1203 European Elite League

In the conference room, except for the representatives of the three clubs Ajax, PSV, and Porto, they pretended to be calm, with a little fear or even fear in their hearts.

Club representatives who knew what was going on in their minds did not think they were doing Millwall a favor by participating in this meeting.

Just how bad are things at Millwall?

It's actually not that bad!

As long as they lower their faces and bow their heads to UEFA, will UEFA be stupid enough to reject Millwall?

Everything is for profit, long-term stability, and the economic guarantee for establishing a strong and enduring football empire in their respective countries!

After everyone was seated, Aldrich began to speak loudly.

"For a long time, the clubs represented by all of you here have been the core strength of European football. Don't be humble, we are the European football in the eyes of the world! Without us, European football has no past, no present and no future! We are committed to building the most The top competitions are also making unremitting efforts in their respective clubs to build the team into the most eye-catching and powerful team on the planet! In view of the history of European football in the past ten years, and the future under the current system Various factors that people are worried about, today, we are sitting here, let's let European football return to its owner's hands, yes, our own hands!"

"Today, we will establish the European Elite Club League here, and then we will form a brand new European competition! First, let me introduce the benefits and benefit distribution principles brought by this competition. If you are not interested in participating, you can leave at any time!"

Aldrich took a folder from the staff behind him. Then there was a staff member holding a thick stack of folders. Hand out a copy to each attendee.

Aldrich took out one of the papers and said loudly: "The overall profit distribution is higher than before! It is 4.69 times higher than the overall benefit distribution to the club in the Champions League in the 2006-2007 season! And we are a minority, the Champions League has 32 There are less than 20 teams among us here, so what we actually distribute is even higher!"

The club representatives present were shocked!

This is a concept?

In the past, the benefits obtained by the giants from the Champions League in a season were only tens of millions. This is without counting the operating income of the club itself on matchdays.

Now, if calculated by 5 times, the income of the top giants from the European war in a season,

May break the 200 million euro mark!

This is almost equal to the total income of ten relegation teams in the top league!

And this is just the income of the European war line.

Galliani licked his lips unconsciously, feeling a little parched.

He has the same idea as many club representatives here: don’t say that the income can reach 5 times, even if it is 3 times, this is enough to make the club’s management look brand new!

Such as Liverpool, Arsenal, Valencia. Dortmund and other clubs that need huge economic income to reverse the club's finances are not tempted at this moment. Instead, make up your mind to join in no matter what!

Aldridge took out another piece of paper to show everyone, and said: "We are a European giant, we always spend a lot of money to introduce stars, but the stars are injured in international competitions, we suffer losses, no one will give us guarantees, that's right, And UEFA signed an agreement with us now, but that agreement is simply ridiculous! 200 million euros? f! We buy a star at least 30 million, and the annual salary is at least 6 million, and in order to take care of the whole of Europe, the 200 million The euro sounds like a lot, but the protection is like a drop in the bucket. Now, we! We protect our own interests! Our European elite league, all members, will receive a total of at least 400 million euros in player injury protection compensation every season! As long as It is a player who is injured in our own competition, and the club will be compensated! Of course, this compensation will have different considerations depending on the value of the star, but the minimum is 500,000 euros, even if the player is unknown.”

Hearing this clause, the representatives of giants such as Barcelona and Real Madrid agree with it, because they have many stars!

Of course, this also has a tit-for-tat meaning with UEFA and the agreement provided to g14!

Aldrich finally took out another piece of paper and said: "We will give 25% of the overall revenue to UEFA, so that UEFA will become one of the organizers of the competition."

Aldridge didn't say anything about this.

But those present were all tacit.

No matter how this league works, it is impossible to completely ignore UEFA!

It's like the Premier League, but the Premier League still has to accept the supervision of the FA!

It's just that in terms of interests, the FA has no management authority over the Premier League!

They cannot directly intervene in the Bundesliga and Serie A's profit distribution principles like the German Football Association or the Italian Football Association.

Now the situation is about to be reversed!

In the past, UEFA not only occupied the bulk of revenue, but also occupied absolute dominance.

Now, it is the European elite league that takes the bulk of the income. UEFA is just a participatory manager, doing some hard work. The real planning and decision-making power of the game will be controlled by the league itself.

Beckenbauer appeared in the meeting, and everyone knows that the political structure of European football is about to experience an earthquake!

As shrewd as the representatives of the clubs present, it is already foreseeable that when this alliance is established and finally announced to the public, UEFA will be on the verge of collapse. At that time, Beckenbauer will bring the conditions offered by the alliance Go to UEFA and usurp the throne strongly!

Yes, this is rebellion!

Compared with the income of UEFA in the past, there will definitely be a decline in the future, but it will not drop to the point where it is difficult to survive.

This reshuffle, or the revolution of the European giants, is actually turning European football from a "hodgepodge" back to the original, into a real championship giants war!

Football in its purest form!

No political factors involved.

Beckenbauer is not worried about the current situation. In fact, a considerable part of UEFA's fiscal revenue is used for "poverty alleviation" funds, and the benefit distribution plan provided by the European elite league is now provided. Instead, more than before.

Platini in order to obtain the support of a large number of "weak football countries" in Europe. Not only give them the Champions League places. Trying to get these champion teams from small countries to go to the Champions League to play the "group stage tour in March", or will directly send money similar to the "football development fund" to these countries.

However, the Football Association is as black as crows in the world. Who knows if the money is used for the development of football.

Beckenbauer is a defender of traditional football values. He does not like the egalitarianism advocated by Platini. When he returns to UEFA to make things right, at best he will not be able to surpass the giants in status as before. . But at the very least, there won't be too many problems in the operation, and he plans to focus on the UEFA project of the European Cup, which is also inseparable from the support of European giants.

As for the distribution of benefits for the brand new European competitions, after a general introduction, it is actually not complicated.

The league takes 75%, and UEFA takes 25%. Of course, UEFA is also responsible for the organization, management and coordination of the event, and the operating costs are not low.

Of the 75%, most of them are given to the club every season. A small part is used as a protection fund.

As the most important part of the distribution of benefits, the introduction has been completed, followed by heated discussions on the competition system and the distribution principles corresponding to the giants themselves.

Ajax. Representatives of the three clubs PSV and Porto did not participate in the discussion. In this session, the representatives of the giants are fighting for every inch of land, and they have little say. On the contrary, they can't wait to feed back the news to the owners of their clubs, the board of directors, Let them decide!

This is completely different from the plan before coming here!

Originally, I came to make some soy sauce and then went home, but now, a big brother who took the lead rose up and promised to hang out with me and enjoy delicious food and spicy food. Are we rebelling now, or not?

In terms of the planning of the competition system, Aldrich's attitude is very firm!

"It is impossible to completely become a league! Impossible! If it completely becomes a league, our survival is fundamental. The local league, this stronghold may fall in ten or twenty years! We are first England, Germany, Italy, etc. Wait for the local clubs, and then the European giants!"

In the initial vision of the European Super League, Edwards' dream was this: Simply, stop playing in the Premier League! With 20 giants in Europe, let's play a 38-round European Super League!

There is a big problem with this plan!

Clubs rooted in each country cannot be separated from local fans, supported by the huge influence of the local market, even the giants are no exception!

Secondly, even if the European giants form the most dazzling competition, excessive frequent battles should be avoided.

Although there is a saying: If Manchester United and Real Madrid play two games every season, people will lose interest in their games after a few years.

This statement has a certain theoretical support: aesthetic fatigue.

But it is not correct to put it in the field of football.

It's been n years since the Milan Derby, and it's been n years since the England Derby, and the Spanish Derby is getting more and more popular than before!

Aesthetic fatigue?

There is no fatigue in football!

Because even if two teams are the same, every time they meet, what happens in the game is always unpredictable!

The more peak-level teams, the higher the possibility of unpredictable changes, and the more the direction and ending of the game are beyond everyone's imagination, it is fascinating!

And there is only one situation that will make outside fans lose interest!

Team strength!

This is the essence.

Just like with the decline of Serie A, the attention of the Milan Derby has declined. It is not because everyone is tired of the encounter between these two teams, nor is it because everyone can guess the result and is too lazy to watch the process. It is just because of one point: these two teams are not strong anymore. !

Therefore, as long as the European elite league guarantees that the team itself has strong competitiveness, even if the giants meet every season, the attention they receive will not decrease!

But it is impossible to play in the league and avoid excessive encounters. This is a more realistic consideration. (To be continued..)

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