One wanted to buy it sincerely, and the other was eager to sell it. Both parties had almost agreed, and there was no difference in price. After the lawyer read the contract, he happily signed the acquisition agreement.

Although there is still a series of subsequent matters to be handled, from the moment of signing, Li Rui became the new boss of Crystal Palace.

Parrish said happily: "Lee, congratulations! You have a team with a very long history. I believe that under your leadership, Crystal Palace will soon enter the Eagle Super League!"

Li Rui smiled and said, "If you can really enter the Eagle Super League, I hope you can come to the scene and accept the thanks and cheers of the fans!"

Parrish smiled reluctantly, but nodded and said, "I really hope I can see Crystal Palace galloping on the Eagle Super League next season!"

After taking over the team, Li Rui met with the club staff. General Manager Danny Johnson is a fat man with a big belly and a typical Anglo-Saxon face, looking cute.

As soon as I saw Li Rui, Johnson took the initiative to show his loyalty: "Li, I have been a fan of Crystal Palace since I was a child. The team has been working for eighteen years and has a deep affection for it! I hope to continue to stay in Crystal Palace, even if the salary is reduced, it doesn't matter!" ωωw..net

Li Rui smiled and said, "Danny, I am very grateful for your efforts to the club over the past few years. Please rest assured, I will not lay off any staff member casually, nor will I give you a salary cut. Everyone can stay here with peace of mind and make Crystal Palace better together."

Johnson breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: "I think everyone will be very happy to serve you if you are able to meet a generous boss like you!"

Li Rui said: "I only have a simple understanding of the team's situation. Can you introduce me to the current specific situation?"

Johnson said: "Crystal Palace is an old team with a long history and a very deep fan base. However, because we have been staying in Eagle Crown in recent years, we lack the appeal to new fans, and the stadium seats are too few and the facilities are old. In order to ensure income, we have to increase the ticket prices year by year, and we have also lost the support of some old fans. This is the reason why the team fell into financial difficulties in the past few years and has not been completely solved until now."

"The team's financial difficulties have made it impossible for us to attract stars to join. We can only rely on the youth training system to buy young players and invite free agents to improve the team's strength in the future. The team lacks star players, and Zaha, who was finally trained, will leave the team next season. This situation has made fans very disappointed. When Zaha's transfer was announced, hundreds of fans gathered at the club's office to demonstrate and oppose it."

"The team has suffered consecutive defeats and has completely lost the opportunity to directly upgrade the Eagle Super League. If you cannot get points on the weekend, you may even be unable to play the Eagle Super League. If you cannot upgrade to Eagle Super League, fans will be very disappointed, and the team will continue to be trapped in the quagmire of Eagle Crown. I don't know when I will encounter such a good opportunity again. Even if you are promoted to Eagle Super League, with the team's current financial situation, you may not be able to introduce big-name players and will still fight for relegation next year."

Johnson obviously had prepared for a long time and introduced the team's various difficulties from the inside to the outside in detail. The seemingly glamorous team was actually full of holes under his description. No wonder Parish was so anxious to take action.

After hearing this, Li Rui's reaction was very plain and asked casually: "So what do you think is the most problem that the team needs to solve at the moment?"

Johnson stayed for a few seconds and said: "There are two most urgent things. The first is to strive to maintain the playoff qualification and strive for the Eagles. The second is to expand the stadium. If there is a stadium that can accommodate more spectators, we can slightly lower the fare and attract more new and old fans to support. This will play a decisive role in maintaining a long-term and healthy financial situation. But..."

“But what?”

"It takes a lot of money to expand the stadium. If you want to expand the seats to 40,000, it will cost at least 50 million pounds!" Johnson said helplessly, "The club cannot afford such a huge amount of money. I hoped that the local council could provide free land, but it was also rejected."

Li Rui narrowed his eyes: "Is it fifty million pounds?"

Johnson said: "This is indeed a big number. In fact, we can also expand in batches and add about 3,000 seats first, so that we can increase our income by about 100,000 pounds per game..."

"What if it is directly expanded to 50,000 seats?" Li Rui interrupted Johnson.

Johnson was stunned: "Fifty thousand!"

Among several old-fashioned teams in London, West Ham United's Upton Park stadium has the largest capacity and can accommodate nearly 70,000 spectators.

The second place is Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, which can accommodate more than 60,000 spectators.

The famous Chelsea's Stamford Bridge Stadium can only accommodate 41,000 spectators, while Tottenham's White Hart Lane Stadium can only accommodate 32,000 people.

If Crystal Palace can expand the stadium to 50,000 capacity, it can even surpass Chelsea and Tottenham in one fell swoop, ranking among the top London teams!

But the funds needed are astronomical, and the land price plus the renovation cost is likely to exceed 100 million pounds, while Li Rui only spent 160 million to acquire Crystal Palace!

Li Rui said: "I need you to issue a professional analysis report. If we expand to 50,000 seats, how to solve the land problem, what is the budget, what will the future attendance rate, and how many years will it be able to recover the cost. By the way, you should do this analysis based on the Crystal Palace team's competition in the Eagle Super League next season, because I firmly believe that we will definitely be able to successfully advance to the Super League this year!"

Johnson opened his mouth wide, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

No wonder Xiaguo’s football development is so backward. This Xiaguo boss doesn’t seem to understand football very much!

But Li Rui said this, and Johnson could only echo: "I will find professionals to analyze as soon as possible, but... I think our pace of development may be a little conservative."

This is the euphemistic statement he could think of after carefully reading the words.

Li Rui waved his hand and said, "Just do as I said. Go to the Super League this year, strive to enter the Champions League next year, and win the Eagle Super League championship the year afterwards, and dominate Europe within five years!"

Johnson's head buzzed...

Manchester City's boss is no more rich than you. He won the Eagle Super League championship, but the Champions League is still far away.

Football is not something you can win if you have money.

Just as Johnson looked worried, Li Rui spoke again.

"Notify all players of the team that if they can advance to the Super League, everyone will receive an additional bonus of 100,000 pounds."

After a pause, Li Rui added: "The team staff also have bonuses!"

Johnson was shocked.

so much!

The Crystal Palace is just a team of Eagle Crown. In addition to financial difficulties, the player income is only in the middle and lower reaches of Eagle Crown. Glenn Murray, the highest-paid player in the team, has a weekly salary of only 15,000 pounds. Zaha, a rising star who just transferred to Manchester United, has a weekly salary of only 8,500 pounds. Players who score goals in each game can only get a maximum bonus of 300 pounds.
Chapter completed!