Chapter 170 The Three-Party Secret Talk (3)
To unite the three clubs of Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea to form a league similar to the sacred alliance between Juventus and AC Milan. This is the real purpose of George's invitation to Abramovich, Ferguson and others after the banquet. Because only they have the right to decide such a major thing!
Although many experts and fans in their previous lives criticized this league and wanted to blame the reason for the decline of Italian football on the Holy League between Juventus and Milan, it has to be said that the existence of this Holy League actually played a very positive role in the Italian football world, which had been declining competitiveness due to the economic recession. At least, compared with other clubs that have repeatedly played soybeans in the European arena (the most typical one is Udinese who dies of addiction), the performance of the Holy League in the European arena is the conscience of an Italian club, and has made a huge contribution to the Serie A to maintain the top three in the European Championship standings.
So, don't always talk about the phone, thinking that teams such as Juventus and AC Milan were able to dominate Italy through this - even when the two Rome champions won the league in the turn of the century, they did not have the ability to show off in the European arena, and they could not even get a seat in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
In George's vision, although the three alliances he wanted to establish would definitely not be able to make profits for himself by manipulating referees like the Holy League, he could learn the practices of the Holy League in other aspects. For example, if you form a group to play commercial games overseas, help each other when you encounter difficulties, strengthen information exchange and sharing between clubs, prohibit malicious competition or intercepting the ruling market, etc.
"No problem! George, I agree to this matter!" After a brief silence, Abramovich slapped the table and responded to George's proposal first. "However, I still have to say some things ahead - mutual benefit and consistency are certainly possible, but it is absolutely not possible to play counterfeit ball!"
In the eyes of the savvy Russians, once these three leagues are established, they will be beneficial and harmless to Chelsea. Because in this way, Chelsea can not only use Manchester United and Tottenham’s scouting resources and databases to greatly expand their own scouting network, so as to acquire excellent players faster and better, but also make it easier for Chelsea to achieve good results. With the three clubs eliminating malicious competition, Chelsea can undoubtedly maximize its financial advantages!
Manchester United is constrained by the management's stinginess and the sharp decline in revenue after Beckham's departure, and is unable to invest heavily in the transfer market to compete with Chelsea. Although Tottenham is not stingy with spending money to buy people, George is unwilling to destroy the existing salary system in the team, his competitiveness is not as good as Chelsea.
In addition, Abram did not take it too seriously about the possibility that Manchester United could be acquired by Arab consortiums - although these Arab consortiums are indeed quite rich, and even Abram is not confident that they can win these rich people in terms of financial resources, acquiring clubs of a level like Manchester United is not an easy task. Otherwise, Manchester United would have become Murdoch's private property several years ago.
"This is natural." George naturally agreed to Abu's request, "Even if you don't mention Roman, I will list this matter as a prohibited matter. After all, manipulating the results of the game is a taboo, and no one has the courage to touch this red line. Once evidence is revealed, the person who commits the crime will probably say goodbye to football forever."
Seeing that his immediate boss had already agreed with George's idea, Kenyon naturally would not object to Abu's decision. What's more, in Kenyon's opinion, this matter was extremely beneficial to Chelsea, and there was no need for him to take the initiative to jump out and say something annoying.
Compared with Abu and Kenyon, Manchester United's decision-making is much slower. Whether it is Ferguson, David Jill or Edwards, they frowned and said nothing at this time, as if they were thinking about some world-class problems.
No wonder these three people acted so hesitant. After all, Manchester United's current situation is very subtle and is in a state where it is possible to announce a change of ownership at any time. So, no matter who the three of them are, they dare not promise that the new boss will definitely agree with the three alliances.
If Ferguson and the others had signed this alliance agreement, Manchester United would have changed their new boss and then showed a refusal to admit it. Then, Tottenham and Chelsea would be very angry at Manchester United's rebellion, thus setting two powerful enemies for Manchester United in vain.
Although George could see that the three of them were worried, he could not guess whether they were worried about this issue. Adele, who was still aside, who was unable to attend the meeting for some reason, took the lead in finding clues from some clues and immediately informed George of her guess!
"I said Alex, are you worried that the new boss will not recognize the cooperation agreement we reached after Manchester United's change of ownership?" Adele's reminder made George suddenly realize, and he couldn't help but look at Ferguson and the others in a funny way, and said, "You are too underestimating my ability, right? Why don't you think about it, any idiot dares to break up the agreement formulated by the three of us at the risk of angering me and not getting much benefits?"
Yes! No matter who takes over Manchester United, as long as this person's IQ is above the average, he will never risk angering George, a two-level rich man and a local snake! Hearing George's words, Ferguson and others, who have been stubborn, couldn't help but realize that their previous worries were indeed redundant!
After figuring this out, the three people who represented Manchester United at the secret meeting immediately nodded without hesitation to agree with George's proposal - in their opinion, although Manchester United is destined to be able to compete with Tottenham and Chelsea with top wealthy people behind their backs, Manchester United also has their own advantages, that is, they are much better than the other two clubs in terms of fame and attractiveness to players!
Since Ferguson could use a phone call to steal Roy Keane from Blackburn, thus obtaining this cornerstone that laid the dominance of the Red Devils, now, Manchester United, with the Lord in charge, can still crush Tottenham and Chelsea in terms of appeal!
Although others may not think so, at least for now, Ferguson and the other three believe in this.
Chapter completed!