Red Rebels

There is an old saying in China, which goes that all the bustle in the world is for the benefit of the future; the hustle and bustle of the world is for the benefit of the future!

The same is true for these giant teams in European football!

To explain it with the most typical La Liga, because Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga almost represent the relationship between the European football giants and non-rich teams, as well as the distribution of interests.

As we all know, the majority of a club’s income comes from broadcast fees, but looking at La Liga, two teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid, account for more than half of the broadcast fee income. Of the remaining part, the bulk of the revenue comes from Valencia, Atletico Madrid, Teams such as Deportivo La Coruna shared it, and what was finally distributed to small teams such as Malaga and Racing Santander was only a pitiful small part of it.

Although this is due to the fact that La Liga teams negotiate broadcast rights separately, and Real Madrid and Barcelona are far more attractive than other small and medium-sized teams, don't Real Madrid and Barcelona know that the high price they have obtained At the cost of broadcasting fees, the lives of other mid- and lower-tier teams in La Liga are becoming increasingly difficult?

Obviously, Florentino and Laporta are not fools. They know better than anyone else, but why are they so stubborn?

The reason is simple, they are happy to use this method to maintain the dominance of Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga.

Let me ask, if La Liga bundles broadcasting fees according to the Premier League method, and then divides them according to rankings, then Real Madrid and Barcelona will not be able to easily poach their favorite players from other teams as they are now, but they will also It is facing greater challenges, because other teams' income from broadcast fees has increased, their ability to purchase stars has also improved, and their combat effectiveness has also become stronger.

In turn, both Real Madrid and Barcelona account for the bulk of the broadcast fees, making it difficult for other teams to survive. Once a player performs well, Real Madrid and Barcelona can easily buy this player just by waving their checks.

A small transfer fee is nothing to Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but what they get is the enhancement of the team's strength and the weakening of competitors, so that they can better dominate La Liga.

The same principle, magnified, also applies to g14!

But Xiao Yu now wants to make them understand that either they change or they are forced to disband. The situation is already very serious!

……………………“Since 2002, g14 has shouted the slogan “The future is in the whole of Europe”, but now three years have passed and we have never been able to spread our influence. We are still a powerful organization. This It was nothing at first, but now, as UEFA and FIFA regard G14 as a serious concern, and as our confrontation with these two major football powers becomes more and more intense, the situation is completely different from that in 2002!"

"UEFA and FIFA have been conspiring to disband the G14. I think everyone knows this, but what you don't know is that their plan is about to take shape. At present, we can be said to be walking at a crossroads, either reform , or be forced to disband, then UEFA may follow the people's will and establish a club alliance to replace G14!"

Xiao Yu has a conservative view on the so-called European Club Alliance. After all, this is an organization under UEFA. Whether he can truly represent the club and fight for the interests of the club and UEFA is really not optimistic. .

As for the current situation of g14, insiders are undoubtedly the clearest. After all, the role of this organization has been weakened a lot since its establishment, and many teams within the organization have also fallen. This has reduced the influence of the organization. Getting smaller and smaller.

Florentino and Galliani are both advocates of g14. They have also seen the transformation of g14, so when they communicated with Xiao Yu before, Xiao Yu had already convinced them with his own ideas. This is also The reason why they continue to support joining g14.

Now it seems that Xiao Yu's words really hit the point of the g14 gang. Indeed, the current g14 can no longer play the role it once did. Their contact and communication with FIFA and UEFA Fewer and fewer,

It can even be said that they are in completely opposite positions, each treating the other as a mortal enemy, and there is less and less cooperation within the club.

According to the ideal state, g14 should be a bridge of communication between the club and FIFA and UEFA. It can operate with readability, represent the interests of all clubs, and be an organization that can have equal dialogue with FIFA and UEFA.

But judging from the current situation, g14 has lost its basic function.

This made everyone present speechless. They had to admit that Xiao Yu's analysis was clear and very forward-looking, including Real Madrid's Florentino, AC Milan's Galliani, Bayern's Rummenigge and other wealthy club bosses all stood up and clapped to show their approval of Xiao Yu's words.

"So what do Mr. Xiao Yu think about the current situation of g14?" After the applause ended, Betega asked. As the current chairman of g14, he is also happy to hear opinions that are beneficial to the organization.

"Work together, the clubs within the organization act in unison, and refuse members to only care about their own interests and ignore the organization; clarify our purpose, establish the purpose of striving for the interests of the majority of clubs, and increase communication and contact with UEFA and FIFA; finally, I think we should expand our army further!”

Xiao Yu's three suggestions caused many people present to talk a lot, because these three things can be said to have directly hit the critical point of the current g14.

"We should all be very clear that acting alone cannot achieve a big effect, which is why G14 was established back then; as for establishing a purpose and representing the interests of the majority of clubs, this can win more support for us. Giving us a greater voice and increasing communication with UEFA and FIFA can also ease the conflicts between us and these two organizations, while expanding the army can quickly increase the organization's influence."

In addition, Xiao Yu also proposed to further strengthen the G14 internal agreement, that is, private poaching between giants should be eliminated and replaced by negotiation.

As soon as Xiao Yu said this, almost all the members at the meeting supported it. Except for Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​other clubs were very supportive because they had been harassed, but neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona would reject Xiao Yu's offer. Proposal, because they also know that the reason why Chelsea cannot join G14 is because they broke the rules.

The reason why you can join g14 is very simple. You have a good network of contacts in European football, but what about Chelsea? As they poached people everywhere, the club's strength has indeed improved, and they have won the Premier League championship, becoming a force that cannot be ignored in European football. But in the end, they have offended almost all members of G14, even Einho temperature.

This makes entering G14 a matter of course, but Chelsea didn't even mention it!

…………………… Regarding Xiao Yu’s proposal, it can be said that the members of g14 have already known it well and did not mention it before. That is because everyone is looking out for themselves and no one is willing to play this role.

But the situation is different now. I took on this task and received support from clubs including Real Madrid, AC Milan, Bayern, Ajax and other clubs. This immediately greatly improved my voice within G14, but Xiao Yu is not stupid either. He understands the principle of shooting the first bird, so he just expressed his opinions when they met.

When Xiao Yu started the negotiation, the original g14 group was still the ones who actually negotiated. They took a back seat to avoid being the target of public criticism. After all, there is currently no such deep-rooted strength in Europe as Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Regarding the many suggestions put forward by Xiao Yu, Betejia believed that they still needed to be studied, especially how to implement them, so he suggested extending the G14 meeting and allowing members to stay to discuss the details of how to implement them.

In the next three days, Brussels became the focus of countless sports media in Europe, especially the G14 meeting. In the past two years, the G14 meeting had become a mere formality, but this year it was held for three consecutive days for the first time. The media captured the news and gathered in Brussels.

As a new member of G14, the media generally did not pay much attention, especially when football big names such as Bettega, Florentino, Galliani and Rummenigge attended the press conference. They even forgot about it.

This meeting of g14 further strengthened the ties between members internally and established a series of rules and regulations established by the previous organization, especially the agreement that clubs should not poach privately from each other.

Externally, Bettega and others attended the press conference and announced that g14 would further expand its ranks. Many teams that had previously submitted applications to join the organization were under consideration. It was initially decided that g14 would expand from The current 19 teams have been expanded to 30.

The media was surprised by G14's decision, because this organization has been calling for military expansion for two years, but they always only hear the sound of the stairs, but no one comes down. Now it is really going to expand the military.

"In addition to expanding the army, we are also considering changing the name of the organization and initially drafting the [European Club Alliance]. We will further determine the qualifications of members, including financial health, etc. We welcome all clubs in Europe to join, and we will Take responsibility for representing the interests of European clubs."

The purpose of changing the name is to further establish the organization's business philosophy, and also to prove to everyone that the organization will gradually transform from representing only the interests of wealthy teams to representing the interests of all clubs.

Of course, this is said in name, but in essence, in this organization, the final say is still with the wealthy forces. After all, it is difficult for those middle and lower-tier clubs to compete with the wealthy teams. However, these smart football people naturally know that, just from the title Make a change, but it can give g14 more and greater support.

As for the target of expansion, the wealthy bosses are very clear that the current situation is that g14 must further expand its influence, so their expansion goals are not limited to the four major leagues and second-tier leagues such as Portugal, France and the Netherlands. They will also further attract football forces from Eastern European leagues to join.

However, although the number of expansion teams is large, the requirements are not low. The most important thing is that the club must have a good financial situation, complete hardware facilities such as stadiums and training bases, and the performance must meet certain standards.

It can be said that g14 intends to build the future European Club Alliance into the most influential club force in Europe, and then use this force to represent the club to demand more benefits and voice from UEFA and FIFA.

For so many years, UEFA and FIFA have firmly controlled the biggest interests of football around the world. They are not good birds. Their absolute power makes them [***] unbearable. Regarding this, as an insider People know better than anyone else, so they eagerly hope to gain the benefits they deserve for the club through the rise of the club's power.

However, G14 also further appealed at the press conference, hoping to have a fair dialogue with FIFA and UEFA and allowing clubs to put forward their own ideas and suggestions on some issues. This was also regarded by the media as the club alliance’s hope to improve its relationship with the international community. A big signal for the relationship between Football Federation and UEFA.

However, FIFA President Blatter and UEFA President Johansson both refused to respond to appeals from club forces. Johansson even stated in an interview with reporters that he would not engage in activities with unrecognized illegal organizations. meeting.

"I will not talk to them. If they want to put forward their own ideas and opinions, fine, according to UEFA's rules, they submit their opinions and applications to the national football association, and then the football association sends them to UEFA. As long as it complies with the procedures, we will pay attention to it. Otherwise, I have no chance of talking to them!"

Johansson's reply obviously rejected the call of G14, but as the football bosses of G14, they have already guessed this prospect. The reason why they are posing is just to win more impression points from the outside world. , exposing the image of FIFA and UEFA as brutal and overbearing readers.

In private, the bosses of g14 have begun to plan a brand new war. The first thing they will bear the brunt of is that they will fully support the Charleroi club from Belgium to sue FIFA because in November 2004, the club The club's Moroccan international player Oulemes was injured in the national team game and was absent for 8 months, which caused Charleroi's strength to be damaged and missed the qualification to participate in the Champions League. ／~半♣福*生：.*No pop-ups? @++

Not long after the incident, Charleroi filed a lawsuit with the Moroccan Football Association for compensation, but the Moroccan Football Association refused to pay the compensation. Later, Charleroi filed a lawsuit against FIFA in the local criminal court of Belgium.

This lawsuit did not attract much attention at first, but with the intervention of g14, Charleroi, with the support of g14, filed a joint lawsuit with FIFA, requesting compensation from FIFA for the recruitment of national players in the past 10 years. The compensation costs are as high as US$800 million.

From Brussels announcing the military expansion to supporting Charleroi in suing FIFA for a sky-high price of 800 million, the whole process only lasted three days, but this was just the beginning.

Immediately afterwards, g14 found Andrew Jennings. This English reporter had evidence of corruption and bribery at FIFA that had been collected for many years, including FIFA President Blatter and UEFA President Johansson. , in addition, there are a lot of inside stories about the disputes over the qualifications to bid for the 2006 World Cup, etc.

Andrew Jennings has been collecting this evidence for many years, but has always suffered from lack of opportunities. Now, with the support of g14, he decided to come forward and disclose a large number of these inside information. Although this evidence cannot pose a threat to FIFA, a non-governmental organization, it does It's enough to bring FIFA into disrepute.

For a time, the entire European continent and even the world of football were shocked!

But when everyone was surprised by the sudden power of g14, giving FIFA and UEFA one heavy blow after another, Xiao Yu, who was the first to ignite the flames of war, returned to Manchester and was happy. Sign your name on a record-breaking sponsorship contract!