UEFA headquarters, Nyon, Switzerland.

Before the UEFA Cup final 32 knockout draw, the UEFA Cup quarterfinals draw was first held.

Fang Jue did not pay attention to the draw of the European Champions League, and that was not his stage.

After the draw of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals 16 knockout round, the draw of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals 32 knockout round was held.

Saint-Etienne, who was in the same group as Ibiza, was first drawn out. The Ligue 1 team drew Dynamo Kiev, who was ‘relegated’ from the Champions League. This can be said to be a draw. Not to mention the strong strength of Dynamo Kiev, it will be a visit to Ukraine in February. This is not a warm and comfortable journey.

Then, Olympiacos, the strong team in the third sequence of the group, was drawn to the CSKA Moscow. The Greeks were very lucky and Russia welcomed them in the snow and ice.

Ibiza was drawn immediately afterwards. When he was a guest of lottery draw, the football legend of Turkey, the country where Istanbul is located, Fang Jue showed an extremely surprised expression when he read "Aston Villa".

He was really surprised. When he saw that there was Aston Villa in the third group he might have encountered, he muttered that it would be fun to meet Aston Villa. Unexpectedly, he really missed Aston Villa.

"It seems that Coach Fang Jue is very surprised." Spanish National TV anchor Mike Pirano, who was broadcasting the lottery, said with a smile, "Aston Villa, this is a relatively difficult opponent, and this is not a good sign."

Currently in the Premier League standings, Aston Villa ranks fourth with 34 points, only 4 points behind Liverpool, and three points ahead of Arsenal, the fifth place, which shows that his strength is good.

"Of course, Aston Villa head coach Martin O'Neal will definitely not be too satisfied with the draw result." McPirano said, "Ibiza is the leader in La Liga and has won Barcelona and Real Madrid in the league."

Pirano is right. Aston Villa head coach Martin O'Neal looked serious and shook his head slightly. He was obviously not satisfied with the lottery result. Although Ibiza is a La Liga promoted team, no one will look at Ibiza from the perspective of looking at the newly promoted team. This is the leader in La Liga!

In addition to the three sets of matches drawn, the other games are attracting attention, after all, AC Milan vs. Werder Bremen, Tottenham Hotspur vs. Donetsk miners, Fiorentina vs. Ajax, and Paris Saint-Germain vs. Wolfsburg.

...

Fang Jue did not spend the night in Nyon, and took a flight overnight to Birmingham, England and Miss Papa.

After a passionate turn-based adventure game.

Papa and Fang Jue talked about the progress of negotiations with Aston Villa.

Although Miss Papa came to Birmingham, she was behind the scenes and directed the team to negotiate, but she did not show up. The acquisition of Aston Villa was also an offshore company registered in the Cayman Islands, ensuring confidentiality.

Randylna lion opened his mouth and asked for £150 million.

This is obviously a sky-high price. You should know that just two and a half years ago, when the Americans acquired Aston Villa, they only spent 66 million pounds. Fang Jue and Miss Papa once asked a professional team to estimate that in the past two and a half years, the appreciation of the club's value, the value of future potential, etc., the market price of Aston Villa club should be about 100 million pounds.

Obviously, Randylna's plan was that if the other party was stupid and had a lot of money and was really willing to spend 150 million pounds to acquire Aston Villa, he would naturally be happy to make a big profit and let go.

If the other party does not agree with this price, then continue to bargain and drag it first.

"Can he stand to drag it, can he stand to drag it?" Fang Jue asked.

He got news from Papa that Mr. Randy Lerner, the American boss of Aston Villa, was very unlucky recently. He had not been able to obtain a license to repay the loan. It was still nine days away from the repayment period of the loan, and it was difficult for Randy Lerner to raise the high loan.

...

"According to the news I received, Randylna has found a way to raise funds," Papa said.

Randy Lerner had to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall. He was considering using the Aston Villa Club equity as collateral to obtain a loan from the famous Elliott hedge fund to fill the debt crisis caused by Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy.

"Landilner is still hesitating now, mainly because Elliott hedge fund is a well-known vulture fund. He is worried that if there is another problem with his capital chain, it will lead to his loss of control of the Aston Villa club."

Papa received the news that the conditions of Elliott hedge funds are very harsh. Not only are the interest rates very high, but Randilna must raise funds to redeem Aston Villa's equity in a year. In fact, Elliott hedge funds have always liked to seize high-quality mortgage assets in this way. They hope that Randilna will not pay back the principal and interest of the mortgage loan.

"And, I got the news that the Cleveland Bruins, a NFL team under Randylner, is now in a financial crisis. He is forced to tilt the already tight funds to the football team, so he doesn't care about football..."

"In the hearts of Americans, football is naturally more important than football." Fang Jue said with a smile.

"Do you think it is very likely that Landilner will choose to make a mortgage loan from a hedge fund?" Fang Jue asked.

"It's possible." Papa nodded and said, "If he chooses this way to temporarily deal with the upcoming financial crisis, he is betting and waiting. He is waiting for the result after the end of this Premier League season. If Aston Villa can enter the European Champions League, then Aston Villa will receive generous bonuses and broadcast dividends in the new season, which can directly alleviate or even solve his capital chain crisis."

"If Aston Villa fails to reach the top four in the league as he wishes, the situation facing Randylna will be worse. If he is lucky, he will expect us or other buyers to be interested in Aston Villa and be able to buy the team at a relatively fair price. Otherwise, he may face the danger of club control being seized by hedge fund companies."

...

"We must avoid Landilna from mortgage loans to hedge fund companies with Aston Villa equity." Fang Jue shook his head and said, "that will cause unnecessary trouble."

Anything that can be very troublesome as long as you connect with these hedge fund companies, especially hedge funds with a bad reputation like Elliott.

"Papa, please help me analyze it. If Aston Villa's performance is bad, will it prompt Randylna to make up his mind to sell the team in advance?" Fang Jue asked.

"It depends on how bad the results are, and it needs to be at the point where Randylna is very disappointed and very discouraged."

"In the 16th final of the UEFA Cup, Ibiza drew Aston Villa." Fang Jue showed an excited expression, "If the team can beat Aston Villa in both rounds, will this completely disappoint Randyrena?"

"There will be an impact, but it is not enough. Aston Villa's performance in the Premier League has been declining. After all, what Randilna values ​​most is that the team can enter the top four in the league." Papa thought for a while and shook her head. She was confident about Fang Jue. She believed that Fang Jue could lead Ibiza to teach Aston Villa a heavy lesson in the League Cup, but Aston Villa's performance in the Premier League is not something they can control.

"I think you can give it a try." Fang Jue's eyes shining brightly, "Maybe Aston Villa lost badly in the League Cup, his morale was low, and he also began to have bad luck in the Premier League."

"Listen to you." Papa nodded.

"Now the problem is that Randy Lerna's authorization for delayed repayment has been denied... It's too late to go." Fang Jue looked at Papa as he spoke.

"Maybe, things have a turnaround." Papa said, and then he saw Fang Jue's narrow smile and blushed, "Did you guess it?"

"I just doubted it just now, but now I know." Fang Jue said with a smile.

"Are you cheating me?" Miss Papa rushed up and pretended to whine.

"Stop making trouble." Fang Jue hugged Papa, "I didn't tell me before, are you worried that I won't accept it?"

"Yeah." Papa blinked, "I have studied some books, which say that Chinese men are very proud of their face and do not accept the help of the woman's family."

"It can't be said that it's incorrect. Some people don't mind this, but some people will mind it, this varies from person to person."

"What about you?" Papa asked.

"If it were me in the past, I might mind this." Fang Jue looked at Papa with gentle eyes, "But just because it was you, Papa, since I decided to be with you, I would accept you, and you would accept that you are richer than me, have connections, and are better than me. Accept all this and abandon the so-called face and self-esteem, and you will find that this is nothing, the most important thing is that the two people are together."

Papa was moved. She felt a little guilty. It was really not worth it to be so rich. She felt that Fang Jue was wronged.

However, something was wrong. Papa felt something was wrong. However, before she could figure it out in her mind, Fang Jue expressed his love with actions. Papa was very sensitive. Her mind and body were immediately occupied by strong love, and she didn't care about anything else.

Fang Jue didn't lie. He has accepted all this since he accepted Papa: he should have refused, but the problem is that he accepted the acquisition of the team with Papa, which is like having a soft rice. The soft rice thing has taken the first bite...

Of course, Fang Jue himself would not admit this.

...

The next day, Aston Villa boss Randy Lerner received an unexpected surprise: the bank agreed to his authorization letter for delaying repayment of the loan, but what surprised him and was crazy was that the bank said that given that his repayment ability was questioned, the bank did not recognize the extension period he applied for, and could only extend it for one month. Then, he continued to apply next month. If the application was approved, it could continue to be extended for one month, and so on.

Randylna's face turned green. Damn it, this is simply to force someone to death. This month after month, although it temporarily alleviated his financial pressure, the psychological pressure was so uncomfortable.

However, he could only choose to accept it with a smile on his face, and he had to call the bank executive he knew and said 'Thank you'.

Then, during the negotiations, the team members arranged by Fang Jue and Miss Papa noticed that the Americans' faces had improved, and they even trembled with their waists while walking. During the negotiations, they insisted that the price would not let go. Those who didn't know the inside story really thought that the Americans had really solved the hidden danger of the financial crisis.

In the end, the negotiations ended unhappily on that day.

Fang Jue and Miss Papa handed over the negotiations to the team, and the two began to enjoy the Christmas holiday.

However, Fang Jue made a request that Papa felt strange, that is, to get Aston Villa's shares, even one percent of the shares.

Fang Jue explained that this is a psychological analysis. As long as you open a hole, it will be easier afterwards, and people will follow inertia.

At first glance, it seems to make sense, but if you think about it carefully, you will realize that this is a fallacy and has no nutrition.

Miss Papa was very smart, so she naturally would not be deceived by such an explanation. However, although the other party felt that this request was strange, since Fang Jue said it, Papa was indecisive.

Two days later, Christmas Eve.

Fang Jue received Christmas Eve gifts, and F&P successfully acquired one percent of Aston Villa's shares. F&P is an offshore company registered and established by Fang Jue and Miss Papa in the Cayman Islands. F and P are taken from the initial letters of Fang Jue's surname and the initial letters of Papa's name respectively.

F&P's negotiating team proposed that in order to show their sincerity in acquiring Aston Villa club, they are willing to acquire one percent of Aston Villa for 1.5 million pounds, which happened to be acquired at the price of 150 million pounds proposed by Randylna.

Randylena happily accepted this proposal. For the American boss who is in a financial crisis, every amount of money is precious. Moreover, he only sold one percent of the shares. He did not think that even a slight threat to his control of Aston Villa. Most importantly, he was very satisfied with this price. In Randylena's view, the plan to pick up a car by the negotiating team of F&P to show sincerity is simply a trick. This is the first time he has seen such an unprofessional team...

The head of the negotiation team of F&P Company was also helpless. They even felt that this small plan would become a discordant flaw in their years of outstanding work, and even became a joke topic for their peers. However, this was the eldest lady's order, and the team could only follow it.
Chapter completed!