416 First contact with Abu
"Hello, Mr. Cyrny."
Thirty-seven-year-old Abramovich looks very young. After the collapse of the USSR, a lot of oligarchs came out of Russia. They frantically plundered the state-owned assets left over from the Soviet Union for decades, and then became billionaires one by one. The Russian oligarchs who became various tycoons by virtue of the chaotic situation at that time, each with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars. These people are all top rich people on shijie.
These people were in control of all aspects of Russia's economy and politics in the nineties of the last century. But these Russian oligarchs are still alien to ordinary people. If it weren't for Abramovich's entry into England, Europe wouldn't have suddenly paid attention to these Russian oligarchs.
"Hello, Mr. Abramovich."
Rist met Abramovich for the first time today on his private luxury yacht. This luxury yacht is the luxury yacht that can be ranked in the ranking of Shijie private yachts.
In 2001, Abu spent $100 million to build the 107-meter-long "GrandBleu". It is the sixth largest yacht in Shijie and is equipped with 2 helicopter platforms and a 22.5-meter sailboat, but such a luxurious yacht did not satisfy Abu, and he sent the yacht to Germany to be remodeled, increasing its length by 4 meters, and costing tens of millions of dollars. It is this yacht that Rist is now flying on.
A hundred million dollars, a yacht. If you change it, you can even become a naval warship. The level of luxury inside makes many people like Rist who have seen the world piercing their tongues. Sure enough, it's a oligarch with tens of billions of dollars, spending hundreds of millions to buy a luxury yacht. Rist also had some envy. Should you also spend tens of millions of dollars on a luxury yacht?
Even if it is not as good as Abramovich's, it should be made beautiful. It's also good to have the opportunity to take your family out and play in the future.
"This yacht is good."
Rist has a heart for people like Abramovich. Although Rist is not a good person, he has thought of various ways to evade taxes, and all kinds of cheap ones are not less. Although Rist has never been involved in drugs, he has a relationship with the underworld and has done some shady things.
But like the oligarchs of Russia, they brazenly embezzle state assets, and then feed them one by one, while the people below are destitute. Rist believes that such an act should be strongly condemned. Even these people should be pulled back home and shot. However, this kind of trial should be done by Russians, and Lister is not Russian and is not qualified to try them. So at most, I don't like them very much.
But don't like it, and Rist isn't the kind of person who has a moral cleanliness. Rist is a player agent. Abramovich is the owner of the club. And it is important that Abramovich has money. And willing to spend money, Rist has to deal with him.
"Mr. Chelny, if you want to entertain guests, this yacht can be lent to you at any time."
Abramovich was refreshed. Today Rist and Abramovich meet is Pini. Zahavi pulled. Abramovich spent a lot of money this summer. Throwing hundreds of millions of pounds was thrown out, and the whole European football world was shocked. What Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United these giants clubs. All overshadowed by Chelsea's lavish spending.
The Chelsea staff were even more arrogant. If Pele is still playing, then Chelsea will buy Pele as well. Millions, tens of millions are small amounts, and throwing out hundreds of millions of pounds to buy a team directly is the boss. Roman Abramovich buys Chelsea for £150 million. Eighty million pounds were repaid, and Chelsea spent another 120 million pounds in the summer. In just over three months since Abramovich arrived at Chelsea, he has spent 350 million pounds, and more than 500 million euros in euros.
Many people in European football exclaimed, especially those European powerhouses that were gradually declining. But don't look at Chelsea spending a lot of money, but the mainstream is ridiculing, ridiculing Chelsea for being stupid. Abramovich is confident that as long as he has money, nothing is a problem. But it was ostracized by everyone in football.
Buy Raul, buy Shevchenko, buy Totti, buy Thierry, you don't look at what virtues you have at Chelsea, you dare to buy these players. Despise you, despise you all over European football. Abu very much wanted to buy one or two superstars who were very famous in the world, but unfortunately none of those people bought it. This made Abu very angry and felt like he had lost face.
And at this time, Pini, who has not been involved in the summer transfer. Zahawi told Abu. Football is also intertwined, this time I couldn't buy many of my favorite players, not only Abu didn't understand the rules of football, but also was suppressed by many giants. Because Abu is so fierce that many wealthy families secretly cooperate. It just doesn't sell you core players, it doesn't sell you important players.
The money is not spent, and the ridicule is not less. Abu began to face it. Abu is rich, not rich. But Abu won't spend money indiscriminately, after all, it's all his own money. So Abu listened to Zahavi's advice and wanted to meet the person who knew Rist, who claimed to be the number one agent in European football.
“xiexie。”
The yacht is fully staffed and has a variety of drinks. You can have whatever you want. A few people sat down and chatted slowly, and at first it was all some digressions.
"Lister, I heard Pinny. You've been involved in a lot of club rebuilding work and it's been very effective. Borussia Dortmund and Deportivo La Coruna have won league titles, and Valencia have won the Champions League. I just want to ask, how should we go with Chelsea? ”
Now there are two people that Abu trusts the most. One is Pini. Zahavi, the other one is Dvisel. However, Dvisel is a good scout, and Pini. Although Zahavi is an excellent agent, he is more of a means of playing with empty gloves white wolves. Pinny. Zahavi is rarely involved in the specific affairs of the club. So neither of them has experience in team building.
When Abu asked the two of them, they both introduced Rist to Abramovich. They believe that Rist is the most experienced and the most capable in this area. If Roman Abramovich wants to integrate Chelsea into European football in a short period of time. Then working with Rist is the best way to go.
This is also the first time Abramovich has heard Rist's name. If you get to know Lister, you can know that Lister is not in vain. Not only does Lister have a lot of players at his disposal, but more importantly, he has been involved in the rebuilding of many clubs. He has also served as a consultant for many clubs, including transfer consultants, team affairs consultants, etc.
"Roman, there is no such thing as a one-step thing. Chelsea now have no history, no achievements, only money. Therefore, the attraction of superstars is poor. This is not something that can be changed in a short period of time. So it's unrealistic to want to bring in Henry, Raul, Totti. ”
"Is it really impossible?"
As a predator with a net worth of tens of billions, Abu really wants to introduce one or two superstars to raise his status too highly. The reason why Abu is willing to meet Rist is that he thinks that Rist should have enough strength to help him bring in superstars. So I was a little disappointed to hear what Rist said. Before meeting Lister, many people bragged about Lister very much, but Lister did not give him a very satisfactory answer.
"Roman. Two to three years. You just have to bring Chelsea a couple of trophies in two or three years. Then let people see that you're not here to have fun, but you're willing to invest in Chelsea for the long term. Then Chelsea will be attractive enough to bring in superstars. ”
"Two to three years."
Although it was not a long time, Abu was somewhat dissatisfied. Rist would love to tell Abu that you can bring in superstars at will. But this is simply not possible.
Chelsea are nothing less attractive now than they have been since. Later Chelsea were attractive enough to bring in stars. That's because Chelsea had enough results and quality at the time. But for now. Many stars are suspicious of Roman Abramovich. Many in European football are skeptical about how long Roman Abramovich will be able to stay at Chelsea. Is it just to come and launder money, or is it just for political asylum? With such a club without guarantees, how can a superstar come over.
"Roman, the number of superstars in European football is limited. But there are also a lot of powerful stars. Chelsea have the money to bring in some of the best players from the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga, as well as the best players in Ligue 1, Eredivisie and the Portuguese Premier League. For many of them, the big clubs are attractive, but Chelsea's money is just as attractive. ”
Money is the boss, and that's true in every industry. As long as you can follow the rules of a certain industry, and then money opens the way, there is basically nothing that can be stopped. Now the giants of European football are very jealous of Chelsea, especially the English giants. Historically, Chelsea have tried everything possible to get into the G14, but the big clubs have been against it. But no matter how hard they defended, or even joined forces to suppress Chelsea, they couldn't stop Chelsea's rise.
Because Chelsea have money, and not in general. As long as he continues to spend money, even UEFA will not be able to suppress Chelsea's rise. Of course, if you continue to go on a rampage like this summer, then the price of rising will be too great, and the money spent will be too much. That's why Abu is ready to meet an agent predator like Rist to help him rise quickly.
'So in a year or two, Chelsea will be the top team in the Premier League. Then then Chelsea will have the strength, the results, the money, and then they will be able to attract superstars. ”
Abu doesn't really care much about the team's management. He only cares about one thing, whether the team has superstars, whether the results are good or not, and whether the game is beautiful. If he hadn't eaten too much closed-door soup this summer, he would never have been so careful.
"Of course, you have another way. You like superstars, but you can also train them yourself. At present, there are many top talents in European football, and as long as they are cultivated for a year or two, they will become the new superstars of European football. Superstars can't be brought in, but Chelsea can bring in those superstar seedlings and develop them into superstars. ”
'With Chelsea's financial resources, it's hard for those top talents to turn down Chelsea's call.'
Abu nodded. He slowly tasted the wine in his glass and did not speak immediately. Rist doesn't like such an Abu next to him, and he has a little money to pretend to be something. But whoever makes this shijie money is the boss, if Rist has tens of billions of euros, maybe he will be more arrogant than the current Abu.
'Chelsea have everything they need to succeed at the moment, but they also lack a good club manager.
"Who's the best?"
Manchester United CEO Peter. Kenyon. ”
Abu is Abu, and as soon as Lister speaks, he asks directly who is the best.
"Kenyon?"
Abu knew Kenyon because we had watched the game together. However, Abu has not thought about bringing in Kenyon for now, but he agrees with what Rist said.
"Pini and Kenyon have a great relationship. If Chelsea are really interested in him, I don't think it's too much of a problem. ”
Kenyon, as Manchester United's chief executive, will shake up the world of English football if he comes to Chelsea. Manchester United are giants, and those involved in Kenyon's move to Chelsea will be treated as an enemy by him. Although Lister and Kenyon knew each other, Rist did not think at all about being involved in Kenyon's move to Chelsea.
This kind of thing is still left to Pini. Zahavi is an agent who doesn't have too many players. Lister still has a lot of good players and needs to continue to work with Manchester United. (To be continued......)