Chapter 398 See Who Plays to Death!

It was already past midnight when we returned from Bucharest to Southampton.

Everyone in Southampton did not go to Stapleswood when they arrived at Southampton Airport, but went directly to Wangjiang Pavilion.

Huang Tianshun and others also received the news early, and had already prepared a sumptuous celebration feast to welcome the team.

Soon, the entire Wangjiang Pavilion suddenly became a mess.

One thousand members of the Saints fan club, up and down Southampton, plus the guests invited by the team, the whole scene was noisy and lively.

Zhuang Ziqing didn't like such an occasion, so Yang Huan directly asked Long Wu to send her to the villa in Southampton.

I stayed in the Wangjiang Pavilion and accompany the guests and players to celebrate.

He even forgot how much he drank.

It was not until Scudmore came to invite him to talk outside that Yang Huan escaped.

The two of them didn't go out, and walked directly along the River Tester in the open-air restaurant area of ​​Wangjiang Pavilion.

"The city of Southampton has developed rapidly in recent years. I heard that the renovation of the old city is about to start, and it will soon change drastically!"

Scudmore said with a bit of sigh.

Yang Huan smiled lightly, noncommittal.

The Premier League is actually like a management company that is solely responsible for the operation of the Premier League.

And Scudmore is the CEO of the management company.

In layman's terms, he is the big housekeeper of the Premier League.

His power is given by the 20 teams in the Premier League.

But Scudemore has been in charge of the Premier League for many years, and during his time in charge, it was the most successful period of commercial development of the Premier League, so Scudemore has a pivotal influence in the Premier League.

I'm sorry, he doesn't have the power to make a major decision.

Then you have to call all the club owners or executives of the Premier League to a meeting.

This is the Premier League Chairman's Summit held every three months!

To give a simplest example,

winter break.

The wealthy teams are eager to have a winter break, and they have called for it for many years. Even Scudmore agrees, but they can't carry it out. The reason is that the middle and lower teams that occupy most of it don't care about you!

Your top teams have to play on multiple fronts, you have to think about European competitions, but we don't.

Our mid- and lower-level teams only need to take care of the domestic cup competitions. We don’t even have our share of the cup competitions. We only have to play in the league. There is not much pressure. The pressure is your top team’s business. Who let you fight on multiple fronts?

Can't stand it?

If you can't stand it, don't open so many fronts. Who is forcing you?

I wish you had a bad record!

So, when it comes to voting, the majority votes against the winter break.

Sometimes, things are so troublesome and so fun!

Seeing that Yang Huan didn't speak, Scudmore smiled bitterly in his heart.

Even though this young master Huan is young, he has a very good calculus in his heart.

"Southampton has also undergone earth-shaking changes in the past two years. The stars are gathered and the strength is strong. Now, it is the Champions of the Europa League. One step a year, and the next season is going to participate in the Premier League!"

Yang Huan still didn't say a word, he was waiting for Scudmore to get to the point.

The Premier League chief executive smiled bitterly and sighed, the bad guy still had to do it himself.

"Mr. Yang Huan, to tell you the truth, in the past two or three months, the league has had a lot of opinions about some of Southampton's practices."

"Oh?" Yang Huan narrowed his eyes, but he wasn't surprised at all.

Southampton went to the Premier League, making it clear that the chariots and horses are here to share the cake.

Every season, there will be newly promoted horses entering the Premier League, but they are also newly promoted horses, but the treatment is different.

Which is the most popular?

It's like Norwich, the kind of typical Premier League team that travels for one season.

These teams are not strong and their financial resources are not strong. They are OK in the British Championship, but in the Premier League?

Ha, sorry, big buddies will teach you how to behave!

Generally speaking, this type of team is the most popular because there is little threat to the existing teams in the Premier League!

There is also a team that has just been relegated but is quickly re-promoted, such as West Ham this season.

The Hammers have already qualified for promotion and will return to the Premier League next season.

For such teams, the Premier League is usually more forgiving.

After all, they are all old acquaintances, and the network and personal connections are there.

But there is another kind of team that has not yet entered the Premier League, but has already made a name for itself. It is powerful and rich. Almost everyone believes that it will definitely be able to secure a place in the Premier League.

Such teams are rare, such as Fulham, which was acquired by Egyptian billionaires.

However, this kind of team is also the least popular, because once this team has a firm foothold in the Premier League, other teams will definitely be relegated in the new season.

As for who was demoted, it's hard to say!

However, under normal circumstances, it is generally the middle and lower reaches of the team that have a relatively large opinion on the newly promoted horse.

Wealthy teams generally do not have much opinion on newly promoted horses, nor do they feel anything.

There are only a few strong teams in the Premier League, and newly promoted horses can't shake their status at all, and they don't need to worry about relegation, so they don't care at all.

But this year things are different!

Southampton has been promoted to the Premier League with four golden titles of the League Cup, FA Cup, British Championship and Europa League. The Saints are full of stars, powerful and rich.

Anyone can see that the saint's ambition is not a relegation!

They are here for the top four in the league!

So ah, the promotion of Southampton, for the Premier League teams, are not welcome.

Downstream teams worry about relegation, midstream teams worry about qualifying for the Europa League, and upstream teams worry about the top four in the league.

This has never happened before in the history of the Premier League!

So, in the past few months, this group of Premier League bosses have been poking and digging holes for Southampton.

"Everyone has a big opinion on the issue of Southampton's shirts!"

Scudmore said with a wry smile.

This is not a new problem.

This is an old question, okay?

Ferguson slammed Southampton for advertising sponsorships on their shirts at the beginning, but in the end it didn't work out.

But the Premier League has expressly stipulated that there is no need to advertise on the jersey to attract sponsorship.

Do you abide by Southampton?

Not complying?

Okay, Premier League, don't come here, we don't worry!

obey?

Then you lose business income!

Yang Huan couldn't help laughing when he heard Scudmore's words.

"Mr. Scudemore, the commercial sponsorships we signed have not expired yet!"

Scudmore had found it difficult.

How do Chinese people say something?

Oh, by the way, cutting people's fortunes is like killing one's parents!

Southampton managed to pull in these sponsorships, regardless of whether these sponsorships are really as rumored, they are Yang Huan's personal property, just for the commercial sponsorship, will the Saints give up?

"This contract has not expired. If we unilaterally tear up the contract, how much will we have to pay?"

Scudemore frowned.

Yes, unilaterally tearing up the contract, so a large amount of liquidated damages, how to get it?

In the past, many of the newly promoted teams in the British Championship were even difficult to get sponsorship. Who is like Southampton?

The advertisements are directly on the collar of the jersey!

Southampton has one ad on each cuff, one on the neckline and two on the hem, for a total of five ad sponsorships on the shirt.

Commercial income varies from large to small, ranging from as much as £30 million a year to more than £10 million a year.

This is quite an astonishing amount of income!

"Mr. Scudemore, our advertisements have been done quite low-key. They are so small and have little impact. I don't understand, why can't we run them?"

Scudmore listened and smiled bitterly: "The rules of the Premier League clearly stipulate that no advertising is allowed on jerseys."

"That's different. We have been advertising since the League One. These contracts have been signed a long time ago. We signed the sponsorship first and then became a Premier League team. The situation is special!"

Scudmore laughed even more embarrassingly, Master Huan, this is to make a special case in the rules.

"Mr. Yang Huan, I can personally understand the difficulties of Southampton, but I'm afraid other teams will not agree!"

Speaking of which, Scudmore turned his head, "How about, Mr. Yang Huan, at this Premier League Chairman Summit, will you explain it yourself and seek everyone's opinions?"

Yang Huan knew in his heart that although Scudmore was high, he did not necessarily have weight.

"Okay, I will attend the Premier League Chairman Summit in person!"

He would also like to see what the owners of Premier League clubs are going to play.

When it comes to playing tricks, I like playing tricks the most. Let's see who will kill us!

Scudmore can't do anything about it. If he remains neutral in this kind of thing, he will not be able to do a lot of work in the future.

"there's one more thing."

"Um?"

"When I was in Bucharest just now, Mr. Jeremy Darlock, the chief executive of Sky TV, mentioned to me that he intends to restart the negotiations for the broadcast rights of the Premier League tomorrow, and strive to complete it in a short time."

"This is a good thing!" Yang Huan laughed.

Southampton now has a Europa League champion in hand, and the broadcast fee for the next season will definitely not be less.

The owners of those Premier League clubs are probably looking at them with jealousy, making excuses and disgusting themselves.

"At the same time, the refurbishment of the broadcast system at St Mary's Stadium, which they hope will be completed as soon as possible."

The broadcast level of the Premier League is second to none in the world of football.

Isn't it the broadcast cameras in the stadium that they rely on?

Southampton has now returned to the Premier League, and broadcasters have placed high hopes on it. The previous transformation of the broadcast system was suspended because of protests by Abramovich and some middle and lower Premier League teams.

Continuing now, it makes sense.

"Okay, I will arrange this matter!" Yang Huan readily agreed.

This is also a good thing for Southampton.

Scudmore had two things in total, one was dragged and the other was resolved, and he was in a pretty good mood.

But as long as he thinks of the upcoming Premier League Chairman Summit, his heart is hoisted to the top of his throat.

With this young master's behavior, he still doesn't know what will happen at that time.

The world is bustling, all come for the benefit, and the world is bustling, all go for the benefit.

In the final analysis, it is still a matter of the distribution of interests at stake.

Yang Huan watched Scudmore walk back to Wangjiang Pavilion, secretly laughing in his heart.

There is no jersey advertising sponsorship, Yang Huan does not pay special attention.

According to UEFA rules, Southampton’s funds invested in new stadiums, new training bases and youth training can be deducted from liabilities.

So, even without these jersey advertising sponsorship contracts, Southampton's debt is not that serious.

Especially considering that after promotion to the Premier League next season, the debt is even less.

It's just that Yang Huan doesn't like to be pointed at when he does things.

When Ferguson made such a fuss, now these team owners have come out to protest again, and Yang Huan is also angry.

Hasn't this been promoted to the Premier League yet?

A lot of shit!

My own money, my own team, I can do whatever I want, what qualifications do you have to give pointers?

Well, the more you talk now ()