The Era of Emerald

() Zhuang Mingge also came to London with the team this time. This trip to London was not just to watch a semi-final of the Cup Winners Cup, he had more goals.

When he was still on the plane, Zhuang Mingge followed the general managers who were traveling through the air.

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"I said boss, there is no need to call me and Giancarlo when the team is going to play in England this time?" Sitting on the plane to London, Kenyon said helplessly, "I am in charge of the club's commercial operations." The general manager of the side, the game is not within the scope of my duties."

"I said, don't you want to see how the level of commercialization of the Premier League has been in the past two years? I heard that this league is very prosperous." Zhuang Mingge smiled, turned his head, looked at Kenyon, and said , "Don't you want to come and see how English clubs develop their markets?"

"Boss, what you said makes sense." Kenyon put away his helpless expression, and said seriously, "So, what do you think we should start with in this investigation?"

"Hehe, Manager Kenyon, you should have already figured this out? You don't have to worry about any differences that may arise between us. In fact, I am a complete layman in terms of market development, so I am only responsible for controlling The general direction of development, you just need to do the specific things... However, before that, I would like to hear your views on the current situation of English football."

The shrewd and prudent Kenyon did not dare to neglect the boss's seemingly random question. After sorting out the clues, he replied: "As the birthplace of modern football, England has always occupied a pivotal position in the world football. English football is more representative of British football. However, the Heysel tragedy and the Healdsburg tragedy that shocked the world caused their clubs to suffer a five-year ban from FIFA and UEFA...away from European football The level of English football in the center has declined sharply in those years, and many old English clubs have begun to decline. At the same time, due to the long-term suspension, there has been a breakdown in England's local excellent players, and the performance of the England national team has also been affected. Implications. Withdrew from the England national team, one of the top European teams, and even failed to get the right to participate in the World Cup in the United States last year..."

"Is it because of this that the British were forced to start the Premier League?" Zhuang Mingge asked curiously, interrupting Kenyon's memory.

"Yes, in a sense, before the Premier League was established, English football was at the end of its rope."

"Uh, so that's the case..."

Although Zhuang Mingge had also heard reports and introductions about the various reasons why the old-fashioned British founded the Premier League before the time travel, he always regarded it as the sudden enlightenment of the English and their determination to break the established pattern and create a new situation. .

Unexpectedly, under the explanation of Kenyon, an Englishman, Zhuang Mingge was able to understand how embarrassing English football was at that time.

Where is this creating a new situation?It was simply a rebellion against a desperate situation!

Thinking about the tragic situation of English football at that time, it seemed that the British who had always claimed to be gentlemen had the courage to break the boat. After learning from the pain, they completely let go of their airs and launched a new league operation model.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Mingge's brain suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and he felt as if he had grasped something important.

"Kenyon, what you said just now gave me some inspiration. I think I have found out what I should investigate when I go to London this time." Zhuang Mingge patted the capable general manager beside him and said.

"Well, what is it, boss?"

Looking at the people who were seriously aroused by their desire for knowledge, Zhuang Mingge did not directly answer the answer that he thought of when he had a flash of inspiration, but once again asked Kenyon a question:

"Do you know the biggest difference between the Premier League company and our Serie A professional league?"

"Uh, this, it seems that the Italian Football League includes all the teams in Serie A and Serie B, while the Premier League only includes 22, no, twenty teams participating in the Premier League." Antonioni thought for a while , replied.

(Note: The Premier League had 94 participating teams before the 95-22 season.)

However, when he saw Zhuang Mingge smiling and shaking his head, he knew that his answer was incorrect.

Kenyon, who pondered for a while on the other side, replied:

"Strictly speaking, as an organization, the Italian Football League has a relatively loose system and is more like a business-oriented management organization; while the Premier League is completely different, it is a commercial company for profit. This company is in In terms of operation and management, it is completely separated from the jurisdiction of the FA, and has realized independent management and self-responsibility for its own profits and losses. Moreover, under such an organizational form, the twenty Premier League teams have become a powerful whole. They are like a heavily invested team. The community of interests has gathered the power of twenty fists, advocated healthy competition internally, and even vented its anger externally... and Serie A, although it is still in the leading position that no one can shake in the major leagues. , but the overall function of the league has not been fully utilized, and even in many cases, our Serie A teams are fighting each other, sometimes even tearing each other down."

"That's right!" Zhuang Minge took Kenyon's statement seriously, "In time, the Premier League team will definitely become the biggest opponent of our Serie A team, but unfortunately, I didn't try my best to change this. "

"Boss, do you want me to report to the Italian Football Association..."

Before Antonioni finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhuang Mingge:

"Not yet, Giancarlo, don't you know our Football Association yet? To an unreliable degree, they can securely rank first in Europe!"

"Then we just watch the Premier League teams catch up with Serie A little by little?"

"So, you are too anxious now, Giancarlo." Zhuang Mingge was a little speechless about the general manager's patriotic plot, but he could still understand, "There is no basis for words, we must let all Serie A players The team sees the benefits of the Premier League model and unites everyone to force the Football Association to agree to this proposal."

"Forcing? You mean..."

"If it weren't for the fact that League One is really at the end of its rope, how do you think the FA would give up the power to control the country's top league?" Zhuang Minge thinks that Antonioni has done a good job in sports, but in some respects, he is really good. A bit of wisdom is missing, "Serie A does not have the same predicament as England did back then, and face-to-face negotiations will definitely not work."

"Uh, that's true." Antonioni also agreed with Zhuang Mingge.

"So, what we are going to investigate in London next is mainly two points, that is the stadium and the broadcasting rights!" Zhuang Mingge waved his hand and set the direction for this investigation trip, "It is the two largest incomes of the Premier League companies. , or even an exaggeration, these two points can be seen as the two most significant signs of the new Premier League!"