Chapter 7: A Great Thing

As the owner and largest shareholder of Belshot, Philippe Grimaldi owns 87% of the club's shares, and he spent nearly $4 million to buy these shares, and now Arthur has made an offer of three times that price, so Philippe Grimaldi just reserved for a moment and quickly nodded in agreement. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

In UEFA rules, it is permissible to have two UEFA clubs like Arthur, and no one really cares about it.

Filip Grimaldi and Arthur's team had already agreed on the contract and details, so there was no hesitation and a contract was signed quickly.

Philippe Grimaldi sold all his shares to Arthur's investment firm. And in order to get these shares, Arthur's investment company only paid less than 10 million euros.

However, Arthur was not satisfied with acquiring 87% of Belshot's shares, and he wanted to take the rest of the shares. For Arthur, having a board of directors is a bad thing, and the best thing to do is to control all the shares himself. No one bothered you with anything, and you didn't have to look at other people's faces.

Arthur's previous acquisition of the Brazilian International Sports Club was very unpleasant, because the club's shares were relatively dispersed, which led to a very unsmooth acquisition of Arthur and a high premium.

In a fit of rage, Arthur stopped negotiating with the owner of the shares of Internacional Brasil and instead bought his arch-rival Gremio FC for half the €26 million offered by Primario Nacional de Sporting.

Founded on September 15, 1903, Gremio FC has won two Copa Libertadores and one Intercontinental Cup, and is one of Brazil's traditional 13 clubs, along with its archrivals Aletico Internationale do Brasil.

However, today's Gremio Football Club is in dire straits, and the club's strength is still not as good as before.

But what does it matter to a satellite club that only sees Gremio FC as a satellite club in Blackburn Rovers South America to develop future stars?

As long as Gremio is not relegated, developing young players is key.

In this way, after spending more than 30 million in a row, Arthur now owns three football clubs, namely last season's Premier League champion Blackburn, Belschott Antwerp in the Belgian First Division, and Gremio in the Brazilian First Division.

"There has also been some progress in Eastern Europe, so there is no hurry. But there are some things that can be started. Arthur has long been ready to spend all the prize money won by the South Korea and Japan World Cup in favor of the baton nation this summer.

After all, even though it was a prize from betting, Arthur still held on to it.

At the same time as acquiring Belshort and Gremio, Arthur invested 10 million euros to become a game company, and poached Jon Murphy and Hideo Kojima with sky-high annual salaries and company shares.

In Arthur's previous life, he was a long-time ambassador of the Pro Evolution Soccer franchise and contributed to the Pro Evolution Soccer brand, having been a 16-year veteran of Konami before leaving in 2014 and 10 years on the team that developed the Pro Evolution game series.

Hideo Kojima is one of the world's most well-known Japanese game producers for leading the development of the game's first tactical espionage action game, Metal Gear Solid, and a creative director of Konami's digital entertainment.

Arthur hired Jon Murphy and Hideo Kojima at almost no cost, naturally in order to develop a soccer game that could compete with, or even surpass, Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer.

Buying Under Armour, establishing satellite clubs around the world, and creating the world's No. 1 football game are the three major off-market moves planned by Arthur Blackburn.

As for the club's regular arrangements such as investing heavily to improve the youth training system and building a scouting system all over the world, Arthur has already completed and carried out it step by step.

"I've done everything I've done so far, and it's up to Jose and them to do the rest." Arthur could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but he also knew that everything had to be built on Blackburn's results.

This summer has been very busy, and finally the summer is slowly coming to an end.

The hectic transfer period and the frenzied buyings are over, and Arthur has been able to relax a bit.

The new season is about to begin.

In the third round of the new season, Blake welcomed the challenge of the Reds Liverpool.

After beating Liverpool at home in the penultimate game of the Premier League last season, Blackburn Rovers became the Reds' vengeful rivals after beating Liverpool at home to reach the Premier League title.

With top scorer Ibrahimovic banned for elbowing the opposing centre-back in the previous round against Birmingham City, many people sweated for Blackburn.

However, when the Blackburn Rovers vs Liverpool match was over, people saw a triumphant smile on the faces of the Blackburn fans.

What's even more daunting is that Blackburn Rovers in the new season has a tighter defense, returning to the right side of Finnan, and the left side of the new recruit Ashley Cole, together with Carvalho and Stam, to form the Premier League's first backline, and with the increasing maturity of young players in the midfield, Ibrahimovic, Alonso, Cambiaso, Lampard, Duff, etc., Blackburn has become the number one favorite for the Premier League title.

After a 2-1 win over title rivals Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers continue to sit top of the table with a winning record.

With a 1-0 win over Sunderland, a 2-0 win over Birmingham, a 2-1 win over Liverpool and a 3-0 win over Middlesbrough, Blackburn have conceded just one goal from eight goals to make steady progress towards the title.

Blackburn has the first number of goals conceded and points after four rounds, and now Blackburn has the championship appearance.

Their attack was sharp enough, scoring eight goals in four Premier League games, and even after Ibrahimovic was banned for two games, Drogba and Larsson were eye-catching.

Blackburn's four-game winning streak at the start of the new season is unrivaled even across the continent. With all four wins at the beginning of the season, most bookmakers have adjusted Blackburn's odds to win the championship to the first place.

When it comes to the title situation before the start of the season, Sky Bet's odds at the start of the season show that Blackburn are not the top favourites to win the Premier League, as the defending champions are only 7/2, the favourites Manchester United are 11/8, and the second place is Arsenal's 5/2, Blackburn Rovers are only in third place with Liverpool.

What is ironic is that after four rounds, Sky Betting updated the odds immediately after the game, and the result was that Blackburn's side actually wrote 9/8, which also shows that Blackburn is already the absolute favorite to win the championship.

Points first!

No. 1 in the number of clean sheets (defending)!

No. 1 in the odds of winning the championship!

That's what Blackburn gave to their fans at the start of the season, and it's what they need to do to win the league trophy.

Blackburn's proud independence is inseparable from the stability of the team.

Since the start of the new season, Blackburn's changes are not a makeover, let alone a rebirth, because both Mourinho and Arthur believe that stability is paramount, and the winning team does not need major adjustments.

For example, in the third-round clash with Liverpool, Blackburn still had just 43.6 per cent possession at Ewood Park, a statistic that came with two goals in their own rivalry.

However, throughout the game, Blackburn, who had far less possession than their opponents, had 14 to 12 shots on goal and 7 shots on target.

It can be said that in this game, Blackburn has brought its own characteristics to the extreme, although it seems to be passive on the field, but it relies on rock-solid defense and sharp counterattacks, and has won the essence of defensive counterattacks.

Their control of the game was all-round, and their victory was justified.

After the first four rounds of the new season, the British media paid full tribute to Mourinho and his Blackburn Rovers.

The Daily Mail reported on the game under the headline "Jose Mourinho is the new Caesar of the Premier League" - and apparently the Daily Mail believes that the biggest contributor to Blackburn's four consecutive wins in the new season is undoubtedly Mourinho.

Yahoo Sports says Blackburn Rovers are no longer a dark horse and are changing the tide of the Premier League - and this is to give credit to all Blackburn Rovers.

The season has just been played for 4 games, but Mourinho led Blackburn Rovers and told people early on at this time that they are the top favorites in the Premier League!

Seeing that everything was going well for the team and that he was in great shape, Arthur was also relieved and ready to start his vacation.

"Maybe it's also interesting to go to Africa to see the savannah and the lions."