prIv means proactive in English, or it can also be translated as forward-looking and pre-emptive.

But if you look on the stock market in London, you'll find that this is a company, a very special company

And what you will never expect is that this company once caused a lot of turmoil.

In May 0l, the company was successfully listed in London, and the analysis report of the London stock market at that time clearly indicated that they were optimistic and favored about this company, believing that such a company would soon replace those deformed listed football clubs and become the investment direction of the new sports economy.

At that time, the concept of network technology stocks was in dire straits, the stock market needed a new stimulus, and in the United Kingdom, where football is regarded as a religion, football-related listings have always been highly anticipated, even those shares of listed football clubs that are regarded as deformed, there is no shortage of people to hold, let alone this kind of football-related stocks that can lead to profits.

In the company's business expectations, the company also gave a very authoritative data, that is, the salary of players will skyrocket day and night, and for companies like theirs engaged in football brokerage and marketing, the skyrocketing salary of players will also contribute to their income.

Yes, the company called prIv is the largest sports group in England, and its owner, Paul Stretford, is the most famous of England's 170 professional agents.

At the time, it was not only the football community waiting to see the company go public, hoping that it would open up a new situation, but even investors in the stock market were confident in it, because not long after the company went public, Arsenal brought in Saul Campbell from their arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur for £90,000 a week

It was a jaw-dropping contract at the time, but it also made everyone aware that the words that Stretford had made when the company went public, and the forward-looking rhetoric that the players' salaries would skyrocket day and night, were all reflected in this contract.

No one knows whether Campbell's transfer has anything to do with Stretford, because the former's agent is not Stretford, but it is clear that Saul Campbell's sky-high contract has made prIv's stock hot, and there were even many people at the time who believed that the agent company would completely replace the football club's position in the stock market.

That was undoubtedly the peak of Stretford's time, and that year, his company had 0 players on hand, including David Beckham, Keane, Owen, Anelka, the Neville brothers, Andy Cole and other top stars in the Premier League, but the company's real core assets were clearly more than that.

One thing must be explained here, a player's agent is actually not just one person, many times it will take the form of authorization, such as Ronaldinho, his agent is his brother Assi, but in fact, Asis is only responsible for the contract and salary, and other aspects such as image marketing and business cooperation are all authorized to Eliza Moon.

There is also a situation like Robben, Van der Vaart, and Sneijder, who authorized Eliza Moon, who then arranged for an agent through the company to be in charge of their business, so in many news media reports, the name of the specific agent in charge of the business may appear, and no one will know who they are authorized to.

It's a very intricate relationship and it's fair to say that without an agent, the player and the club would be an incompatible opposite, so there are a lot of things that have to be left to the agent to buffer.

For Stretford's sports marketing company, the core asset is not the players, but the shareholders.

When the industrial and commercial department investigated the Premier League black gold case, it investigated the company and announced the shareholders and specific shares of the company: Bobby Robson 100,000 shares, Souness 400,000 shares, Martin O'Neal 17. 10,000 shares, 480,000 shares from Wilkinson, 10,000 shares from Keegan and 80,000 shares from Allardyce

Not only the manager, but also the management of the club, the most famous of which is Everton's CPO Donford.

The most controversial and most media attention at the time were the two deals, with Sunderland manager Reid owning prIv. After 50,000 shares, American midfielder Reyna was brought in from Rangers for £5 million.

Donford bought 40,000 shares of the company, and a week later Rooney announced that he would refuse to sign a contract with his agent and switch to Stretford, both of which caused controversy at the time.

However, people living in modern times are always very forgetful, even after the black gold case was hyped up back then, but not long after, all the people affected were also safe and sound, what should I do, those managers still hold shares in this company, who will say anything about them?

And the most powerful thing that shows how majestic Stretford was back then is what he said to Aston Villa chairman Ellis, the chairman who sacked manager John Gregory because of his close relationship with Stretford, brought in Graham Taylor, but this is still a partner of Stretford.

At that time, Stretford also told this guy who couldn't tell the reality in a relaxed tone that no matter who was replaced, everyone was the same

Stretford's most famous theory is that when Blackburn Rovers were on the verge of relegation and finances were not well-off, Souness pushed for the LU 000,000 to bring in Manchester United striker Andy Cole, for which Stretford and Souness received a cut.

When he was later questioned by HH, he defended himself, "No one cares what you have done, for Blackburn's management and fans, the most important thing is that Andy Cole has scored a lot of goals since he joined, helped Blackburn to avoid relegation, and also finished in 10th place, which is more important than anything else." ”

Some people may wonder if the Premier League black gold case was finally resolved, but if they clearly know that when goalkeeper Schmeichel transferred from Aston Villa to Manchester City, the Danish Football Association realized that there was a conflict of interest in the transfer and sent a letter to the FA, but the FA refused to investigate the matter, and later the Danish Football Association transferred it to UEFA, and the FA was forced to respond under UEFA's pressure, issuing a written statement saying that there were no problems in the process of the transfer.

That's what the FA is doing to defend Stretford, because the first thing they have to think about when they have a problem is face.

But sometimes, a lot of things are controlled in the dark, Stretford's plans and strategies were originally very shrewd, and even had the opportunity to become bigger and stronger, but in the end he didn't expect one thing, that is, he escaped the black gold storm and was unharmed, but investors in the stock market also abandoned him.

The penny share price fell all the way to 5p at the time of the IPO and now it has hit rock bottom, but all the managers and football practitioners who own shares in the company have not sold off, and they are clearly trapped.

And all this forms the pattern of interests of the entire Premier League

It can be said that as long as these shareholders exist, as long as they are still in the Premier League, then Stretford will not fall

But in the past few years, as foreign funds have been pouring into the Premier League, and as more and more foreign managers have entered the Premier League, it is inevitable that more competitors will be brought to share this increasingly attractive piece of the cake with Stretford.

Among all the competitors, there are actually only two people who have entered Stretford's eyesight, one is Pini Zahavi, a Jew from Israel, and the other is Eliza Moon from France.

The former has been the most powerful agent in the Premier League in recent years, and although he has few player resources and not very good connections, he has done what Stretford has wanted to do for many years, which is to engage in club transactions and further root his influence deeply in the club's power structure.

Perhaps, this point can be described by a Chinese sentence, the thief is punished, and the thief is Hou, they all want to be the latter.

Eliza Moon is the fastest rising agent in recent years, and her previous network was mainly in the Netherlands, but after Ye Qiu came to the Premier League, she quickly spread her network to the Premier League, plus a group of players such as Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven played in the four major leagues, making her influence expand rapidly.

Eliza Moon's player resources are not much, compared with his as many as 0 players, Eliza Moon's players are only forty or fifty, but each player is a famous star in today's football, and every transfer is a surprising number, the most shocking is not long ago Ajax Samsung transferred to Real Madrid, it is said that the transfer fee is more than 100 million euros.

You can imagine that according to the general 10 commission, that is l million, and if it doesn't work, it will also be 5 million.

In addition, a large part of the recent group of players in the Chelsea team are under Eliza Moon, Stretford has not seen this woman with his own eyes, but he knows very well that she has an unusual relationship with Ye Qiu, and some people even speculate that Ye Qiu is a shareholder of this agent company, but who knows this kind of thing?

Compared to the more low-key Eliza Moon, Stretford is most jealous of Pini Zahavi, who is his number one rival in the Premier League, and the shrewd Israeli also seems to covet his agent empire, including a number of managers such as Souness, who are now closely related to him.

What's even more hateful is that Rooney's former agent McShkin suddenly jumped out and wreaked havoc in front of the media, and Stretford was under pressure and had to fight back, but he didn't expect that the plot was full of twists and turns.

Originally, he just wanted to accuse McShkin and others of maliciously spreading rumors and slander, but he didn't expect that the other party seemed to be prepared, not only providing a series of evidence, showing that he had installed bugs on McShkin and others back then, preparing to use it as a bargaining chip for blackmail and intimidation, and planned to bribe McShkin with 10,000 pounds in cash, but in the end it didn't work.

Although this unsolved case has been hyped up so far, if you want to get a result, it is still a matter of the year of the monkey, but it has caused huge damage to your business and reputation, and more importantly, the police have found a very key witness, that is, his assistant Lindfield, who knows these things clearly.

It can be said that the matter is very likely that Stretford will lose the case so far, unless he is willing to take the initiative to beg for mercy.

What is the price of begging for mercy, Stretford also knows it clearly in his heart.

So, he didn't go anywhere for a while, just stayed in Wilmslow's company office in Cheshire, secretly planning a counterattack strategy, because he already knew very well in his heart who was fighting him.

While Stretford waited anxiously, an assistant knocked on his office door.

"Boss, here's what you want," the assistant put a thick stack of papers on Stretford's desk.

Stretford flipped through a few pages casually, but he read it very seriously, and a smile gradually appeared on his face, but there was a little chilling sinister in his smile, "Hmph, that damn Jew thinks he's shrewd, everyone else is a fool, I'm going to let him know this time, he's not shrewd."

Anyone who could see these pages at this time would be surprised, because they include a series of transfers that Pini Zahavi has handled in the Premier League over the years, including many transfers that have always been puzzling to the outside world, but which are very clear and detailed in these reports.

The commissions recorded in the report for each of the transactions of Pini Zahavi are very clear, with the highlight being that the commissions for L5 transfers are more than the player's annual salary for a year, and there is a very scary amount of one transfer.

In this transfer, Pini Zahavi operated an Eastern European player to the Premier League and sold it for 5 million pounds, but in reality, the actual value of this player is only 0000 pounds, and the remaining 3 million pounds, Pini Zahavi accounted for 0000 pounds, while the Eastern European club got 500,000 more.

This is the most typical broker operation method, and it is also the most profitable operation method of the broker.

"Are you all ready?" Stretford asked with a smile, he now felt as if he had obtained a life and death token, and let whoever he wanted to die, the feeling of life and death was really enjoyable.

"Qi" The assistant was a little afraid of him and nodded in reply.

Stretford took a deep look at the stack of documents in his hand again, and he found that it was a little heavy, but he gritted his teeth in his heart and handed it over, "Send me to HHC TV, haven't they been asking for news lately?" Just give them a hot one."

The assistant took the stack of documents, put them in his hand, and seemed to feel very heavy, "Boss, don't think about it anymore?" ”

Although this stack of documents is aimed at Pini Zahavi, in fact, everyone knows very well that once it is announced, it will not only be Pini Zahavi who will be involved, but also the black gold case will definitely attract attention again, and it will not only involve Pini Zahavi, but even all the agents.

By doing so, Stretford will inevitably make him a public enemy in this circle, and he will no longer be able to gain a foothold in the company and in the football circle, because no one will forgive this guy who ruined everyone's jobs and money.

Stretford closed his eyes, waved his hand, and motioned for his assistant to hurry out, looking a bit like he was afraid that he would regret it, but he had a character in his bones that made him absolutely unwilling to let go of Pini Zahavi.

As for the company he worked so hard to create, it sounds good, but in fact, only he knows best, there is no longer the scenery of three years ago, when he stomped his foot in the Premier League would be earthquaked, but now, he has long since lost that kind of influence, so even people like Pini Zahavi dare to provoke him.

There is a good saying, the clay people still have three points of fire, Stretford has long been more and more dissatisfied with the performance of prIv, more and more shareholders, most of the interests are attributed to them, they seem to have built a platform, a little interest, it seems that they are tied up through the company, but in fact they are also tied by them.

Over the years, he has made enough money, and he has long had thoughts and thoughts about wanting to let go of the transformation, but he has always been a little unable to let go, but this time, he is determined to fight Pini Zahavi to the end, even if the fish is broken, he will make this cunning Jew pay the most painful price.

As for McShkin, what can be solved by hundreds of thousands of pounds, in the eyes of Stretford, is it still a thing?

What he is fighting for now is not interests, but breath

At this time, McShkin is simply insignificant in his eyes, and it is Pini Zahavi who he wants to fight.

Besides, everyone is afraid of losing their jobs, only he is not afraid, because even if he loses this company and loses everything, his relationship is still there, and he has so many connections with equal interests, he can mix anywhere, and he doesn't need to work so much, find a top star like Beckham, Owen, and Gerrard to guard, and he will eat and drink for the rest of his life.

Ye Qiu obviously didn't know that there was a storm that would cause a major earthquake in English football in Cheshire, which was unwilling from Liverpool, and he never cared about what happened to the lawsuit between Pini Zahavi and Stretford, he cared about his team now, and he never managed to break Liverpool's goal at Anfield.

Not only that, but the Reds came close to scoring, and if it weren't for Pangler's cross and Traore's low shot miraculously saved by Van der Sar, Chelsea would have been in a passive state of being behind at this point.

The score of 00 is obviously not what Ye Qiu is pursuing, standing in front of the away team coach's box at Anfield Stadium, he is thinking hard about how to break the cage from Benitez, this Spaniard's targeted tactics are definitely second to none in the world, and even Ye Qiu likes to study his tactical ideas very much in the study room.

But Benitez's tactics are not only based on pre-match preparation, but also on the spot, so even if you are familiar with his tactics, it is useless, he will constantly adjust during the game to restrain you.

Ye Qiu turned his head and glanced at the players on the bench, and finally landed on one person.

It's you