Coventry City in the county of Coventry in the heart of England have a lackluster record of history, having never won the English top flight, with the only significant title coming in the FA Cup eight years ago.

The name of the Manchester City team is much more familiar to Ding Hongxing, because a few years later, the Manchester City team bought Chinese international Sun Hai, and later an Arab tycoon bought the Manchester City team, buying many big-name stars, making Manchester City an important force in the Premier League.

Manchester City's history is much more glorious than Coventry's, with two top-flight titles, four FA Cups, one League Cup and even one European Cup Winners' Cup, but that's a long time ago, with City's last big trophy coming back 26 years ago.

In recent years, Manchester City have also been torn between the top flight and the second division, and if no one else intervenes, they will be relegated to League One next season, and then they will even be relegated to League Two.

The poor results naturally caused financial problems for these two clubs, but if it weren't for this, Ding Hongxing would not have had the opportunity to buy them.

After reading the information of these two clubs, Ding Hongxing quickly made a decision, and he said to Lin Yaozu: "Just buy the Manchester City team." ”

Lin Yaozu nodded and smiled: "I also mean to buy Manchester City, this is a team with a long history and a wide fan base, especially in the Manchester region, there are far more fans who support Manchester City than Manchester United." ”

Ding Hongxing nodded, like many teams in the same city, the supporters of the Manchester City team are mainly the local working class, that is, the proletariat, while the supporters of the Manchester United team are mainly the local middle class, and Manchester City's fan base is naturally much broader.

In addition to these, Manchester's status in England is much higher than Coventry, it is an international metropolis in England second only to London, and it is also a famous industrial town and financial center, which is also something that Ding Hongxing needs to consider, and Ding Hongxing also saw from the information that Manchester and Jiangcheng are still sister cities, this relationship was concluded in 1986, and this relationship also added a weight to Manchester in Ding Hongxing's heart.

Of course, the addition of Sun Hai later also gave many Chinese fans a special feeling for the Manchester City team, and Ding Hongxing in his previous life was also one of these fans.

In addition, Manchester City and Manchester United are sworn enemies in the same city, which also makes Ding Hongxing feel very interesting, it must be a very interesting thing to have such a strong competitor! I wonder how Ferguson will feel when he knows he has gone to Manchester City? Thinking of this, Ding Hongxing couldn't help laughing.

Of course, this does not mean that Ding Hongxing has any malice towards Ferguson, this is purely a bad taste of him, although he is mature, but his current biological age is only eighteen years old after all, and it is understandable to occasionally show such a childlike innocence.

Ding Hongxing asked: "What step has you come into contact with Manchester City Club now?" ”

"Manchester City FC has a board of directors and the directors of the board of directors have a strong view of the current chairman, Peter Brown. Swals's management is not very satisfied, in recent years, Manchester City's record has also been poor, and the financial situation is not good, so they have plans to change the chairman, and many directors are also ready to sell their shares, after all, no one can stand the loss every year. ”

Ding Hongxing nodded, and Lin Yaozu continued: "Originally, our contact has entered a substantive stage, but during this time, there was a Cheng Biting Jin, a Manchester City legend Francis. Lee also wants to compete for the position of club chairman. ”

Ding Hongxing said: "Then what are the advantages and disadvantages of us and them?" ”

Lin Yaozu said: "Francis. Lee used to play for Manchester City in the 70s, he was a famous Manchester City celebrity, so the directors of the Manchester City board of directors should feel more kind to him, but his disadvantage is in terms of funds, he is not a very rich person, he became the chairman, saying that he can make any substantial improvements to the situation of Manchester City, not many people believe it, if we don't intervene, he may succeed, at least he will not be worse than the current chairman; And our advantage, of course, is that we have strong capital, and we have a complete set of plans that can allow Manchester City to substantially change the existing situation, especially when we assure the directors of the board that as long as we can successfully acquire Manchester City FC, we will not invest less than 10 million pounds in transfers next season, in addition to the broadcast share, and we will also bring in a popular superstar, as for our disadvantage, of course, we are not English, nor do we belong to traditional Manchester City fans, This leaves them with some doubts about our motives for buying Manchester City. ”

Ding Hongxing laughed: "Who is the popular superstar you guarantee to introduce?" ”

Lin Yaozu smiled: "Of course it's you, aren't you a popular superstar now?" ”

Ding Hongxing said: "It should be counted in China now, and it should not be counted in international football, but when I win the Champions League, it should be counted." ”

Lin Yaozu nodded and said: "Yes, if you win the Champions League, you are an undisputed popular superstar." ”

Ding Hongxing said: "In this way, let's take another fierce medicine, just say that after you successfully acquire Manchester City Club, if you can't do what you promised, you will voluntarily resign as the chairman of Manchester City Club and give up the ownership of Manchester City Club." I'm sure that if you go down with such a fierce medicine, that former Manchester City player will not be able to fight you. ”

Lin Yaozu said: "Okay, there is another one, some shareholders of the board of directors want to retain part of the equity of Manchester City Club, they are die-hard fans of Manchester City Club, and they do not want to give up their relationship with Manchester City Club. ”

Ding Hongxing said: "Promise them, but the total number cannot exceed ten percent, and they must not interfere with the operation of the club, as long as they are given annual dividends." ”

Lin Yaozu laughed: "In this case, there should be no problem." ”

Ding Hongxing said: "What is the approximate purchase price?" ”

Lin Yaozu said: "I estimate that it will be about five million pounds, of course, if we continue to negotiate, we should be able to talk about hundreds of thousands of pounds." ”

Ding Hongxing said: "No need, completing the acquisition as soon as possible is the most important thing, we still have a lot to do, hundreds of thousands of pounds are nothing." ”