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Seemingly influenced by George's status as the current Viscount Koscielt and first heir to the Earl of Essex, the government's approval of his acquisition can be said to be extremely fast. On the third day after the general meeting of shareholders, George received a notice from the relevant departments indicating that he could launch a tender offer to all Tottenham shareholders in accordance with the law.
At the same time as receiving this notice, the agreements signed at the shareholders' meeting three days ago immediately took effect, transferring 50% of Tottenham shares to George's name, and the Tottenham shares held by George were instantly It surged to 85%; on the other hand, George's bank account also dropped by a full 80 million pounds in the blink of an eye. The entire acquisition process made John Smith, who watched it all with his own eyes, beat wildly at the corners of his eyes.
"Boss, if you were not so anxious to bring Tottenham under your control, but chose to gradually destroy the small and medium-sized shareholders separately, the cost for us to acquire Tottenham would definitely be much less than it is now. ." Although Smith knew very well that his boss's current net worth exceeded 10 billion U.S. dollars, and the expense of more than 100 million pounds was nothing to him, Smith, who was used to being careful with his budget, was still quite heartbroken. After all, in Smith's view, if George could be given one more month of grace, he could reduce the acquisition cost by more than 30 million pounds!
"John, I remember that I should have discussed this with you several times." Hearing Smith's painful words, George turned around with a relaxed tone in his voice, "Although this It will indeed greatly reduce our acquisition costs, but don’t forget that what we are acquiring is a football club, and the most important summer transfer period for a team is about to begin. Therefore, the sooner we get these things done Shareholders, with the club in our hands, the team's pre-season preparations will be less affected, and the more likely it is to achieve good results in the new season."
"Well, I understand this. I just said it casually, don't pay attention to it." Since he had communicated with the other party many times before, Smith naturally understood George's thoughts quite well, and he also knew that the fish and the bear's paw are not the same. Get both. Just now he just complained out of habit after seeing George spending money lavishly again: "According to your thinking, our next action goal is to delist Tottenham from the London Stock Exchange as soon as possible and Is it right to increase the shareholding ratio to 95%?"
By the way, according to British law, when one party holds 95% of the shares in a company, the shareholder can force other small shareholders to sell their shares to him, thereby achieving complete control of the company. . Therefore, Smith will set the bottom line of the acquisition this time to increase his stake to 95%, because only then can George achieve his goal of completely controlling Tottenham.
While George was working intensively on matters related to delisting Tottenham Hotspur from the London Stock Exchange, English football was also stirred up by the news that "genius coach George Nelson has officially joined Tottenham Hotspur." Huge waves!
Those managers who planned to contact George and recruit the Premier League's number one young coach who has made a big splash this season were all stunned at the moment. They did not expect that in less than a month, the young coach would suddenly become the owner of Tottenham Hotspur Club!
Let me ask you, what kind of rhythm is this? How long has it been since we last met, and this young man bought a Premier League team? Where did he get so much money?
The person who reacted most violently to George's move to Tottenham was undoubtedly Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger. During the period just after the season, the professor, who had completed a shocking reversal in the league by his old rival Manchester United, became the target of ridicule and ridicule from all media. Under the indiscriminate bombardment by the media, Wenger, who was tired of coping, naturally hated the culprit who led him to this situation, that is, George, who led the Red Devils to create this miracle.
What's more, the team George chose to acquire was Tottenham, a mortal enemy of Arsenal. As the head coach of Arsenal, no matter how bad Wenger is at this time, it is not too much. If the professor dares to show his kindness to the owner of Tottenham, then Arsenal fans may launch a large-scale protest the next day, demanding Wenge. Greg stepped down as Arsenal manager.
Therefore, when being interviewed by reporters, Wenger naturally stood on the pessimistic side and mercilessly looked down on George's move and prospects of acquiring Tottenham: "George actually became the owner of Tottenham? Oh, This is really incredible news. I didn’t expect that a young man in his early twenties could have such a large amount of funds to acquire a Premier League club. I think, in order to raise enough funds to acquire Tottenham, George They must have a lot of debt. Want Tottenham to rise again under such circumstances? Haha, please pay off their debts first and then consider this matter."
By the way, due to the excellent confidentiality work, there are basically not many people who know that George is the boss of Trafalgar Company. Even Ferguson only knows a little bit about it and does not know the actual situation, so most people It is believed that George completed the acquisition of Tottenham with the support of the Nelson family behind him and relied on bank loans. (Note: Since Tottenham is about to delist from the London Stock Exchange, George does not need to submit the specific operating conditions of Tottenham Club to the public in real time like a listed company. This has led to the outside world not knowing the financial status of Tottenham. Very clear. Therefore, it is normal to have deviations in judgment.)
"And to be honest, boss and head coach are two completely different positions. It is true that George is a talented coach, but he still has a long way to go before he can be a good boss. The first thing is to do What comes to mind is that even as an expert, he, the boss, must not dictate the head coach's formation. Otherwise, AC Milan's predicament will reappear at Tottenham, and it is even possible that it will happen because of George. It’s about to be upgraded further.”
As expected of Wenger, who has a bachelor's degree in economics, his remarks directly hit the key to the problem, which is what has become of Tottenham's financial situation after George took over at White Hart Lane. appearance? If George really relied on bank loans to win Tottenham, then it will undoubtedly be an extremely difficult thing for Tottenham, which has low profitability, to repay this debt and strengthen the lineup at the same time!
Not to mention, George is a talented head coach in people's eyes. In this way, he and Tottenham's current coach Hoddle are likely to have differences due to different football concepts, which will destroy the team's atmosphere and the stability of the locker room, and then have a negative impact on Tottenham's results.
However, contrary to Wenger's pessimism about George's future at White Hart Lane, Tottenham fans welcomed George's arrival. After all, after witnessing two seasons of mediocrity from Joe Lewis and Levy, George Nelson, who has always stated that he will increase investment in the club after taking over, is obviously more favored by Tottenham fans, even if George is still The same goes for the lack of any substantial action yet.
This shows how much Tottenham fans feel that these two guys Joe Lewis and Levi have left quickly.
"I really didn't expect that kid George actually succeeded." Alex Ferguson, who was enjoying breakfast at his home in Manchester, opened his eyes in surprise as he looked at the front page headline of the latest edition of The Times. , as if he couldn't believe the report before him, "How long has it been since this guy took over Tottenham? When did the speed of acquiring football clubs start to become so fast... Tsk , it seems that old boy Wenger will definitely be in big trouble this time."
From the public announcement of the acquisition of Tottenham Hotspur to the withdrawal of Tottenham Hotspur's shares from the London Stock Exchange, it took George less than twenty days to acquire more than 85% of the shares of Tottenham Hotspur and became the The largest shareholder of this London football club. This kind of speed of action is one of the best in the world, not to mention England.
Unlike Wenger, who didn't know George well, Ferguson knew the style of his former right-hand man and successor quite well. Sir Alex knows very well that George is the kind of person who seems to like to take risks, but in fact he always seeks stability and never lets go of eagles when he sees rabbits. Therefore, since George dares to acquire Tottenham at this time, it means that he must be sure to get the club and team back on track.
Although he was in Manchester, at this time, Ferguson could not help but start to imagine in his mind the scene where his old rival Wenger was made restless by Tottenham led by George.
In this way, when the calendar turned to June 10, 2003, Tottenham Hotspur's name was officially removed from the London Stock Exchange, and George's shareholding ratio in Tottenham also increased to 95 at this time. %. In other words, George can initiate a compulsory acquisition at any time in accordance with the law and take all the remaining 5% shares into his own pocket, thus achieving complete control of Tottenham!
The reason why George is so eager to solve the problem of acquiring Tottenham is because what he needs most now is time. After buying the club, George not only wanted to conduct a thorough cleaning of the Tottenham management, which had been doing nothing business all day long, and get rid of those incompetent and incompetent guys, so as to avoid the phenomenon of his own people holding them back again; at the same time, he also wanted to Replace some of George's "own people" in various key positions to ensure control over Tottenham. Moreover, George also plans to carry out a large-scale overhaul of the entire team, especially the poor performance of Tottenham's first team, to make Tottenham more energetic and enterprising, and eventually become his ideal football team. version of the Royal Navy of the British Empire!
In addition, George plans to complete the reorganization of the team before August, so less than two months does not seem to be very sufficient.
Some people may ask, how should George, as the club's largest shareholder (George has other arrangements as chairman), intervene in team construction? The answer to this question is very simple, that is, George himself can be the head coach of Tottenham Hotspur!
Although there has never been a situation in the Premier League where the club's largest shareholder has served as the team's coach, there is no express provision prohibiting this behavior. Therefore, George has the opportunity to become the first person since the establishment of the Premier League to be both a club owner and a team coach!
As for keeping Hoddle as head coach? Sorry, George may not have considered this from the beginning - if Hoddle is allowed to stay here, how can George realize his own dreams and football concepts at Tottenham?
