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Chapter 344: The Track of Change

At this point, the bidding conference for the Serie A broadcasting rights has come to an end.

"Antonio, you really have you!" Boss Mo Da slapped Zhuang Mingge's shoulder happily. The professional league's gains at the bidding conference this time were far beyond their expectations, and this was only the income from domestic copyrights of the Serie A League, and overseas copyrights were not included at all.

Compared with the three-year, $50 million broadcast contract issued by Mediaset before, this large contract with an amount of over 100 million has completely made many bosses here realize the benefits that Serie A, the world's number one league, brings them.

With a three-year contract, the Serie A can receive up to US$225 million in TV broadcast fees every year, and half of these broadcast fees will be paid first, and the 18 teams participating in the Serie A next season will be divided equally by the 18 teams participating in the Serie A next season. In other words, the league has not yet begun, and the clubs that will participate in the Serie A next season have already earned 6.25 million US dollars. Although this number is nothing to the wealthy Serie A seven sisters, for those small and medium-sized ball clubs, this is an astronomical figure that they could not have imagined before!

For example, in 2012 when Zhuang Mingge traveled, among the twenty participating teams in the Serie A, there were eleven clubs with annual salary of less than US$40 million, accounting for more than half of the entire Serie A. Even if the $6 million was put at that time, it would be enough to make up for the financial holes in many teams.

Now, in 1996, when the Boseman Act was just implemented for a year, players' wages have not yet shown signs of crazy increase. Considering the inflation and the sharp decline in the US dollar exchange rate over the years, these more than 6 million US dollars are a huge sum of money for many Serie A teams. It can even be said that with this money, these teams don't even have to worry about paying the players' wages next season!

Of course, don’t forget that there is still more than 100 million US dollars of broadcast fees that have not been distributed, and the overseas copyright of Serie A has not been sold. If all of these income is included, I am afraid that the three teams in the bottom can get tens of millions of US dollars of broadcast fees!

Although many teams have to withdraw part of the broadcast fee they just received and invest in the reconstruction of the turf and stands due to the proposal to improve the stadium facilities passed in the professional league meeting, such a generous broadcast income has stimulated the Serie A transfer market this summer to some extent.

Many small and medium-sized balls that were originally short of financial resources will immediately waving checks to join the wave of purchasing players after receiving this huge amount of funds, and use the unheated US dollars to "seize" their favorite players.

The first move was Udinese, who owned Vierhof. Pozzo was still very ambitious at this time. He wanted to make Udinese and Parma and Rome through his own efforts to become a strong team in Serie A with the strength to compete for the league championship. It was not until the economic bubble burst after the new century that he changed his business policy and began to operate the club by buying low and selling high.

However, Old Pozzo's family is not as rich as Morati and Berlusconi. He is trapped by insufficient funds, so he can only make small fuss in the transfer market every summer.

However, it is different now. After the release of the new broadcast fee allocation plan and the rich results at the tender meeting were announced, Old Pozzo, who felt confident, first left the German center Bierkhof who shined in the European Cup final with a generous salary. After discussing with the team's head coach Zacheroni, Old Pozzo was determined to give full play to the high-altitude advantage of the German center, strengthen the team's wing offensive power, and also find a forward partner with outstanding footwork for the Germans.

Therefore, under the guidance of this recruitment idea, Marcio Amoruso (the one who later played for Dortmund) transferred from Flamenco, and Danish attacker Martin Jorgensen also came to play for the Uchini one year in advance, and Udinese's frontcourt trident was initially formed.

Udinese is vigorously engaged in team building, and other Serie A teams are naturally not idle. Roma has also introduced a player from Palmeiras of the Brazilian League. However, unlike Udinese, the Red Wolves this time introduced a right-back, whose name is Marcos Evanglista de Morales.

Of course, perhaps everyone is more familiar with his other name, that is - Kafu.

Mantovani Jr. is still struggling with the deceased father's death. Because the team's performance was not ideal last season, Mantovani Jr. insisted on his own and sold the team's top scorer Chiesa to Parma despite everyone's opposition. At the same time, Dutch midfielder Clarence Siddorf turned to the Spanish giant Real Madrid for $8.6 million, Ranieri seemed to think he could take on the banner of Real Madrid's midfield organization; the team's main goalkeeper Pagto was also given to AC Milan by Mantovani Jr.

After selling several absolute main players in succession, Mantovani Jr., who is keen on player transfers, also made several signings. He introduced Juan Peron and French midfielder Legler from the Argentina Boca Youth Team. Sampdoria's strength and bench depth were further weakened by Mantovani Jr.'s mischief.

The small club in the Serie A is not idle either. Vicenza, who performed well in the league last season, lived within his means. After receiving a huge sum of $6 million, Zhuge Guidolin first spent a small amount of money to ask Galliani to agree to sell half of the ownership of the two young players, Koko and Ambrosini, to himself. Then he ran to Fiorentina and brought Luca Tony, who was planning to lend a team to Vicenza.

Napoli has invited Yugoslav coach Boskov this season. Although the club was in a financial crisis before, the financial situation eased a lot after getting the life-saving money. Napoli has also introduced many players. It is worth mentioning that among these players, Flins, Schneider and Novotney, owned by GM. After all, the cost-effectiveness of German players is recognized by the world. At the same time, the success of Inter Milan's "three horses" that year made many Serie A teams favor German players.

The German players signed by GM also rekindled a wave of landing in Serie A under the influence of the European Cup, Christian Zieg joined AC Milan, Jerry Metz flew from Munich to Rome City, and Michel Barack jumped from the German second-tier club Chemnitz into Vicenza, which was recruiting soldiers everywhere. After watching the video, Guidolin decided that this was a player who was more suitable for his tactics than Ambrosini.
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