The so-called Premier League referee meeting, in addition to discussing the issue of law enforcement standards, is actually a meeting to divide interests.

If we talk about the Premier League referee meeting more than ten years ago, everyone is interested in the interests of the refereeing industry. At that time, the referee industry was not as formal as it is now, and the referee's income was also low, so the referee took a lot of money from other channels. At that time, everyone was fighting for the position in the referee world and the right to speak in the referee world.

So now, in addition to fighting for status and the right to speak, there are also huge economic interests among the interests that everyone shares. As the Premier League becomes more and more profitable, the treatment of referees is also rising. In just a few years, referees have earned more than anyone could imagine.

Just like at the beginning of this season, the Premier League referee signed a new contract.

In 2000, when the Premier League first began to professionalize referees, the base salary of Premier League referees was just over £30,000. But for three years, the base salary has been raised every year, and by this season it has become 45,000 pounds.

That's not a small amount.

It can be said that the basic salary of referees is already higher than the average annual salary in England. And for referees, this part of the base salary is after-tax income. This part of the basic salary referee committee has already helped pay the tax, so this is completely in the hands of the referee. Therefore, this money is already much higher than the average annual salary in England.

At present, even the average salary of a lawyer is only about 70,000 pounds a year, and the average annual salary of a company CEO is only about 90,000 pounds. Whether it is a lawyer or a company CEO, they all belong to the top salary class. It can be seen that the current base salary of referees is already very high.

Of course, the remuneration of law enforcement in each game is also increased.

At present, the remuneration for a game in the Premier League has reached 1,900 pounds. Although it is not as good as the remuneration of Serie A and Bundesliga, there is no base salary in Serie A and Bundesliga. English football likes to be average. Like to play common prosperity on pay.

Just like the current Bundesliga, referees are paid around 5,000 euros for officiating a game. And the same is true for Serie A. It's good for their top referees. After all, as top referees, they have no problem officiating more than 30 games in a season. They can earn 200,000 euros in the league alone.

But a lot of ordinary referees. They are officiating for more than 20 games, and some even have only a dozen games. As a result, the income is only half that of the top referees.

But England is different. England has a base salary, so the pay for the game is a little lower. In this way, the gap between the lowest-paid referees and the highest-paid referees is not so severe.

For example, a referee like Jack can earn more than £100,000 a year in the Premier League, and can reach around £110,000 at most. And those referees with the lowest income in the Premier League, unless they don't officiate a game, generally earn close to £70,000. The average Premier League referee earns around £80,000 to £90,000. The gap is not very significant.

And in English football. There are also League Cup, FA Cup. They are not paid low either.

So for now, England's top referees officiate England's internal matches a year, earning between £150,000 and £200,000. And those ordinary Premier League referees, they also earn between 100,000 pounds and 150,000 pounds.

The pound is still very valuable.

In other words, the top referees in England can earn up to 300,000 euros in domestic competitions alone. This is no joke.

And in addition to these competition earnings, there are some additional perks. These allowances have also been getting higher and higher in recent years, and can have tens of thousands of pounds of additional allowances in a year. You can see how much the Premier League referees are earning right now.

Therefore, the current Premier League referee committee discusses many issues, which involve economic interests. Clattenburg is currently in League One and has officiated so many games a year. The income is only forty or fifty thousand pounds.

But as long as he comes to the Premier League and becomes the referee of the Premier League, then his income will immediately double. After a couple of years, the income will be several times more than in League One.

Such economic interests who can give up.

That's why the competition for the referee in the Premier League is so fierce. It's all white money.

Compared to the fierceness of the Premier League referee. The recommendation of the international assistant referee was not so intense. Because there are so many international referees who are qualified to recommend international assistant referees.

Because they go to officiate international competitions, they all need their own referee team.

In this way, in fact, the real need for their own referee team is young international referees. Those veteran referees have their own team of referees. There is not a strong need for international assistant referees.

At present, the new international referees, the only two who need the referee team the most, Webb and Jack. So there's not much controversy here.

Finally, there is the recommendation of the referee for the European Championship. This is actually the same. The referees are all international referees. Like the assistant referee, it is enough to follow the referee. Because the FA has enough referrals.

The FA's idea is not to offend those international referees, although most of the recommended international referees will be eliminated in the end. But they still recommend a large number of international referees.

The number of referees at the European Championship is not large.

There are 12 referees, 24 assistant referees and 8 fourth referees. Therefore, the referee of the European Championship is basically a referee from one country, which means that there is actually only one referee in England who can become the referee of the European Cup.

Of course, the income of the referees of the European Cup is not high, and the remuneration for a single game is only more than 6,000 euros. Although there are some other forms of remuneration, the income is only about one-third of that of the World Cup.

There are a lot of international referees like the FA who recommend a lot. Because national football associations do not want too much controversy, they recommend many referees. And then give the UEFA referee committee a headache.

After all, there are so many referees, and there are only a few that need to be selected in the end.

Therefore, this time, the referee committee almost wiped out all the international referees in the Premier League and signed them up. Including Bol, Gallagher, Jack, Webb, Mike. Riley, Halsey.

As for the six of them. The choice of who officiates the European Championship depends on the meaning of the UEFA refereeing committee.

"Jack. What are your thoughts on Chelsea? ”

Because there are more things, the referee committee has been in session for a longer time this time. After the meeting. Mike. Riley, Jack, and Webb looked for a place to drink.

A few people chatted for a while, and Mike. Riley asked Jack suddenly.

Jack was stunned for a moment, and did not answer directly, but looked at Webber next to him, and then shrugged his shoulders and said, "It is estimated that the strength of this season is very strong." In any case, it cost 70 million pounds, which is not a small amount. And Chelsea themselves are not weak. ”

Jack's answer was pretty good.

Russian tycoon Roman Roman Abramovich, his arrival has been a game-changer for Chelsea. Look no further than Chelsea's handiwork, Glenn. Johnson, Bridge, Grami, Duff, Joe Cole, Veron, Mutu.

Most of them are powerful generals. Like Glenn. Johnson, Bridge, Duff and Joe Cole are all stars who have been famous in the Premier League for many years, and they are all very young. Since his debut, he has been hailed as a talented player of the new generation of the Premier League.

And Geremi is from Real Madrid. Mutu is one of the best strikers in Serie A in the last two years. Needless to say, although he is not accustomed to the soil at Manchester United, he is still the top midfielder in European football. At its peak, it was a star who exceeded 40 million euros.

With so many players coming in at once, Chelsea have completely disrupted the current European football transfer market. And judging by the current situation at Chelsea, there is no intention of stopping. A lot of people are looking at how much more Chelsea will spend.

There are even rumours that the Chelsea owner has given Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri a blank cheque to buy players at will. So much so that the Chelsea general manager said to the media if Pele offered £100 million now. Then Chelsea could have come up with £100 million to bring in Pele. When such words came out, it can be said that many people were dumbfounded.

Such an upstart has set off a big storm in the current Premier League in an instant.

What should be done with Chelsea?

Is it exclusion? Despise? Or ignore.

Jack himself doesn't have much of an opinion. Who knows if the Chelsea owners just want to play and leave, or if it's just like the legend. Abramovich ran to England only to avoid internal reckoning in Russia.

Jack, as a referee, doesn't have much to think about Chelsea. Do whatever you want.

But in the face of Mike. Riley, what Jack said was still very simple, and what he said was the same as Mike. Riley wanted the answer 108,000 miles away. Mike. Riley currently acts as a lubricant in the Premier League.

The above communicates with several leaders of the referee committee. Let's talk to the major Premier League referees. Mike. Riley is no ordinary Premier League referee.

Mike. Riley asked Jack what he thought of Chelsea, and he was reluctant to say anything ambiguous. The refereeing industry is definitely not as clean as people think. If there is a club and the referee are against each other. Then the referee committee may not say anything on the surface.

But in the next penalty, you didn't negotiate the hard pit.

It's no secret that something like this happens. And for the intensity of the Premier League game. Sometimes a team doesn't take the lead, including a relegated team, and it doesn't come out so early.

This requires some tacit cooperation between the referee committee, the Premier League and the FA. Then the referee of the game will also control some games very tacitly, these are all there.

Now Chelsea are on the rise, spending so much money.

The current Premier League hegemons are Manchester United and Arsenal, both of whom have plenty of power in the FA. Maybe they are not happy with Chelsea's disruption of the Premier League order, and it is not impossible to suppress them.

After all, the two clubs are always the strongest clubs in the English Football League.

But Jack wasn't willing to get involved in such a thing. So the answer is very vague. Jack also wants to see Mike. Riley means.

"yes. So much money was spent, and everyone was concerned. Chelsea seem to have been in contact with Crespo and Claude Makelele lately. If they all move, then Chelsea will really spend £100 million this season. ”

Mike. Riley didn't have what Jack thought he should do about Chelsea. Just said a few words of exclamation.

"What, Mike. The FA wants to press Chelsea? ”

Webb, who had not spoken, suddenly looked at Mike. Riley, and asked Mike very directly. Riley. Of course, the so-called pressure of the referee committee is to be strict with them in the game. The so-called bias of the referee is not so easy to see. It won't really be a blatant manipulation of the game, and the referee committee doesn't have that much power yet.

"It's kind of funny. But it depends on Chelsea's attitude. ”

It is true that the Premier League giants are not happy with Chelsea's indiscriminate insertion, but they have also not thought about what to do with Chelsea. They also have to look at what Chelsea mean below to see if they can really affect the interests of the giants. Therefore, it is currently controversial.

"Yes."

Webb nodded, but did not speak. The meaning of the approximate is clear. Now the referee committee has given the referee some hints, and once the decision does make to suppress Chelsea in the future, everyone will not be surprised. (To be continued......)