UEFA headquarters, Nyon, Switzerland.

The draw for the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions Cup was preceded by the draw for the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League.

Fang Jue didn't pay attention to the draw for the European Champions Cup, it was not his stage.

After the draw for the knockout round of 16 of the UEFA Champions Cup, the draw for the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup was held.

Saint-Etienne, who is in the same group as Ibiza, was drawn first, and the French team drew Dynamo Kiev who was 'relegated' from the Champions Cup, which can be said to be a signing, not to mention the strength of Dynamo Kyiv, when the time comes, it will be a guest to the icy and snowy Ukraine in February, which is not a warm and comfortable journey.

Subsequently, Olympiacos, the strong team of the third series of the group, was drawn to CSKA Moscow, and the Greeks were quite unlucky, and the Russian ice and snow welcomed them.

Ibiza was drawn out on his heels, and Fang Jue was extremely surprised when the draw guest and the football legend Hakansuk of Turkey, the country where Istanbul was the venue for the final, pronounced 'Aston Villa'.

He was really surprised, just now when he saw Aston Villa in the third group he might meet, he muttered that it would be fun if he met Aston Villa, but he didn't expect that he really won Aston Villa without talking about it.

"It looks like Coach Fang Jue is surprised." The live broadcast of the draw was broadcast by Spanish national television anchor Mike. Pilano smiled and said, "Aston Villa, this is a difficult opponent, this is not a good signing. ”

At present, in the Premier League standings, Aston Villa is in fourth place with 34 points, only four points behind Liverpool at the top of the table, and three points ahead of fifth place Arsenal, which shows its strength.

"Of course, Aston Villa manager Martin Brown. O'Neill will certainly not be too happy with the result of this draw. "Mike. "Ibiza is the leader of La Liga, having won Barcelona and Real Madrid in the league. ”

Pirano was right, Aston Villa manager Martin. O'Neill's expression was serious, shaking his head slightly, obviously dissatisfied with the result of this draw, although Ibiza is a La Liga promotion horse, but now, no one will look at Ibiza with the same eyes as a promoted horse, this is the leader of La Liga!

In addition to the three sets drawn, the other matches that stood out were AC Milan vs. Werder Bremen, Tottenham Hotspur vs. Shakhtar Donetsk, Fiorentina vs. Ajax, and Paris Saint-Germain vs. Wolfsburg.

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Fang Jue did not stay overnight in Nyon, and took an overnight flight to Birmingham, England to meet Miss Papa.

After a passionate turn-based adventure game.

Papa spoke to Aston Villa about the progress of the talks with Aston Villa.

Although Miss Papa came to Birmingham, she was behind the scenes, directing the team to negotiate, and she did not show up, and the company that bought Aston Villa was also an offshore company registered in the Cayman Islands, ensuring confidentiality.

The Landy Lerner opened his mouth and asked for £150 million.

This is obviously a sky-high asking price, you must know that just two and a half years ago, when the Yankees bought Aston Villa, it only cost 66 million pounds, Fang Jue and Miss Papa once asked a professional team to estimate, counting the continued investment in the past two and a half years, as well as the appreciation of the club's value, the value of the future potential, etc., the market price of the Aston Villa club should be about 100 million pounds.

Obviously, Landy Renner's calculation is that if the other party is stupid and has a lot of money, he is really willing to spend 150 million pounds to buy Aston Villa, and he is naturally happy to make a lot of money and let it go.

If the other party does not agree to this price, then continue to bargain and drag it first.

"Drag, can he afford it?" Fang Jue asked.

He got the news from Papa that Aston Villa's American owner, Randy Brown. Mr. Lerner has had a bad deal lately, he has not been able to get a deferred loan authorization letter and is nine days away from the loan repayment deadline, and Landy Lerner has had a hard time raising this large loan.

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"According to what I've heard, Landyrrena has found a way to raise funds." Papa said.

Randy. Lerner had to tear down the east wall to make up for the west, and he is considering taking out a loan from the famous Elliott hedge fund as collateral for his stake in Aston Villa to cover the debt crisis caused by the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

"Landiller is still hesitant, mainly because the Elliott hedge fund is a notoriously vulture fund, and he is worried that if his money chain goes wrong, he will lose control of Aston Villa."

Papa got the news that the Elliott hedge fund had very harsh conditions, not only was the interest rate very high, but also that Landiller had to raise funds to redeem the stake in Aston Villa within a year, in fact, the Elliott hedge fund has always been very fond of grabbing high-quality collateral assets in this way, and they wished that Landiller would not be able to repay the mortgage principal and interest by then.

"And, I got the news that the Cleveland Bruins, a team owned by Landirler, are also in a financial crisis right now, and he is forced to tilt his already tight funds towards the football team, so he can't take care of the football side......"

"In the minds of Americans, football is naturally more important than football." Fang Jue said with a smile.

"Do you think it's more likely that Landy Lerner will choose to take a mortgage against a hedge fund?" Fang Jue asked.

"Possibly." Papa nodded and said, "If he chooses this way to deal with the upcoming financial crisis temporarily, he is betting, waiting, he is waiting for the result of this Premier League season, if Aston Villa can reach the European Champions Cup, then, Aston Villa will receive a generous bonus and broadcast dividends in the new season, which can directly alleviate or even solve his financial chain crisis." ”

"And if Aston Villa doesn't finish in the top four of the league, Landiller will be in a worse situation, and if he's lucky, he'll have to expect us or another buyer to be interested in Aston Villa and buy the team at a relatively fair price, otherwise he could be in danger of having control of the club taken over by hedge funds."

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"Avoid Randy Lerner taking out a mortgage on an Aston Villa stake to a hedge fund company." Fang Jue shook his head and said, "That will cause unnecessary trouble. ”

Anything, as long as you are associated with these hedge fund companies, it can become very troublesome, especially hedge funds with a bad reputation like Elliott.

"Papa, can you help me analyse that if Aston Villa's results are bad, will it prompt Landilena to make up his mind to sell the team in advance?" Fang Jue asked.

"It depends on how bad the results are, to the point where Landiller is very disappointed and very discouraged."

'In the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, Ibiza drew Aston Villa. Fang Jue showed an excited expression, "If the team can beat Aston Villa in both legs, will this completely disappoint Landilena?" ”

'There will be an impact, but it's not enough, it needs Aston Villa to slip all the way in the Premier League, after all, what Landilena values most is for the team to finish in the top four. Papa thought for a moment and shook her head, she was confident that Fang Jue could lead Ibiza to teach Aston Villa a hard lesson in the League Cup, but Aston Villa's results in the Premier League were not something they could control.

"I thought I could give it a try." Fang Jue's eyes lit up, "Maybe Aston Villa lost badly in the League Cup, morale is low, and the Premier League is starting to run out of luck." ”

"Listen to you." Papa nodded.

"Now the problem is that Landiller's deferred repayment license authorization was denied...... It's too late. Fang Jue looked at Papa as he spoke.

"Perhaps, things will turn around." Papa said, and then saw Fang Jue's narrow smile, and suddenly blushed, "You guessed?" ”

"I just suspected it, but now I know." Fang Jue said with a smile.

"You're lying to me?" Miss Papa pounced on her, pretending to snort.

"Don't make a fuss." Fang Jue hugged Papa, "You didn't tell me before, worried that I won't accept it?" ”

"Yes." Papa blinked, "I've studied some books, and the books say that Chinese men are very good-looking and don't accept help from the woman's family. ”

"It's not true, some people don't mind this, and they wish it would, but some people will, and this varies from person to person."

"What about you?" Papa asked.

"If it were me before, I would probably mind this." Fang Jue looked at Papa, his eyes were gentle, "But, just because it's you, Papa, from the moment I decide to be with you, I accept you, I have to accept that you are richer than me, more connected than me, better than me, accept all this, abandon those so-called face and self-esteem, you will find that this is nothing, the most important thing is that two people are together." ”

Papa was moved, she felt a little guilty, she was so rich, she really shouldn't have been, and felt that Fang Jue had been wronged.

However, something was wrong, Papa felt that something was wrong, but before she could figure it out in her mind, Fang Jue expressed her love with actions, Papa was very sensitive, her mind and body were immediately occupied by strong love, and she couldn't think of anything else.

Fang Jue didn't lie, he had accepted all this since he accepted Papa: he should have refused, but the problem was that if he accepted to buy the team with Papa, he was eating soft rice, soft rice, the first bite......

Of course, Fang Jue himself would not admit this.

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The next day, Aston Villa owner Landiller received an unexpected surprise: the bank agreed to his authorization to delay the repayment of the loan, however, to his great surprise and madness, the bank said that in view of his questionable ability to repay, the bank did not recognize the extension period he applied for, and could only extend it for one month, and then, he continued to apply the next month, and if the application was approved, he could continue to extend it for another month, and so on.

Randy Lerner's face is going to be green, damn it, this is simply forcing a person to death, month after month, although it temporarily relieves his financial pressure, but the psychological pressure is so uncomfortable.

However, he could only accept it with a smile on his face, and he had to call the bank executive he knew well and say 'thank you'.

Then, during the negotiation on this day, the team members arranged by Fang Jue and Miss Papa noticed that the Yankees' faces had improved, and they even walked with their waists crossed and trembled.

In the end, the day's negotiations ended unhappily.

Fang Jue and Miss Papa handed over the negotiation to the team, and the two began to enjoy the Christmas holidays.

However, Fang Jue made a request that Papa found strange, that is, to get a stake in Aston Villa, even if it was one percent of the shares.

Fang Jue explained that this is a psychological analysis, as long as there is an opening, it will be easier later, and people will follow inertia.

At first glance, it may seem reasonable, but if you think about it carefully, you will realize that this is a fallacy and not nutritious.

Miss Papa is very smart, and she will naturally not be deceived by such an explanation, but although she feels strange about Fang Jue's request, since Fang Jue said it, Papa has nothing to do.

Two days later, Christmas Eve.

Fang Jue received a Christmas Eve gift, and F&P successfully acquired 1% of Aston Villa's shares, F&P is an offshore company incorporated by Fang Jue and Miss Papa in the Cayman Islands, F and P are taken from the initials of Fang Jue's surname and the initials of Papa's first name, respectively.

F&P's negotiating team have offered to buy a 1% stake in Aston Villa for £1.5 million to show their sincerity in buying Aston Villa, which is exactly the £150 million price offered by Landiller.

For this proposal, Landilener readily accepted, for the American boss who is in a financial crisis, every money is precious, and, only selling one percent of the shares, he does not think that there will be even a slight threat to his control of Aston Villa, and most importantly, this price, he is very satisfied, in Landiller's opinion, the F&P company's negotiation team to show such a plan to show sincerity, it is simply brain water, such an unprofessional team, he is still the first time to see it......

The head of the negotiation team of F&P is also very helpless, they even feel that this small plan will become a discordant flaw in their years of excellent work, and even become a joke topic for their peers, but this is the order of the eldest lady, and the team can only obey it.

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