Chapter 339: Explosive

"Hey! Congratulations! After the game, Arsenal's players were basically very polite, and when they shook hands with Wang Dalong, they all blessed Wang Dalong, including manager Arsene Wenger, and exchanged a few words with the guy who was destined to miss his life.

After the courtesy greeting with his opponent, Wang Dalong returned to the court, enjoying a new round of cheers from the fans, and then he walked to the center of the court and continued to sprinkle dog food......

This is a day to remember in his life, from today on, he is a guy with a fiancée, he can no longer just do things his own way like before, at least, he has to learn to be an adult......

If things go well enough, maybe he will get married soon, it depends on what his parents think, after all, marriage depends on the day.

On the court, he pulled Tamara and couldn't wait to be interviewed by reporters on the spot.

Tamara smiled like a brilliant flower, snuggling up to Wang Dalong's side shyly.

"Why today?"

"Because I can't wait, I want to give her happiness." Wang Dalong smiled, his eyes looked at Tamara affectionately, and his face was filled with the most sincere happiness. He felt that there was nothing more perfect than today, even like he had won the Ballon d'Or. If he hadn't done this today, he would probably have regretted it. At the moment of the Golden Ball just now, he had only one goal, which was to rush to the sideline to propose, and the reality brought him a feeling that was more enthusiastic than he imagined.

"That means you're going to be a husband, are you ready?"

"Yes, without a doubt. That's why I did it. ”

I'm as happy as a flower......

At the post-match press conference, there was a rare joy, including Arsene Wenger, who did not show any disappointment, even if they lost this game, Arsenal still won the group, but the final ranking will not be known until the final round. Parma are still second and will not be eliminated unless they play in the final round.

Of course, playing this tough game does not mean that Parma have won anything, it is just a battle in the middle of the season, the season is still long, and there are still many games waiting for them. They will not be happy in the future, because there will be a succession of strong teams, at home to Inter Milan, away to Napoli, away to Juventus, etc., these strong teams will be ready to appear, for a team with ideals, they have a lot to do. Grit their teeth and if they can survive this wave of games, maybe they will still be in a good position in the table after the winter break, and don't forget that their goal for the season is to finish third and above.

But today they should undoubtedly be celebrated, not only for the team, but also for Wang Dalong. For this reason, Wang Dalong deliberately made an exception to hold a party at his home, inviting all the players and coaches of the club to attend, and of course, the club owners. Naturally, Wang Dalong doesn't have to worry about this, with Victor here, it's like having a super housekeeper, and even Huang Zhendong is idle and has nothing to do, just responsible for signing and approving and signing on the project......

It's just that halfway through the party, the team owner Wu Di suddenly left in a hurry, although he had a smile on his face, but he was a little stiff......

It was rare to see Wu Di have such an expression on his face, even if Parma lost the game, he would not behave like this, but when he answered the phone that night, his brows furrowed many times.

Until the next day, Wang Dalong seemed to know what was going on!

"According to China, it will further regulate the acquisition of foreign clubs by Chinese-funded enterprises and strictly review the ...... of assets"

"Inter Milan, AC Milan and Parma are going to have financial problems!"

"It's going to affect their plans for the future, especially when it comes to player transfers......"

"Milan Sports Newspaper" reported it conclusively, except for Wang Dalong's marriage proposal was the headline, the second page was this news.

Such news is undoubtedly explosive! For Chinese companies, they may have to face a new club policy adjustment. This is not groundless, it has become more and more fierce in China in recent years.

And there are a lot of negative voices mixed in.

In recent years, there has been considerable commotion in Chinese investment in international football, and almost no other investor can compete with Chinese companies, so much so that they have become the most concerned force in international football. And if football investment is very ordinary and smooth, it will not attract so much attention, the point is that investing in football is complicated......

Since 2014, at least 15 overseas football clubs have been acquired by Chinese capital, with a total cost of more than 15 billion yuan. Few overseas football clubs are doing well, and most are losing money or even on the verge of going out of business. According to the statistics of the British "Daily Mail", Chinese capital has held shares in 28 football clubs around the world, distributed in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy and other football developed countries. It includes the "three" of the five European football leagues, and has invested in football clubs in the Premier League, Serie A and Ligue 1.

In the past five or six years, football has gradually begun to heat up from an industry and a sport that has been forgotten by society, and in recent years, with a series of performances of the Chinese Super League, including the Chinese national team, it has gained more and more social attention. At the same time, there is also a lot of capital from Chinese mainland, whether it is institutions or individuals, will go overseas to do a large number of football club acquisitions, especially concentrated in some European football clubs.

In the summer of 2017, Wu Di personally acquired 100% of the shares of Serie B Parma Club, the most recent acquisition. For most of the past six months, there have been few large purchases of football clubs by Chinese capital in Europe as in 2016, because from the perspective of the state, including foreign exchange management, there are certain constraints on Chinese acquisitions overseas. The reason for this is straightforward, that is, more than 90% of football clubs around the world are not profitable, even if it is registered as a limited liability company, it is not a profitable industry.

The outflow of so much Chinese capital, to Europe and even to Australia, combined with these football clubs, may not be able to produce new value, and for the Chinese economy itself, it is an unhealthy outflow of capital. So at the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016, China was wary of this, and the regulations in this area became more and more stringent, and at the beginning of 2017, some officials made it clear that they signaled to the public that such overseas acquisitions were unhealthy and unreasonable.

Then at the end of 2017, such a signal became even stronger, and it had to attract enough attention from football investors......

If we classify the various overseas acquisitions in the past three or four years, we will find that the motives and purposes behind them are different. It can be divided into these categories. For example, in the Czech Republic, there are Chinese-funded institutions investing in Prague's famous football club, which is related to his overall cross-industrial investment in the local area, and also includes in-depth cooperation with the Czech government.

Even recently "Running Man" will shoot a reality show in the Czech Republic, and it is clear that football is only one part of it.

On the other hand, it may indeed have the purpose of youth training, because among these overseas acquisitions, the earliest one in the impression should be the wholly-owned acquisition of The Hague Club of the Dutch First Division in July 2014. It's been running for three seasons, and The Hague may also cooperate with some secondary schools in China, some youth training institutions, and it is said that there is such a youth cooperation with a secondary school in China, because Dutch football is indeed famous for its entire academy.

But if you look at other categories, you will find that there are also some capital transfers, which may be the most wary and worrying of the government. There are some clubs, such as some clubs with a high status in La Liga, their investment institutions, and their Chinese investors may be more out of the desire to find a landing place for their assets overseas and in Europe, and through the acquisition of such a club, such a mission can be achieved. Of course, there may be a bigger type, that is, under the environment dominated by the entire national policy, he is willing to participate in such a capital acquisition, and whether he can make money is no longer a direct consideration for them at all.

For the fourth category, the heel can think of is: why did Suning buy Inter Milan? Including why Chinese Culture invested in such a huge institution as City Group, that is, the city football international group including Manchester City, it is not an acquisition, it is through investment to occupy 13% of the shares.

Of course, before the acquisition of Southampton in 2017, the most inexplicable thing was the acquisition of the famous Serie A club AC Milan by Brother Li, it is said that Brother Li's acquisition was a twist and turn, and it dragged on for more than two years, and finally there was an American VC to complete the acquisition, and after the acquisition was completed, the management of the entire club, especially the player transaction, was extremely active, almost acquiring a new team back. It is a huge question whether such a high investment and the money he borrowed from this venture capital will ensure the long-term operation of the club.

So if you go through these cases and look at this kind of investment in the past three or four years, you may be able to better understand why the government thinks that so many Chinese overseas acquisitions are very risky.

All these clubs add up, and you can't see who is really going to make money. Perhaps a smaller and healthier club like Southampton, including the 2016 acquisition of West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League by Chinese capital led by Lao Lai, may at least ensure that they do not lose money.

Southampton have been profitable in the last three financial years, and West Brom have been the same, which may have something to do with the economic environment of English football and the Premier League, but other clubs, especially the two Milan clubs, are unlikely to be profitable.

If you go to some football environments like Spain and France, the composition of the football club will be more complicated, it is not only a limited liability company, it is a business carrier, it is also a social and cultural carrier, it is closely integrated with the local community and local culture, you go in as an investor, maybe you get 100% control of the club, but you still can't really become the absolute owner of this club, the absolute God, can be in your will, It is up to the will of the capital to decide what the club should and should not do, because everything is integrated with the local culture and the local community.

Therefore, if you look at it purely from an economic point of view, from an economic point of view, then such investments may not be reasonable, and whether there are more capital transfers or even money laundering hidden behind these investments, maybe the government's observations, their understanding will be more profound than ordinary people. In this context, it is better to understand that they will be more vigilant, even opposed, and even restrain such overseas investment.

So far, AC Milan's takeover, and its subsequent acquisition of players in the transfer market, could add up to more than €500 million. How to recover such an operating cost in the future may not have a good business plan......

The same is true for Parma, because his model seems to be even crazier than AC Milan's social Li Ge, which still seems to have more commercial value, but what is Parma without Wang Dalong? How to get back the money thrown out?

To put it mildly, if it weren't for Wang Dalong, Parma would really not even be a fart......

The keen Milan Sports newspaper immediately noticed something unusual because of a news report in the Chinese media, and then reported it on a large scale.

And this report has also attracted the attention of these clubs, and they have to pay attention to it, especially Parma Club.

What does this mean?

This means that their assets may be tightly controlled, which will have a great impact on the operation of the club, and many of the plans that were originally made may be aborted......

And this difficult time to give birth may be the best time to dig the foot of the wall......

"Hey, I seem to see hope?"

"Am I supposed to go to Italy tomorrow?" In a big international city, in the office of a club, a chubby boss smiled happily, "You, as our football ambassador, should go with me." ”

Football ambassadors?