Chapter 258 European Club Summit (3)
After a brief analysis of the composition of the personnel in this small room, Zhuang Mingge divided the factions of the six Serie A bosses present:
In the eyes of outsiders, the chairman invited by Morati is naturally in the same group as Inter Milan, and AC Milan and Juventus, the "holy alliance" has already shown signs of being established after the Mo Fox took office. Therefore, Sampdoria and Parma, who have good relations with Juventus and Milan, were naturally pulled into the summit by two clubs.
"Antonio, you're here." The speaker was Jani Agnelli, who was the most respected among all of you. Although Juventus's presidential position had long been handed over to his younger brother Umberto, he attended the boss summit in person.
"Hello Grandpa Jani, it's really a relief to see that you are still healthy." Zhuang Mingge, who has lived in Italy for nearly three years, naturally knew the unique status of this Italian "godfather" on the Apennine Peninsula.
As a defeated country after World War II, Italy was facing a collapse in its domestic economy. It was Jani Agnelli who used his extraordinary talent to support Italy's backbone with a Fiat. After World War II, the Italian government changed frequently, but Jani remained standing and was praised by former US Secretary of State Kissinger as "the eternal institution of Italy." Although the protest against Fiat has never been interrupted, almost all Italians know that whenever the country's economy is in trouble, the person who can truly stand up and lead them through the difficulties is the omnipotent Italian godfather in their minds.
It can be said that without Jani Agnelli, there would be no Italy now.
Moreover, Jani Agnelli is different from his younger brother Umberto Agnelli. He has a very decent style in management. When the Italian mafia was at its peak, he dared to go to the streets in person to publicly claim that he would fight the mafia to the end. During his tenure as Juventus chairman, Gilaudo, who was very opposed to one of the three giants. The reason is that Jani Agnelli believed that Gilaudo was too eager for quick success and instant benefits in his work, and could even be said to be useless to say. To put it simply, he was a bad character.
This is an old man worthy of his respect, so Zhuang Mingge judged it.
Therefore, although Zhuang Mingge disliked Moji and the Zebra Legion under the control of the three Juventus giants, he could not feel disrespectful to the honest and upright old man in front of him.
"Haha, I, the old guy, can jump around for a few more years, so don't bother you, the junior, to worry." Jani Agnelli said with a big laugh, and soon the old man's face returned to seriousness. "Since you have arrived at the venue on time, it means that this summit will be held on time this afternoon..."
When he said this, Old Agnelli paused for a moment, as if he was considering the words, and then continued, "I mean to call you all here today. It's my point, mainly to let us bosses from Italy first open before the meeting begins, so as to save time from making jokes in the venue that would not end well."
"Yes, Mr. Jani, what should our Italian team do at this meeting? As long as you speak, we juniors will naturally follow your lead." The person speaking was Silvio Berlusconi, the boss of AC Milan. Obviously, in front of the famous old Agnelli, the Italian media tycoon did not dare to put on any airs.
"Haha, where do I have any ideas? My success is just to listen to other people's suggestions and choose the best from them." Old Agnelli said modestly, "If you have any ideas, let's discuss them first. If it is feasible, then put them in the formal meeting for details."
"Then I'll talk first, Mr. Jani." The first speaker was Parma's big boss Carlisto Tanzi. "I hope that the proposal to expand the European Champions League place in major leagues can be passed at this meeting."
The main reason why Lao Tanji made this suggestion was that the influence of this meeting was too great, which directly alarmed UEFA. After all, if the club owners who attended the meeting were really united, even if UEFA really did not have a good result. Therefore, UEFA specially sent a representative to attend the meeting this time to report the progress and results of the meeting to Chairman Johnson in a timely manner.
"Calisto, your suggestions are very good. I think this topic will be discussed at the meeting...What do you guys think?"
Seeing that Lao Tanji was the first to put forward his own ideas, everyone here was no longer reserved and started a fierce discussion... In the end, the six bosses, including Zhuang Mingge, reached an agreement on some issues and were preparing to fight together at the afternoon meeting!
As a result, people's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. At the beginning of the boss summit in the afternoon, Van Prager, who presided over the meeting on stage, had not had time to say some scenes, Manchester United boss Martin Edwards' speech made the meeting usher in the first climax in advance: "I suggest here that in order to protect the interests of most European teams and to allow fans to see more exciting games, the number of high-level league teams in the European Champions League should be expanded."
"No, this is absolutely not possible!" As soon as Edwards finished speaking, a voice of objection sounded in the venue.
When Zhuang Mingge heard the sound, he found that it was not someone else who took the lead in raising his objection, but Manchester United's arch rival in the English football world, Liverpool.
Manchester United and Liverpool are mortal enemies: First, Manchester and Liverpool are only more than 40 miles away, which constitutes the first element of hostility between the two sides; second, the two teams have excellent records in the top league in England, and both sides look forward to suppressing their opponents; third, Liverpool is a city dominated by Irish immigrants, with citizens mostly Catholicism, while Manchester is a typical British city, which believes in the Anglican Church. In terms of religious beliefs, the two teams are also incompatible; fourth, Liverpool citizens are mostly businessmen, while Manchester is mostly working class, and both sides look down on each other. It is precisely because of these four reasons that Manchester United and Liverpool are hostile to each other, and the "Northwest Derby" between the two sides is one of the hottest and fierce derby battles in British football.
Therefore, although the bosses of these two clubs are from the Premier League from a macro perspective, they should be consistent with the guns, but it seems that the hatred between Manchester United and Liverpool has risen to a very impressive level. As long as one side puts forward the opinions, the other side will definitely find various reasons to mock and sarcastically retaliate...
"Why can't it?" Edwards was also furious by the Liverpool boss at this time and asked bluntly.
"Uh...it's just not possible anyway!"
Chapter completed!