Chapter 480 Spend 500 million pounds to build a stadium and 200 million pounds to buy players
The most surprising thing was that Lewis agreed to sell the Tottenham club to him.
Well, he really didn't expect that.
In the last life, there were a lot of people who asked him to buy the club, including the rich people in the Middle East, as well as the Eagle Sauce, Abu didn't say anything, these are not bad money owners, but this guy didn't sell it.
Of course, he is not short of that money, the most important thing is that Levy will not let Lewis sell, and the two are the best friends.
However, after Zhang Yang proposed to buy Tottenham, Lewis just thought about it and chose to sell.
Because he also wants to be friends with Zhang Yang, and he really doesn't love football that much, so if he sells it, he sells it.
"Of course, Mr. Zhang, I have one condition." Lewis sat up straight and looked at Zhang Yang.
"Mr. Lewis, please."
"If Mr. Zhang buys Tottenham Hotspur, I want Levy to remain as president, after all, Mr. Zhang can't stay in Europe to manage the club forever, right?" Although the club was sold, Lewis would not easily leave his friends behind.
Levy is a Tottenham fan, otherwise he could have become the CEO of a company with his ability.
Daniel Levy was born into a retail family, he earned a first-class degree from Cambridge University with his hard work as a student, and after graduation, he did not settle for the old age in the family business, but devoted himself to the real estate industry, and met the noble man of life, Lewis.
In the 90s of the last century, European clubs went public one after another, and Levi, who was in his early 30s, smelled the budding business of football, and established ENIC with his master Lewis, which was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1997. After several capital operations, the shareholding structure eventually evolved into 70.6% for Lewis and 29.4% for Levy.
One of ENIC's main businesses is to build a football business empire, and it is the grandfather of Red Bull and City Group, having invested in Rangers (25.1%), Slavia Prague (96.7%), AEK Athens (47%), Vicenza (99.9%) and Basel (50%), as well as Manchester United and Wembley Stadium.
In the end, Levy chose the team he had always supported as a child as the crown jewel of the group.
At the end of 2000, ENIC bought a 27 per cent stake in Tottenham for £22 million, and the 38-year-old Levy was appointed to Tottenham's board of directors, becoming chairman a year later. After that, ENIC gradually increased its stake in the team until 2007, when it held 85% of the shares, with a total cost of about 50 million.
In other words, if Zhang Yang does not buy Tottenham, Levy's shareholding will reach 85% next year, but unfortunately, the appearance of Zhang Yang in this life has broken this guy's illusion.
In fact, the shrewd Lewis didn't know what Levi was thinking, and it was entirely up to Lewis whether he wanted to give it or not.
In the end, he still fulfilled Levi.
"Okay, no problem." In Zhang Yang's opinion, after he buys the club, Levy will definitely leave, because he has no chance of getting Tottenham.
In this way, the two signed a transfer contract, and 200 million pounds were credited to Lewis's account.
Levi will give some of the £200 million to Levy.
Naturally, Lewis will not swallow the part that people deserve, and besides, he can't swallow it privately.
After the contract was signed, the two had a meal on the yacht, and then Zhang Yang took Zhang Qian back to the hotel, tomorrow he will go to the club to take office, and today give Levy a psychological preparation.
Does Zhang Yang feel that he is still full of intimacy?
When Levy was dumbfounded when he heard that Lewis had sold the club, he was really dumbfounded.
How can you say that if you sell it, you will sell it, and you won't discuss it with him beforehand?
Well, at this time, Levi was very angry in his heart, really angry, although the person in front of him was the person he respected the most.
But no matter how angry he was, he didn't dare to show it.
He still needs to rely on Lewis!
It's so helpless.
He didn't want to, but in the end, reason prevailed over impulse.
"I'm sorry, I really can't refuse the person who bought this time, such as
If you want my other teams, I can give them to you!" Lewis sighed.
This time he really couldn't refuse, because the other party was flamboyant.
A young business genius, ten years later, this guy is definitely a business leader-level figure.
So even if it would upset his friends and apprentices, he had to do it, because he was first and foremost a merchant and a Jewish merchant.
In the face of interests, there is nothing they cannot sell.
As long as the price is reasonable.
Clearly, the flamboyance meets Lewis's criteria.
It's not that the guy is giving him reasonable money, it's his potential that makes Lewis have to be better.
It is conceivable that if he refuses Zhang Yang, there will definitely be no chance of cooperation in the future, especially Zhang Yang is still so young, young people like to hold grudges, don't pit him at that time.
In the business world, Lewis is not a small reputation, but he is definitely not a flamboyant opponent.
Although it feels a little regrettable, it is true.
Zhang Yang's fame is too loud, and the world's young people are his idols, and what a great purchasing power these young people will have to participate in the work in the future.
This is also the reason why Lewis is good and flamboyant, he will only rise, there is no trough, and it is especially for this group of young people to grow up.
"Eagle-chan's consortium?" In Levy's view, only the Eagle Sauce consortium would make Lewis unable to refuse, in fact, he wanted Lewis to sell the club to the Middle Eastern oil tycoons.
Because these oil tycoons have money, they are willing to invest.
Spend hundreds of millions to sell players, don't flash your waist, don't get angry.
These guys are really rich, and they don't think about how to make a profit at all, they just think about how to spend the money.
No, how to spend the money quickly, otherwise they will feel uncomfortable.
Everything sells the most expensive, not the best.
In other words, how many of the most expensive ones are bad?
As for those Eagle Sauce Consortiums, they only want to make money, and in their eyes, everything is a commodity, and there is no such purity.
Investing in a football club is also about making money.
Levy is a fan, a Tottenham fan, and he certainly doesn't want Tottenham to get worse or worse, or even relegated.
But now he doesn't have the capital involved, so he can only watch from the sidelines, how helpless.
Through this incident, Levi also understood a truth, the power must be in your own hands, otherwise you are just a lamb to the slaughter.
No one will be easy with you, even his most trusted teacher and friend Lewis.
The two are also teachers and friends.
Levi is bullish on Levi.
"Publicity." Lewis didn't hide it, and he believed that Levi should understand him when he heard the name.
Sure enough, Levi was stunned for a moment, and then relieved.
That's right, let alone Lewis, even if he is a person who loves football and Tottenham Hotspur, he probably can't refuse when he hears that Zhang Yang wants to buy the team.
This is publicity, which business-heavy person doesn't want to know?
That's better than knowing Bill, that's true.
They don't have to be good friends with Bill if they are not engaged in the Internet, but the industry they are engaged in is very likely to have opportunities for cooperation in the future.
If that were the case, Lewis's business might expand again in his twilight years.
Lewis, who had already lost the fight, rekindled a warm flame in his heart.
This is an opportunity, an opportunity that must be seized.
"I'll sell it too." Levy smiled wryly.
I don't know if I should be happy or disappointed.
He doesn't know what will happen to Tottenham in Zhang Yang's hands, because Zhang Yang is also a businessman, and he is not one of those rich Middle Eastern people who have money and no place to spend it.
He wants to get the benefit of every step he takes, otherwise he wouldn't have bought Tottenham.
What can he say though.
"By the way, Zhang Yang agreed that you will continue to serve as Tottenham Hotspur boss
Xi, he won't be in Europe for long, and Tottenham will still be in your hands in the future." Levi comforted Levi.
Levy was stunned, he didn't expect to continue to stay in the club?
But then I thought about it, how could Zhang Yang stay at Tottenham for a long time.
His vast business empire was just getting started, so how could he stay for Tottenham?
But now the question arises, will he stay, or will he leave too?
It is unrealistic to want to completely control the club, and Zhang Yang will not give him this opportunity at all.
Even if he leaves, he is not worried about finding a job, and he still has a sum of money in his hand, if he likes football, he can buy a team by himself.
This needs to be thought about when we go back tonight.
Of course, even if you leave, you can't leave so quickly, so you have to hand it over.
To be honest, he is a little reluctant to Tottenham, after all, this is his favorite team, how much he wants to continue to play with Tottenham and bring Tottenham into a giant team.
If he is put in charge of Tottenham, he is confident that he will make Tottenham a giant team in 20 years.
That's Levy's self-confidence.
"Master, I'll go back and think about it first." Levi didn't want to stay any longer, there was no point, and his friendship with Lewis was probably coming to an end.
Lewis naturally knew what he thought when he heard Levi call his master, but he didn't explain much, but sighed, "Okay, you can go back and think about it."
Next, Lewis didn't talk about Levi's team anymore.
This guy is going to get off the boat and give him a yarn.
Well, that's businessman, so realistic.
After leaving the prestate with a bow, no matter what, he had to thank Lewis, and Lewis, he would not be where he is today.
At present, Levy has more in his hands, and there are still 50 million pounds.
What are these funds not enough?
Starting a business, or buying a Premier League team, can't buy a giant, quasi-giant, or buy an ordinary club.
When he got home, Levi lay on the bed and didn't speak, frightened his wife and asked what was wrong.
Levy explained the cause and effect, and finally the wife expressed her support for her husband's choice.
Even if it's a newly bought team, she supports it.
That night, Levi thought a lot, and he didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night.
Do you want to leave or stay?
It's really hard to choose!
The next day, Levy drove to Tottenham Hotspur.
Just walked into the office, the secretary came to report that a gentleman surnamed Zhang was looking for him.
As for who it was, Levi had already guessed.
Although he felt very uncomfortable, he couldn't show it in front of Zhang Yang, he couldn't afford to offend this person.
As long as he mixes in the business world, it is too easy for the other party to want to trouble him, and when the capital reaches a certain level, especially in Western countries, it will be a terrible existence, and he can even participate in the election, which is not a joke.
And Zhang Yang is still very young, very young, young represents vigor and hatred, so Levy doesn't dare to offend.
Levy then asked where the secretary, Mr. Zhang, was, and then went to take over.
The secretary was stunned, what is the origin of this young man surnamed Zhang, even if the big boss comes, Levy will not go out to greet her, she is very curious.
But then Zhang Yang satisfied his curiosity.
"Welcome to the company, no, I should call you boss now." Levy stepped forward and hurriedly stretched out his hands and greeted Zhang Yang warmly.
No matter if he doesn't leave, he wants to be good friends.
"Chairman Levy is polite, Mr. Lewis told you, right?" Zhang Yang wasn't sure how much Levi knew, so he asked.
"Well, the master told me, let's talk in the office." Levi looked at the beautiful woman beside Zhang Yang and didn't say anything.
It is normal for a young man like Zhang Yang to have a few beautiful women beside him, but it is not normal if there is no talent.
Look at his secretary, isn't it the same, beautiful and charming, and most importantly, he is active in his work and very enthusiastic, Levy is very satisfied, and he plans to give her a salary increase recently, but unfortunately the team has changed owners!
Secretary Levy was stunned, boss?
Could it be that the team was bought by this young man?
Who is he so rich?
And Mr. Levy called him Mr. Zhang just now.
Mr. Zhang?
Suddenly, the secretary seemed to think of something, and her face showed an expression of unconfidence.
Zhang Yang, the richest man in the world at the age of 19.
Also, Europe is a year old.
The richest man in the world, I didn't expect the richest man in the world to buy the Tottenham team, the most important thing is so handsome, if you roll the sheets with him, you won't have to worry about eating and drinking in this life.
If Levy knew what this girl was thinking, he probably wouldn't want to raise his salary.
Nima, I'm thinking about how to give you a salary increase, but you're thinking about how to roll the sheets with your boss?
It's unbearable for uncles, but can't for aunts.
"Mr. Zhang, can you tell us about your plans for Tottenham?" When he arrived at the office, Levi was going to ask if he was leaving.
He loves Tottenham very much, very, very much, even if he keeps his reputation on his back.
So if Zhang Yang's plan allows him to see the future of Tottenham, he will choose to stay and help Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang was stunned.
He wondered a little, what is the situation, does this guy still want to stay?
In fact, Zhang Yang is also thinking about whether to stay here, but he has come to a lot of commotion in later generations.
"Spend 500 million pounds to build a stadium of 70,000 people, pay attention to youth training, spend 200 million pounds to buy players, and find a famous coach." Zhang Yang did not hide it, if he really wanted to stay, he would not refuse, but he would never allow him to do something for the sake of his love for Tottenham.
Levi was stunned.
That's a lot of money.
500 million pounds to build a stadium and 200 million pounds to buy players, this is simply the second Abu, no, it is more luxurious than Abu, worthy of being the richest man in the world.
"Boss, I want to stay and witness the miracle with you......