Eight Hundred and Eighteenth Most Outrageous Draw

After winning the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi, when Manchester City returned to Manchester triumphantly, they were welcomed by fans.

Especially when captain Kompany made his appearance with the Club World Cup champion, it made the fans outside the Intihad Stadium crazy and almost fell into madness.

This is the first world championship in Manchester City's history!

But the real celebration will be in the seventeenth round of the Premier League two days later.

Due to participation in the Club World Cup, Manchester City's sixteenth round, the home game against Arsenal, was postponed to January, so now Manchester City has one game less than other teams in the standings.

This did not affect Manchester City's ranking in the league and is still leading the way.

And in the last game before Christmas, before Manchester City played against Stoke City at home, the team specially prepared a Club World Cup display event. Captain Kompany led the players, holding the Club World Cup, surrounded by Parade at the Intihad Stadium, receiving cheers and applause from the Manchester City fans.

Sky TV also broadcast live the entire Manchester City trophy circle ceremony, congratulating Manchester City on winning the Club World Cup.

In the ensuing game, Manchester City beat Stoke City 3-0 with Van Persie's brace and Robinho's goal. The whole process was smooth and steady.

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After playing the seventeenth round of the Premier League, the league ushered in a short Christmas holiday.

But starting from the 26th, which is Boxing Day, the most devilish Christmas schedule is coming.

On the afternoon of the 26th, the afternoon of the 31st, and the evening of January 3rd, Manchester City will play three consecutive Premier League games. The opponents are away to West Bromwich Albion, away to Sunderland, and home to Liverpool. It's all hard work.

West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland are not very strong, but they are all away games.

Going to an away game after Christmas will be a great psychological stimulus for the players, let alone a home game against Liverpool.

Then came the third round of the FA Cup on January 7.

This is the most speechless.

Because Manchester City drew Manchester United!

Yes, there will be a Manchester derby in the third round of the FA Cup,

Is there anything more outrageous than this?

Gao Shen really did not expect that Manchester City's luck would be so bad.

The 64 teams in the third round of the FA Cup have drawn Manchester City and Manchester United together by such a coincidence, and they are still in the most terrible devil's schedule.

If Gary Cook hadn't personally supervised the whole lottery process, Gao Shen would definitely suspect that it was a secret operation.

Another interesting thing is that Leeds United met Arsenal again.

Everyone is familiar with it. Last season, the White Rose met Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup. As a result, they drew with the Gunners 1-1 at the Emirates Stadium, but lost in the second round after returning home. Gave it to the Gunners and missed the cut.

But this time, by coincidence, he got it again.

The difference is that this time it is Leeds United at their home court.

Gao Shen was really speechless about this.

But on the other hand, it seems to be pretty good.

At least, when Gao Shen called Fernando Lucas, Rudolph Borrell and Sarri to his home for dinner after he was free, except for Sarri’s bitter face, Lucas and Bore I'm in a good mood.

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"Did you know? Elland Road was full for the Carling Cup game against Manchester United."

Fernando Lucas explains why he is in a good mood.

Of course Gao Shen knew, "You mean..."

"For cup games, we all sell loose tickets, and the ticket price is uniformly set at 35 yuan. In addition to the sales revenue from the stadium, although part of it is distributed to away fans, our income from that game reached 1.5 million. GBP."

Leeds United's home attendance has always been high, but it also depends on the target.

For example, after killing Manchester United, I won’t talk about playing Aldershot away, and I didn’t get much money.

Talking about it is quite depressing.

At the beginning, Leeds United specially discussed with Aldershot, because Leeds United's home stadium has a large capacity, the attendance rate is good, and the fans like to watch it. You need more money at home.

Of course, Leeds United earn more.

But Aldershot refused. The draw was their home game, and they were unwilling to change it.

Later, playing Crystal Palace, it was roughly around one million pounds, and the attendance rate was not as good as that of Manchester United.

But then playing Cardiff is very popular again, the home game tickets have been sold out, and the away game tickets with the team are also sold out, and it is expected to earn a lot of money.

The FA Cup is a traditional event, more attractive than the League Cup.

The match against Arsenal at home will definitely attract a crowd of fans, and at that time, at least another match day income of more than one million pounds will be generated.

Gao Shen smiled and shook his head.

Look at Lucas, then look at Sarri, this is actually the biggest difference between the operator and the head coach.

For a team like Leeds United, 1.5 million pounds is really a very high income. Anyway, if they can't win the championship, why not draw a rich team and earn a fortune?

This is definitely not only the idea of ​​​​Leeds United, but many teams in the lower leagues think so.

But Sarri will definitely quit.

Nima, who doesn't want to advance?

Playing against a wealthy family so early, is it still letting people live?

They are all from their own standpoints and understandable.

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Although it is only halfway through the season, the team's situation this season is actually quite good.

"We made a preliminary estimate that this season's revenue should exceed 50 million pounds." Su Qing said.

"So tall?" Gao Shen was really surprised.

"The main reason is that our matchday income has skyrocketed. Matchday income alone is expected to reach 25 million pounds or more, accounting for more than half of our revenue."

At the beginning of the season, sales of season tickets alone exceeded the 10 million mark, which is unique among the Championship teams.

And this is due to what Gao Shen said before, the season ticket return policy.

Later, many teams rushed to learn from Leeds United, but the effect was not far inferior to the White Rose.

In the final analysis, whether this routine can work depends on both the situation and the person.

For the rest of the game day income, in addition to the loose ticket sales for each game, there are also match day catering sales, fan store sales, and a series of other stadium commercial supporting income.

"Besides, we have done a good job in business operations this year, especially in attracting investment, but match day revenue accounts for too much. Next, we must increase our efforts in business operations, especially jersey sponsors. We are currently We are actively contacting several large companies, and they are very interested.”

Leeds United has a good momentum now. Adidas, Nike, Puma, Kappa, Umbro and other big-name sponsors are interested, and that is a matter of course.

More importantly, thanks to Gao Shen's previous positioning, Leeds United's image on the Internet has been managed very well.

At the Elland Road Stadium, there is even a dedicated team with five people in charge of Internet business, including social networking, video platforms, etc., and two people in the Chinese branch are also in charge of this business.

As a result, although Leeds United is a Championship team, the number of fans on social networks has exceeded 10 million, which is more popular and well-known than many Premier League teams.

On the video platform, Leeds United's videos are all short, flat, and humorous, which are very popular among young people.

The current Leeds United is still in a stage of accumulation, but the momentum is steadily improving.

Docking is docking, but even if Leeds United is promoted to the Premier League, don't even think about signing a big deal of more than 10 million at once. This is unrealistic.

Leeds United positions itself as a mid-range team in the Premier League, that is, at a price of five or six million pounds.

But even so, this requirement is also very high.

Don't look at the tens of millions of rich teams, like Juventus, the signing of Nike is 13 million euros, and the Premier League Manchester United is more than 30 million pounds, but those are rich teams.

In fact, in all league systems, the winner takes all.

The Premier League is relatively better, and other teams can also enjoy the rain and dew. If it is in La Liga, all other teams combined, it is estimated that they are not as good as Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Under such circumstances, it is still very difficult for Leeds United to sign a jersey sponsorship of five or six million pounds.

It must be said that by this season, Leeds United's revenue can exceed 50 million pounds, which in itself is already creating club history, because this is the figure obtained after deducting all player transfer income.

Otherwise, there must be more than this number.

In the English Championship, if the relegated teams protected by the parachute policy such as West Ham United are not counted, Leeds United's revenue ranks first. It can also be seen that the team has been in charge of Leeds United for nearly a year. It really has changed dramatically.

As everyone knows, professional football is all about money, and you can only play if you have money.

But running a football club and wanting to make money is very, very difficult. Even the entire European football world can't find much. Most of the teams are struggling.

Regardless of the fact that Leeds United's income is expected to reach 50 million pounds, which looks high, but in fact, Leeds United's expenditure is also very large.

Su Qing has more opinions on this, because Leeds United expects to spend 40 million pounds in salary and bonuses this season.

This looks great, right?

With an income of 50 million pounds, as the club's largest expenditure, salary and bonus expenses are only 40 million pounds, so can't you still earn 10 million pounds?

Please, do not include the daily maintenance costs of the stadium and training ground, as well as the daily expenses of the administrative department?

So how much is left?

Don't forget, both the stadium and the training ground were leased to Leeds United by Gao Shen, but the rent has not yet been confiscated.

If Gao Shen collects the rent now, I'm sorry, Leeds United will be very happy if they can maintain a balance of income and expenditure.

This is actually where Su Qing "resents" Gao Shen the most, and men who call Virgos directly are weird.

why?

Because originally Leeds United did not need so much salary expenditure, but after Gao Shen took over, he recruited a lot of professionals, such as the methodology department, youth training, scouting department and big data center...

This has led to Leeds United's current number of employees becoming very large, and the salary expenditure is even higher than the total salary of the players.

Excuse me, has anyone seen a club where the total salary of players is lower than that of employees?

Leeds United is!

This is actually a hidden danger, and even violates UEFA regulations.