Chapter 340: The Tyrant Abu Dhabi
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In the 2010-11 season, the opening match of the first round of the Premier League was Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester City. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This is arguably the matchup between two of the world's most powerful football teams.
Needless to say, Tottenham owner Wang Zixuan spent 200 million euros in the summer transfer market to bring in players and become the club that spent the most money.
Messi, who spent 170 million euros alone, is even more eye-catching, and many people want to see if this flea who dominates La Liga can prove himself in the Premier League.
The consortium behind Manchester City is not inferior to Wang Zixuan, and at present, it is even more wealthy than Wang Zixuan.
In 2007, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra bought Manchester City.
Not long after, the financial crisis erupted, and Thaksin's financial situation deteriorated.
In 2008, the Abu Dhabi consortium successfully acquired Manchester City from Thaksin.
Abu Dhabi is the largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates.
When it comes to the UAE, many people's first reaction is Dubai.
This is also the purpose of the Abu Dhabi consortium to buy Manchester City, they want to make Abu Dhabi right, and let the world know that the richest is Abu Dhabi, not Dubai.
According to a report by Oxford Business Group, the total assets of the Abu Dhabi consortium are 500 billion pounds, equivalent to nearly 800 billion US dollars, making it the second largest consortium in the world after the Bank of Japan.
Even if Wang Zixuan blows Prince Technology to $300 billion, it is still a bit small compared to the Abu Dhabi consortium.
However, Prince Technology is owned by Wang Zixuan alone, and the Abu Dhabi consortium is owned by many people.
However, the willfulness of the Abu Dhabi consortium is no worse than that of Wang Zixuan.
Due to the limited oil resources, Dubai has long set the national policy of developing tourism and commerce, and has made Dubai the most famous local tyrant country in the world.
Several emirates in the UAE were originally not well-known, and Dubai's sudden fame stimulated Abu Dhabi, the boss of the UAE.
Abu Dhabi has also started to build an ultra-luxury city after Dubai has built an ultra-luxury city.
International airports, financial centers, tourist destinations, multi-billion dollar hotels.
Abu Dhabi is only a two-hour drive from Dubai.
Is it necessary to invest in two international airports, long-haul airlines for such a short distance?
Yes.
Abu Dhabi people just want Abu Dhabi to be clearly marked on the world map. When the world mentions the UAE, the first thing that comes to mind is Abu Dhabi, not Dubai.
The reason Abu Dhabi is so capricious is that the country has one-tenth of the world's oil resources.
When it comes to oil reserves, Saudi Arabia is probably the first thing that comes to mind.
That's right, Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil reserve, with 26% of the world's oil reserves.
However, Saudi Arabia has a population of nearly 30 million, while Abu Dhabi, which has 10% of the world's oil reserves, has a population of just over 1 million, including just over 400,000 nationals.
It is not wrong to say that Abu Dhabi is the richest country and city in the world.
The sheer volume of petrodollars also allows Abu Dhabians to be free to do whatever they want, buying teams during the financial crisis and flaunting their wealth with Dubai.
Dubai's debt-ridden construction has been hit by the financial crisis. The debt crisis broke out in 09, and the Abu Dhabi consortium also turned to it.
Compared to Dubai, Abu Dhabi is richer and more conservative.
Before 2004, the king of Abu Dhabi insisted that "not a grain of sand should be sold to foreigners", and even when the oil market was sluggish and Abu Dhabi was poor, all the land was owned by his own people.
Until the death of the old king, his son inherited the throne. Only in some areas are foreigners allowed to buy land use rights for 99 years.
However, with the rise in oil prices, Abu Dhabi already has a huge reserve of US dollars, and no matter how rich the consortium is, it will not be able to go to Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi people were just as headstrong when they arrived, and Prince Mansour of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi presented each of them with a £168,000 limited edition gold watch when he first met the team. It is equivalent to 2 million Chinese coins.
In terms of team building, he also constantly waved checks to buy stars.
This summer, seemingly stimulated by Tottenham, has spent a little more money on the transfer market than it had been, spending 120 million euros on five of South Africa's World Cup stars.
Last season, Tottenham and Manchester City were the emerging giants of the Premier League. Fighting for a fourth Champions League ticket together, Tottenham came out on top and finished fourth in the league. Tickets to the Champions League were also obtained.
This disappointed Manchester City fans who originally thought that with petrodollar support, they could kill all sides.
The two teams also have some grievances.
In addition, it is a duel between the old and new tyrants, and this game can be said to be full of highlights.
Before the game, it caused heated discussions in the global media.
However, compared with Wang Zixuan's sudden wealth in the capital market and Internet market, Abu Dhabi, which relied on petrodollars to get rich, is undoubtedly more arrogant.
People all over the world also prefer Wang Zixuan, an all-round idol.
After Wang Zixuan became the owner of Tottenham, many people who originally had no love for football also became Tottenham fans, and after Messi joined Tottenham, many Messi fans became Tottenham fans.
The design for the White Hart Lane stadium has been finalized, and a stadium with a capacity of 80,000 people will be built to be the largest stadium for a Premier League team.
According to the scale of the growth of fans after Wang Zixuan's ownership, the Tottenham team is ready to build a capacity of about 80,000 people, and the stadium capacity of Manchester United, the most famous giant in the Premier League, is more than 76,000 people.
In fact, Wang Zixuan originally wanted to build a stadium with a capacity of 100,000 people, surpassing Wembley Stadium with a capacity of 90,000 people, to become the largest stadium in the United Kingdom, but was rejected by the British Football Association.
Wembley Stadium is the home of the England national team and was rebuilt in 2007.
Tottenham also wanted to rent Wembley Stadium as their home stadium, but the English Football Association refused.
Good horses don't eat back grass, and after Wang Zixuan became the owner, he didn't talk about renting the stadium anymore, and went directly to the plan to build the stadium.
However, the Football Association rejected Tottenham's request to build a 100,000-person stadium on the grounds of a limited number of fans, and only agreed to Tottenham's construction of an 80,000-person stadium.
London does have a bit more stadiums, with five Premier League teams alone. Tottenham, traditional giants Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, West Ham United.
The Hammers helped West Ham's Upton Park to accommodate more than 70,000 people, Arsenal to 60,000, Chelsea to more than 40,000, Fulham to a minimum of 20,000 people, and Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium with more than 36,000 people, the second lowest of the five teams in London.
Tottenham's new stadium is located at the original White Hart Lane stadium, and of course, the stadium, which has grown from more than 36,000 to 80,000 people, will also have to expropriate land from the surrounding area, and lobby the London government to improve the traffic situation around White Hart Lane.
White Hart Lane has begun to be demolished, and in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons, Tottenham's home stadium was Wembley Stadium, which was rented to the England national team. (The novel "Reborn National Husband" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued.) )
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