Chapter 1231 Manchester Club

Zhou Buqi complained again, the Gulfstream G550 is really too small.

In the recent flights, apart from Shi Jinglin, Xue Baoshan, Sun Guanran, Feng Muer, Yang Mi, Jiang Bingjie, and Li Xinwan, there are two bodyguards, and there are as many as 10 people traveling.

Somewhat crowded.

With male bodyguards around, it's inconvenient for the girls to have fun, and it's necessary to avoid suspicion if they sleep on their heads.

We have to take advantage of the financial crisis to buy a bigger plane.

This Gulfstream is registered in China and belongs to Ziweixing Group. The procedures for flying back and forth abroad are more complicated. It is necessary to declare the route half a day in advance, and then approve the procedures.

This wave of private equity funds was established, and they bought a private jet in the name of a necessary means of transportation for private equity work, and registered it in the United States, so that future travel will be convenient.

On the plane, everyone was watching a movie, which was Disney's cartoon "Robot Story".

Zhou Buqi got up to go to the bathroom.

"Godfather! Godfather! Father Zhou!"

Yang Mi blushed, and ran over shyly, her expression a little cramped and nervous.

"What are you doing? Want to eat it secretly? Don't be afraid of being seen? Come in!"

Zhou Buqi glanced back at her, looked around, and quickly opened the bathroom door, trying to hide her in. They were mostly watching movies, so they probably didn't pay attention to this side.

Yang Mi's pretty face turned even redder, and she quickly took two steps back, "I...I won't go."

"Huh? Then what are you going to do?"

"me……"

"What are you afraid of, just say something."

Yang Mi whispered: "Godfather, Manchester is too boring and lifeless, you go to discuss big business, and we will be idle when we go."

Zhou Buqi was a little amused, "Do you want to go out to play?"

Yang Mi's beautiful eyes sparkled, she was full of anticipation, "Is it okay?"

"Send you to London?"

"I want to go to Milan, Paris is also fine."

"go shopping?"

"Yeah!" Yang Mi smiled beautifully, blinked her eyes playfully, leaned over, and whispered: "Let those two little girls buy more gifts and go home, so their parents will be happy too."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Let me ask, contact a security company, and then you two will go together."

"Anbao..." Yang Mi was a little dizzy, "No need? I'm just a young actor, no one knows me..."

Zhou Buqi glared at her, "Be careful, someone abducted you!"

Yang Mi pursed her lips, "I'm not that stupid."

"Okay, that's it." Zhou Buqi waved his hand, went into the bathroom, and looked back at her, "Well...do you want to come in and eat?"

Yang Mi covered her mouth and snickered, "No, I'm going to watch cartoons."

...

This trip to Manchester is mainly to have a formal meeting with the Manchester United board of directors.

It wasn't enough that the Glazers agreed to sell.

The approval of Manchester United's board of directors must also be sought.

In the board of directors, the most powerful are the veterans, such as Manchester United CEO David Gill, the legendary Bobby Charlton, and the current head coach Sir Alex Ferguson.

The most important of course is Ferguson.

Without his support, the deal would not have been possible.

When the Glazer family was able to take over Manchester United, it was the worst thing Sir Ferguson did in his life, and he was behind the push.

Because Ferguson had a conflict with Manchester United's major shareholders at that time, he was very annoyed, and then wanted to squeeze the other party away. It just so happened that Manchester United's minority shareholders, the Glazer family, intended to gain control of Manchester United, and they hit it off.

Then Ferguson struggled.

All of United's profits were taken to pay off debts, and he didn't get a penny in transfer fees. Want to improve the team lineup, what should I do? You can only sell players. The transfer income from selling players cannot be used to buy players, and half of them must be used to pay off debts. After selling Ronaldo, he even wanted to sell Carlos Tevez to Manchester City...

In just a few years, Manchester United's all-European first-class lineup has been reduced to a third-rate European team. Sir Alex Ferguson is a god-level coach, and he can achieve first-class results even with a third-rate lineup. But once he retired and another coach came on stage, Manchester United collapsed completely, and the competitive level was terrible.

There is another big guy who is in the same situation as Ferguson-Professor Wenger of Arsenal.

Kroenke was able to enter Arsenal because Wenger didn't like Russian local tyrants. While boycotting Russian funds, he pushed Kroenke to enter Arsenal behind his back. To sell the captain to pay off the debt...

There is no obstacle in front of Zhou Buqi.

Everyone who loves Manchester United hates the Glazer family. At this time, someone can come out to save Manchester United from the dire straits, and there will be no resistance.

Moreover, in the case of Manchester United, Zhou Buqi has huge ambitions, which are enough for him to gain all the praise and support.

When they arrived in Manchester, Zhou Buqi relied on Joel Glazer's relationship, contacted the local security company, found two female bodyguards, and asked them to accompany the girls to Milan. Xue Baoshan and Sun Wanran were left beside him as assistants to participate in the communication with the Manchester United board of directors.

Here, Dad and Zhu Jun have organized a financial advisory team of more than 20 people, including investment advisors such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan, HSBC, and Barclays, as well as firms such as KPMG to help with due diligence, which is quite impressive.

As soon as they met, Zhu Jun laughed loudly, "Two months at the most, I will definitely win Manchester United!"

"How about the due diligence?"

"In the beginning, clubs like Manchester United were not a big problem. I met Ed last night, um... his name is Ed Woodward, and he is now the vice chairman of the board of Manchester United."

"Oh, I know him!"

Zhou Buqi couldn't help being amused.

Ed Woodward, the well-known "San Dezi", will help the Glazer family take charge of Manchester United in the future. Very capable, good at business, not so good at football.

He used to be an investment manager of Morgan, a middle-level lender. At that time, the Glazer family got a loan from Morgan, knew him, and then invited him to join Manchester United.

After Ferguson retired, Manchester United's competitive level declined sharply, but its business operations continued to rise. Every year, they can't even enter the Champions League, but their income can compete with Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​which won the championship. The competitive level is Huangsa Ren, and the commercial level is Huangsa United.

It can be seen that this guy from an investment bank has a magical way of making money.

Zhu Jundao: "Manchester United's current debt is 700 million pounds. Except for a small part of low-interest loans, most of the loans have high interest rates. Among them, 350 million pounds have a loan interest rate of 7.6%, and 270 million pounds are usury loans with high annual interest rates. 16.5%. The money is troublesome and needs to be repaid as soon as possible."

Zhou Buqi asked in surprise, "Why are there so many?"

Zhu Jun curled his lips and said, "The loan shark was borrowed in September."

"hehe!"

Zhou Buqi sneered twice.

The Glazer family ran into financial difficulties and used Manchester United as a cash machine. No wonder the Manchester United people scolded them so badly, it was too much.

The Glazer leveraged buyout of Manchester United back then had already cost Manchester United £500 million for them. After several years of repayment, I thought I could take a breather, but a new debt came up.

It is estimated that Sir Charlton and Sir Ferguson, the veterans, are numb, and their hearts are ashamed.

Zhou Buqi asked, "Have you seen Ferguson?"

"No, but I met their CEO, David Gill, who has a very positive attitude and is actively cooperating. His attitude is exactly that of Ferguson."

"This case cannot be delayed, it must be concluded as soon as possible. The Champions League knockout round begins... No, the acquisition must be completed before the winter transfer window opens!"

Zhou Buqi saw the true face of the Glazer family, so he was able to take precautions.

The better the results, the more income. Now that Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez have not transferred, Manchester United has the best lineup in Europe and can continue to kill the Quartet on all fronts.

Must be fast.

During the acquisition phase, the club's finances are frozen and players cannot be bought or sold. Using the winter transfer window as an excuse is fair and above board.

Zhu Jun glanced at him, and asked tentatively, "Have you met the old man of the Glazers?"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Yes."

"How did you say it? Have you negotiated the price?"

"Not talking, just agreeing to start negotiations."

"If you want to buy Manchester United, it is difficult to satisfy their appetite without paying a sky-high price. The Chinese consortium in Thailand rejected the offer of 1 billion pounds. This is true."

Zhu Jun secretly sighed.

In China, he can be regarded as a rich player. He maintains the Shenhua team and invests 10 million US dollars every year. However, compared with the Premier League giants, it is really far behind!

His family background is really not enough.

Zhou Buqi didn't take it seriously, "The problem that money can solve is not a problem! Tomorrow, I will call my dad, along with people from Goldman Sachs and HSBC, and meet with the management of Manchester United to clarify our philosophy. As long as Ferguson If you accept it, the Glazer family will have no way out."

Zhu Jun looked at him up and down, a little strange, "Why are you so confident?"

Zhou Buqi laughed and said: "The money is in place, what can't be done?"

"Do you really have so much cash in your hand? I have made it clear in advance that I will pay up to 100 million US dollars, and there will be no more." Zhu Jun said seriously.

"Small idea," Zhou Buqi waved his hand, half-jokingly said, "I'm short of money, I can go to my rival in the same city to get it!"

"A rival in the same city?"

"Man City!"

"Ask Manchester City for money?"

Zhu Jun obviously couldn't understand.

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Go to the big consortium behind Manchester City and ask for money."

"Abu Dhabi consortium?"

"Um."

"By the way, I've heard something." Zhu Jun's level is not high enough, and he doesn't know what business Zhou Buqi is doing recently. After going abroad, he only cares about football. "Before the Abu Dhabi consortium bought Manchester City, in fact Pretty much what you think."

"Me? Are they going to buy Arsenal?"

"No, they want to buy Liverpool. But after more than a month, they found that Liverpool's shareholding structure is too complicated and it is very difficult to operate. Then they went to Manchester to buy Manchester City from Thaksin."

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, from this perspective, the Glazer family has done something good. It has sorted out Manchester United's shareholding structure. It is convenient to trade."

Prior to this, Manchester United was a listed company, with 25% of its share capital circulating in the secondary market, and there were six major shareholders, which needed to be contacted by the Glazer family little by little.

This process is very complicated, and the cost of finding a consultant is also high.

It took a lot of effort to privatize and delist Manchester United, turning it into a private club, and offending everyone inside and outside the club, which made it possible for Zhou Buqi to take over . If it weren't for this, it would be very difficult for him as an Asian to have the opportunity to join a club of Manchester United's level.