Milou has spent a long time in France, is proficient in French, and has known Wenger before.
Hearing Milutin's modesty, Wenger smiled and said: "Bola, you don't have to be so humble. I believe that under your leadership, this Chinese team will definitely achieve good results. It's not long before the next World Cup."
I hope to see you and your team at the World Cup. When the time comes, I will definitely be there to watch the game."
Milu smiled and said: "Thank you, we will definitely work hard."
"You played very well today, but it is a pity that you did not let the young players who are with the team play. Highbury is a very magical stadium. If these young players can play even one minute on the court,
Football is very beneficial to them. For football, current strength is of course important, but the future is more important. Young people are the future. As long as young people are allowed to grow up well, sooner or later there will be championships."
Wenger's words must come from the heart. Although he has only coached Arsenal for a few years, everyone knows that he is a coach who pays great attention to the growth of young players, and he also has a very unique vision for young people.
Milu nodded, "There are still two games to come. I will try my best to let everyone have playing time."
A coach of Milu's level certainly knows the significance of training young people, but it is not easy for him to send young people out.
Today, their opponent is Arsenal. They have to be careful when making any decision. The main reason is that this lineup has just started to feel a little bit better, and Milou doesn't want to interrupt them just because they want to train young people. When the team is in good shape, it can easily change.
Formation is a taboo on the golf course.
Moreover, if young people are replaced and the score is widened, it will not be very good for the development of young people, and it is easy for young players to lose confidence.
However, Milu still listened to Wenger's words, and he made up his mind to give the young people more opportunities to perform in one of the next two games.
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After the match between the national football team and Arsenal, they will rest for two days. They did not rest during these two days and continued to conduct regular training under the leadership of Milu.
Yu Dong and several other writers held a book signing in London.
After the autograph session in London, Yu Dong rushed to Manchester and continued the autograph session there.
He will hold a total of two autograph sessions in Manchester. He will hold one now. After the game between the national football team and Nottingham Forest, he will return to Manchester with the big team from Nottingham Forest to hold the second one.
After the first autograph session in Manchester, Yu Dong went to Nottingham to watch the national football team's second game in England.
As soon as Yu Dong arrived in Nottingham, before he even put his luggage away, he received a call from Jimmy. This guy also rushed to England.
After talking to Cheng Yanqiu, Yu Dong went to Jimmy's room.
Jimmy had just flown over from the United States, but his face did not show any fatigue from the journey. When he saw Yu Dong, he said with a smile, "You should be satisfied with the result of the first game against Arsenal. I have also seen the domestic news."
, the domestic audience seems to be very satisfied with this game."
Yu Dong nodded: "Well, it's not bad. We scored at least two goals, which will be very helpful in preparing for the World Cup qualifiers. Moreover, the players performed very well on the scene."
"Work hard. This time, we will advance to the World Cup finals. After a few times, China can also try to apply to host the World Cup. You are thinking about hosting the Olympic Games, but the economic effect of the Olympic Games is far from that of the World Cup. If it can be held once
The World Cup is of greater significance to China."
Yu Dong twitched his lips and said, "Let's finalize the bid for the Olympic Games first and then talk about it."
Jimmy smiled and curled his lips, "I rarely see you so unsure. I think you are very confident in bidding for the Olympic Games. Applying for the World Cup is actually not as difficult as you think. You just need to be good at football. The main thing is
As China's economy develops and there are more fans, it still has advantages."
"Ahem, let's not talk about it for now. What's the main reason you came here this time? Why did you come all of a sudden?"
Jimmy had no plans to come to the UK before, he came suddenly, so Yu Dong was quite surprised.
"I said I just came to see you. You won't believe it." Jimmy said with a smile.
Yu Dong shrugged his shoulders, "Why don't you believe it?"
"Because I don't even believe it myself. In fact, I came here for Manchester United," Jimmy said.
Yu Dong raised his eyebrows and said, "Manchester United, what is there about Manchester United that is worthy of your special trip?"
Although Deep Space Company holds a few percent of Manchester United's shares, among the many industries in Deep Space, this share is still not enough. Yu Dong really can't think of anything at Manchester United that deserves Jimmy's special trip.
You can't really come to watch the game, Jimmy has no interest in football.
"We are now hopeful of increasing our stake from three percent to 30 percent."
"Really?" Yu Dong was very surprised. He didn't know much about Manchester United's share structure. He was surprised that Deep Space Company could get a few percent of the shares before. Now Jimmy suddenly told him that he could increase the shares from 30% to 30%.
Three increased to 30%, he couldn't believe it. Where did these 30 shares come from, so he could buy them if he wanted?
From Yu Dong's point of view, there is no reason to sell the shares in Manchester United that he holds.
Seeing Yu Dong's reaction, Jimmy didn't find it strange at all. He smiled and said, "Of course, if I hadn't gotten this news, I wouldn't have traveled all the way. There are still many things for me to do in the United States.
, you know, the two companies Maodafu and Confinity are still in the integration stage."
"Where did you hear the news? Who will get these extra shares from? In addition, we can't get nearly 30% of the shares for free, how much will it cost?
, will there be any problem with our current liquidity? After all, we just spent a lot of money to acquire Confinity Company."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Jimmy smiled and said, "You hit the point. They are asking for US$304 million for nearly 30% of the shares. We are now
It’s still difficult to come up with so much money.”
"But you still came because you think that although it is difficult, it is a good deal?" Yu Dong guessed.
Jimmy shook his head, "If it were just the 30% of the shares, I wouldn't go out of my way to make a trip even if the price was not expensive. 30% of the shares can't bring us anything. For us, 100% of the shares can't bring us anything.
There is not much difference between three-quarters and 30% of the shares."
"You mean, there are more shares that can be obtained?" Yu Dong showed an even more incredible expression.
"Yes, if we can get the nearly 30% of the first shares, we can hope to get the other 30%, and then increase our shares to at least 70%. The next step is to harvest the remaining
With the shares, we can hold all of Manchester United in our hands."
Yu Dong looked at Jimmy in surprise. He didn't expect Jimmy to want to buy Manchester United directly.
From Yu Dong's point of view, if they can really buy Manchester United, they will certainly not lose money, but the question is, can they do it if they want to buy Manchester United?
To buy less than 30% of the shares would cost more than 300 million U.S. dollars, but now to acquire all the shares, it would cost more than a billion U.S. dollars. Now the Deep Space Company simply cannot come up with so much cash. And even if
If they have money, are others willing to sell it to them?
Jimmy saw Yu Dong's thoughts and said with a smile, "I know we can't get that much money now, but we can raise financing. As long as we can increase our shares to 30%, then we can
We can use this part of Manchester United's assets to get money from the bank, and with this money, we can get all the shares."
Hearing Jimmy's plan, Yu Dong narrowed his eyes. He knew that this was a way of capital, but the problem was that this kind of short-term financing, with small and large operations, was not only risky, but also easily aroused resentment among fans, because for the team
In other words, it means that they have been saddled with a lot of foreign debt from the moment they were acquired by Deep Space.
For example, if Manchester United's shares are worth one billion U.S. dollars, Deep Space will invest 300 million U.S. dollars to buy part of their shares, and then use this part of the shares to raise 700 million U.S. dollars to acquire the remaining shares.
This is equivalent to Manchester United carrying a debt of 700 million US dollars. If the Deep Space Company does not manage well, Manchester United will be in a very difficult situation.
If Deep Space Company really used this method to acquire Manchester United, would Manchester United fans think that Deep Space Company was unreasonable?
Jimmy looked at Yu Dong, "Are you thinking about whether it will hurt the feelings of Manchester United fans?"
After working together for so many years, Jimmy certainly knows Yu Dong. He knows that sometimes Yu Dong is always so kind to a woman.
Yu Dong nodded, "I do have concerns about this."
Jimmy waved his hand, "Don't worry, we won't interfere with the team after we win Manchester United. Manchester United is still the same Manchester United, it just changed its owner."
As if he was still worried about Yu Dong, Jimmy continued, "This is a good opportunity. I got the news by chance that two shareholders of Manchester United, McManus and John Magnier, intend to sell their shares. They
The total shares held by the two hands are about 29%. During this time, I plan to contact Harry Dobson to see his reaction. If he holds more than 30% of the shares
If it can be sold to us, then we can get more than 60% of the shares, and our plan will succeed."
"How long will it take to accomplish this?" Yu Dong asked.
Jimmy thought for a while and said, "In as short as one month or as long as three months, we can get the shares from McManus and the others, then go to financing, and use the financing money to buy the remaining shares.
, it will take at least a year and a half to get all the shares. After all, by the time of the World Cup, it should be almost done."
Yu Dong pondered for a while and then said, "If you want to do it, then go for it. If it doesn't work, don't raise money. The two of us will open another company and slowly acquire all the shares of Manchester United."
Even though Doctor Cat and the Ticket Office were involved in one after another, Yu Dong still had a lot of cash in his hand.
Jimmy waved his hand: "It's not necessary. It's too risky. Our money needs to be put to practical use. I roughly calculated that to acquire all the shares in Manchester United, we only need to spend about 250 million U.S. dollars. If this business fails,
, the most we can do is lose US$250 million.”
In fact, it is not easy to lose 250 million US dollars.
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The next day, the Chinese team completed a very exciting game with Nottingham Forest.
Compared with Arsenal, Nottingham Forest's strength is much lower, but their level is still higher than that of the Chinese team, and there is no problem in leading the Chinese team in a coaching match.
The Chinese team's mentality may have changed because they just played against Arsenal two days ago. When they played against Nottingham Forest, they were more relaxed and performed even better than the previous game.
In the end, Nottingham Forest won the game 3-2, while the Chinese team still scored two goals.
It is worth mentioning that in the final stage of the game, the Chinese team boldly replaced two young players, and Zheng Zhi, who played in the midfield, performed very well. For the second goal, forward Yang Chen resisted the opponent's defender and hit the ball back.
Zheng Zhi came up in the middle and fired a long shot, which hit a blind spot.
After the game here, Yu Dong did not leave in a hurry, but held a book signing in Nottingham.
The book signing in Nottingham was on the same scale as London, with not only Yu Dong but also many Chinese writers such as Yu Hua, as well as Mark Levy, Rowling and George Martin.
Although the population of Nottingham is not particularly large, residents in this city generally have relatively high educational levels and a relatively large number of readers, so Yu Dong and his book signings are still very popular here.
After the trip to Nottingham, Yu Dong and the others went to Manchester, the last stop in England.
Manchester United fans are crazier than Arsenal fans. Fans wearing Manchester United jackets can be seen everywhere on the street.
In addition, Manchester United made much more money from this game than Arsenal.
First of all, the ticket price set by Manchester United for this game is higher than that of Arsenal. It is basically the same as the ticket price for normal games. In addition, they have temporarily increased the price in the last two days.
But even though the ticket prices increased in the last two days, the stadium was still full in the end.
The game at Highbury has also spread to Manchester. In addition to wanting to watch the game, fans are also looking forward to the opening performance.
And this time the opening performance did not disappoint the fans. It lasted for forty minutes and was even worth a small concert.
Chapter completed!