Chapter 983： Whyalwaysme

Perhaps, the fans do not have much feeling, but in the industry, they have paid considerable attention to the UEFA Champions League from 2015 to 2016 and feel that this is likely to become a major watershed in European football again.

Why do you say that?

The first is the overall increase in income.

European professional football is inseparable from money, and how important income is to a team, this does not need to be said.

In the new season, as the sponsorship contracts signed by UEFA have generally increased, the share and bonuses allocated to each team have also been increased.

For example, in the group stage, thirty-two teams play six group stages. The guaranteed income was 8.6 million euros, but now it has increased to 12 million euros, which is equivalent to the appearance fee of the Champions League group stage.

Then, with each win, the prize is increased from the original one million to the current 1.5 million, and the tie is still 500,000.

In other words, in theory, if the participating teams win six consecutive group stages, they can earn a total of 20 million euros.

This is only the group stage. In the subsequent knockouts and finals, the prize money has generally increased, basically around 50%. The winning prize has increased from the original 10 million euros to 15 million. EUR.

According to preliminary estimates, this season's championship team, the most basic bonus will reach more than 50 million euros.

But this is only the most basic, because there is a bonus pool share.

With the rise of British Telecom, led by the guy who unbuttoned the three buttons, this veteran British consortium was ambitious and wanted to do a big job, and won the British mainland's Champions League broadcast rights for the next three years at a sky-high price.

This is why Sky TV will bid for the local broadcast rights of the Premier League at sky-high prices.

Because of the loss of the Champions League, they can no longer lose the Premier League broadcast rights.

The prize pool of the Champions League is linked to the price at which the TV broadcasters of the country where the team is located. Therefore, the higher the BT bid, the higher the prize money that the Premier League team can get.

It is estimated that among the four Premier League teams participating in the Champions League this year, the best-performing team will be divided into more than 40 million, almost twice the past.

In other words, if the Premier League team wins the Champions League again, the total prize money will exceed 100 million.

But this is only the bonus and share. If you count the sponsorship income and match day income brought by participating in the Champions League, it will be an even more amazing number.

If you just look at this data, you will definitely wow, and think, oh my god, it's too much.

Even if someone who is unidentified inside looks at it, he will definitely yell, thinking that Southampton is too fucking, playing in the Champions League to make so much money, and even vowing to go to the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League to grab the benefits, it’s too unreasonable. Right?

But actually?

As Yang Huan has always said, there is no free lunch in this world. If you want to spread the scene as much as you want, you have to pay a lot of cost.

Many people see the Southampton Champions League two consecutive championships, the Premier League three consecutive championships, the superstars gathered in the team, they must think it is incredible, this team is going against the sky, but in fact, they did not see the various profit calculations behind it.

For example, the annual salary, from Southampton's promotion to the Premier League to the present, in just three years, salary expenditure has been increasing at an alarming rate almost every year. The reason is simple. The team has performed well, the players have shined, and they want to keep. People, OK, give an annual salary.

It's like Hazard. When he first joined, he was paid 100,000 pounds a week, but now?

He has already received a weekly salary of 200,000 pounds. With the addition of Messi, in order to resist the digging of Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the team is preparing to start talking with Hazard for contract extension. It is expected that he will become the Saint. After Messi, the second player with an annual salary of over 10 million.

Hazard has renewed his contract, what about Suarez?

Harry Kane was so eye-catching last season and he is about to renew his contract. What is his annual salary?

How much should Martial give?

If you want Sanchez to stay in the team with peace of mind, how much annual salary should you give?

Pogba, Kovacic and Tony Kroos, chased by most of the European giants, should also be renewed.

According to Ron Gurley’s calculations for Yang Huan, with the addition of Messi, the annual salary expenditure of the Saints will rapidly increase to 300 million euros from the current 230 million euros.

Even if this data is in Europe, it is second only to Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Of course, this also includes the administrative staff of about 30 million euros, as well as the salary expenses of the club employees.

This is because many of the superstar players in the team were cultivated by Southampton itself. If they were all introduced, the annual salary would have to reach an amazing astronomical figure!

Just like Tottenham Hotspur, the annual salary has caught up with Southampton, but the income has fallen by a thousand miles!

Therefore, the introduction of Cristiano Ronaldo was originally not supported by Yang Huan and Daniel Levi, but Prime Minister Hamad promised to inject capital, which led to the transaction. Otherwise, Tottenham Hotspur would not be able to afford it. Up.

If the Saints want to maintain their competitiveness in the Champions League, they have to operate such a large lineup, but the problem is that the salary is fixed and you have to give it anyway, but the results are fluctuating. God knows if you can win the championship. ?

If you win the championship and earn a lot of money, it is a good thing, but what about bonuses?

Last season the team won the double crown, the Saints gave a prize of 60 million euros.

But if the results are not satisfactory, the team's expenditure will be completely wiped out!

This is why Yang Huan has always said that the Champions League is a money-burning game, not that any team can afford it.

It can be said that Southampton is relying on this lineup, and the huge salary expenditure behind it, to support the Saints' competitiveness in the Premier League and the Champions League.

Without this, the saint would have been thrown aside by Saqima.

Southampton dared to introduce Messi this year because the team is confident that it will hopefully reach 600 million pounds, or 700 million euros, in terms of operating income, which will make the Saints the highest-income team ever.

In this case, the salary expenditure of more than 300 million yuan is not a big problem for the saints.

What's more, Southampton has no debts and is financially healthy, so it can afford it.

Especially with the stable implementation of the free ticket policy, coupled with the support of long-term stable sponsors and partners, the income of the Saints is very stable, and Yang Huan dared to shout that the Saints will adjust their business model this year.

As a result, everyone has seen that the Saints not only stopped selling people this year, but instead spent 150 million euros in Messi. All of this is based on the team’s excellent finances and operations. Based on.

And in the face of salary expenditures of over 100 million, or even two to three billion, the prize and share of the UEFA Champions League's 100 million, as well as the broadcast fee of the Premier League, are really nothing.

It's not even enough for the Saints to pay the players' salaries and bonuses!

It is precisely because I understand this truth and understand that the only standard-bearer team that can represent the Premier League and compete in the Champions League can only be the Saints, so the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League will agree to reform overseas income.

As for Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, if they want to accumulate to the realm of Saints, they must first put up their financial income, club management, and team strength.

Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, and even Chelsea, I'm sorry, if you want to catch up with the Saints, every four or five years is impossible.

Especially for Manchester United, if the debt is not paid off, the Red Devils don't expect to turn around.

As the saying goes, the economic base determines the superstructure.

In the eyes of ordinary fans, the Saints are brilliant and powerful.

But in Yang Huan's eyes, all of this is money.

Isn't there a sentence?

In the field of professional football, without money, talking about all issues is a hooligan!

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One big change in the Champions League this season is that last season's Champions League winners will qualify for the Champions League.

But since last season’s Europa League champion was Inter Milan, the Nerazzurri themselves are the Serie A champions, so this clause is useless for Inter Milan and Serie A.

This is why the chairman of Lazio, who ranked fourth last season, said before that Inter Milan, for the benefit of Serie A, should actively lose in the last few rounds and allow Juventus to win the championship. Roma and Lazio ranked second and third. .

Because of this, Inter Milan can still play in the Champions League.

But after Inter Milan won the Champions League, the UEFA Champions League qualification is tantamount to automatically giving up.

Another big change in the Champions League this season comes from the division.

Unlike in the past based on European war points for binning, this time the binning has been adjusted.

The defending champions and the top seven league champions in Europe are automatically ranked first and become the seed team.

The second, third and fourth gears are ranked according to the European war points.

At first glance, it seems that there is no difference, but in reality, the difference is huge.

According to the new ranking, Southampton, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Monaco, Zenit St. Petersburg and Ajax became the first team.

In the second tier, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Porto, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Valencia, Shakhtar Donetsk and Manchester City are all powerful teams.

The key is that in the third gear, Juventus, Roma, Lyon and other teams are all strong, and in the fourth gear, Tottenham Hotspur, Hamburg, Monchengladbach and Wolff are gathered. Fort waiting for the team.

It can be said that such distribution rules disrupted the order of the strong and weak group matches in the past.

Because the strong teams used to have high points and ranked in the seeded team and second gear, but now, Monaco, Inter Milan, Zenit St. Petersburg and Ajax and other low-point teams appear in the first gear. This is completely Disrupt the traditional grouping mode of the past.

In theory, with such a group drawing, the possibility of a death group will become very high.

And the facts have also proved that there is really a group of death.

This time the Saints failed to continue their past good draws, winning Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Wolfsburg.

Upon seeing this draw, everyone in the audience was in an uproar.

Nimei, they are all teams in the top five European leagues, and they are all strong teams.

This is simply a rhythm to death!

Needless to say, the Saints, one of the strongest teams in Europe, Paris Saint-Germain is not much better at all, while Juventus and Wolfsburg are weaker though It's not that there is no effort.

These four teams put together, it is simply going against the sky!

Yang Huan sat in the meeting hall, and after seeing the result of the draw, he showed a bitter smile helplessly.

He certainly knows that UEFA does not want Southampton to defend its title again.

Just kidding, it's very outrageous to let you defend the title once. If you win the title again, wouldn't it mean turning the Champions League into your Yang family's forbidden?

Besides, you won the championship, and other teams are going to play balls?

The Saints didn't even think about winning this season, so they could only get to the forefront steadily, preferably in the semi-finals.

However, if the Saints are unlucky in the draw, Manchester City is really going to cry to death in the toilet.

When the result of the lottery came out, Yang Huan clearly saw the expression on Mubarak's face singing.

why alwaysme?