By the way, a song sighed in his heart after learning that panucci had transferred to Real Madrid, saying that the historical inertia is still very strong …
On January 12th, Florence played away against Reggiana in the 16th round. Zhuang Ge didn’t go to watch the match with the team or watch the broadcast of the match at home, but took a bus to Rome, the capital, because today he will meet with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi to discuss some football issues.
Because neither side wants to reveal this conversation prematurely, the meeting between them was arranged in a reception room with good sound insulation facilities in the Prime Minister’s Office.
After taking a seat, the two first exchanged some courtesy, and then got to the point. After all, time is precious and there is not much leisure to wave in that meaningful dialogue.
Because he has always been an Italian fan, Zhuang Ge still knows something about Prodi’s deeds as Italian Prime Minister. After the Italian Prime Minister, Prodi, a recognized European economic expert, implemented a fiscal austerity policy in China with the intention of drastically reducing public expenditure, making Italy the first member of the euro zone.
In this case, I have been thinking about how to take Frankie Stadium into the ownership of Florence Club, and Zhuang Ge naturally has money to deal with Prodi.
"What? Chairman Corleone, did I hear you right? Do you mean you want to invest in Frankie Stadium? " I came to this conversation because I have business with the Corleone family. Prodi suddenly felt a little restless after hearing the first sentence of Zhuang Ge. "You should know that according to the current law, the stadium belongs to the local city government. Your idea is against the law."
"Prime Minister Prodi, you should know that only by specializing in football fields and running football clubs can you give full play to your greatest value, and a layman in the government has an inherent disadvantage in this respect." Zhuang Ge bluntly stated his views, which made Prodi fall silent for a while because the Italian Prime Minister knew that the other party was right.
In Italy, the local municipal government is responsible for maintaining the operation of the stadium, and those government officials do not have that keen sense of smell and foresight. They are just doing quite amateur maintenance step by step.
If the stadium is owned by the club, the situation will be completely different. First of all, the stadium messenger club knows which aspects should be maintained, and there will be no phenomenon of "wave resources"; Secondly, when the stadium is owned by the club, the club can conduct professional business development in the surrounding area of the stadium department. For example, some fast food restaurants are set up in the stadium and the surrounding area is planned as a commercial area to attract fans to shop here, instead of setting up several billboards alone in the stadium as it is now.
Furthermore, after the Heisel tragedy and the Fort Hilts tragedy, football associations all over the world have rectified the security environment of the national stadium, but the Italian side’s governance effect is obviously not optimistic. This season alone, there have been several incidents in which the game was interrupted because fans set off fireworks without authorization.
The municipal government, which is responsible for the maintenance of the stadium, often asks the club to invest in the reconstruction of the stadium facilities. However, the club believes that it is unreasonable to pay for the stadium itself when it does not belong to itself. This is also an important factor why the Italian football stadium will become more and more dilapidated and various machine tunnels will emerge in the stands.
At the stadium, the team’s income is limited if it doesn’t belong to the club. The venue is getting more and more backward, and the security of the stadium is not guaranteed … Can this environment attract fans? Stop joking!
Chapter 41 Meeting with Prodi ()
If Zhuang Ge wants to avoid the tragedy of Italian football in previous lives and improve the environment of Serie A, the stadium problem must be completely solved!
Otherwise, even if Zhuang Ge makes Florence stronger with the advantage of the traveler, it will only be a matter of time if it is a tragedy in the terrible league environment
You don’t need a big team card to see if Juventus is famous in the big league environment. Is little Agnelli willing to spend money? Why can’t you attract top stars with a checkbook? Manchester City doesn’t want Tevez and llorente to make up the numbers. At that time, Inter Milan seduced pastore for a summer, but in the end, the Argentines turned to the Parisians. Isn’t it because the overall environment of Serie A is so bad that all Serie A teams are not attractive to the stars?
The overall environment of the league is not good, not only can’t attract good players, but even sellers can’t sell a good price.
Have you noticed that the influence of Serie A teams in the transfer market has been declining year by year? When cavani moved to Paris Saint-Germain in Serie A, the transfer cost was 460,000 euros, but Fa Erkao could sell it at a sky-high price of 60,000 euros! The gap of 14 million euros between them is something worth thinking about.
The original Italian law stipulated that the stadium should be operated and maintained by the municipal government mainly to reduce the financial burden of each club. After all, at that time, this law could make Italian teams more focused on football matches and reduce their support, so that these teams could have more financial resources to buy excellent players.
However, with the passage of time, people have not noticed that the situation has deteriorated, which not only puts a heavy financial burden on the country, but also puts a yoke on many clubs to hinder their further development.
When times are different, the corresponding rules and regulations will naturally keep pace with the times, and blindly standing still will make Serie A a a wheel of history.
"However, it is a very troublesome thing to hand in the amendment bill, and it will be difficult to get enough votes if you don’t say anything and don’t have enough benefits." Prodi said with some difficulty, after all, he is now working in politics, and some things can’t be said to be valuable by his own wishful thinking. Who cares if most people don’t have benefits?
Zhuang Ge’s understanding of Prodi’s ideas is not good. In this day and age, not many people will do it, especially those workers in shopping malls and politics.
Take the most direct example, like all the ownership problems of the destination stadiums of Zhuang Ge’s trip. In Prodi’s eyes, these stadiums are purely a pile of money-burning machines that are constantly consuming government funds. However, in Zhuang Ge’s and many club managers’ eyes, these stadiums are suspected to be dusty and Kim Jong-un is waiting for them to clean up and shine. It is because of the interests that Zhuang Ge specially came to discuss this issue with Prodi.
Mr. Premier, seeing that Prodi was still hesitating, Zhuang Ge decided to add another fire to him. I think you should be very aware of the experience of the former Prime Minister of silvio berlusconi?
"Of course," Prodi said without hesitation. Although he is a scholar, how can he not pay attention to his competitors in politics?
"Mr. Berlusconi can be successfully elected Prime Minister because of AC Milan’s outstanding performance in football, so what can’t you do in the Prime Minister’s Cabinet?" Zhuang Ge coaxed and said, "Think about it. If this amendment bill comes from you and is finally passed after your promotion, I believe many clubs will’ thank you’ for it."
When the word "thank you" was said, Zhuang Ge deliberately emphasized the tone as if afraid that the other party would not recognize it.
"chairman Corleone, what you said is true?" After all, the frequency of changing prime ministers in Italy is the same as that of changing prime ministers every day now. If Prodi can get the support of the families behind these clubs for this bill, the Italian prime minister may be able to stay for a few more years.
"How dare I cheat you, Prime Minister?" Zhuang Ge smiled and continued. "I spoke to the old Mr. Gianni Agnelli before coming here. He also hoped that the government could relax the restrictions on the privatization of the stadium and the club would be responsible for the daily management and maintenance of the stadium … Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti and Palma callisto Tanzi also agreed with us."
Prodi’s surprise was serious. He didn’t expect it to disturb the Italian godfather. Of course, he knew the great influence of old Agnelli in Italy. In a sense, if old Agnelli appeared in public to say a word of support for him, it would be more important than making 10 thousand wishes in public!
Old Agnelli was able to support Zhuang Ge’s proposition because Zhuang Ge told him about the detailed statistics of the stadium income of Premier League clubs in recent years. The table showed huge profits, which shocked old Agnelli. The old man made sure that Zhuang Ge didn’t fool him with a bunch of false data after specially asking the current manager Juventus about Giraudo and Moggi, and then he expressed his willingness to support him.
Of course, getting the old Agnelli to agree to support the current Prime Ministers Prodi Moggi and Giraudo in public is also a great effort in the persuasion process, not because they and Zhuang Ge have improved, but because Juventus is now pursuing a financial balance instead of spending a lot of money on people. If the stadium can be owned by the club, Juventus can get more funds in the future, which is very beneficial to the development of the team.
So Prodi assured Zhuang Ge that the old Agnelli would really support him to come to the stadium to privatize the bill in exchange for it, patting his chest and promising that this amendment would be passed before the end of this season.
If you let the parliament agree and pass this bill? That’s not a question that Zhuang Ge, a layman, can consider. Let Prodi, a professional, do his own work …
Chapter 419 The last Sampdoria ()
After getting satisfactory results from Prodi, Zhuang Ge left the Prime Minister’s Office and returned to Florence by bus. This trip to Rome solved another big worry for him.
When Serie A catches up with the Premier League depending on the broadcast level, when Italian clubs have their own stadiums, can Italian football take a high-speed development path under the influence of these factors?
On Zhuang Ge’s way back to Florence, the sixteenth round of Serie A between Viola and Reggiana has also come to an end. Inzaghi scored twice and Batty scored a goal to lead Florence to another victory.
After this victory, Zhuang Ge received another piece of good news from kenyon recently. After more than half a month of active mediation by kenyon, some Spanish departments have approved Hernando Lei Dongduo’s application for Spanish citizenship. Now Lei Dongduo is no longer a non-EU player.
That is to say, Florence has a non-European quota to bring in Julio Cruz, a former river bed center.
Antonioni personally went out and found Ramon Diaz. They were teammates for one year in the’ 67 season. It’s always easier to talk to acquaintances.
Sure enough, the original plan was to let Cruz rot in the riverbed. Diaz agreed to antonioni’s offer of $10,000 after seeing the old captain who played for Florence and knowing what he was coming for.
On the one hand, it may be because of antonioni’s feelings; On the other hand, perhaps in Diaz’s view, it is a very good price for a player of Cruz’s level to sell for 10 thousand dollars, and other teams are not necessarily willing to pay so much real money.
The riverbed has agreed to the offer, and the purpose of bringing in antonioni workers is to deal with the Cruz people.
When there was no game to play and no suitable home to go to Cruise, he was very excited when he heard that Florence had sent representatives to discuss the treatment with him. He signed a contract with a term of four and a half years and an annual salary of $20,000 without any additional conditions.
Although antonioni told Cruz during the negotiation that even if he arrived in Florence, he would probably be on the bench, but the Argentine still did not hesitate to sign his name on the work contract.
In exchange for angloma’s settlement of Cruz and Florence’s winter signing plan, neither Zhuang Ge nor coach Capello intends to add any more players to the first team unless something serious happens before the transfer door closes.
If there are more people, it will be a headache to adjust the atmosphere in the locker room.
At this time, it has come to January 19, the 17th round of Serie A, when Florence will play against Sampdoria at home.
Now Sampdoria has long since lost the champion temperament of the Golden Sampdoria period, and the frequent turnover of personnel has greatly reduced the cohesion of the team. However, Montera’s crazy performance in the season, veteran roberto mancini Hui Yong and Argentine wizard Veron organized and dispatched them in the previous game. They defeated Milan Shuangxiong and Parma to draw, and the performance of Juventus at home was quite good.
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"Through these game videos, I found that Sampdoria’s team has won four consecutive victories in the last four league matches, and both morale and competitive state can be said to be at a peak. The offensive trident composed of Montera, Mancini and Veron is quite sharp, and the offensive firepower is slightly inferior to ours." In the home team locker room, Capello wrote and drew on the small blackboard with a serious face. "But Sampdoria is not slack, and their weakness is still very obvious. That is their defense."
"Four to three wins Inter Milan two to one wins Vicenza five to four wins Houdusse four to one wins Cagliari … Many goals have been scored, and the number of goals conceded is also considerable …" Capello said here that he drew a circle in Veron’s name heavily. "Edgar, I ask you to keep an eye on this Argentine Hernando and Luigi to help defend him, but Sampdoria’s attack engine keeps an eye on him, which is equivalent to half the battle; I won’t say much about Montera. I think you should know his weakness better than me. Mancini is in good shape this season, but he is also a veteran in his thirties. His physical condition is definitely not comparable to that of his peak. "
"I didn’t say more about attacking. Let the other side’s defense press us as much as possible. Rui, pay attention to the timing of the ball. Christian and Ronnie, I don’t have much to tell you. Just remember to score … but remember to cooperate. Don’t want to shoot when you see the ball like Philip."
Capello’s last joke made Inzaghi embarrassed, but others couldn’t help laughing. vieri and effenberg squatted in the corner and gloated, which was a bad friend posture.
After the game, Sampdoria really lured a big attack in Florence. Veron hoped to replicate the miracle of Diego Maradona in Italy, while Montera wanted to prove that his ability was not worse than that of Inzaghi and others. Even with veteran Mannini and Mancini in charge, his teammates’ emotions were not well controlled.
The wish was good, but the result was that Florence gave Sampdoria a hard blow at home.
In the 33rd minute, Veron was intercepted by Dibiagio and Davies when he received the ball from Laegeler. Florence immediately launched a quick counterattack. The Costa ball accurately found vieri, who resisted mikhailovich and knocked the ball to Ronaldo. After the alien dribbled the ball, running all the way scored the home team’s first record.