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Chapter 1066 Arms Race

News about Chinatown winning the Champions League St. Berede Cup at the Lisbon Stadium in Portugal and spread all over the world overnight.

No one can imagine that this team has just been formed for 14 years and is known as the youngest top league team in Europe. It can beat many giants and win the top championship in this club event.

What made them even more incredible is that Chinatown is also the team with the lowest average age in the top European leagues.

Countless fans and media exclaimed, believing that Chinatown will become a new force that cannot be ignored in the next few years, and Zidane's team may even dominate the entire European football world like Guardiola's Barcelona back then.

Is this really possible?

If it was just Chinatown and Zidane, it would be hard to believe it, but there was a high cold behind them.

A year ago, after Gao Han left Paris Saint-Germain, he said he would devote himself to Chinatown's operations. At that time, it did not attract too much attention from the outside world. More people only care whether Pochettino's departure from Manchester United would affect Chinatown.

Even when Gao Han rejected the opposition and hired rookie Zidane to coach, everyone was full of doubts, believing that Gao Han's decision was stupid, and that it was a way to seek death if a person with no coaching experience was to make a person who had no coaching experience.

But a year later, the runner-up of the Copa RE, La Liga runner-up, Champions League champion, and Zidane's first season coaching performance was not as good as Guardiola, but it definitely blinded all doubters' eyes.

The name of Gaohan Bole has once again become famous all over the world.

In the southern suburbs of Madrid, Chinatown has become the most popular team in the southern suburbs after years of hard work, and has deeply rooted in the local fan base, especially in the surrounding areas of Fuen Lavrada and Leganes. Even in Getafe, Chinatown's influence is not inferior to the Getafe Club, which is home to the Dragon.

Now that we have won this Champions League again, Chinatown's influence in the southern suburbs and even the entire Madrid region has increased rapidly.

While all the fans and media are still immersed in the shock and joy of Chinatown's victory in the Champions League, Gao Han and a group of executives have begun planning for the next season at the core senior meeting of Chinatown.

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"In just three days since the Champions League final, our ticket booking hotline has almost been blown up."

When Armando Marcos said this, his face was full of excitement and even a little excited.

"At present, our season tickets have been sold out, and it is basically difficult to get a ticket. You have to wait in line for a year. Even we didn't expect the enthusiasm of the fans. It was so crazy."

After listening to the general manager's report, the core senior executives present were also full of excitement.

Chinatown has achieved more and more outstanding performance in recent years. The two runner-ups and one Champions League champion in last season have greatly stimulated the local football market. There have been signs of this in the past before the Champions League final.

"This is a good thing, but we should try our best to meet the needs of fans. If possible, we will add some vote sources." Gao Han suggested with a smile.

Armando Marcos shook his head and laughed: "Mr. Gao Han, I made this decision the day before yesterday. We have already pushed all the tickets that can be added, but the result is that there is no supply in the shortage."

Gao Han could only smile bitterly now.

Since you can't even satisfy the additional push, there is no way out.

After all, the new stadium in Chinatown only has more than 40,000 seats, which cannot meet the needs of all fans. Moreover, according to the regulations of UEFA and the Spanish Football Association, Chinatown must keep some mobile tickets and internal tickets.

"Actually, I think the main reason is that our ticket prices are too low. I asked someone to conduct a market survey before. Our ticket prices are the lowest in La Liga. There are even many local Madrid fans who originally tended to Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, now they are heading south, which further exacerbates the shortage of ticket sources."

This should be said to be a very happy trouble.

The capacity of the new stadium in Chinatown was scientifically calculated and could accommodate 42,000 people. This was a relatively bold design at that time. Gao Han, Cantalero and others were worried that they would be dissatisfied, but who would have thought that Chinatown would develop so quickly in recent years?

It's really a leaps and bounds!

"For fans, we must try our best to communicate and coordinate, and meet the needs of all fans as much as possible, but expand the new stadium..."

Gao Han shook his head.

Many fans outside are calling on the team to expand the new stadium. According to the original design, there is indeed a reserved space for the third floor to expand, but Gao Han feels that it should not be expanded in the short term.

There is a saying that is right: if you take too big steps, it is easy to get light.

Rapidly increased from more than 10,000 yuan at Brock Stadium to more than 40,000 yuan, this is a big test for Chinatown. If it is more radical now, the risks here are too great, especially for the training of loyal hardcore fans.

Should more than 40,000 fans jointly create a fanatical home atmosphere, or should they expand the third floor, but they are dissatisfied with the home court?

In recent years, for Chinatown, consolidating everything we have achieved so far, cultivating fans’ sense of belonging to the club, and cultivating the club’s home atmosphere and culture is undoubtedly the first priority.

"My attitude is the same as you. I think I won't consider expansion within at least five years." Armando Marcos supports Gao Han's idea very much. "Although our tickets are very low, we will try our best to develop the home operating income and greatly increase the team's game day income. I believe this will become a major growth point for the club's future fiscal revenue."

Gao Han believed in Armando Marcos's vision and judgment of the market, and these things were not what he was good at.

"I asked them to count the final UEFA Champions League championship this year. It is estimated that our total prize money will reach 58 million euros, or even 60 million euros." Armando Marcos laughed.

As the club's housekeeper, he likes to talk about making money the most.

"So much?" Cantalero was a little surprised.

Armando Marcos nodded, "The bonus pool is about 20 million euros, and the others are competition bonuses. Our colleagues in the business department initially predict that this championship will bring us at least 100 million euros in business income in the next year and at least 200 million euros in the next three years."

Chinatown has had poor game day income and live TV revenue in the past few years, which has stimulated the team to vigorously develop commercial income. Armando Marcos was selected by Gao Han to take over Chinatown. Therefore, in recent years, Chinatown has been one of the teams with the best business operations in European football.

Gao Han believed that Armando Marcos could say that the money would definitely not be able to escape.

"Thanks to the outstanding performance in the Champions League this season, the four La Liga teams' total revenue of the Champions League exceeded 170 million euros, of which 67 million yuan of the prize pool was deducted and a net income of 100 million euros."

After Armando Marcos finished speaking, everyone present was a little surprised.

The Champions League is indeed a gold-making monster, and the money-making ability of the four La Liga teams in the Champions League is also amazing.

According to the principle of UEFA distribution, the revenue from the bonus pool mainly comes from the broadcasting rights fees of the Champions League in Spain. This part can be regarded as being used by Spain for La Liga teams, but the remaining 100 million euros is net profit.

This million euros flow into the Spanish football market, it is conceivable that this will further drive the prosperity of La Liga.

"I have already received news that Real Madrid has confirmed to introduce at least three superstars. Florentino's transfer failure in the past few years has already made him questioned. If he doesn't take action now, the first one to counter him will be a member of Real Madrid."

Cantalero said worriedly.

Florentino's first term was to hype superstars and take over the Bernabeu, and the same was true for the second term, but so far, he has not introduced a real superstar, so it is not surprising that Real Madrid members are dissatisfied with him.

"Barcelona is said to have raised 200 million euros in transfer fees, with the targets including three superstars such as Neymar, Suarez, and Sanchez. In addition, they will also sign in multiple positions such as goalkeeper and defense. I initially estimate that they will also have major surgery this summer, especially with the new coach Luis Enrique taking office."

Luis Enrique was listed as a popular candidate for Barcelona's head coach as early as last summer, but the management later chose Martino. However, since the beginning of the season, Martino was dismissed. Although he continued to stay after the winter break, Barcelona's management has been looking for a candidate to replace Martino.

This time, Barcelona chose Louis Enrique early.

On the contrary, there is still no conclusion on whether Pellegrini will be dismissed, because the Galaxy Battleships failed to convince Ancelotti to give up her contract with Manchester City and coach Real Madrid.

As for Zidane, which Florentino favored, the French have clearly told Gao Han that he hopes to continue coaching in Chinatown.

Obviously, this is the ideal decision for Zidane.

But in this way, Florentino's coaching candidate is undecided again, and it is possible that Pellegrini may even be kept in office.

"Even Atletico Madrid has set up a transfer budget of 150 million euros this season. Hill has been negotiating with Manchester City's Paul Footrey about Sanchez's transfer, and there are problems with the renewal of Sanchez and Manchester City. If it goes well, the transfer fee will probably be a sky-high price."

Sanchez is only twenty-five years old now and is in his prime. With his current strength and age, it is normal to create a sky-high transfer.

Compared with Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid has a more obvious advantage. That is, after Villa retreats, Sanchez is the undisputed first candidate on the left, and may even replace Torres and become the team's frontcourt attack core. This will be a huge attraction for Sanchez.

Real Madrid is also interested in Sanchez, but Florentino's first target is clearly Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar.

This deal attracted much attention a year ago. If Paris Saint-Germain really lets go, Neymar's transfer fee will exceed 100 million, and it may even set a new historical sky-high price.

In terms of financial resources, Barcelona is difficult to compete with Real Madrid.

If Real Madrid really dug up three of these superstars, including Neymar, Sanchez, Suarez and Aguero, and formed a frontcourt attack combination with Gareth Bale, then Real Madrid's attack lineup in the new season will be astonishing.

The same situation is also true for Barcelona. Rossell is now raising money everywhere and aims to be a superstar.

In the final analysis, the performance of these two giants last season was too sluggish, and the retaliatory crazy investment began this summer, which will further drive the arms race in the La Liga.

In this case, how should Chinatown handle itself?
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