Chapter 421: Everyone's Waiting!
[The Times: Manchester United legend Eric Cantona in an interview: There is no doubt that Manchester United will announce his return to the world at the Emirates Stadium!]
Chen Mo? Oh oh oh, I've heard of this kid, but the reason he's so arrogant now is only because I'm retired, and if I'm still at Manchester United, he's crying and going back to his mom by now. 】
[Team report: Arsenal legend Bergkamp in an interview: Shut up that guy. What else would he do but put up his collar and pretend to be forced on the field?
Kicking a fan? If he hadn't played at Manchester United, he would have gone to jail a long time ago.
In addition, tell him that he and Xiao Mo are not players of the same level, don't come to touch porcelain. 】
[The Telegraph: Arsenal Meritorious Captain Adams bombarded Arsene Wenger: He's a vampire who only knows how to make money!] He has been blinded by power! We have so much money on our books, why don't we want to bring in reinforcements in the summer window?!
What? Turning down an invitation from Real Madrid and Barcelona? No, no, no, he's not as noble as you think, and he won't leave Arsenal just because no club in the world will give him so much power except Arsenal!
Yes, Arsenal's recruitment is entirely up to him, and he must be responsible for Arsenal's poor performance this season!
What?! No! Of course not, my displeasure with him is certainly not because he refused to let me join the Arsenal coaching staff, I am just telling a fact! 】
[The Telegraph: Arsenal's legendary striker Wright was interviewed recently: Adams is a selfish guy, everyone knows why he is bombarding the club at this time, I don't want to talk about him.
Will Arsenal sink?
Well, to be honest, the outside media is singing about us now, but it's like when Arsène landed in the Premier League in '96, all of you put up the slogan "Arsene Who", but you all saw the result, he led us to break Manchester United's monopoly of seven titles in eight years in the Premier League.
In the 0304 season, he claimed at the beginning of the season that he wanted to win the championship undefeated, and at that time they laughed at him for going crazy, and it turned out that he really won the championship undefeated.
In the 0405 season, he brought the little guy from Barcelona for 20 million euros, and you said it would be the most famous failed deal in the history of the Arsenal team, but the little guy later led Arsenal to win two Champions Leagues in three years, and he and Arsène completed a world-renowned achievement.
So, I have no idea what reason you have to suspect them right now.
Yes, it is true that Arsenal lost their dominance in their first two games, but . Honestly, I'll only talk about what I see.
What I see is that we are actually in a stage of climbing up from the trough, not the state of still falling as you say, we have found the right way to play, the direction and goal have been determined, and all that is needed is time to run in. 】
As the match between Arsenal and Manchester United draws closer, the hype from the outside world is getting hotter day by day.
Not to mention the passers-by, even retired stars such as Bergkamp, Cantona and Wright have come out for interviews.
Such a large-scale and-for-tat operation is naturally controlled by a hand behind it.
Yes, with Manchester United's rise, the FA is ready to put Manchester United and Arsenal in duo mode again.
The reason is simple, after the fall of Serie A, it is now the Premier League and La Liga that are competing for the first league.
But a dominance scene can't be the first league.
Bayern are strong enough, but the Bundesliga has never been the first league because there are too few key battles within the league and too little to make the media hype.
With the popularization of the Internet, this era has gradually moved towards the era of traffic, and the proportion of sponsorship fees and broadcast fees in revenue has begun to far exceed the revenue of tickets.
To be honest, Arsene Wenger is now repentant, and a big reason why he wanted to build a new stadium back then was because Highbury could only accommodate more than 30,000 fans.
In his day, ticket revenue accounted for more than half of the team's revenue.
In the eyes of Wenger at that time, the expansion of the stadium belonged to his own ten years of suffering, but he was able to open peace for Arsenal [for all generations].
However, in the past two years, the proportion of ticket revenue has dropped to less than 35%, and it is still declining year by year.
To be honest, Arsene Wenger is actually quite unlucky.
In the age of the Internet, the importance of tickets is not so important.
As soon as the loan came down, Chelsea's Golden Dollar Football greatly increased the player's salary, causing Arsenal, which was already able to renew the contract of a big-name star with a loan, into a financial crisis.
As a result, Kroenke, the wealthy majority shareholder, was still a cold-blooded businessman, and the years when Kroenke became Arsenal happened to be the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States.
Everyone is at risk, and no one dares to invest at that stage, especially Americans.
As a result, I finally got through it, paid off the loan, and was directly fired.
I don't know if it was Wenger who made the wrong decision at the turn of the times; Or Arsenal had bad luck and met the best in the worst of years.
In short, for a team and a league now, sponsorship fees and broadcast fees are the majority, and influence and traffic will directly determine the amount of these two benefits.
At the same time, the income of the entire league and the income of each team in the entire league will directly determine the salary of the players.
Only the higher the salary, the more attractive the top stars.
The reason why Serie A is the first league is because of the star-studded gathering, and now, the FA wants to hype Manchester United and Arsenal, and use these two as the signature of the Premier League to play out [investment promotion]!
Manchester United and Arsenal have already had a good brand, one is an old giant who has won eight championships in the Premier League in ten years, and the other is a new powerhouse who has won the Champions League twice in three years, plus the FA is behind the scenes.
For a while, not to mention the United Kingdom, even the underdeveloped regions of football, such as Dragon Country, Japan, and South Korea, are frantically discussing the focus of the third round of the Premier League!
Overwhelming!
Every day is the news about Arsenal and Manchester United, and the focus of both sides is naturally Chen Mo and Ronaldo.
Hype.
Chen Mo has seen a lot of this thing, and he still lives a leisurely and leisurely life every day walking his dog, making babies, practicing balls, and practicing balls.
Unfortunately, two days later, Arsene Wenger came to the door one evening.
"I said, you guy, you came to the door at this time, not just to have a meal at my house."
In the living room, Chen Mo glanced at the clock on the wall and looked at Wenger with a strange expression.
Arsene Wenger has a habit of running at night, and there is no reason to come to his house for dinner at this time.
Feeling Chen Mo's curious gaze, Wenger coughed twice: "Ahem, that, this time, the main reason is that we contacted NBA star Yao Ming." The day after tomorrow, before the game, he will come to our club, when the time comes, I will show him around the club, and then he will go to the pitch to watch you train before the game.
At that time, I hope you take the players to have a little interaction with him, and we will shoot some promotional videos or something, anyway, we just want to take advantage of the FA's efforts to increase publicity in the Dragon Country. Oh, thank you, Kaoru is still as virtuous as ever. ”
"Where, don't laugh at me. Let's talk, I'll go to the backyard and water the flowers. ”
Wenger took a small bite of the lobster sushi served by Kaoru Tsukiike.
Hearing this, seeing Yuechi Kaoru leave from the back door with the puppy, Chen Mo turned around, eating steak, and raised his eyebrows strangely: "Interact with Yao Ming?" Klee, that guy arranged? ”
The NBA and the Premier League can't fight, although Kroenke has a stake in the Nuggets, but Yao Ming is an important role in the NBA to enter the Dragon market, and he is also one of the pillars of the Rockets.
Arsene Wenger nodded: "Yes, she wants to take this opportunity to further expand our Arsenal's influence in the Dragon Country. ”
Speaking of which, Arsene Wenger swallowed the lobster meat: "I know you're regulating your emotions to prepare for Manchester United, but it's not only important for you, it's important for the future of the club.
As long as we can further develop the Dragon Country market, there will be more and more shareholders on the board of directors who will follow Klee. ”
"That's right."
Wenger didn't finish his words, but Chen Mo understood what he meant, chewing the Q-bomb and flavorful beef in his mouth, his eyes thoughtful.
Although he Chen Mo didn't care much about shareholder matters that he didn't understand at all, after all, he had a close relationship with Klee, and he probably knew some things.
Now Arsenal's board of directors is mainly a three-way camp.
One side is the largest shareholder, Usmanov, who owns more than 20% of Arsenal shares, but although he has money and shares, the vast majority of Arsenal minority shareholders do not like him because of the political reasons attached to his identity.
The second party is Kroenke, who has a stake of more than 12%, although he does not have more shares than Usmanov, but his capital is no worse than that of the other party, and the Americans are always easier for the British to accept than Maozi.
But his problem is that he is too cold-blooded, and now Arsenal's minority shareholders can see that he wants to buy Arsenal completely, not only not to invest money, but also to siphon off millions every year.
However, because of the abundant capital and many shares, and he is not an oligarchy like Mao Zi, he has a sports business empire that he can control, and he is also the son-in-law of Wal-Mart, who can do some benefits [exchange], so there are still some small shareholders who are willing to follow him.
The third party was Klee.
Klee's stake is just over 7 percent.
She has few shares and is not as strong as Maozi oligarchs and American sports tycoons, but she has a relationship with Arsenal's vice president David Dunn by virtue of Wenger's relationship with Chen Mo.
David Dunn is a key figure in Arsenal and English football as a whole, even serving as FA vice-president and president of the European G14 league.
And this guy is very good at interpersonal relationships, knowing people and making good use of them.
It was he who handed a cigarette to Arsene Wenger, who was watching the game in Highbury and was eating at the time in Nagoya, Japan, a cigarette, and then the two started the golden age of Arsenal together.
Not only Wenger has a good relationship with him, but even the players have a good relationship with him, and it is completely different from pulling dogs.
Henry described in his autobiography that one of the important reasons for his departure from Arsenal was because David Dunn left Arsenal at that time.
Now, under the recommendation of David Dunn, there are also many shareholders who are willing to help Klee speak.
However, favors are, interests are eternal, and only if Klee can bring more benefits to other shareholders, they will speak for Klee at the shareholders' meeting.
And making the cake bigger and digging deep into the Dragon Country market is undoubtedly a good way.
As soon as he thought of this, Chen Mo swallowed the beef in his mouth, put down the knife and fork and nodded: "I understand, you can send me the specific itinerary on the Mmc." ”
"Tut, sure enough, only that girl can come forward to move you."
Wenger shook his head with a smile on his lips. Chen Mo's attitude towards the game has always been very serious, and Kroenke was ready to let Chen Mo go to the United States on the rest day of the league to link up with the players of the Denver Nuggets in a key game.
Knowing what Wenger was laughing at, Chen Mo shrugged his shoulders and joked with a smile: "Actually, you came directly to me as well." What is the relationship between the two of us, I will definitely agree to your request, the main thing is that I don't like that guy Kroenke, he always gives me the same feeling as Laporta. ”
"It's normal, it's as black as a crow."
"Come on, my Klee isn't black."
"You kid."
Hearing Chen Mo's ridicule, Wenger shook his head with a smile, picked up the napkin that belonged to him and wiped his mouth, got up and said, "Okay, okay, I'll come to you today." When the time comes, remember to dress up and come to the club again, and don't wear slippers and big pants again. ”
"What's wrong with slippers and big pants, anyway, when you get to the club, you always have to change your training clothes. Ay! Okay, okay, got it. ”
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The influence of basketball is indeed not comparable to football, to be precise, all the events of the Olympic Games are tied together, and they can't do football.
However, the situation depends on national circumstances.
For example, in Europe, the influence of football is to completely crush basketball, but in the Dragon Country, the influence of basketball is much greater than that of football.
Many people may have never seen a formal football field in their lives, but the vast majority of people have shot on the court, and even if they haven't shot a basketball, they have danced a square dance, played frisbee, and parked a car on the basketball court.
What does this mean?
It shows that basketball is indeed popular in the Dragon Country, otherwise there would not be so many basketball courts.
And Yao Ming is undoubtedly the representative of the basketball industry in the Dragon Country!
On the one hand, it is the pride of Dragon Country basketball, and on the other hand, it is Chen Mo, a football superstar who is very close to Dragon Country!
A strong combination!
There is no doubt that when he learned that Yao Ming was going to London to meet Chen Mo, the entire Dragon Kingdom was completely boiling!
Football and basketball are a family rejoicing!
The expectation of Manchester United vs. Arsenal has risen to a big level, and there are all kinds of endless reports flying all over the sky every day, and many people who don't play football and only occasionally hear the name Chen Mo have also begun to pay attention to this game, pay attention to Chen Mo and Arsenal!
All of a sudden, the discussion about Arsenal in the Dragon Country completely overshadowed Manchester United!
However, Manchester United is an old giant, and the club has a lot of loyal fans in the Dragon Country.
Under the organization of a Ronaldo fan named Li Laoqi, Manchester United fans in Longguo also began to be restless, not only to match Arsenal fans online, but he even organized fans to buy tickets to London to support Ronaldo.
Of course, it's not just Li Laoqi.
With the public opinion of this game becoming more and more intense, people from all walks of life who have some interest in football and have time, such as the American Mu Ye Beyoncé, and the domestic star Wu Ji Ge These bigwigs are also trying to buy tickets to watch the game.
As the public opinion in the outside world is getting hotter and hotter, the day has finally come to August 22nd.
In the third round of the 2007-2008 Premier League season, the focus of Arsenal's battle against Manchester United is about to start at Arsenal's home stadium - the Emirates Stadium!
Today's scum is more.
Mostly a little Carvin.
Tomorrow I will make up for today's difference of 2K
(End of chapter)