Song Shiwan vaguely remembered that after 2003, European football formed a vicious circle. Before 2003, only Real Madrid was engaged in a superstar policy, and every position had to stand at the Galaxy Battleship of the world's top superstars. Almost every move, every signing would get the attention of the whole world. But after 2003, when the Ruble Legion rose in Britain, Chelsea, led by Abu, instantly replaced Real Madrid as a football tycoon and began to play gold and dollar all over the world. Especially when Mourinho, the head coach who sells people and spends money, Chelsea's signings could be said to be spending money!

At that time, no matter whether you are a Premier League fan or not, you will be attracted by Chelsea news on the Internet, just like the future rich legions such as Manchester City, Paris, and Morocco.

What Song Shiwan didn't expect was that in the winter of 2002, he actually met the Russian rich man Abu, who made the entire football world fall under the pomegranate skirt of the ruble in the future.

This morning, Song Shiwan took a bunch of folders to work, and after arriving at the club, he arranged new tactical training for the players, turned around and said to the team doctor: "I want a more detailed report from the players. I want to clearly guide their lactic acid content, maximum oxygen intake, whether there is any inflammation in the body, and whether there is any record of using special medicines. In short, I have to know everything about their bodies!"

The team doctor is stupid. During this period of 2002, who would give players a report that has lactic acid content and maximum oxygen intake?

"I don't know or can't do it? If you think you can't do it, OK, take the players to Nottingham Forest, and make an appointment for the players to have a very detailed physical examination. I want to know whether every indicator of their body is within the normal range and what consequences will this indicator lead to if it is not within the normal range. Don't worry, the club will understand this money?"

If the team doctor is amnesty, it would be better to kill him directly if he was allowed to complete such a arduous task with Leeds' medical environment.

At this moment, Ridzdale's secretary appeared on the court: "Mr. Song, Mr. Chairman, let you go there."

Song Shiwan was stunned for a moment. Ridzdale had never looked for him since he was the head coach. What does this mean now? Praise and let himself do it well? This seems unlikely... What if he doesn't matter, don't you know after you go?

Just as he was about to walk to Ridzdale's office, the chairman's secretary opened his mouth and said: "Mr. Chairman asked me to tell you, prepare some information about the heavyweights in today's football world. Uh, if there are our signing goals for next season, it is best to eliminate them. If there are our competitor's signing goals, you might as well exaggerate them."

Song Shiwan looked at the Chairman's Secretary and didn't understand what he meant, but when he walked to the door of the Chairman's Office, Song Shiwan instantly understood!

It’s very simple. One of Ridzdale’s two guests is the current Chelsea chairman Bates, and the other is the future Chelsea boss Abu!!!

After Leedsdale left 78.9 million yuan in debt for Leeds in history, the person who accepted Leeds was Bates. He used his big mouth to destroy the foundation and made the turmoil. He originally planned to create a Chelsea Bates who left Leeds without even resisting for a few years and let the White Rose fend for itself.

What are they here today?

Song Shiwan knew without asking, this must be related to his own database. Abram's entry into Chelsea now seems to have become a settlement. Judging from Bates' willingness to accept the mess of Leeds after Rizdale left, the relationship between Rizdale and Bates is not as incompatible as the media exaggerated. At most, one thing is behind the scenes. Then when Rizdale was run into the boss of "using yellow-skinned head coaches" at the roundtable meeting of the bosses of the Premier League, the only topic of self-defense is probably the "database". With Rizdale's personality, it is very likely that in Bates' ridicule, Rizdale might bring Bates to see it with his own eyes. Then Bates appeared with Abram who was buying Chelsea, which was naturally natural.

The second he walked into the office, Song Shiwan looked at Rizdale. Rizdale turned his head guiltily and didn't dare to look at Song Shiwan. He looked at Bates' eyes and said: "Our head coach is here, he beat Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Xie Zhou Wednesday, and will soon lead Leeds to the Netherlands Song, the Oriental Yellow Man who has no knowledge of football in your mouth."

This sentence seemed to be telling Bates, but in fact it was Ridzdale who explained to Song Shiwan that he, the chairman, could not make it clear when blocking Bates' face. He could only tell Song Shiwan in an ironic way what he had endured at the roundtable to bring these two guys.

But this sentence has become excellent evidence to prove their relationship here in Song Shiwan!

Only bad friends will brag about each other and then verify, even if the bad friends have criticized each other.

Here we must introduce the so-called roundtable in England. Every 3 months, at the Landmark Hotel next to Hyde Park in London, 20 well-dressed gentlemen will appear. They will walk up to a conference room on the 8th floor according to the usual order, stay in it for 3 hours, and then leave one by one. This is the joint meeting of the owners or club presidents of the 20 Premier League clubs. Three people will be replaced every year among these 20 gentlemen - there will always be three clubs being demoted, but they constitute the attendees.

Generally speaking, it will not change. The person who organized the meeting was Richard Scadmore, the chairman of the Premier League committee, who took office in October 1999 and was able to receive £653,495 per year from this position. The roundtable occasionally invites the president or CEO of the FA, but they have no say in this meeting. Even Scadmore is just a spectator most of the time, looking absent-mindedly at the dagger hidden behind these bosses.

In order to show fairness and justice within the Premier League, the seat numbers are arranged according to the letters of the club's name. However, at this round table, democracy is not as good as an ashtray. Five people are the most active on this table: Liverpool chairman Rick Barry, who was once the first chairman of the Premier League committee; Manchester United CEO Peter Cannien, who has been behind the scenes, has become the public representative of Manchester United; Arsenal vice chairman David Dane, a pioneer in the marketization of professional football, has made the "Gunter" become a football giant again; Chelsea boss Ken Bates, an ambitious and rude ambitious; and the fifth person was Leeds United chairman Peter Ridzdale.

This is the "Big5" in the UK over the past three years, and is still the five most active clubs in the Premier League. Newcastle United performed well, but the boss Hall and chairman Shepard were only two natives in Northern England, and they couldn't speak in London. The operations and interests of the Premier League are often controlled by these "Big5". They fight fiercely, and at the same time rack their brains to squeeze greater benefits from the other 15 clubs. Since in the past five years, these "Big5" have been the most powerful competitors in the league championship, and the expenses of the "Big5" have also dwarfed their 15 companions. The every move of the "Big5" is the goal of various tabloids chasing.

As the chairman of the holding, Ridzdale can get an annual salary of 650,000 pounds from Leeds United every year, Cannien's income is 560,000 pounds, Dane's 500,000 pounds, and Barry 450,000 pounds. No one knows how much Bates can get from Chelsea every year, but he resells the huge Chelsea village to Russian Abramovich overnight. If the annual average income is calculated, none of the other four people can compare with him.

This is the ancient mode of the Premier League. Before the situation is completely broken, these guys are the people in the Premier League. These five people control the rules of the Premier League. Every time they hold a meeting, they discuss how to make more money and how to create more sensational stars. At the same time, they are also extremely sensitive to their reputation and wealth. As long as they can gain benefits from each other, they will pull out the dagger from behind without any scruples and penetrate it into the heart of their opponents.

So what role does Ridzdale play here?

As long as there is a fight between Bates and Dane, the person in the best mood is Rizdale. He has served as the chairman of Leeds United since 1997. At the beginning of the year, he was very low-key and tried to gain everyone's favor, especially the manic Elland Road fans. However, these diplomatic tricks of Rizdale were not effective. At the beginning of the season in August 2001, Chelsea was a visit to Leeds United. The main striker was Dutch Hasselbaink, who was sold by Rizdale. Rizdale walked onto the court before the game, trying to shake hands with Hasselbaink and show goodwill to the fans, but he didn't expect the Dutch to give any face: "Get out of here, a liar!"

Ridzdale is also an ambitious person, so he would borrow £60 million venture capital fund to buy players. However, the club's economic pressure and the endless off-court scandals made Ridzdale's life difficult. After a arrogant word he said in private was exposed by the Sun, he became a laughing stock at the roundtable: In 2000, the drunk Ridzdale said: "I don't know if I should participate in the election of the President of the English Football Association or the election of the House of Commons." - This is definitely not a really low-key person.

Ridzdale supports Bates, especially the FA advocated by Bates to lead the Wembley Stadium renovation plan, which also gained the trust of the FA. The FA was originally the only management agency of England's football career, but since the emergence of the Premier League, the FA has lost control over 20 top clubs. Despite this, the position of FA Chairman is still what ambitious people yearn for.
Chapter completed!