Chapter 363 The Future Belongs to Pseudo-Fans!

"Welcome to the off-site viewing!"

"I'm Charlene Laheri!"

Charlene Laheri was wearing a brown knitted sweater with the cuffs pushed down to her elbows, revealing a bracelet on her left hand and a long blond shawl, looking very casual and intellectual.

"This is our first program, so the guests we invite are also very important."

"Let's welcome, Southampton boss, also my good friend, Yang Huan!"

Yang Huan really couldn't be too enthusiastic about the empty camera, so he could only sit there and nodded with a smile.

"Hello everyone!"

Charlene Laheri saw him like this and asked with a smile, "Are you pretending to be cool?"

"No, I'm nervous!" Yang Huan nodded.

"I've known you for so long, but I rarely see you nervous. Is the camera so terrifying?"

Yang Huan pouted, "Those who don't stand in front of the camera don't understand how terrifying the camera is!"

After speaking, he couldn't help laughing to himself.

Charlene Laheri is also smiling.

Compared to Yang Huan, she seemed much calmer when dealing with the camera.

But after such an opening remark, the atmosphere gradually turned to a kind of small talk between the two.

Not to mention, Charlene Laheri has obviously done a lot of work and preparations in this regard. Every word of her is driving Yang Huan, making him relax and even forget the existence of the camera.

It felt like a face-to-face interview, or even small talk among friends, rather than speaking in front of the camera.

"Although the name of our show is called off-field, but when you come, we can't help but talk about Southampton."

"Yeah!" Yang Huan nodded.

"Anyone who is familiar with football knows that Southampton has been the fastest-rising and best-motivated team in European football in the past two seasons, especially this season, its performance is very eye-catching, and many people think that the Saints have such a strong performance. The outstanding results are all due to the backing of strong capital."

Yang Huan shook his head after hearing what she said.

"I know you don't admit it, just say it!" Charlene Laheri encouraged with a smile.

Yang Huan laughed, "Actually, only money can't do anything, especially in the professional football circle, you have to understand the rules of the industry."

Charlene Laheri hummed, looked at Yang Huan with a smile, and listened.

"From the professionalisation of football, the industry has ceased to be pure."

"Yeah!" Charlene Laheri nodded.

"If you want to be professional, you have to support players, coaches, and staff, then you have to have money!"

Charlene Laheri still nodded, "Yes, many fans tend to ignore this easily, they are too emotional."

"Yes!" Yang Huan also nodded.

"In the earliest days, where did the money for professional teams come from? Tickets, stadium revenue, and then the rise of TV broadcasting, professional football began to be promoted rapidly, more and more fans, advertising, sponsorship, and professional football began to be subtly affected. ."

"Yeah!" Charlene Laheri nodded.

She knew that now she should be a well-behaved listener.

"Everything in the world must have its pros and cons, and the pros and cons go hand in hand. You can't just want the good side and not the bad side!"

"When professional football develops to a certain level, with enough influence, capital will look at you, so over the years, more and more capital has entered professional football, began to buy teams, and began to change the nature of professional football. play."

"So we have seen that in the past so many years, Nottingham Forest, Ajax, and many, many old giants have all fallen, just because they can't keep up with this new game, so they can only be eliminated, because the general trend is in this way!"

Charlene Laheri nodded, "Survival of the fittest, only by advancing with the times can the fittest survive!"

"Yes, many people criticize the current professional football, thinking that it is a retrogression to be corrupted by money. In fact, I think it is completely unnecessary. The reason is very simple. You calculate the size of the employees of the previous professional teams, and then calculate the current situation. Employees of the team, you can see how different it is from the past."

"The backroom team of some top stars can even catch up with all the employees of a professional team in the past, and the club, management, head coach, players, agents, and even all aspects of the industry, and even the entire society, all benefit from it. Huge profit!"

"In the past, groundsmen were voluntary workers, but now, every team has at least one or two groundskeepers, and the salary is quite good. At least there is no problem in supporting a family, so they are more professional and keep improving. "

"This is the change brought about by capital!"

Charlene Laheri frowned, "Then why are many fans still dissatisfied?"

Yang Huan smiled slightly, "First of all, everyone has a different understanding of football. In the eyes of a thousand people, there are a thousand Hamlets. In the eyes of older people, the football they were accustomed to since they were young is the same. Like this, suddenly one day, it became like that, and they felt unacceptable and began to criticize!"

"But for some young people, the football they were exposed to since childhood is like that, and they take it for granted!"

"As an example, transfers."

"Adam Lallana is the captain of Southampton. Many Saints fans are dissatisfied with his transfer, and there are media hype that we have a problem, but in fact, Adam Lallana often returns to Southampton, often Contact us, we have a very good relationship, this is a personal friendship, but from the perspective of the club operator, Chelsea's price is attractive, the player's salary is good, and we will not lose Adam Lallana. we accept."

"But some fans think that this is selling the core, selling the soul of the team, how to, or even satirizing the management that doesn't understand the ball and so on. These remarks are problematic in themselves."

Charlene Laheri nodded, "Then how do you see the past, present and future, the transformation of professional football?"

Soon, she added, "Stand on your club owner's point of view and stand!"

"Well, it's not easy for me to say this, so I may not say it clearly."

Charlene Laheri smiled sweetly, "Then say whatever you want, whatever comes to mind."

"I think, professional football is definitely getting better and more prosperous, there is no doubt about it, because more and more capital is pouring into this field, this is proof that if they are not optimistic, they will not come in ."

"From the perspective of a football club owner, I would like to say that football itself is no longer the most attractive element for fans."

"why?"

"To give a simple example, the earliest fans came to like the team or players by watching the football live. They liked it because of the football game. Later, TV and the media came in, and the vast majority of fans came through the TV and the media. Come to like the team or the players, but you have to admit that they are more interested in the news outside the game."

When Charlene Laheri heard this, she suddenly realized a smile.

"That's right, they might be talking about celebrity gossips, hairstyles, or who's more handsome."

This is also the inside story that almost the vast majority of media are scrambling to excavate.

"Yes, especially with the advent of the Internet age, the speed of information dissemination is getting faster and faster, and the fans living in the Internet age, what they need is not a game, but a kind of entertainment, so they may not like watching football games at all, Or just go to the game for the star you like."

"Because the football game itself cannot be regarded as a qualified entertainment product, because it will lose, although winning can bring enjoyment and joy to fans, but losing will only make fans feel unhappy and even bring pain."

"So, when fans want to get entertainment from football, their focus will definitely shift from football matches, which requires football entertainment products that can meet their needs. So football stars and stars The team came into being!"

Charlene Laheri frowned, "You mean that these fans don't watch football games to see whether they win or lose, but just to see the stars and teams they like and follow?"

"Yes!" Yang Huan nodded affirmatively.

"A lot of fans don't even watch the game at all, they just watch the news and the results, but can you say they're not fans? Can you say, they don't like football?"

Charlene Laheri was lost in thought.

The fans who don't watch the game are very, very many, maybe even more than the fans who follow the game.

"In the final analysis, this is a trend of the times. In the past, if you didn't watch the game live or live on TV, you couldn't tell the name of the star or the team, but now you don't watch the game, you can still be familiar with it. ."

Charlene Laheri nodded, "What you said may be more about the younger generation of fans, that is, the pseudo-fans in the mouths of many old fans."

Yang Huan smiled slightly, "Fans always get old. Those fans who first went to watch the game to support the team must look down on those who watched live TV, because you didn't support the team, but they always ignored one thing, Fans watch live TV, and the TV station has to pay the team a broadcast fee, which is also a support."

"Nowadays, those who watch live TV look down on those fans who don't watch live TV and only watch the news. Is it the same as before? These fake fans in their mouths didn't contribute to the team?"

"Furthermore, fans will get old, and football is not one type of person, both old fans and new fans, but in the end, the future belongs to this new group of fans."

"From the standpoint of the team operator, we must have this kind of forward-looking, and we must adapt and satisfy the new fans as much as possible while stabilizing this group of old fans, because in the near future, They'll be the core of your team's supporters, as if they'll be the backbone of this era!"

"If the current professional team abandons these old fans, then his future will be the declining giants such as Nottingham Forest and Ajax!"

Charlene Laheri did not expect that she would be able to induce Yang Huan to make such a blunder.

He believes that all Southampton fans must be very interested.

Because there are so many things revealed here, some of which are even subversive.

"What you said, coupled with the controversial prosperity of the Premier League in recent years, I seem to understand a little bit, but I don't understand a little bit, what do you think of the Premier League? Southampton will also enter the Premier League next season. !"

Charlene Laheri asked with a smile.

"The Premier League has a unique advantage, that is, loose capital operation space, so the capital's favorite is the Premier League, and the Premier League is also the best in using the media, and the attention is also the highest. This is very successful."

"But the problem with the Premier League is also obvious. First of all, there are restrictions on the number of foreign players, star players, star teams, and star leagues. Your structure must be large enough to attract the best star players in the world, not a limit."

"Since ancient times, how much foreign aid is related to the level of local players, no one can tell, but if you don't have a big enough pattern, then you can't achieve the star league at all."

"Then do you think there is a so-called star league in Europe?"

Yang Huan shook his head, "No, but the Premier League has the most potential!"

"What about the star team?"

"Barcelona and Real Madrid, the only two teams in the world."

"Why?" Charlene Laheri asked.

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