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The 07-08 season was Manchester United's world. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Not only did United win the Premier League again, but they also won the Champions League final at the end of the year by beating Chelsea to win their third Champions League title in the club's history and Ferguson's second since Ferguson took charge of the club.

Alex Ferguson came close to completing a new treble.

However, although he failed to win the treble, Ferguson still became the most glamorous manager. Ferguson's status in European football is getting higher and higher, and Ferguson is a symbol in European football. can be compared with Ferguson, there are few people in European football.

Everyone who ridiculed Ferguson three years ago is silent at this time. Who would dare to say Ferguson's cool words at this time.

Who would have thought that Ferguson, who was crumbling three years ago, would now achieve such results. Alex Ferguson is a real old man, and Manchester United is also ushering in another peak of results.

However, before the media could praise Manchester United, they were attracted by another piece of news.

The fastest news on the grapevine in England is the Sun.

Within a few days of the end of the season, The Sun was the first to break the big news.

"India's Rich Man Takes Ownership of Blackburn!"

There are times when you have to admire The Sun's ability to dig up news.

Even a lot of people inside Blackburn don't know about it. Because Paul didn't let the people inside Blackburn negotiate at all, he used his own people.

I didn't expect The Sun to be so powerful. poked out the news that no one in Blackburn knew about.

And their reporting, not randomly. It's all well-founded.

Even who the rich Indian man is, they have dug it up.

In fact, in recent years, the acquisition of Premier League clubs by foreign investors is no longer big news.

Let's talk about a few strong teams in the Premier League.

Let's start with Manchester United, who have had the best results recently, although in the late nineties, Sky TV tried to get over Manchester United without success. But in '05, the American owner Glazer took over Manchester United. So many Manchester United fans are against it, and it doesn't work at all.

Bullshit fans. In a club, the power of the fans is definitely the smallest. Don't look at those clubs who keep saying that they respect the opinions of the fans and that the fans are biological parents, in fact, when it comes to what the club really decides, the opinions of the fans are all.

Let's talk about Arsene Wenger's Arsenal, don't look at Arsenal getting stingier and stingier now.

In fact, the two major shareholders of Arsenal are world-class billionaires.

When David. Dunn is supportive of Arsenal's introduction of foreign investment. So he introduced Kroenke, a wealthy American, to the board of directors and sold his shares to Kroenke. The move angered the conservative Arsenal board, so they ousted David. Dunn. But David. What Dunn didn't expect was that Kroenke, who was worth more than two billion, turned out to be a miser.

Kroenke is not only a billionaire himself, but his wife is one of Wal-Mart's successors.

It's a pity that it's an American businessman after all. They only know how to make money, they have no interest in the team's results, and they still let the team be self-sufficient. Coupled with the debt of the stadium, Arsenal is stretched thin in the transfer market.

And when Kroenke and the conservative board teamed up, David . Dunn was disappointed. Hence David. Dunn has once again attracted a rich man. That is the Russian tycoon Usmanov. Unfortunately, Usmanov arrived a little late, and Kroenke teamed up with Arsenal's original directors, leaving him out of the board.

Therefore, although Arsenal has two major shareholders of the world's richest people, it is the club that is most short of money.

Then there is Liverpool, England's number one giant. The Morse family, who owned Liverpool for half a century, sold Liverpool to two Americans, Tom Brown. Hicks and George. Gillette.

Then came the famous Chelsea.

Abramovich's big investment, winning the Premier League and the Champions League, told all clubs that football is now the age of money.

In this way, several strong teams in the Premier League, except for Blackburn, which is still controlled by the English, the other four are already controlled by foreigners. Manchester United and Liverpool are unique to the Americans, Arsenal is controlled by the Americans, and Chelsea is the richest Russians.

So speaking of which, it is not uncommon for foreign investors to buy Premier League teams.

But the news that Blake was going to change hands still shocked the Premier League.

Blackburn, although the results of the past two years are a little worse, but who dares to ignore it.

Moreover, the Walker family has a very high prestige in Black's own area. Since their family took ownership of Blackburn, Blackburn's achievements have been rising. A favorite among Blackburn fans. Who would have thought that they would sell the club.

Blackburn Rovers fans in particular were even more shocked.

But there are also many people who gloat.

"Blackburn doesn't take it personally. I thought that if I had better results and built a luxury stadium, I would be able to become a giant. It is precisely because of their blind move without planning that the club is in financial difficulties. Paul didn't know that Blake wanted to be a giant, and it was estimated that it might be a hundred years later. It's a pity, it's a ”

"Now, I have to sell the club. It's all self-inflicted. ”

There's a lot of irony about Blackburn in and out of the words.

There are even those who are sarcastic about the Indian tycoons who are about to become the owners.

"Indians, they know football too?"

In the eyes of the English, India was the place they ruled. It's just a colony of the "Empire That Never Falls" back then.

Now hearing that India's rich man has come to the Premier League, many Englishmen scoff.

There are also many Blackburn Rovers fans who oppose the entry of India's wealthy people. But unlike the opposition of Manchester United fans back then, the opposition of Blackburn fans is much weaker than theirs. Or that they don't have any way around it.

Because the whole of Blackburn, with the exception of Williams, who has a small stake, is entirely the private property of the Walker family.

Paul. Walker decided to sell, and no one could stop him.

Plus Blackburn here, there are a lot of Asian fans. In particular, there are many people of Indian origin. They were behind the entry of the Indian tycoons into Blackburn.

On top of that, the sale of the club was too fast. Just a few days after the Sun reported, fans have yet to react and the transfer has been completed.

Not long after the end of the season, Paul was already about to make a handover with the rich Indians.

On May 28, 2008, Paul sold the club to Said.

At the age of 35, Said's family had a huge fortune and their family history dating back to the distant East India Company. Saeed was educated at the London School of Economics, is a practising lawyer and owns his own large number of racehorses in Bahrain.

Said was rich.

There is no doubt about that.

At the signing site, Said promised in front of the media that he would invest 200 million pounds into the transfer market in the next five years. The chest beat loudly.

............ "John, Paul ......"

The owners of the club have changed.

George isn't in a good mood right now, either. Although George didn't have the idea of dying for his confidant, he still had a lot of affection for the Walker family.

Jack. Walker appreciated George and gave him a stage to play. Let George be in the Premier League.

Paul. The same goes for Walker.

After becoming the new owner of Blackburn, he also has great respect for George as a head coach. George gradually became a world famous coach and had a higher prestige among Blackburn fans than Paul. But Paul was not jealous at all, and spared no effort to support George.

Both of them, George liked them very much.

What will happen to the new boss, George himself does not know. So of course, I'm feeling a little bad now.

But George is now more worried about Paul.

Since signing the contract, Paul has been in a very bad mood. Paul came to the newly built Jack. Walker Field. Both George and Williams were worried about Paul.

This time Paul sold Blackburn for £270 million. And Said was also responsible for Blackburn's debts.

It seems like a lot, but it's not really much.

It has been 19 years since the Walker family became the owner of Blackburn. During this time, Jack. Walker and Paul. The two Walkers have invested far more than £200 million in Blackburn.

Especially in the early nineties, Blackburn was completely unable to support itself. Jack is needed. Walker has to put money into the club every year to survive.

And Paul. After Walker became Blackburn, he didn't make a penny.

The club made a profit, but it was all reinvested in the club. And in the difficult time last year, he also used his own 40 million pounds to plug the loophole.

The Walker family didn't invest in Blackburn Rovers to make money at all.

Twenty years, so much money invested, the rate of return is very low.

Williams looked at Paul, who had been sitting on the sidelines for a long time, and sighed.

"Let's go check it out."

When George and Williams arrived at Paul's side, Paul also saw George and Williams.

Paul looked up, and George was stunned.

George had seen Paul a lot. But the first time I saw Paul crying, he wept there like a child.

Seeing Paul like this, George was very sad in his heart.

Although much of the blame for this situation lies with Paul's blind expansion. But Paul's feelings for Blackburn are absolutely genuine, more true than anyone else. Even George was sure that Paul had far more affection for Blackburn than for his father, Jack. Walker.

It's a pity that things don't go as planned.

Paul looked at George, wiped away his tears, and smiled. "George, I'm sorry."

George shook his head.

"No, Paul. It's not your fault. You are the best boss in our Blackburn history. Had it not been for the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, perhaps Paul's grand plan would have succeeded? Who knows.

But in any case, Paul's contribution to Blackburn is definitely the most in history.

"Thank you, George."

Paul looked at Williams.

"John, those Indians didn't manage a football club. Said wants you to continue as president of the club. ”

Williams nodded.

Said's men had long been in contact with Williams. They were all laymen and didn't want the club to be too turbulent at the beginning. So Williams and George are what they have to be consistent.

"John, even though they are rich, they have never played football after all. John, the team is up to you. You help George more. Paul said, looking at George again. George, it's better to change your temper. ”

"George, don't lose your temper. It's the new boss after all. ”

Seeing Paul's appearance, George couldn't bear it. He sighed, then nodded heavily.

"Don't worry, Paul."

When Paul had finished, he laughed. "Haha, it's easy now. I can easily be a fan in the future. ”

(To be continued)