Reborn fashion designer

Chapter 710 Beckham joins Liverpool?
The sports brand under Hermès has entered the Premier League giants.

In England, in every corner related to football, not to mention the public, a lot of energy and attention has been devoted to the development of this matter.

Even professional players playing for various clubs are paying close attention to this matter.

This situation is not difficult to understand.

With the outstanding performances of star players on the court, they are not only talked about by fans, but also the focus of advertisers and brands.

This is more than just sneaker contracts and endorsement advertisers.

The revenue generated by driving sales through multiple channels is often greater.

Similar to brands, many players also participate in various seemingly unrelated sports matters through charities, public welfare activities and social media.

But in fact, they are all actively creating a good public image for themselves to enhance their own commercial value.

In this regard, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are undoubtedly the top athletes who will do well in the future of football.

But at this point in the 2010-2011 season, Beckham, who had been away from the center of world football for almost five years, was the real leader.

With an annual income of 1.38 million pounds, he ranks first on the list of football players.

Early the next morning after arriving in Liverpool, Xiangyang, Axel, Bea Schaffer and Oaktree Capital representative Armando Panossian appeared at the most famous old stadium in Scotland, St. Andrews.

Several people played golf here with Nasser Al-Khelaifi who came from Paris.

With them is the Beckham family.

On the other side, in a nice house in Southampton, 300 kilometers away from Liverpool, a brown-haired woman is taking care of two children.

Outside the window, the sound of a car stopped and the door was pushed open. She smiled and said, "Honey, how was your training today?"

"Not bad." Ryan Lambert smiled brightly.

Maybe it's bad luck, or maybe it's a sudden turn of events.

Since being sentenced to death by Liverpool's youth training at the age of 15, Ryan Lambert, now 28, has been moving to various low-level teams.

Even at the worst time, I had to work in a beet farm.

Even though he has been the top scorer in England's four leagues for two consecutive seasons, the career development path of a football player without much talent is full of hardships.

But fortunately, he is in good form this season and is still the team's top scorer.

"Let me show you some news. It's very explosive."

"Oh? What news?"

"Beckham may join Liverpool." The woman said jokingly, then opened her phone and found the photos that had been reported by major media since this morning.

"How can it be!"

Ryan Lambert nearly died laughing.

This joke is even more unrealistic than the possibility that he could return to Liverpool one day and fulfill his boyhood dream.

"You might as well say that I received a sign from the English Football Association and I'm going to join the national team." Ryan Lambert also made a joke when he took the phone.

It's these words that sound a bit sad.

"Maybe one day that will happen." Ryan's lover smiled.

Everyone in Britain knows that Beckham's wife Victoria Beckham wants to make a name for herself in the fashion industry.

Hermès is the most influential brand in luxury goods today.

What if?
"PSG should want to recruit him." After taking a quick look at the reports on the website, Ryan Lambert came to his own conclusion.

As a professional player, it is impossible not to pay attention to the changes in today's football.

Mainly, brokers sometimes pass on some messages.

Since being acquired by the Abu Dhabi consortium, Manchester City has become the hottest star in the Premier League. Not only has it recruited a large number of players, but it has also paid them generous salaries.

PSG in Paris
The Qatari consortium is not bad either.

But the attention and competitiveness of Ligue 1 are not even a little bit behind those of the Premier League.

If PSG wants to be successful in this area, it must invest heavily in players to attract more attention.

In this way, recruiting Beckham from the United States to the team is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

It can even be said to be a win-win situation for both parties.

What is Paris?
Like Milan, it is the headquarters of fashion.

The fact is just as he analyzed.

When they met on the golf course, although Xiang Yang was chatting and laughing with the Beckham family, the media also captured him having a brief exchange with Beckham.

But the communication between the two really has nothing to do with Liverpool.

But
Xiangyang extended an invitation to Beckham, hoping that he would appear in the final of the "Hundred Teams Cup" next year and personally present medals to the young players.

When Beckham heard that it was a charity event promotion related to football, he readily agreed without even asking the time.

It’s okay not to agree.

His wife Victoria spent a whole night analyzing for him how to maintain a good personal relationship with this popular designer in the fashion industry.

To the point that his legs are still weak.

On the golf course, Xiangyang also focused more on his collaboration with Aman Panosian of Oaktree Capital rather than as reported by the media.

"You are right, Mr. Aman."

Xiangyang found a cool place to sit down, thought for a while and said to Aman Panosian:
"The transfer fee of players is only one aspect. The amount of the contract is the key to controlling costs. UEFA's Fair Play Act has many loopholes. It is not difficult for a strong club to circumvent it."

The FFP bill was announced by Platini last year.

It will be officially implemented in the 2013-14 season.

It seems like a very good bill, but in fact it has no restrictions at all for big clubs.

It would be easy to find loopholes in this bill.

Even Xiangyang, whose job does not involve economics, can see the problem at a glance.

Reduce the financial cost of transfers.

Lease + buyout, and then choose installment payment method.

If you are buying athletes with a large sum of money, just extend the contract period.

Even Boss Jia, who will be returning to China next week, could find this loophole, let alone these senior financial personnel hired by European giants.

As for the club's open source.

Just increase the sponsorship fee.

Anyway, it goes from the left pocket into the right pocket.

At worst, we can just change the naming rights of the event and spend a huge sum of money to be done with it.

Is there anything wrong with spending £4 million to rename Anfield Stadium to HYS Stadium?
At least there is no problem with the financial statements.

As for the players' salaries, it is easier to handle.

Not to mention that there are no Yin-Yang contracts in foreign countries, in the football world, there are also many Yin-Yang contracts similar to those in the domestic entertainment industry.

It’s just that it’s done legally and in compliance with regulations.

It is also a simple matter to let the companies behind the club sign more advertising endorsement contracts with the players to reduce their salary in the club.

But for small clubs, they don't have these resources.

Aman Panosian couldn't help but be surprised to hear Xiangyang explain the twists and turns so thoroughly in such a short period of time.

No wonder this designer has achieved so much in the investment field.

He is a complete expert.

"It seems that Mr. Xiang is already thinking about how to run this club."

"That's not true."

Xiangyang, who asked the caddy to prepare coffee for him, shook his head.

There are so many things to think about when it comes to running a successful club. He really doesn't have time to sit down and think about the details. But Roy Hodgson, who is still in Liverpool, fell into deep thought after yesterday's conversation.

The new boss is hard to deal with.
It seems that he didn't make any requests and was willing to give himself time, but in fact he asked for a lot of things.

How can I keep my position as coach?

The stubborn Hodgson obviously did not want to leave Liverpool in such a disgraceful way.

So, after appeasing the players and his coaching staff in today's training match, he turned around and went to find his old friend Dalglish.

As for the topic of the media starting to hype up a photo of a golf course, he gave a dismissive answer when he left the Melwood training base.

It would be amazing if Beckham could come to Liverpool.

It would be strange if Ferguson didn't die of anger.

What is the relationship between Liverpool and Manchester United?

Only boring media would use this kind of topic to attract attention.

"Is he so difficult to communicate with?" Dalglish also felt a headache after listening to what his friend said.

But he is quite interested in topics hyped by the media.

It would be great if Ferguson, our arch-enemy, could be pissed off to death.

Not only did he think so, the majority of Liverpool fans, and even Liverpool's die-hard fans KOP were very happy today.

Never mind whether it's true or not.

The absurd report that Beckham is expected to join Liverpool shocked these fanatical fans and they talked about it with relish.

if it is real.

Such a transfer is undoubtedly a perfect replica of Real Madrid's introduction of Figo that year.

I wonder how many Manchester United fans stayed awake all night.

To the extent that Ferguson, who was still coaching Manchester United, could no longer sit still and immediately called to inquire about the matter.

He knew very well how much influence Beckham's wife Victoria had on her former beloved disciple.

This is completely different from last year when Tevez defected from Manchester United to Manchester City.

In other words, if Ronaldo returns to the Premier League from Real Madrid or joins Manchester City, it will not have the same impact as Beckham joining Liverpool.

Even renting it is not allowed!
Beckham, can't have anything to do with Liverpool!
While fans were arguing about this matter online, the conversation between Roy Hodgson and Dalglish was still going on.

"It's difficult, and yesterday's communication made me feel that their support for me during the winter break was not strong enough."

Facing his friends, Hodgson revealed his difficulties.

Recalling the conversation with Xiangyang, what he wanted was stability.

What does stability mean?
To put it bluntly, it means not paying any money.

Not only did he refuse to spend money, he also questioned the players he brought in during the summer transfer window.

This undoubtedly casts a shadow on his work in bringing in colourless players during the winter break.

Dalglish rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then said, "How about I go out and talk to you about this?"

At Liverpool, he was a hero.

The king of Anfield.

He has this face.

It's impossible that the young Asian who has just arrived will not give him this face.

"Which player do you think is good right now? Tell me and I'll help you find a solution."

"Andy Carroll."

"Didn't he just renew his contract with Newcastle?"

Dalglish was deeply impressed by the tall and strong young striker, Newcastle's new No. 9, who was hailed as Shearer's successor.

Similarly, it would cost a lot of money to bring in this player.

Without waiting for Hodgson to answer him, Dalglish asked: "Does Ian Ayre support you?"

Roy Hodgson was silent, with helplessness in his eyes.

This guy who manages the money is a fence-sitter.

As soon as he heard about the plan to solve the club's debt problem, he immediately surrendered.

How could I possibly come out to support him?

"Or, you can look at the other players and put more people on the list so that it will be easier for me to communicate with them when the time comes."

"Well, I'll get ready then."

"How much did Torres sell for?"

Hearing this, Roy Hodgson was stunned for a moment. I don't know.
"Shaffer, have Ian Ayre make a table of the salaries and contract terms of all the players on the team, including those in the echelons, in order of the amount of money."

On the other side, Xiangyang was in a good mood after communicating with Arman Panosian, the guy who was responsible for reviewing distressed opportunity strategies at Oaktree Capital.

There are too many people to dig out.

However, the opinions he gave were much more reliable than those given by fans like Little John.

First solve the problem of redundancy of high-paid players.

What is a high salary?

Gerrard's weekly salary, which is about to expire, is as high as 12 pounds. Is it high?

Not really.

Those players who cannot play in the games are considered to have truly high salaries.

"By the way, tell him to discuss a result with Hodgson as soon as possible in the next few days. I want to see the team take action on this issue during the winter break.

Even if they are loaned out, these players must be sent away."

"I understand, Boss."

Bi Shafer's answer was simple but powerful.

"By the way, let him send a formal document to Chelsea so that we can formally discuss Torres' transfer."

Thinking that the first sum of funds will be deposited into the designated account tomorrow, Xiangyang doesn't want to drag this matter any longer.

Abu is a friend after all.

Since he wants it, give it to him.

For a player who already wants to leave, a weekly salary of $9 is too expensive.

But £5000 million is a little short.

He is Liverpool's top player after all.
The top card of a wealthy family!
Can it be sold for 5000 million pounds?

That obviously won't work.

After arranging all this, Xiangyang took his golf club and prepared to go meet Axel and the others. However, he looked at Aman Panosian and stopped thoughtfully.

"What's wrong, Xiang?" Feeling Xiangyang's gaze, Aman Panosian also looked over curiously.

"Nothing, I just thought you should open a consulting company for football clubs, it would be interesting."

Xiang Yang smiled.

“There are such consulting firms.”

"Oh?"

"If you have time, I can introduce you."

"That couldn't be better."

(End of this chapter)