Chapter 17: A New Life in the Ruins

Everyone who knows the history of Lazio's suffering in recent years will inevitably feel from the heart when facing the cheering and excited Lazio balls.

This is the manifestation of the light that has finally seen after a long dark night.

Since 2002, Lazio has been in the grip of an economic crisis, facing daily threats of relegation or bankruptcy.

In order to save the club, Lazio had to accept the fraud of the Holy League of AC Milan and Juventus by selling their captain, the flag of Lazio, the king of Rome, Nesta.

For Lazio fans, it was an eternal pain and a disgrace for all of them.

But even if they put down their pride and sell their captain, they still couldn't save the club.

The club is still in misery.

Until they reached their peak in 2004, if it weren't for Lotito's 21 million euros, they wouldn't even be able to participate in the first division, they could only play in the second division...... Lazio have not been relegated in their history. But for Lazio, who have won the league title for less than a decade, relegation is a long term ago......

For seven years, from 2002 to 2008, Lazio did not have the same nightmare. The nightmare is that Lazio could go bankrupt, disappear and be relegated to the third division.

If the debt crisis is not resolved, Lazio will never be a real giant. Because no big family is threatened with bankruptcy.

Now, Lazio has finally settled its debt problem.

The long dark night was coming to an end, and they woke up from their nightmare.

Lazio is about to receive her new life!

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Lotito didn't disturb the cheers of the fans in the stands, and he waited for them to vent their inner emotions to the fullest, and the sound was a little quieter, before continuing.

"Second thing......" he handed the microphone to Chang Sheng. The second thing has to do with constant victory.

Chang Sheng took the microphone and thanked the chairman in advance.

Then he looked up at the fans in the stands.

"The second thing, guys, is to tell you a piece of news......" and he waved his hand toward the entrance to the stadium.

Everyone's eyes turned there.

I saw someone running out of it.

The first person to come out was the first signing of the summer, Motta.

The Brazilian midfielder is the first to come out, and the latter are all players who have been transferred this summer.

Edinson Cavani returning from Napoli, Coentrão and Cesar Azpilicueta returning from Getafe, Leonardo Bonucci from Inter Milan, Mirante from Juventus, Gotze and Giroud and Candreva are also in the team.

But after these people came out, the players' tunnel mouth did not stop spitting players into the field.

Next up is David. Silva. It's Modric, it's Francesco. Pavin ......

It's the players who are already in the team!

Everyone who saw this scene opened their mouths in surprise.

They don't know...... It stands to reason that the second thing should be the meeting of new recruits, right?

The new signings are all coming out, but what is this that is running out?

Why are the old players coming?

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In the end, when more than 20 people stood in front of the reporters all the time, all the reporters were stupid!

What's going on?

Did Lazio buy more than twenty people in one go this summer?

But they also know why it wasn't arranged indoors...... The press room is called the "lobby". I can't really stuff so many people at first......

Then Chang Sheng stood in front of them with the microphone and said to the stunned reporters: "This is the second thing. I remember when the transfer window first opened, you guys were hyping up Lazio's disintegration, right? ”

That's when the reporters reacted...... Chang Sheng, this is to settle accounts after the autumn!

"You're saying Lazio can't continue to be great, aren't you? I remember someone using the term 'ruins' to describe Lazio's future. Now, the 'ruins' are right before your eyes. ”

One of the reporters rolled his eyes...... This immortal is really retributive, no matter what you say to criticize him at any time, he can remember it accurately...... I really don't know if his brain is dedicated to remembering this kind of thing.

"Keep your eyes open and take a good look, ladies. Gentlemen. This is the 'ruins' of Lazio. Keep this vision in your eyes and minds! Then, now I tell you, get ready to witness the rebirth of Lazio, and be careful not to be frightened! ”

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"Get ready to witness the rebirth of Lazio!"

"Chang: This is a new Lazio student!"

"Ruins? No. It's a freshman! ”

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Although Chang Sheng sneered at the Italian media at the press conference.

But the next day such a headline appeared in the media.

The photos were all taken of Chang Sheng standing in front of all the first-team players and introducing them to the new students.

The media has used the word "new life" many times, but not just because Chang Sheng said it.

When they returned, they calculated how much money Lazio had made from the transfer market this summer, so that they could pay off all the remaining debts in a summer......

It's not that I don't know, but I'm shocked.

In the end, we came up with a very close figure -- 145 million!

Everyone was thundered by this number.

At first, they thought they had miscalculated. For example, misestimating a player's transfer fee.

So they went back and recounted and published all kinds of news reports. He even called the other club's club to verify and verify, and confirmed the figures he calculated through various public and private relationships.

This time the numbers are even more terrifying than the previous ones - 160 million!

Many reporters stopped and didn't dare to continue counting.

Because they are afraid that in the end they will find out that Lazio sold players for 200 million euros!

That's scary.

It's not a terrible thing to sell players for 160 million, the problem is that it sells 160 million in one summer, it's scary. While all other clubs are cumulative, Lazio is a summer time!

And how much did they spend on buying people?

1,400,000 ......

So much money is coming in, but so little money is going out.

It is no wonder that Lotito has the confidence to shout that Lazio will never be in debt again.

There are a lot of clubs in the transfer market where they can earn a lot of transfer fees, but in the blink of an eye they can use more ......

Debts were repaid. Lazio also has 60 million euros in liquidity......

This is indeed a new life for Lazio.

They don't have to pay their debts, and they can use the money they have for a lot of things. For example, raising the salary budget, such as rebuilding the academy - before Lotito took over Lazio, in order to pay off the debt, the then interim president simply sold all the youth teams, including the various echelons, and only kept one under-18 youth team.

Because Lazio can't afford the salaries of those echelon players and coaches, and they are not willing to continue to bear the investment of the academy. The investment in the academy is not only the salaries of the staff, but also the maintenance of the grounds, the maintenance of the training facilities, etc.

So when Lotito took over, Lazio had only three teams: the first team, the reserve team and the under-18 team.

Right now. Perhaps Lotito should consider rebuilding Lazio's once-glorious academy.

The Academy, which has been out of Nesta and Di Vayo, should not go away.

In fact, what the media said is right, Lazio at this moment is indeed a "ruin", except for the first-team results, they have nothing, and everything is waiting to be rebuilt.

Now. They were going to rebuild a Lazio on the ruins.

This is indeed a new Lazio ......

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While the media was discussing Lazio's rebirth, within Lazio, the club's president, Lotito, was also discussing Lazio's rebirth with Chang Sheng.

"We have money now, and the salary scale of the team has been raised. I think we can build a new stadium of our own! Lotito said in high spirits.

Chang Sheng hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't worry, Mr. President, don't worry about this new stadium......"

"Why? You know, if we had a new stadium. We'll be able to reap the benefits...... Italy's damn policy, the stadium must belong to the city council......" Lotito was puzzled to see that Chang Sheng opposed.

It's a good thing that the club has its own stadium. Because of this, the ticket revenue for each match day can be kept by the city council instead of being handed over, which is a lot of money. If you run it well, you can earn tens of millions of dollars every year......

"The stadium has to be built. Mr. President. But not now, what we should do right now is to upgrade and renovate our training facilities and rebuild our echelons. For a team to develop in the long term, it must have an academy. You can't always expect me to bargain from the transfer market, it's not a long-term solution......"

Yes, Chang Sheng's prediction ability will also expire, and after 2012, he can basically only rely on [Golden Pupil] to find people, which is too hard.

So we have to re-establish the Academy now.

And with it, there is also the scouting system. In addition, every time the players go to play away games, they can't always stay in a three-star hotel and fly economy class, right? Lazio can't always replace a professional sports medicine treatment team with two part-time medical consultants. In addition, considering that Lazio fans are more popular, and they can't always cut security spending, although it is better to give the city council a bit of a rupture, it is better than causing a tragedy and eventually being banned......

There are still many things that need to be rebuilt, and these things cost money, and 90 million seems like a lot, but in fact, there is nothing left after smashing it in.

So now is not the best time to build a new stadium.

Lotito frowned.

He had to admit that what Chang Sheng said made sense.

But he was not reconciled.

From a businessman's point of view, there are great benefits to building a new stadium. Not just the stadium, but also the billion-dollar land and ancillary commercial development plans around the stadium......

He fought for a long time in his heart, and finally won and persuaded him.

He nodded, "Okay...... Just do as you say, always. ”

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