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The 07-08 season is the world of Manchester United.
Manchester United not only won the Premier League championship again, but also defeated Chelsea in the Champions League final at the end of the year to win the third Champions League in the club's history and the second Champions League champion after Ferguson joined Manchester United.
Ferguson almost finished the new Triple Crown.
Although he failed to win the Triple Crown, Ferguson still became the most beautiful head coach. Ferguson's status in European football is getting higher and higher, and Ferguson is a symbol in European football. Compared with Ferguson, there are not many people in the European football world.
Everyone who ridiculed Ferguson three years ago was silent at this time. Who dares to say Ferguson's sarcastic words at this time?
Who would have thought that Ferguson, who was about to collapse three years ago, has now achieved such a result. Ferguson is really old and strong, and Manchester United has ushered in another peak of results.
However, before the media praised Manchester United, they were attracted by another piece of news.
The fastest gossip in England is The Sun.
Less than a few days after the end of the season, The Sun took the lead in breaking the big news.
"Indian tycoon enters Blackburn!"
Sometimes, you have to admire the Sun's ability to dig news.
Even many people in Blackburn don't know about this. Because Paul didn't let the people inside Blackburn negotiate at all, but used his own people.
I didn't expect the Sun to be so powerful. He poked out the news that Blackburn's insiders didn't know.
And their reports are not reported at will. It's all well-founded.
Even the Indian tycoon was dug up by them.
In fact, in recent years, the Premier League club has been acquired by foreign investors, which is no big news.
Let's talk about the strong teams in the Premier League.
First of all, let's talk about Manchester United, which has the best results recently. Although in the late 1990s, Sky TV failed to join Manchester United. But in 2005, Glazer, an American boss, joined Manchester United. So many Manchester United fans objected, which is useless at all.
Bullshit fans. In the club, the strength of the fans is definitely the smallest. Although those clubs say that they respect the opinions of the fans, the fans are the biological parents. In fact, when it comes to what the club really makes, the opinions of the fans are nothing.
Speaking of Wenger's Arsenal, don't look at Arsenal getting more and more stingy now.
In fact, the two major shareholders of Arsenal are world-class millionaires.
David in those years. Dunn supports Arsenal's introduction of foreign investment. Therefore, he introduced the American tycoon Kerenke to the board of directors, and then sold his shares to Kerenke. This move angered the conservative Arsenal board of directors, so they drove David away. Dunn. But David. What Dunn didn't expect was that Krenck, who was worth more than 2 billion yuan, was also a stingy.
Clenk is not only a billionaire, but his wife is also one of Wal-Mart's successors.
It's a pity that he is an American businessman after all. They only know how to make money, have little interest in the team's results, and still let the team be self-sufficient. Coupled with the debt of the stadium, Arsenal is overstretched in the transfer market.
And when Kroenke cooperated with the conservative board of directors, David. Dunn was very disappointed. Therefore, David. Dunn once again attracted a rich man. That's the Russian tycoon Usmanov. Unfortunately, Usmanov came a little late. Klenk cooperated with the original directors of Arsenal, which excluded him from the door of the board of directors.
Therefore, although Arsenal has two major shareholders of world-class millionaires, it is the most money-scarce club.
Then Liverpool, England's first giant. The Morse family, who owned Liverpool for half a century, sold Liverpool to two Americans, Tom. Hicks and George. Gillette.
After that is the famous Chelsea.
Abramovich's great investment has won the Premier League and Champions League, telling all clubs that football is an era of money.
In this way, several strong teams in the Premier League, except for Blackburn, which is still controlled by the English, the other top four have been controlled by foreigners. Manchester United and Liverpool are unique to the United States. Arsenal is the American-controlled board of directors, and Chelsea is the Russian tycoon.
So speaking of which, it is really not uncommon for foreign investors to acquire Premier League teams.
But the news that Blackburn was going to change owners still shocked the Premier League.
Blackburn, although the results in the past two years are slightly worse, who dares to ignore it.
And the Walker family has a high prestige in Blackburn. Since their family entered Blackburn, Blackburn's achievements have been rising steadily. It is loved by Blackburn fans. Who would have thought that they would sell the club.
Blackburn fans in particular are even more shocked.
However, there are also many people who gloat.
"Blackburn is not on his own. If you think that you have better grades and build a luxury stadium, you can become a rich family. It is because of their unplanned blind behavior that the club is in financial difficulties. Paul didn't know that Black wanted to be a rich family, and it was estimated that it would be possible in a hundred years. It's a pity."
"Now, I have to sell the club. It's all self-made."
There are a lot of ironies about Blackburn.
Some people even satirize the Indian millionaires who are about to become masters.
"Indians, do they also know football?"
In the eyes of the English, India is the place where they ruled. It was just their colony that "do not fall into the empire" in those years.
Now that I hear that the Indian tycoon came to the Premier League, many English people sneer at it.
Many Blackburn fans are also opposed to the entry of the rich Indians. But unlike the opposition of Manchester United fans, the opposition of Blackburn fans is much weaker than theirs. Or they have nothing to do.
Because the whole Blackburn, except for Williams, which has a small stake, is completely the private property of the Walker family.
Paul. Walker decided to sell it, and no one could stop it.
In addition, there are many Asian fans here in Blackburn. Especially there are many Indians. They support the Indian rich to enter Blackburn.
The most important thing is that this sale of the club is too fast. The Sun reported that only a few days later, the fans had not reacted, and the transfer here had been completed.
Not long after the end of the season, Paul is about to hand over with the Indian tycoon.
On May 28, 2008, Paul sold the club to Said.
At the age of 35, the behind-the-scenes family had huge wealth, and the history of their family can be traced back to the distant East India Company. Saeed was once educated at the London School of Economics. He is a practicing lawyer and has his own large number of horse races in Bahrain.
Saeed is very rich.
There is no doubt about this.
At the signing site, Saeed promised in front of the media that he would invest 200 million pounds into the transfer market in the next five years. The chest patted loudly.
............"John, Paul..."
The owner of the club has changed.
George is not in a good mood now. Although George doesn't have the idea of dying for his confidant, he still has great feelings for the Walker family.
Jack. Walker appreciated George and gave George a stage to play. Let George Yang Ming in the Premier League.
Paul. The same goes for Walker.
After becoming the new boss of Blackburn, he also has great respect for George as the head coach. George has gradually become a world famous coach, and his prestige is higher than Paul among Blackburn fans. But Paul was not jealous at all and spared no effort to support George.
George likes both of them very much.
George himself doesn't know what will happen to the new boss. So of course I'm in a bad mood now.
But George is more worried about Paul now.
Since signing the contract, Paul has been in a very bad mood. Paul came to the newly built Jack. Walker Stadium. Both George and Williams are worried about Paul.
This time, Paul sold Blackburn for 670 million pounds. And Saeed is also responsible for Blackburn's debt.
It looks like a lot, but it's really not much.
It has been 19 years since the Walker family came to Blackburn this year. During this period, Jack. Walker and Paul. Walker and Walker invested far more than 200 million pounds in Blackburn.
Especially in the early 1990s, Blackburn was completely unable to be self-sufficient. I need Jack. Walker has to invest money in the club every year to survive.
And Paul. Walker didn't make a penny after he became the owner of Blackburn.
The club has profits, but it has been reinvested in the club. And at a difficult time last year, he used his 40 million pounds to plug the loophole.
The Walker family invested in Blackburn, not to make money at all.
In 20 years, after investing so much money, the rate of return is very low.
Williams looked at Paul, who had been sitting on the sidelines for a long time, and sighed.
"Let's go and have a look."
When George and Williams arrived at Paul's side, Paul also saw George and Williams.
Paul raised his head, and George was stunned.
George has seen a lot of Paul. But the first time I saw Paul crying, he cried there like a child.
George was very sad to see Paul like this.
Although the great responsibility for the current situation lies in Paul's blind expansion. But Paul's feelings for Blackburn are absolutely real, more true than anyone else. Even George can be sure that Paul has far more feelings for Blackburn than his father Jack. Walker.
It's a pity that things don't go as expected.
Paul first looked at George, wiped his tears, and then smiled. George, I'm sorry."
George shook his head.
"No, Paul. It's not your fault. You are the best boss in our Blackburn history. If it hadn't been for the subprime crisis in the United States, maybe Paul's grand plan would have succeeded? Who knows?
But anyway, Paul's contribution to Blackburn is definitely the best in history.
"Thank you, George."
Paul looked at Williams.
"John, those Indians have never managed a football club. Saeed wants you to continue to be the president of the club.
Williams nodded.
Saeed's people have been in contact with Williams for a long time. They are all laymen and don't want the club to be too turbulent at the beginning of the takeover. Therefore, Williams and George are the ones who have to be stable.
"John, although they are rich, they have never played football. John, the team is up to you. You help George more." Paul said this and looked at George again. George, you'd better change your temper.
"George, don't lose your temper. After all, it's the new boss.
Seeing Paul's appearance, George couldn't bear it. He sighed and then nodded heavily.
"Don't worry, Paul."
After Paul finished speaking, he laughed. Haha, it's easy now. I can easily be a fan in the future.
(To be continued)