I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 189: Business genius! Middle East gold rush! Have you ever seen such a Premier League? [Subscribe]

December 12, the 5th round of the Premier League.

Bayswater Chinese challenge Wigan Athletic away.

In the past few years, among the many Premier League teams, there are not many clubs that can make a lot of money in the transfer market every summer.

There are even fewer clubs that can make money and maintain their results.

Bayswater Chinese definitely count as one.

Stingy old man Whelan's Wigan Athletic also counts.

After a good coaching performance last season, head coach Steve Bruce moved to Sunderland and took away midfield core Lee Cattermole from Wigan Athletic.

Plus the main attacker Antonio Valencia moved to Manchester United.

Wigan Athletic's overall strength has been affected.

It was sold for more than 20 million pounds, and they were very stingy when buying players.

Even the head coach was Robert Martinez, who was poached from Swansea City in the Championship and had a good coaching record last season.

Of course Yang Cheng knew that this head coach was very capable.

But others don't think so.

After Roberto Martinez took over the team, he made tactical changes to Wigan Athletic and brought in a 433 formation that kept pace with the times.

This has also led to Wigan Athletic's ups and downs in performance this season.

Sometimes we can achieve an upset, and sometimes we are completely defeated by our opponents.

Just like in this game, facing the Bayswater Chinese, Robert Martinez took a defensive stance.

At home, after holding on for 30 minutes, Wigan Athletic finally got the chance.

N'Zogbia scored a goal for the home team with a quick counterattack.

1 is better than 0!

In this game, Bayswater Chinese played with all their main players!
Yang Cheng was not in a hurry, but continued to patiently use his passing and control advantage to constantly pull and consume Wigan Athletic.

Even when they were behind, the players remained patient.

Until the second half, as Wigan Athletic players' physical strength continued to be depleted.

Especially after 60 minutes, they could hardly hold on any longer.

In the 61st minute, Walcott quickly cut into the penalty area and broke through Wigan Athletic's goal, equalizing the score for the team.

Just 5 minutes later, Modric assisted Lewandowski to score again and reverse the score.

In the 71st minute, Walcott scored again.

In just about 10 minutes, the Chinese team in Bayswater scored three goals in a row and successfully reversed the score.

In the end, Yang Cheng's team reversed Wigan Athletic 3-1 away from home.

In the same round, Arsenal beat Stoke City 2-0 at home.

Manchester United beat West Ham United 4-0 away.

Liverpool drew 0-0 with Blackburn Rovers away.

Manchester City defeated Chelsea 2-1 at home with goals from Adebayor and Tevez.

Ancelotti's team showed a very high technical and tactical level at home.

Kaka, in particular, contributed two assists.

……

The final round of the Champions League group stage.

The Bayswater Chinese team traveled to Hungary with a full rotation and substitute lineup.

Just three minutes into the game, Aaron Ramsey received an assist from Di Maria and scored the first goal for the team.

Just 10 minutes later, Matuidi further expanded the score with a volley from behind.

In the 24th minute, Hazard received a wonderful pass from Di Maria and scored again.

In the 51st minute of the second half, Aaron Ramsey assisted Carroll to score another goal.

Yang Cheng started making substitutions from the 55th minute.

He brought on Paul Pogba for Aaron Ramsey, who was in excellent form.

Five minutes later, he replaced Matuidi with N'Golo Kante.

These two young French midfielders were playing for the Chinese team at Bayswater for the first time in the Champions League.

In the 75th minute, Yang Cheng used up his last substitution.

Harry Kane, a 16-year-old local center forward, replaced Andy Carroll.

As early as Yang Cheng put these three young players into the 18-man roster, everyone already knew that they would definitely play.

This substitution was not too surprising.

The appearance of three young players did not allow Bayswater Chinese to continue their offensive, but instead made it a bit chaotic.

The most important thing is the cooperation between the players.

They performed very well in the youth and reserve teams, but it is hard to say when it comes to the adult team.

Pogba's talent is obvious, and his several handling of the ball were eye-catching.

Harry Kane and N'Golo Kante were somewhat mediocre, but both were decent.

The players who come out of the Bayswater Chinese Youth Training Camp are at least technically competent.

Yang Cheng arranged for them to play just to let them feel the atmosphere and rhythm of the actual Champions League.

It is also a kind of encouragement and reward for them.

While the Chinese in Bayswater were training away from home, Real Madrid was in a life-and-death battle away from home, beating Marseille 3-1 with two goals from Ronaldo and a goal from Albiol.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese and Real Madrid advanced together as the first and second in the group.

The Galacticos failed to get first place in the group, and the upcoming knockout rounds are destined to be extremely dangerous.

……

After returning to the UK from Hungary, the 16th round of the Premier League arrived immediately.

Bayswater Chinese played at home and won a narrow 1-0 victory over West Ham United.

The one who scored the crucial goal was Gareth Bale!
Chelsea was tied 3-3 by Everton at home.

Manchester United lost unexpectedly to Aston Villa 0-1 at home.

Arsenal conceded a goal at Anfield, but in the second half, Arshavin scored twice and reversed Liverpool 2-1.

Manchester City also encountered Bolton's tenacious sniping away from home, and finally shook hands and made peace with a 3-3 draw.

After 16 rounds of matches, Wenger's Arsenal overtook Manchester United by 39 points and topped the Premier League standings.

Bayswater Chinese relied on their four-game winning streak after two consecutive draws to get 12 points with a record of 2 wins, 1 draws and 38 loss, ranking second in the Premier League after Arsenal.

Manchester United is in fifth place with 37 points.

Although Manchester City was tied by Bolton away from home, they still got 35 points and ranked fourth in the Premier League.

Chelsea is in fifth place with 34 points.

Next up are Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.

Benítez's Reds are still ranked 8th.

This once again aroused widespread heated discussion among the media and fans in the UK and around the world.

The competition in the Premier League this season is extremely fierce.

After almost every round of games, the top four are constantly changing and adjusting.

It is even possible that a team will fall from the leading group to the top four in just one round of games, which is extremely dangerous.

As Times columnist Martin Samuel put it in his column.

"When everyone was still recovering from the public opinion that Bayswater Chinese had fallen out of the top four in the league, they were surprised to find that Bayswater Chinese had quietly rushed to second place in the league."

"And Chelsea, who were once the leaders, fell out of the top four."

“This is the Premier League now!”

Too intense!
Too tragic!

But precisely because of this, fans all over the world are enjoying the game so much.

When La Liga became a battle between the two giants of the Spanish Super League, the Bundesliga became a one-man show for Bayern, and Serie A became the exclusive domain of Inter Milan...

Only the Premier League is still performing the exciting drama of "You finish your performance and I take the stage"!

Football fans all over the world are tired of the boring one-man show. They prefer to watch this thrilling and suspenseful competition!
One circle of heaven, one circle of hell!
This is what it looks like, it’s fun and exciting!

More importantly, the current technical and tactical aspects of the Premier League are flourishing.

Here, you can see the gorgeous and smooth offensive football of Yang Cheng and Wenger; you can also see Ferguson's iron-blooded British passion; at the same time, you can also see Hiddink's rigorous and meticulous defensive counterattacks.

Benítez's offensive and defensive balance and Ancelotti's flexibility.

At the same time, there are teams like Redknapp's Tottenham Hotspur, Moyes' Everton, Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa, etc., each of which has its own characteristics. From time to time, they take advantage of the inattention of the top giants and suddenly create an upset.

The current Premier League can be described as exciting!
Without saying much else, just look at the many exciting matches in the 16th round. Where can you watch them in other leagues in Europe and even around the world?

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After playing the 16th round of the Premier League, Yang Cheng took a short rest in Brent, London, and then took a flight from Heathrow Airport to Abu Dhabi, UAE, in the Middle East.

The two Club World Cups in 09 and 10 were moved from Japan to Abu Dhabi.

Because of the participation in the Club World Cup, Bayswater Chinese's 17th round Premier League home game against Blackburn and 18th round away game against Everton will be postponed to 2010.

The specific time is to be determined.

The Bayswater Chinese took off from London at 11am after a morning recovery training session.

In addition to the first-team, many senior executives from the business department, including Adam Crozier and Omar Berrada, also traveled to the Middle East with the team.

The flight lasted for 7 hours, but due to the time difference, it was already 22 p.m. when we arrived in Abu Dhabi.

But even so, there were still many enthusiastic Middle Eastern fans coming to pick up the team at Abu Dhabi's Zayed International Airport.

There are also many fans from all over the world who come to the Middle East to travel.

It is said that many of them chose to travel to the UAE because the Chinese from Bayswater were coming here to play in the Club World Cup.

Yang Cheng and the players were all very surprised, and naturally took special care of the fans who came to the airport to pick them up.

In recent days, Abu Dhabi has been cloudy and rainy, and the temperature is quite comfortable.

The organizers in Abu Dhabi also attached great importance to the arrival of the Chinese in Bayswater and specially arranged for them to stay in the most luxurious Emirates Palace Hotel in the area, which is known as an eight-star hotel.

It can be said to be imperial treatment!

Although there was a four-hour time difference, Yang Cheng still arranged for the team to train the day after arriving in Abu Dhabi.

Basically, it is just some simple basic training, adjustment and recovery.

At noon, Yang Cheng and several players were invited to attend a business event in Dubai.

Sponsorship signing ceremony of Emirates NBD.

The UAE's largest bank is willing to use the portraits of Chinese people in Bayswater for commercial promotion in the UAE at a cost of £5 million over five years.

This is also the first commercial sponsorship contract for Bayswater Chinese in the Middle East.

But the authority of Emirates National Bank is limited to the UAE.

Of course, at the event, the two parties only signed a sponsorship contract, and the specific details of the cooperation were not disclosed to the public.

And the sponsorship level is: Official Financial Services Partner of the UAE.

This is actually the lowest level of partnership in Bayswater's Chinese sponsorship system.

In obvious contrast, on the third day after arriving in Abu Dhabi, Yang Cheng and the entire team set off for nearby Qatar to attend another business event.

Qatar Airways has become the official global aviation partner of Bayswater Chinese with a sponsorship fee of 5 million pounds over five years, which is obviously one level higher than Emirates National Bank.

Bayswater Chinese have been looking for airline partners before, and the Middle East is the region the team is most concerned about.

After contacting several companies including Emirates Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and Etihad Airways, the club finally chose Qatar Airways.

The main thing is that the other party offers the best conditions.

In addition to the annual sponsorship fee of 500 million pounds, special jet services are also provided to the Chinese in Bayswater.

Another company that signed the contract at the same time was Qatar Commercial Bank.

£300 million per year for 5 years.

The level is the same as that of Emirates National Bank, and both are only authorized for use in Qatar.

After the Chinese from Bayswater arrived in the Middle East, they signed three sponsorship contracts in just two days.

1100 million pounds is earned every year!
These pieces of news quickly caused an uproar in the media around the world.

Especially the jealous European media.

That’s 1100 million pounds!

There are indeed many wealthy people in the Middle East!
In just 2 days, they have earned over million pounds. Are they going to play in the Club World Cup?
No, this is simply going to the Middle East to pan for gold!

Taking advantage of the Club World Cup, word of these three sponsorships quickly spread.

……

On the fourth day after the team arrived in Abu Dhabi, they faced the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.

The opponent is the Mexican team Atalante.

Due to UEFA's strict regulations, in the semi-finals, the main players of the participating teams must play for more than a certain amount of time.

In the finals, you must start.

Therefore, Yang Cheng arranged for all the main players to be substitutes.

Facing the Mexican team, the overall strength of the Bayswater Chinese is in an absolute advantage.

But they couldn't withstand the opponent's iron bucket formation.

It was not until the 24th minute that Piszczek made a cross from the right and Carroll headed the ball into the goal from the center, opening the scoring for the Bayswater Chinese.

In the 35th minute, the team got a corner kick and Javi Martinez scored with a header.

2 is better than 0!

After the second half, the team missed several scoring opportunities, and finally Gareth Bale and Di Maria, who came on as substitutes, scored a goal each.

In the end, Bayswater Chinese defeated Atlanta 4-0 and successfully advanced to the final.

……

On the evening of December 12th, Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

In the Club World Cup final, Bayswater Chinese played against Argentina's Estudiantes.

Speaking of this Argentine team, there are only two players who left an impression on Yang Cheng.

One is the super midfielder who joined Manchester United in the past, the White Wizard Veron.

The other is Marcos Rojo, the left-back who was about to join Manchester United in his previous life.

The difference is that Veron is now the core player of the team, while Rojo is still just a young player.

Facing the Bayswater Chinese, the Argentine students' team adopted a 541 formation.

And there are three defensive midfielders.

The intention of this Argentine team can be seen from the arrangement of the starting lineup.

At the beginning of the game, they defended extremely tightly and did not even leave much space for the Chinese in Bayswater.

Yang Cheng signaled the team to remain patient and fight with the opponent to consume their energy.

The first half ended in a 0-0 draw.

After the change of sides, the situation basically did not change much.

The Chinese players of Bayswater tried their best to attack, while the Argentine students team defended tightly.

Gareth Bale and Walcott took turns attacking the opponent's defensive formation from both wings.

In the 70th minute, Yang Cheng even replaced Matuidi with Carroll and adopted a double center forward tactic.

It was not until the 79th minute that Gareth Bale dribbled the ball from the left and made a cross near the left corner of the penalty area.

Unexpectedly, no one in the middle could get the ball.

Instead, Walcott made a high-speed run at the back post and caught up with Gareth Bale's pass near the right bottom line of the penalty area. He then volleyed the ball directly back to the center in front of the goal without stopping.

Goalkeeper Alver missed the shot.

Lewandowski moved forward smartly, seized the opportunity, and pushed the ball into the empty goal, sending the ball into the Argentine goal.

1 is better than 0!

After conceding the ball, Estudiantes Argentina could no longer defend and they began to counterattack frantically.

But in the 86th minute, Bayswater Chinese launched a quick counterattack.

Marcelo passed the ball directly, Gareth Bale made a beautiful pass, accelerated, shook off the defender and drove straight into the goal.

On the left side of the opponent's penalty area, Gareth Bale had a clear chance to shoot, but he selflessly chose to pass the ball horizontally.

The unguarded Walcott easily followed up and shot into the empty goal.

2 is better than 0!

The British twin stars scored again!
In the end, the Chinese team in Bayswater defeated their opponents 2-0 with goals from Lewandowski and Walcott, and successfully defended the Club World Cup title!
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When the Chinese team from Bayswater won the Club World Cup for the second consecutive year in Abu Dhabi, major European media outlets gave it high praise.

The Times used the headline: The best team in history to describe Yang Cheng and his Bayswater Chinese.

The Guardian praised the Chinese in Bayswater: the world is at their feet!
The Daily Telegraph said: "Bayswater Chinese! Champions of the world!"

The Sun said: The one and only Chinese in Bayswater!

In addition to the British media, major European media also gave extremely high praise.

For example, Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport believes that the Chinese from Bayswater won the Club World Cup and ended a perfect 2009!
Argentina's Ole newspaper believes that Yang Cheng and his team cruelly shattered the dreams of the university team.

The French team newspaper also published a headline: The invincible Chinese in Bayswater!
But what they never expected was that just after they won the championship, the Chinese in Bayswater were still busy performing.

The day after winning the championship, the team left Abu Dhabi with the fans reluctantly bidding farewell.

But they didn't go far.

The Chinese in Bayswater went directly to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, next to the UAE.

In Riyadh, the Bayswater Chinese received a warm reception from Saudi fans.

On the same day, the team signed two sponsorship contracts with Saudi Telecom STC in Riyadh.

The first contract was that Saudi Telecom was authorized to use the image rights of Bayswater Chinese for commercial promotion in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Telecom has become the official telecommunications partner of Bayswater Chinese in Saudi Arabia.

The second contract was with a Bahraini telecommunications company called VIVA, which became the official telecommunications partner of Bahrain & Kuwait.

Both sponsorship contracts are for five years, worth £5 million per year.

So why were both sponsorship contracts signed in Riyadh?
The reason is simple. Bahrain VIVA Telecom has not yet been officially launched and is expected to be officially launched in February 2010.

The Bahraini telecom company was built with a $2 million investment from Saudi Telecom, with hundreds of millions more expected to be invested in the coming years.

The reason why Bayswater Chinese attaches so much importance to this cooperation, in addition to the annual sponsorship income of 600 million pounds, is also because Saudi Telecom hopes to select 70 young people from Saudi Arabia every year and send them to study in the Bayswater Chinese football school.

Of course, this kind of study abroad will definitely cost money.

Yang Cheng and others have already made plans. When the time comes, they will be directly arranged to go to the satellite training center near London to play football and grow with their peers.

The initiative to send young players abroad is not only a plan of Saudi Telecom, but also has the background of the Saudi government.

So also attending the signing ceremony were the Saudi Minister of Sports and Prince Faisal, who had previously appeared at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium.

Both are said to be members of the Saudi royal family.

After the signing ceremony, the Saudi side hosted a banquet for the Chinese delegation from Bayswater.

The whole banquet was very grand and luxurious.

This also made executives such as Yang Cheng and Adam Crozier, as well as first-team players, feel the luxury of the Middle Eastern tycoons.

From Abu Dhabi to Riyadh, every place makes people feel the splendor of the Middle East. Yang Cheng thought: No wonder Adam Crozier and Omar Berrada have been running to the Middle East recently.

Because here there is really a lot of money to be made, come quickly!

Are you stupid?

No, they are not stupid at all.

For example, when the Saudi Minister of Sports and Prince Faisal were chatting privately with Yang Cheng, Adam Crozier and others, they first asked with concern whether the Chinese in Bayswater were interested in selling.

They are obviously also very interested in the team's new stadium project in London.

That is a commercial project signed with Bulgari Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, and it will definitely become a new landmark in London in the future!

They even gave Yang Cheng a vague feeling.

Money is really not a problem!

As long as Yang Cheng is willing to sell.

Various other conditions can also be discussed.

But Yang Cheng always maintained a polite smile and refused to broach the subject.

Prince Faisal was also knowledgeable and changed the subject, but soon returned to football and asked about Liverpool.

"I don't know a lot about this, but in my opinion, the Premier League is now the world's biggest league!"

"From a competitive perspective, I don't think there is any doubt; from a commercial perspective, there is even less of a problem."

"I have every reason to believe that in the next few years, with the advent of the era of globalized football, the Premier League will usher in rapid development, so Liverpool will not lack interested buyers!"

Yang Cheng said this with great confidence.

After that, Yang Cheng analyzed the future development potential of the Premier League from both the competitive and commercial levels.

Adam Crozier saw that Yang Cheng had taken the lead, so he did not hide anything.

As the former chairman of the English Football Association and now representing the Chinese in Bayswater to participate in the specific affairs of the Premier League, Adam Crozier has a deeper understanding of the operation of the Premier League and its globalization process.

Prince Faisal and others got more information from Yang Cheng and Adam Crozier.

Especially in the promotion and development of the Premier League in overseas markets.

The three-year Premier League domestic rights from 09 to 10, which were auctioned in 13, were sold for just 19.5 billion pounds.

This made everyone feel that the auction of the Premier League's local copyright was a cold reception.

At the very least, it is not the continued rapid growth that everyone expected.

But what about overseas copyright auctions?
After the establishment of the Premier League, the overseas copyright auction from 92 to 97 only sold for 4 million pounds.

From 97 to 01, it was sold for 9800 million pounds.

Sold for £01 million between 04 and 1.78.

Sold for £04 million between 07 and 3.25.

From 07 to 10, sales totaled 6.25 million pounds.

Adam Crozier revealed a piece of news to Prince Faisal that the Premier League's overseas copyright sales for the next three years, that is, 10 to 13 years, have very promising prospects.

It is expected to exceed £15 billion.

It could even reach £16 billion.

What a terrifying growth rate!

It's so fast!

What’s even more outrageous is that the globalization of the Premier League is still increasing, and its future potential is still huge.

In the most recent auction, the Premier League's overseas copyright is almost catching up with the domestic market.

Especially in recent seasons, the competition in the Premier League has become increasingly fierce and the games have become more and more exciting, which has greatly attracted the attention of fans all over the world.

Under such circumstances, copyright revenue from overseas markets is also rising.

And all this was something Gillette did not tell Prince Faisal.

Then why did Yang Cheng say so much?

“We Chinese in Bayswater attach great importance to the Middle East market and cherish our cooperation with Saudi companies!”

What I mean is that I did it for the sake of those two sponsorship contracts with a total value of 3000 million pounds.

This made Prince Faisal and others even more convinced.

"It seems that we need to re-evaluate the value of Liverpool!" Prince Faisal thanked Yang Cheng gratefully.

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On the special plane from Riyadh back to London, Yang Cheng, Adam Crozier and Omar Berrada sat in the front row, some distance away from the others.

Everyone could see that they had something to talk about.

The focus is on the Saudi consortium.

According to what has been revealed by the Saudi Sports Minister and Prince Faisal, it is not them personally who are going to acquire Liverpool this time, but the Saudi sovereign fund.

This involves the investment trends in the entire Middle East region in recent years.

Consortiums from the Middle East have been investing in the UK for many years.

For example, in the past few years, the most popular rumor in the UK is that a wealthy man from the Middle East wants to buy the whole of London.

What do you mean?
It is the Middle Eastern funds that are frantically buying assets in London, including the very famous Harrods department store.

There are also high-quality assets near Knightsbridge.

If the acquisition of Fulham by the Egyptian tycoon was considered a private act, then the Dubai consortium's attempt to acquire Liverpool in 2004 and the Abu Dhabi consortium's acquisition of Manchester City in 2008 were all backed by sovereign funds.

And the same Middle Eastern organization is operating in the middle.

This organization is very low-key, with its headquarters in Dubai, and is specifically responsible for acting as a matchmaker for Middle Eastern consortiums to enter the UK.

Not just football, but other assets as well.

As early as after the auction ended in 06, when the Premier League's domestic broadcasting rights suddenly jumped from 11.3 billion pounds to 18.8 billion pounds, the value of the Premier League had already attracted the attention of investors around the world.

After the failure of the Dubai consortium's acquisition of Liverpool, this institution turned to the Abu Dhabi consortium to acquire Manchester City.

Today, it is this organization that is helping the Saudi consortium to contact Liverpool.

"I don't quite understand. You don't seem to be worried about Liverpool being taken over by a Saudi consortium."

Adam Crozier was curious.

As a competitor, with Manchester City rising so fast, Yang Cheng doesn't seem to be afraid of the Red Army's rapid rise after the Saudi consortium acquires Liverpool.

How does this benefit the Chinese in Bayswater?
Yang Cheng smiled slightly.

“Sometimes, the benefits may not necessarily be reflected in direct profits.”

Adam Crozier and Omar Berrada both mulled it over.

"To be honest, compared to the wealthy people in the Middle East, I am more disgusted by the capital players from the United States."

Yang Cheng said this with true feelings.

Adam Crozier and Omar Berrada both agree.

In British football, almost no one likes investors from the United States.

This isn't just because of Glazer, but also Gillette and Hicks.

These American investors never thought about running football properly. They just wanted to make money, and they were eager for quick success.

In comparison, Yang Cheng prefers the Middle Eastern consortium.

They also have their own interests, but at least they are really running the club and are really investing.

Just like Chelsea's Abramovich, isn't he countless times better than those American investors?
In Yang Cheng's opinion, the current Arsenal sold to Usmanov has already acquired the strength to compete with the top teams in the Premier League in just two years.

Isn't this better than selling it to Americans?
Everyone has their own interests and demands.

Abramovich wants fame and influence; Middle Eastern consortiums also want to use the Premier League team to get what they want.

This is normal.

Now, many British media are creating panic, worrying that once foreign capital withdraws, it will leave a mess behind.

But they overlooked one thing.

As the entire Premier League pie becomes bigger and bigger and its influence becomes stronger and stronger, there is no need to worry about whether anyone will take over.

What's more, the Premier League, the FA and UEFA are now formulating relevant financial policies to avoid a series of risks.

Take another ten thousand steps back.

Well, without foreign investment, how will Liverpool solve its current debt of more than 2 million pounds?

If this wealthy team is not taken over by foreign capital, the most likely outcome will be bankruptcy.

Leeds United and Southampton are his previous experiences.

"We are now at a time of rapid globalization. Whether it is Saudi Arabia or Abu Dhabi, their funds will help improve the global competitiveness and influence of the Premier League and make the pie bigger together. This is a good thing for us."

"It's the Americans, on the other hand, who are too eager for quick success!"

The greater the influence of the Premier League, the more valuable the club will be.

This is also a good thing for the Chinese in Bayswater.

As for who wins or loses or who wins the championship on the football field, this is not a problem.

Competitive sports value results, but they don’t value results that much.

There is only one champion per season.

Does it mean that not winning the championship is a failure?
The real success or failure lies in the management of the club and the development of the entire football industry.

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When the Chinese from Bayswater won the Club World Cup in the Middle East and brought back a sponsorship contract worth up to 1700 million pounds a year, it immediately caused an uproar throughout European football.

Everyone is amazed at the money-making ability of the Chinese in Bayswater.

Including the appearance fee and bonus from the Club World Cup, the Chinese from Bayswater made a huge profit on this trip to the Middle East.

The Times even predicted in its report that with the current management capabilities of the Chinese at Bayswater, by the time the new stadium is completed, the club will likely surpass Manchester United and become the most profitable club in the Premier League.

There is even a chance to surpass Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The Chinese in Bayswater have made no secret of their hard-earned goals.

Adam Crozier revealed in an interview with media reporters that Bayswater Chinese hopes to become the highest-earning club in European football.

“This has been our club’s goal for many years!”

No one would doubt the ability of this business genius!

At the competitive level.

While the Chinese from Bayswater were on an expedition to the Middle East, the Premier League had played two rounds of games.

In the 17th round held in the middle of the week, Manchester United defeated Wolves 3-0 at home.

Arsenal beat Burnley 1-0 away.

Chelsea beat Portsmouth 2-1 at home.

Liverpool beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 at home.

Manchester City beat Tottenham 3-2 away from home.

It was the weekend and the 18th round.

In the first game, Liverpool lost 0-2 to the second-to-last team Portsmouth away from home.

The British media didn’t know how to describe this battle.

Liverpool is in terrible shape now anyway.

But what was even more surprising was that Ferguson's Manchester United lost 0-2 to Fulham away from home.

This is another big upset!

The entire European football world was shocked.

Former Chelsea winger Duff fired the Red Devils.

Manchester City narrowly beat the Black Cats Sunderland 4-3 at home.

Arsenal beat Hull City 3-0 at home.

Chelsea drew 1-1 with West Ham United away from home.

Interestingly, both of Chelsea’s goals in this game were penalties.

So, when Yang Cheng brought the Bayswater Chinese back to London, the situation in the Premier League had changed dramatically.

Arsenal is at the top of the Premier League table with 43 points.

After two consecutive seasons of investment, the Gunners have already shown signs of being a champion.

Wenger also expressed excitedly that Arsenal’s ability to regain the Premier League title before Christmas gave him and his players unprecedented confidence!
“We will fight for the championship!”

Not only that, after the 18th round of the Premier League, Arsenal officially announced that it would offer a new contract extension to the team's midfield core Fabregas.

Although the specific weekly salary of the contract extension has not been made public, the Independent, which is close to Arsenal, revealed that if the contract extension is successful, Fabregas' weekly salary at the Gunners will be as high as 20 pounds.

In addition, some other Gunners players have also been included in the contract renewal list.

Ranked second in the Premier League is Manchester City.

The Blue Moon ranked second with 41 points, only 2 points behind Arsenal.

Manchester United is in third place with 40 points.

But Ferguson remained stubborn and said in an interview with media reporters that this was not the first time Wenger had led Manchester United before Christmas.

"In the past few years of the Premier League, there has never been a shortage of teams that performed well in the first half of the season."

"But what really determines success or failure is the Christmas and winter break schedule, and then February and March."

Ferguson believes it is too early for Wenger's team to win the championship!

Bayswater Chinese and Chelsea both have 38 points.

Yang Cheng's team ranked 4th in the Premier League standings thanks to the advantage of goal difference, while Hiddink's team ranked 5th.

Interestingly, after Christmas, on Boxing Day on the 26th, in the 19th round of the Premier League, Bayswater Chinese will host Chelsea at home.

What really gave Yang Cheng a headache was not the score gap in the standings.

Being 5 points behind Arsenal is not too far for Yang Cheng.

What's more, the Chinese team in Bayswater has 3 fewer games.

What worries Yang Cheng is when these three rounds of league matches will be arranged?
To this end, Yang Cheng asked football director Dan Ashworth to contact Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn and Everton respectively.

As long as there is no cup match between the two sides in January, a make-up match will be arranged directly.

Yang Cheng hopes to make up as many games as possible in January.

Otherwise, when the Champions League resumes, all the schedules will be compressed together, which will be a big problem!

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Although the Chinese at Bayswater are busy attending the Club World Cup in the Middle East, the club's Christmas arrangements have not been neglected at all.

Just like last year, under the chairmanship of Adam Crozier, the team immediately started the Christmas process after returning to London, giving gifts to the surrounding communities.

The players visited orphanages, children's hospitals, nursing homes and other places in batches.

What is different from previous years is that Bayswater Chinese have also launched their own Christmas activities at their eight satellite training centers in the surrounding areas of London.

With money paid by the club, each training center also gave Christmas gifts to residents in the community and supplies to the elderly and widowed to help them celebrate the holiday.

Although this cost a lot more money, it greatly improved the image of the Chinese in Bayswater.

Xia Qing conducted a special survey.

After Bayswater Chinese increased their investment in community and fan services for many years, the club's image has been significantly improved.

The direct benefit is that the club's home attendance is constantly rising.

This season, Bayswater Chinese's games at the 9-seat Wembley Stadium are basically sold out.

This has greatly boosted the overall revenue of Bayswater Chinese.

After finishing their Christmas affairs, the Chinese in Bayswater held a grand celebration banquet.

The main purpose is to celebrate the Club World Cup, but also the results of the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup.

Not only players, coaches and employees were invited, but also their families.

Everyone came together to celebrate the achievements made by the Chinese in Bayswater over the past year.

Yang Cheng also announced on behalf of the club that the team has officially launched a new round of contract renewal negotiations.

This was warmly welcomed by everyone in the audience.

Because they all know that contract renewal will come sooner or later, but everyone will get a salary increase.

After Yang Cheng, Adam Crozier also took the stage to introduce the achievements made by the Chinese in Bayswater in the past year.

As the team's CEO, he mainly introduced the overall situation of the club.

Commercial Director Omar Berrada took the stage to introduce the club's achievements on the commercial level.

At this time, Omar Berrada also revealed a specific development.

That is, with the help of the club, three players in the team have signed commercial sponsorship contracts with sponsors.

Omar Berrada didn't reveal it, but the three players are Gareth Bale, Walcott and Carroll.

Among them, Gareth Bale signed 3 sponsorship contracts.

Walcott and Carroll each signed one, and both are British companies.

Their sponsorship contracts with Nike and Adidas are still under negotiation.

Omar Berrada promised that in the coming years, the Ministry of Commerce will invest greatly in players and strive to create greater benefits for every player.

Director of Football Dan Ashworth introduced the club's achievements in the first team, youth team and youth training system, as well as the results of major satellite training centers.

Nowadays, the Chinese in Bayswater have large families and businesses.

The youth training camp is well-known in the UK and even in European football.

The results are also quite good.

Dan Ashworth proudly stated that the Chinese at Bayswater are recognized by UEFA as the leaders in European youth training.

Because the Bayswater Chinese U19 youth team won the U19 Champions League last season.

The heroes are naturally Paul Pogba, Kante and others.

After years of continuous investment, Bayswater Chinese has also sold many youth team players.

Basically, they are young players who do not meet the requirements of the first team but have performed well in the youth team.

This generated more than 10 million pounds in revenue for the youth training camp.

Xia Qing had secretly settled an account with Yang Cheng before.

From now on, after five years of intensive investment, the Chinese in Bayswater finally began to see income.

Of course, this is because the team’s initial investment was too large, especially the satellite training center.

This business is still expanding and will require further investment in the future.

Therefore, there is no possibility of profitability for the time being.

But Yang Cheng believes that as youth training talents become more and more expensive in the next few years, the Bayswater Chinese Youth Training Camp will be a golden chicken that will place orders.

Not only can it provide a steady supply of talent for the first team, but it can also generate revenue for the club by selling young players.

Given the current status of the Chinese in Bayswater, most of the players in the youth team cannot meet the requirements of the first team, but if they can go to the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, or to the Championship, they will definitely be popular.

After several years of development, especially in recent years, the overall technical and tactical style of the Premier League has changed.

Back then, the technology-focused youth training concept that Yang Cheng created for the Bayswater Chinese youth training camp undoubtedly produced very likable players.

By releasing a group of players every year, as long as professional players from the Championship and even the Premier League continue to emerge, the reputation of Bayswater Chinese youth training will become more and more famous.

At least in the Premier League nowadays, the Chinese at Bayswater can definitely be considered as top youth training.

Only the club's top management knew that there was actually another major signing, and they planned to wait until after Christmas to announce it at the right time.

(End of this chapter)