercial development and player transfers!"
"In other words, our three clubs have formed an offensive and defensive alliance to jointly develop overseas markets externally and a series of cooperation projects internally. For example, player information sharing, prohibiting malicious competition between each other, and so on. Sweeping his gaze over the crowd of people present, either pensive, shocked, or overjoyed, George finally made clear his true intentions, "This is my plan, I wonder what you think?"
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