Chapter 147: Ferguson
In early September, the production of "Tales of the Night" was completed, and the film was also promoted at the same time, and according to the advice of the distributor Fox Films, the film was finally set for October 1.
According to the past practice, Wang Jie still handed over the promotion and distribution of the film to others, and Wang Jie himself took Kate Beckinsale to Manchester, England. In the Manchester United club's office, Wang Jie met Alex Ferguson, who had not yet become a Jazz.
"I don't know what happened to the boss this time?" Ferguson asked curiously, he was very satisfied with Wang Jie, the boss, who did not meddle in the affairs of the club, and was more generous, and also supported his work.
"I'm here to talk to you about the recent hot Persian incident. Wang Jie replied.
In the summer of 1990, Jean-Marc Bosman, a midfielder who played for the Belgian team RFC Liège, wanted to move to Dunkirk in France when his contract with his former club expired at the end of the season, and the club was ready to cut his annual salary by 60%. However, Dunkirk could not afford to pay the high transfer fee offered by Club Liège at the time, which led to the transfer being lost. Under the old transfer system, even if a player's contract expired, another club had to pay a transfer fee to the player's original club to recruit him.
After receiving legal advice, Boseman took Liège and the Belgian Football Federation to court in August of that year, in November, a Belgian district court ruled that Boseman's transfer was legal and the Belgian Football Federation lost the case, and six months later, the Belgian Court of Appeal ruled to dismiss the appeal, and in January 1992, Boseman was denied unemployment benefits to the government, and in a fit of rage, he took the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union in The Hague, the Netherlands, claiming $1 million for the club's non-release of his transfer in violation of the European Union." Treaty of Rome on the right of citizens of the European Union to freely choose their place of residence and to choose their employment". Boseman also asked the EU to order UEFA to lift restrictions on non-EU players, which are fundamentally racist.
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in favor of Boseman on 15 December 1995. After the introduction of the law, the movement of players within the EU began to accelerate, and players from smaller clubs wanted to wait until the end of their contracts to join the big clubs. The Boseman Act also prohibits the local leagues of EU member states and the European Football Federation from restricting the number of non-local players in competitions, excluding non-EU players.
The most important and immediate consequences of the Boseman Act soon manifested themselves in the transfer market, where the protagonists had changed from clubs to players, and when the only obstacle to their transfer was removed, Europe immediately plunged into a crazy era!
The transfer fee was once considered a bellwether for the European economy, and the price of the transfer market rose at the speed of light since 1996, and the £15 million transfer fee set by Shearer when he joined Newcastle from Blackburn Rovers in 1996 was quickly broken. The increase in transfer fees coincides with an increase in player wages, and the Boseman Act allows big clubs to get players to save a lot of money, but they are not without their pains, and in order to attract players to join, they often need to improve the treatment of stars. The club's wage structure can be disrupted, and other players are demanding higher salaries, creating a vicious cycle that causes the club's wage bill to skyrocket. For example, the weekly salary of the Premier League's top stars has reached 200,000 pounds, while before the Boseman Act came into effect, Rush's weekly salary as the top scorer in the English league was only 5,000 pounds. Similarly, in order to retain the core players of the team, the original club has had to raise the wages of players, and it has become more common in Europe for players to threaten the club with a salary increase with a transfer.
Players are naturally the biggest beneficiaries, but there are also many side effects of lowering the threshold for player turnover. Players are less loyal, and even a homegrown club flag can be bent over a contract. But you are ruthless and I am unjust, the club is even more ruthless to the players, because the players whose contracts expire can no longer exchange for transfer fees, so they naturally have to sweep the floor out, which causes an increase in unemployed players. When it comes to finding a new club, these players are the underdogs, with the club desperately trying to keep them down.
In addition to revolutionizing the transfer market, the Boseman Act was also a milestone moment in the use of foreign aid. At that time, the European Union stipulated that all leagues should implement a "3+2 policy", that is, a team can have five non-EU players, and the starting lineup for a game can have a maximum of three foreign players!
The club has been reckless in bringing in EU players and putting their precious foreign quotas to good use. As a result, many wealthy families have become "international columns". On 26 December 1999, Chelsea started the Premier League with all-foreign players for the first time. The impact of foreign aid is all-encompassing, as small and medium-sized teams are also willing to bring in cheap foreign aid in order to save money, and with the pace of the EU's eastward expansion, the influx of Eastern European players is also easier. In 1994, the proportion of foreign aid in the Bundesliga was only 21%, and 10 years later, it was close to 60%, and it only fell back last season.
The Boseman Act also raises the issue of fake passports, because playing in the EU is no longer considered foreign aid as long as you have an EU passport. Although the phenomenon of players changing nationality has existed for a long time, the successive scandals of fake passports have been exposed after the Boseman Act. In the 2000-2001 season alone, 11 players who played in Italy were found to be in possession of fake passports. South American players such as Rivaldo and Veron have been implicated.
The Boseman Act changed European and world football, but the Belgian player was not as illustrious as the bill that bears his name. In a sense, Bosman's lawsuit is a wedding dress for others, which has fulfilled countless rich people, but ruined his own life.
In 2005, when Boseman in black and with a cigarette in his mouth walked the streets of Liège, Belgium, it was difficult to associate him with a former professional footballer. Boseman has become accustomed to the life of ordinary people, and he has no regrets about the experience of filing a lawsuit back then, "If I had to go through it again, I would have chosen it the same way I did at the beginning...... But maybe I'd prefer to be a little more ignorant and pretend it doesn't matter. ”
The introduction of the Boseman Act immediately made Boseman a controversial figure. Smaller clubs have scolded him for being a rebel who has forgotten his ancestors, but some stars have seen him as a freedom fighter and a revolutionary pioneer who defends the interests of his players. However, professional footballers have to earn money by playing football, and Boseman is no exception, but his reputation as a "rebellious" has made it difficult for him to find a new club.
After he won the case, the Liège club did not pay the compensation until four years later, and about one-third of the money was used by him to pay the lawyer's representation fee. After that, Boseman did not play in Dunkirk, and he struggled to find a suitable job, eventually spending the rest of his career at a few small clubs and retiring soon after. After retiring from the army, Boseman lost a steady income and had to survive on unemployment benefits from the government. Because of the lawsuit and the subsequent collapse of his life, Bosman's marriage also broke down, and his wife left him with his daughter.
"Bosman is just an insignificant little person, and he can't stir up any waves. Ferguson said indifferently.
Wang Jie smiled mysteriously and said: "That's not necessarily, maybe in the future, because of the little man Bosman, all players will strengthen the right to determine their own interests, so before the big change, we have to hoard as many overseas players as possible, such as Rivaldo and Ronaldo I brought." ”
At the mention of Rivaldo and Ronaldo Ferguson, a smile suddenly filled with smiles, "Boss, the two of them are simply geniuses among geniuses, compared to Beckham and others in Class 92." ”
Manchester United's Class of 92 is the biggest cornerstone of the revival of Manchester United led by Alex Ferguson, Manchester United was a strong team in England before the Class of 92 took office, and with the rise of Class 92, it began to become the hegemon of English football.
This time and space, Manchester United's 92 class is even more star-studded, not only the king of the left side, Giggs, the midfield master Scholes, the prince of Manchester United Beckham, but also Wang Jie Gao Feng, Hao Haidong, Fan Zhiyi brought in from China, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Lucio, Roberto Carlos from Brazil, and Gabriel Batistuta and Fernando Redondo from Argentina.