Chapter 496： American conspiracy

After leaving Manchester, Ryan returned to London and sat in the Hilton Hotel, staring at his prey coldly with the team sent by Scott, and the "Red Football" company he established specifically for this acquisition, quietly Absorb the shares of Manchester United from the market.

For many years, Manchester United has been a model for commercial development in the Premier League and even in European football. It has inspired countless people to imitate and learn from it. But it is this obvious commercial brand that determines the club will become some sports speculators. The goal, in a profitable situation, the power of capital is simply pervasive. "Fiction" novel chapters are updated fastest

In 1999, under the recommendation of Alex Ferguson, the two Irish horse racing tycoons Magnier and McManus began to acquire Manchester United and soon became the club’s number one shareholder. The two people who achieved the goal also showed Out of the ruthless side of capital turning face.

The conflict between them and Alex Ferguson gradually emerged. In order to suppress Ferguson’s position in the club and to ensure their own investment, they raised 99 questions. They directly pointed to the various questions of Ferguson and the Manchester United management, and even got the head coach involved. The black gold scandal.

In fact, just like Hollywood, black gold is a well-known unspoken rule in the football circle, and the most direct result of these things on the table is that they have become public enemies from fans to clubs to English football.

As for the authenticity of the black gold rumors, it is obviously not important anymore.

In fact, Magniel and McManus don’t like football at all. The purpose of acquiring Manchester United’s shares is very simple. It is to make money. From becoming shareholders of Manchester United until now, they have not even visited Old Trafford. One-minute game.

Although the acquisition of Manchester United is also for a different purpose, Ryan feels that he is more suitable for Manchester United than them, because he has at least watched the entire game at Old Trafford.

"Notify them, pay attention not to absorb more than 9.9% of the shares."

Because the information must be released to the market once the holding reaches 10%, Ryan has been controlling the shares below 9.9% during the period before investing in Manchester United. "Also, how are the media preparations?"

"As long as we need..."

George coolly bounced Tyler who was circling him, "They will make the biggest objection."

"Well, proceed as planned."

Ryan nodded, pulled Tyler past, and carried her into the music practice room despite the little girl's protest.

In fact, from the beginning of 2001, Manchester United's stock price began to rise, when Renmen only thought it was the result of the team's record. But Brien’s foundation and several informed shareholders of Manchester United have begun to absorb scattered stocks in the market to increase their bargaining chips.

An American wants to acquire one of the most traditional and successful football clubs in England. The difficulty can be imagined.

In the previous life, how many disturbances did Abramovich take over Chelsea and the acquisition of Manchester United by the Glazer family? How many twists and turns have been produced?

The Premier League today is not the Premier League a few years from now. The traditional forces are more conservative and stubborn.

Don't look at the British people have been clamoring that Ryan can have today's success. It is because they have experienced a long period of British education, but when they touch the so-called traditional dignity of those guys who are sensitive and arrogant, they will definitely throw away all the previous remarks.

However, this is exactly the result he wanted. If this acquisition can cause trouble for the entire United Kingdom and even North America, then that would suit him.

Some people are waiting for the opportunity, Ryan will give them a most suitable phone meeting.

The conflict between Manchester United's management and the Irish is sharp, and Ryan's intervention made them realize that this is a good opportunity to fight the Irish. David Gill came to the Hilton Hotel in London several times, tactfully encouraging Ryan to accelerate the pace of acquiring Manchester United, the wealth of more than 15 billion US dollars on the Forbes rich list. Become a source of their confidence.

"We look forward to a person who really loves football to control the Manchester United club." This is what David Gill said in a meeting.

In May 2001, three days after Manchester United won the Premier League title in advance, Ryan's "Red Football" company once again increased its holdings of Manchester United by more than 10%, and at the same time officially announced this information to the market.

The market’s reaction is fairly calm. After all, this share does not even rank among the top three shareholders of Manchester United. It’s just that many people don’t understand when this superstar, who has always developed in the entertainment and media industries, is interested in football. Up?

Well, he sang "Cup of Life" a few years ago, which is one of the best football songs.

But then? He doesn't seem to appear in football-related occasions again, right? Could it be...

Just a day later, the "Red Football" company once again released information, announcing that it had reached an agreement with the two Manchester United shareholders, McManus and Magnier, to buy 28.7% of their shares. The total price of the transaction reached 210 million pounds.

At this point, Ryan has 38.8% of Manchester United shares in his hands and has become the club's largest shareholder.

According to relevant laws and regulations, 30% is the approaching point of investing in listed companies. Once this number is exceeded, the intention of the acquisition must be indicated to shareholders.

When the fan organization had no time to react, it received even more shocking news from the capital of the United States wanting to buy Manchester United in its entirety!

The Kingdom of Great Britain has long since fallen. Although the British do not want to admit it, the world's largest power is on the other side of the Atlantic. This is the consensus of the world.

The British and Americans are notorious for their inconsistency, and in front of those hillbillies, the only capital they can be proud of is tradition.

Football is also one of the traditions of this country. Now there is an American who wants to buy Manchester United? Do they know how to play football?

Although the movies that the man created and starred in are very popular with them, movies and football are two different things!

When there was a conflict between entertainment and football, Manchester United’s backbone fan organization chose football without hesitation.

In Manchester United’s home games at the weekend, winning early is no longer the theme of the stadium. The slogans and slogans of rejecting Ryan Jenkins’s acquisition and driving American capital out of Old Trafford have become the loudest voice on the stadium.

Even Lineker, who served as a guest commentator, criticized Manchester United’s approach, believing that it would lose the tradition of English football and bring a bad atmosphere to the Premier League. He even vaguely criticized Ryan, saying that he should return to Hollywood and the suburbs of London. The set continues to shoot movies, and as a layman, you should not arbitrarily intervene in professional football.

The tradition of English football?

In this case, Ryan would never go to the scene to watch football. After hearing Lineker's words from live TV, he couldn't help thinking about the fine traditions of English football for a long time.

Alcoholism, fights, low professional qualities, wives who specialize in teammates and friends, and the ‘Europe’s Chinese team’ that loses chains at critical moments. It seems that these are the fine traditions of English football, right?

After another Monday arrived, Fleet Street made the most violent response. The British media represented by the "Daily Mail", no longer caring about the so-called second hometown, criticized it on important pages. In the acquisition case, several of the newspapers also published more detailed content.

"Ryan Jenkins is a movie star first, and an investor second. He has never been a Manchester native, and will never be a Manchester native. His goal of investing in Manchester United is no different from the original investment in Yahoo. It is nothing more than profit. , Think about it, when Yahoo encountered a crisis last year, he did not hesitate to abandon Yahoo. What if Manchester United encountered difficulties? He bought Manchester United just because he wanted to do his speculation through the club!"

This is an article in a local newspaper in Manchester, and the "Daily Mail", which has ‘digged’ the exclusive news, disclosed many so-called inside stories.

"As far as we know, Manchester United fans are facing the danger of splitting. Those young fans have a large number of Ryan Jenkins fans. Perhaps they think that with Ryan’s tens of billions of dollars, the acquisition of Manchester United may not be necessary. It's a bad thing. After the acquisition, he may pay a large transfer fee to bring more stars to the club."

"We want to remind these people that Ryan Jenkins is indeed worth a lot, but 99% of his worth is equity and fixed assets. With Manchester United's worth of more than 700 million pounds, he will definitely not be able to spend such a large amount. A working capital."

"This newspaper has already got the exact news. Ryan Jenkins can only spend 200 million pounds for this acquisition in the short term, and he is bound to adopt a leverage acquisition strategy. He only needs to use a small amount of capital as the basis~www.novelhall. com~ then raises and borrows sufficient funds from investment banks or other financial institutions for the acquisition, and then repays debts with the income of the Manchester United club after the acquisition, so that he can make large profits with very little capital, while the Manchester United club To carry a huge amount of debt from now on, and the slightest emergence of business, you will face the danger of bankruptcy!"

Later, another newspaper issued evidence that JPMorgan Chase Bank was raising related acquisition funds for Ryan Jenkins, and then another newspaper stabbed that a Wall Street company specifically involved in acquisitions, as a think tank, planned this leverage for Ryan Jenkins. Acquisition case.

After these related reports appeared, it instantly ignited the emotions of Manchester United fans. Various protests appeared on the streets of Manchester. Several fan organizations jointly stated that if Ryan's acquisition is successful, the old Trafford Stadium There will be no more fans in the stands, and they will never let Manchester United become his plaything and money-making tool.

Not only the fans of Manchester United, but also many fans in London made protests, and many even surrounded the Hilton Hotel, chanting protest slogans.

Compared with the loss of Manchester United management, Houston, another major shareholder of Manchester United, said that he would work with other shareholders to stop the American conspiracy, "We will be more united, let Ryan Jenkins his approach will not succeed." (To be continued...) ()