Chapter 195: Entering the Crystal Palace (2)
Ron Noz was met in his mansion in Bury, England, which has seven bedrooms, six bathrooms, a family video room and a swimming pool with the Eagle of the Crystal Palace carved on floor tiles. Worth around £2 million!
"Mr. Nozzy, it's a pleasure to meet you! I'm Moynihan. ”
"Hello Mr. Noz, you can call me Liu!"
"Baron Moynihan, Mr. Liu, please be seated!" Pointing to the sofa in the living room, he invited Liu Si and Moynihan to sit down and talk, "Your club manager has already told me." ”
"Mr. Liu is interested in investing in a Premier League club, and Crystal Palace has a long history and is now a Premier League team, which is a good fit for Mr. Liu's investment goals. For what price does Mr. Notz want to sell Crystal Palace? ”
"Crystal Palace has spent 17 years of my energy, from middle age to old age, a full 17 years, I have a deep affection for Crystal Palace!"
"IMHO, Crystal Palace has no future at all in Mr. Nozz! Today's football is utilitarian football, and after the Bosman Act, Jinyuan football is the mainstream. As long as you have money, you can buy stars, and you can play in the league and in Europe. And Mr. Notze's dedication deserves respect and deserves to be inscribed in the Hall of Fame by Crystal Palace. However, this does not bring Crystal Palace a trophy, cannot let Crystal Palace beat Arsenal in the derby, and cannot make Crystal Palace a real giant! Liu Si waved his hand, he didn't want to talk about any emotions with Ron Notz, he just wanted to talk about the price of Crystal Palace.
"17 years, 17 whole years, the Crystal Palace has had its ups and downs in my hands, 17 years spent in the Crystal Palace, I am ashamed of my wife, ashamed of my family. I'm 60 years old, and I want to spend the rest of my time with my wife and family. I was interested in selling Crystal Palace, and I have been in contact with many entrepreneurs before you. Baron Moynihan personally accompanies him, and I don't doubt Mr. Liu's financial resources, but before selling, I want to hear Mr. Liu's plan for the Crystal Palace, after all, it is the work of half my life! "Ron Noz is an old man, how can he not know the potential meaning of Liu Si's speech, and only Ron Nozz understands his feelings for the Crystal Palace. After 17 years of careful management of Crystal Palace, this emotion is not even understood by his wife who has lived with him for decades, and Ron Noz does not ask the rich second generation in front of him to understand.
"I will inject $100 million into Crystal Palace Football Club in my first season at Crystal Palace, and at the same time start the construction of Crystal Palace's home stadium, the academy center, and upgrade all aspects of medical care, coaching and so on! Invest 500 million US dollars to accelerate the completion of the construction of the home stadium and youth training center within three years. In terms of player introduction, the strategy of one superstar a year is not ruled out. Liu thought for a moment.
Although there are many advantages to a superstar a year, there are also great benefits. However, Liu Si only took it for granted or took it for granted, and did not consider whether the superstar was willing to join the team.
"Alright! Let's talk about the value of Crystal Palace! Ron Noz listened to Liu Si's story, to be honest, he didn't hear a little substantive plan to run Crystal Palace, the only central idea is that Liu Si has money and can buy stars to come to Crystal Palace every year. Ron Knozzy doesn't understand the local tyrant's approach, but think that the so-called Golden Yuan Football is like this!
"£23.5 million!" Liu Si quoted a price, which was later the price for Ron Noz to sign a contract with Goldberg to sell Crystal Palace.
"How is that possible? £23.5 million is like buying Crystal Palace! Crystal Palace's current squad has been promoted from League One, does Mr. Liu think that the squad that can compete for the title in League One plus the current Academy and other infrastructure of Crystal Palace is only worth 23.5 million pounds! When it comes to money, Ron Noz doesn't look at all like a 60-year-old man who argues loudly and high-pitched.
"God! Crystal Palace infrastructure? Is there one? Selhurst Park? Liu Si looked down on Selhurst Park because it only had a capacity of 26,309 spectators, which was worthless to Liu Si, who was interested in the Champions League, "£25 million! ”
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On September 16, 1997, Xingyu Holdings (UK) Limited officially announced the acquisition of Crystal Palace for 32.5 million pounds.
Speaking to the media on behalf of Star Universe Holdings (UK) Limited, Moynihan announced that Star Holdings (UK) Limited aims to develop Crystal Palace Football Club into a giant club. At the same time, it was announced that it would increase its support for Crystal Palace, and would inject $100 million into Crystal Palace Football Club this season; And next season does not rule out that this season will invest 500 million US dollars to build a new football stadium, youth training system, upgrade medical care, coaching and other aspects of affairs!
As soon as the media heard the news, the witty reporter calculated that the cost of Xingyu Holdings (UK) Limited's acquisition of Crystal Palace was 32.5 million pounds (52.08 1.25 million US dollars). And now announced investment, a total of 65,208,125 million US dollars, many reporters are asking themselves, spending so much, why not directly buy a big club, such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool.
Moynihan left the room after speaking, and he needed to get busy. Busy helping Liu Si's Meizu Group and VIVO Group acquire some small companies and research institutes. They range from CPUs, graphics cards, motherboards, displays, storage, SDI, software companies, and more.
Moynihan is motivated, as Liu has promised that he will wait for at least $100 million in commissions as long as he is satisfied with the results, and if the results are very satisfactory, he will be paid extra.
The acquisition of the Premier League team is not over, this season's Crystal Palace team's lineup has not changed at all from last season, or the upgraded lineup, it is precisely because Crystal Palace does not buy people, and Dave Bassett, who has been successfully upgraded by Crystal Palace, went to Nottingham Forest to coach, he understands that Crystal Palace's upgraded squad is not good at playing in the Premier League.
I didn't buy people before because I didn't have money, but now that I have money, I naturally want to buy people. The transfer window has closed, and the Premier League's transfer period is divided into winter and summer transfers. Summer opens from June 1 and closes on September 1, September 2 if September 1 is a non-working day, or September 3 if September 2 is also a non-working day. The winter season starts on January 1 and ends on February 1. If it is a non-working day, it will be postponed until the 3rd at most.
At present, Liu Si can only turn his attention to free agents. The Premier League has a free transfer period of close to three months, and in the event of an injury in the team, a free agent can be signed to replace him. In a word, if you want to change the lineup at the moment, you can only find a way to find free agents.
Miroslav Klose (born June 9, 1978 in Opole, Poland) is a German footballer and striker, who joined Humboldt in the third division in 1997 at the age of 19 as a semi-professional for his outstanding performances in the amateur regional league.
Ronaldinho (Ronaldinho) Born on March 21, 1980 in Porto Alegre, the capital of the Brazilian state of Dosur, Ronaldinho rose to prominence at the age of 13, and Ronaldinho helped his team win 23-0 in a junior match, scoring all 23 goals by himself. In 1997, Ronaldo joined the Gremio youth team for football training.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (born 3 October 1981 in Malmö, Sweden) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker. Ibrahimovic joined Malmo FC in 1995. Ibrahimovic only began his official career with Malmo in 1999.
Leite Ribeiro Adriano Ribeiro· Adriano), born on February 17, 1982 in the ghetto of Rio de Janeiro, is a young player developed by the Flamengo team. In 1997 he joined the Flamenco Juniors.
Walter Samuel, Inter Milan defender, was born on March 22, 1978 in Firmmatt, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Diego Maradona, the king of the ball, was born on 30 October 1960 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and plays in central midfield. The 37-year-old is currently in retirement at Boca Juniors.
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Liu Si spent nearly 10 hours using the gold finger to find the news of free agents in '97, but the gains were not much, especially since there were few capable free agents. On the contrary, there are some future talents who have collected a lot, such as Esteban Cambiasso, Pablo Aimar, Diego Alberto Milito, Robson de Sousa Robinho, Fernando Torres, Alger Robben, Franck Franchieri, Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo......
Liu Si needs to absorb all these players into the upcoming re-establishment of the Crystal Palace Academy, even if he doesn't use it in the future, it is very worthwhile to sell it, at least he can make a lot of money.
What's more, many of these stars are Brazilian, Argentine, and naturally need to stay in the UK for a few more years, so that he can apply for an EU passport or a British passport or even become a British citizen.
In addition, the Premier League's league squad is also one of the restrictions, and the Premier League's registration rules are: the transfer period closes, and each club submits a list of 25 people to register. The squad consists of 17 non-domestic players and 8 homegrown players, regardless of nationality, as long as they have been registered with the FA or Welsh FA for three seasons before the age of 21. There is no limit to the number of Under-21 players that clubs can use to supplement their squad. In line with UEFA regulations, players under the age of 21 are those who are under the age of 21 at the start of the season. The registered squad can only be changed during the transfer period or in very exceptional circumstances, such as a goalkeeper injury crisis. Loan players who are already registered in the 25-man roster cannot be replaced, although returning to their parent club can reactivate a spot. If the team doesn't have enough signings to fill the 25-man squad, they can add free agents in the non-transfer period. If the team does not have eight homegrown players, their squad size will have to be reduced.
How embarrassed Crystal Palace was before, even the 25 players in the squad could not be gathered, but this also created conditions for Liu Si to be able to sign only players after the transfer window closed.