How expensive is a Premier League club? There is a saying in it.
To say that the club in the head is really quite valuable. This does not just look at the Top 6 or Top 4 in one season, but also looks at the league, European war results, brand promotion, debt and other comprehensive factors in recent seasons.
For example: Chelsea, which has been under the ownership of the tycoon Abramovich, won the league championship under the management of the madman Mourinho in the second period. Now a few years later, Chelsea can be considered a famous club in the Premier League, with a price of more than 3 billion pounds.
According to Zhaoshi Group, I heard that Abu is interested in selling recently. People all over the world know whose dog Daiying is and the attributes of a stirrup, and they are looking for trouble for this furry bear.
Another example: Manchester United was in turmoil after Sir Alex Ferguson retired. Now they have hired the famous coach and the top player in football, Mourinho. The performance in the 2018-2019 season is a bit behind last year's second place and three cup championships.
But the price is still very high: about 2.9 billion pounds.
In 2005, the wealthy Glazer family of the United States purchased it for US$147 million. If sold, with the Manchester United brand, it is likely that there will be a premium. The return on this investment will be astonishing.
The same investment is made by Liverpool.
Fenway Group bought Liverpool FC in 2010 for approximately £300 million. By the end of February 2019, Liverpool, under the leadership of head coach and German coach Klopp, was competing with Manchester City for hegemony in the Premier League and was very strong.
Today, Liverpool's sale price is estimated to be as high as 5 billion pounds. Quite expensive!
It can be seen that the cultural and sports industry is actually quite profitable. It can even run and compete with the speed of global inflation! It’s just that it’s still difficult to make money on someone else’s territory and within the rules of the game!
The ones who can really make money from playing are America’s cultural and sports companies, the tycoons. The rest of the people just put money in and listen to the sound of water.
However, football is the number one sport in the world! I can’t stand the enthusiasm of the bosses! Moreover, having influence beyond team management and helping business is another matter on another level. In short, no one does business that is losing money.
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The above are the selling prices and valuations of the top clubs in the Premier League, which are quite expensive. But small and medium-sized clubs are not that valuable.
In 2016, Fosun’s boss Guo acquired Wolves for £45 million. Then Wolves will be a Championship team.
The English Championship is not the Championship. The English Championship is the second-tier league, and promoted teams directly enter the Premier League. The Chinese Champions League is the name of the domestic amateur football league!
Wolves were promoted to the Premier League in 2017. The results in these two seasons are not bad, and he is known as the "rich killer". The best result is ranked 6th in the Premier League.
The current valuation is £200 million. The price has probably increased nearly 5 times.
In August 2016, a Chinese-funded enterprise purchased 88% of West Brom's shares for 175 million pounds, becoming the first Premier League team controlled by a Chinese investor.
This small team is not well known. However, West Brom signed Zhang Yuning, now the main forward of the national football team. Of course, due to the labor certification regulations of the Premier League, he was unable to play in the game and was sent to Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga to practice. However, I didn't get a chance to play in Werder Bremen. After returning to China, Zhang Yuning gradually became Guoan's main forward.
Therefore, there is an obvious gap between the level of domestic football competition and that in Europe.
It’s what the King of Martial Arts himself said: No one looks down on you as a substitute. But when he came to the national team, he made a killing.
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The situation is similar in international markets. The selling price of the team is not high. Not to mention the competitive level of the Premier League, the brand operation is indeed one of the best. It is normal for major luxury brands to charge high prices.
In 2016, Suning spent US$265 million to buy Serie A giant Inter Milan, acquiring 68.5% of its shares. Of course, Suning has to bear Inter Milan's hundreds of millions of euros of debt.
In the autumn of 2016, Idaka bought the Leeds United club, which was still in League One and known as the "Young Guards" at the time, for only 7.8 million pounds. At that time, it was bought in the name of Zhaoshi Group, which was not yet listed on the market.
When he was studying, Leeds United was causing a youth storm in the Premier League, and the Los Blancos still had many fans.
Of course, when he buys a club in England, he will not only look at its reputation, but also the size and geography of the city where it is located. This is the club's development potential.
Anyone who has played Football Manager knows that the city is too small to even build a stadium. The home stadium of a powerful European team can only accommodate 8,000 people. This is very uncomfortable! A large part of the management of a football club revolves around the stadium.
At the end of the year in Jinling, Jing Gao met Suning's boss Zhang and asked about the situation of Inter Milan.
Inter Milan still shares a stadium with AC Milan. Suning has repeatedly tried to renovate or build a new stadium but has not been able to do so. This is very stressful for Suning's finances.
Leeds is the third largest city in the UK, after London and Birmingham. This is the potential for football clubs to grow.
There is a price for buying a team. Building and operating a team is another price. Idaka originally planned to run the team well. If he hadn't disliked managing the team for too long, he would have wanted to play a real-life football manager game.
Shenhao buys football stars, and it feels so good just thinking about it!
However, reality is not a game, and you cannot progress by pressing the space bar. He initially focused on Leeds United. But reality is not a game after all. Various business matters are trivial. He has no time to spend at Leeds United.
With Idaka's investment regardless of cost in recent years, Leeds United was promoted to the English Championship that season, and then promoted to the Premier League in the 2018 autumn season. He is currently a second-year player in the Premier League.
At the end of February 2019, just one month after the Winter Devil schedule, Leeds United was currently ranked 6th in the Premier League. This is because there was no investment in the winter transfer window and results declined.
The consensus market valuation is around £800 million.
Of course, the market valuation is a valuation, and it will definitely not be this price when the transaction is actually completed.
In other words, Qin Ziheng’s valuation of Leeds United is 500 million pounds. Slightly on the low side. But the entire circle there knew that Jing Gao wanted to sell Leeds United, and the price would definitely not go up. It is normal that the quotation is not high.
Jing Gao took a sip of tea, savoring the aroma of the tea. The afternoon sun was warm and even a little hot.
"Mr. Chen, acquiring 60% of the shares is not a good idea! As long as I am still a shareholder of Leeds United, it will be easy to be targeted. Some people in Daiying do things very dirty. However, some people in China believe in procedural justice and lick all kinds of things. I want to sell the whole thing and not keep a single share.”
Chen Hanqing was a little hesitant, "This..." said the reason with a wry smile, "Mr. Jing, I'm not afraid of your jokes, we may not have enough money."
3 and 5, only 2 is different. But if the difference is 200 million pounds, it is really a very big gap. They, the businessmen, can't get it out either.
They formed a group with Qin Ziheng to go shopping and buy Leeds United Club. Qin Ziheng took the lead. They want to take advantage of the low price, but why is Mr. Jing willing to let them take advantage of this? Qin Ziheng said he could "convince" Mr. Jing.
Jing Gao smiled and said, "Then go into the room and talk alone. Call Mr. Qin."
Chen Hanqing: "Hey, okay."
(End of chapter)
