"Platini really gives you face."

Malwood looked at the newspaper and was amazed. Rist smiled. Because Platini is indeed very face-saving. With the Champions League soon to kick off, Platini accepted some views on the Champions League.

Originally, according to Platini's position as UEFA president, he should not have said anything too tantacing. But Platini seems to have forgotten who he is, and in the interview he praised Barcelona and thought that Pep Guardiola is building a great team.

Then immediately after that, he began to praise Messi vigorously. "Messi is a diamond on a great team. Barcelona also have a lot of superstars, such as Thierry Henry, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Puyol, Alves...... But they can't do without Messi. ”

Later, in the official UEFA website, when the Champions League next season was introduced, a photo of Messi was pasted. Messi became the representative star of UEFA to promote the Champions League. UEFA's appreciation for Messi is evident.

"It's not about giving me face. Platini needs a team and a player to be his face. Leo just caught his eye. ”

"Without you, how could you choose Messi?"

Malwood has already resigned himself to his fate at Manchester City. When he first arrived at Manchester City, he wanted to make a difference. After all, Manchester City was still a relegation club when the Abu Dhabi consortium took over. There must be a lot of things to do to turn a club like this into a strong team. It's a pity that after arriving at Manchester City, he found out that his sporting director was completely chicken.

First of all, because Mansour did not interfere specifically at the beginning, it was Alfahim who was directly in charge before. Then there is the strong agent of Rist, who has a very close relationship with Alfahim, and has brought in Pellegrini as a coach this season. Now Alfahim was slowly completing his role, and Mansour walked to the forefront.

Sandwiched between Mansour, Rist, and Manuel Pellegrini, Malwood has absolutely no room to play. On the contrary, there is one thing that Malwood is doing now, and that is negotiation.

Whatever player Pellegrini wants, Malwood's task is to help Manchester City negotiate with their opponents. Other than that, he basically has no say in the recruitment of Manchester City.

"Rist, Yaya. Toure's salary is too high. You should know that UEFA is about to monitor the finances of the major clubs. How much does our Manchester City earn in a year. You won't be unclear. ”

"It's not high. Now, after all, compared with before, the pound has depreciated too quickly in the past two months. That's all I can be. I can't let Yaya come to Manchester City from Barcelona and his salary will fall. ”

The depreciation of the pound surprised many. In the past three months, the pound has been depreciating faster and faster. Compared with three months ago, it has depreciated by more than 30 percent. This depreciation has caused the income of many Premier League players to drop several notches immediately. Originally the top salaries in European football, after the depreciation of the pound, they had to retreat one after another.

Just like Torres before the depreciation of the pound, if you talk about salary, you can almost rank in the top three in European football. But with the pound depreciating, he now gets less than seven million euros a year after taxes. Previously, Torres' annual salary after tax was almost around nine million euros.

Of course, they lost a lot, but Rist made a lot of money. Although compared with those who specialize in playing the foreign exchange market, Rist also earned more than 70 million euros by virtue of the depreciation of the pound. Originally, the Rist team wanted to take a more adventurous approach, but Rist liked to be steady. So in the end, he only earned more than 70 million euros.

"Rist, but Manchester City have to deal with UEFA."

"Huh. Brian, you tell jokes. Two days ago, the Sheikh did not just forgive Manchester City more than 300 million pounds in debt. Swap them all for equity. ”

As Manchester City is now, he can't even pass UEFA's inspection. UEFA has a financial fair play policy, and the minimum requirement for clubs is that they have no more than £45 million in debt a year. This is the bare minimum requirement.

With Manchester City's virtues, this is simply impossible. Not to mention the rest, Manchester City's current total wages are now more than 100 million pounds. This is just the beginning, because Manchester City have been doing well this season, so the salaries of Manchester City players will definitely be raised. Especially Torres' £160,000 weekly salary. To the dissatisfaction of Tevez. Tevez also wants a high salary. And because of the depreciation of the pound, Torres's salary also needs to be adjusted.

Plus Modric, David. Silva, Kompany, Thiago. Silva's salary is generally low, but after this season, their salary will definitely increase quite a bit. All of this adds up, and the lowest estimated salary of Manchester City's first-line main players at that time is 100,000 pounds. And Manchester City's own academy players Joe Hart, Sturridge, and Richards, their weekly salaries are only 20,000 or 30,000 pounds. Their agents are also on the move.

It is estimated that Manchester City's total salary next season should reach around £130 million, if two more high-paid players are brought in. It could even reach 150 million pounds. And now Manchester City's annual income is less than 100 million pounds, and Manchester City has a deficit of tens of millions of pounds every year on salaries alone.

With such virtue, Manchester City will not be able to enter the Champions League even if they have a Champions League place. UEFA's first sanction must be Manchester City, an upstart who has no influence in European football and no connections.

From the beginning of 07 to the present, Manchester City has invested more than 300 million euros in the transfer market. This money is impossible to get out of with Manchester City's income. These were all things that Mansour pulled out of his pocket. Therefore, the money was actually lent to Manchester City by Mansour personally, and now Mansour has erased all the money and turned it into an equity stake in Manchester City. This time, the huge debt that Manchester City has is gone. It can only be said that Mansour is too rich. More than 300 million pounds of things are erased when they are said to be erased.

"Even if it's erased. Manchester City is also losing money every year. Salaries must be controlled. ”

Listening to Malwood's words, Rist shook his head. Player salaries have been speculated by the nouveau riche Chelsea, Manchester City, and top giants like Real Madrid. Unless the whole of European football collapses, it is absolutely impossible for players' salaries to fall. It's easy to get a salary, but it's very difficult to get down.

"Brian. Now it's not about how to control salaries. It should be how to increase income. ”

Manchester City have less than £100 million in revenue and it is unlikely that UEFA's financial fair play policy will be passed with or without other player transfers. The best way to do this is to increase your income.

"But it wasn't easy."

Manchester City's income has doubled since Mansour took over. In '07, Manchester City's income was only about £40 million. It's less than two years away, and they're all about to break £100 million.

"Brian, I haven't managed a club, but I can do the math for you. If Manchester City can finish in the top four, then there will be more than £50 million in broadcast revenue. That's almost £20 million more than last season. When the time comes, if you can enter the Champions League, even if you go around the group stage, you can guarantee nearly 30 million euros. If you perform well and enter the knockout rounds, then there is no problem at all with an income of more than 40 million euros. Of course, Manchester City has performed well, and there will definitely be a high increase in commercial income, and with the stadium income, it is not impossible to reach 150 million in revenue next season. ”

And Rist knows a little more. That is, in order to increase Manchester City's income, Mansour pulled his brother company over to sponsor him. And the sponsorship fee is as high as 40 million pounds a year, shocking the entire European football world. So much so that clubs such as Bayern, Arsenal, and Liverpool have asked UEFA to check this contract.

But the chieftain played very smartly. What could UEFA find out, and finally UEFA approved the contract. In this way, Manchester City got a ten-year sponsorship contract of 40 million pounds a year, which greatly increased their income.

According to Manchester City's development, as long as they get the Champions League place this season, it is not a dream to exceed 200 million pounds in revenue next season, or next season. It's something that's completely possible. Historically, by 2014, Manchester City's revenue reached 330 million pounds, only worse than Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, and Bayern, becoming the fifth highest-grossing club.

Now Manchester City is far better than it has been in history. So far this season, 22 rounds have passed, and Manchester City are still in second place in the Premier League. Revenues of more than £100 million this year are a sure thing, and I don't know how much it will exceed.

"You're ......"

"Bryan, now that the player's salary has skyrocketed, no one can do anything. You look at Kaka, who enjoys an annual salary of more than 10 million after tax at Real Madrid. And Cristiano. Ronaldo and Ribery are both more than 8 million euros after tax. If you look at Henry, that's nine million euros after tax. Even if Yaya can't compare to them, it's not too much to get 8 million euros after tax. ”

Rister is not negotiating with Manchester City this time around. In addition to Yaya, who is about to transfer. Toure, as well as Torres, David. Silva, Thiago. Silva, their contracts need to be well negotiated. So Rist is not in a hurry, and the negotiations are estimated to take several months. Every time we talk about a rough idea, we need to negotiate specific data for a long time.

"We were able to get more than 100,000 yuan in annual salary that year, and we were all top superstars. Then came the million-dollar annual salary, and we were all amazed. I didn't expect that now as long as there are players with similar strength, they are three or four million, four or five million. Top players have even come out with tens of millions of annual salaries. ”

Malwood was a player in the eighties, and seeing the current salary increase, he said that there was envy and jealousy.