The fans¡¯ wanton ridicule made Said¡¯s face really unbearable.
In fact, now, Said already has some regrets. For the sake of short-term profits, too much was given up.
Although in the summer, I got 200 million in cash from selling players.
But what¡¯s the use?
That money was not enough to pay to Paul Walker. The money Paul Walker received was almost 300 million pounds.
After selling the players in the summer and getting the money, Said was still very happy. I thought it was easy to make money in football. But over the course of a season, he understood that football is not that easy to mess around with. I also began to understand what I had lost.
You will know just by looking at the audience.
This season¡¯s live audience is an average of 25,000 fewer than last season. As a result, the loss in ticket revenue alone reaches 20 million pounds a season. And because it failed to appear in the Champions League group stage, its losses in the Champions League, ticket revenue, broadcast revenue, and bonus revenue combined were 30 million euros less than last season.
These are all direct losses.
In terms of income this season, it is more than 70 million less than last season.
And this does not include some other future losses.
Some advertisers who are beginning to expire are almost all struggling. No one wants to renew the contract happily. And even if you are willing to renew the contract, the sponsorship fee will be significantly reduced.
Let¡¯s talk about chest advertising.
In 2006, Blackburn¡¯s new chest advertising contract was signed by Williams. It is a chest advertising sponsorship fee of 70 million pounds over four years. This income alone is more than 17 million pounds a year. At that time, England ranked first. Of course, with Manchester United and Liverpool recently re-signing contracts, Blackburn's contract is not the highest.
Manchester United¡¯s current chest advertising revenue exceeds 20 million pounds a season.
But in 2006, this advertisement was a sensation in European football.
This season is about to end.
They are no longer interested in Blackburn. And to find another buyer, they would be willing to pay up to three million or four million pounds a year. Compared with the previous contract, this amount of money is simply too ugly.
This brings the loss to more than 13 million pounds in one season.
This is just an example.
In addition to these sponsorships, other sponsors are now waiting for their contracts to expire.
Now Blackburn are in such decline. If anyone is sick, please sponsor them.
A few years ago, Blackburn was a strong team in Europe, a champion team that could compete for the Champions League and Premier League titles. But now Blackburn has become a three-no team again. No championships, no stars, no fame.
Those world-famous brands who are willing to sponsor Blackburn.
Said also has a headache now. Damn it, if the sponsorship contract Williams originally signed expires. At that time, the sponsorship contract alone will be about 40 to 50 million pounds less than at the peak every season. At Blackburn's peak, various sponsorship fees totaled more than 70 million pounds a year, nearly 80 million pounds.
In England, only Manchester United can compare.
Other wealthy families can only fall behind.
At this time, Said suddenly missed Williams. Williams can make Blackburn's business development second only to Manchester United. What a good club chairman. He wouldn't have been so passive in retaining him at that time.
Thinking of this, Said gritted his teeth towards Jerome Anderson.
That bastard!
It was exactly what he said that I listened to. He also patted his chest and promised that even if the club's performance dropped, it would not drop too much.
But what about now?
Said spent a lot of money to buy many of his players. But look at the current results? linear decrease.
And the Allardyce he recommended, can he compare with George?
After half a season, Said kicked him out of the club just like Thaksin Shinawatra, the boss of Manchester City. But others are irreparable.
As for Jerome Anderson, he has already made countless profits within one summer just from the transfer fee share and signing fee. Over thousands of pounds.
Although I left Blackburn, I secretly didn¡¯t know how to laugh at Said, an idiot.
Said felt heartbroken when he thought that his income this season was tens of millions of pounds less than last season.
And when I think about next season, the income will drop and there will be tens of millions of pounds less. Said can't sleep just thinking about it. That's all free money. Although Said is the second generation of rich people, he was born with a lot of money.
But now the annual losses are not hundreds of thousands or millions, but tens of millions of pounds.
This is definitely not a small amount.
Said now even doubts whether the club will be able to break even next year. The way things are now, it's not that easy to make ends meet.
Said even had the impulse to sell the club. But when you think about it, even if the current club is sold, will there still be people with 100 million?
Now even if he sells for 200 million, Said will still lose money.
But don¡¯t say 200 million, even 100 million is enough now. What madman would buy the debt-ridden Blackburn Rovers club now. Even if it's a free gift, those people have to think about it.
money! money! money!
After taking over Blackburn Rovers, Said already saw that he was going to lose money.
Just when Said was thinking wildly, he suddenly saw the scene he least wanted to see.
Drogba, who came on the field, naturally came to George and hugged him. The hug between the two was very natural.
"Didier, how have you been lately?"
George patted his beloved disciple on the shoulder.
Drogba shook his head. "Boss, why didn't you tell me earlier before you left? If you had told me earlier, I would have prepared earlier."
Drogba¡¯s failure to leave Blackburn in the summer was definitely not because no one wanted Drogba. It's that Drogba is too expensive and too old. Offers from other clubs did not satisfy Said, so he stayed at Blackburn.
"Have a good game!"
George patted Drogba on the shoulder.
There are a lot more unfamiliar faces in Blackburn now. But there are definitely a lot of familiar faces.
Allardyce looked a little unhappy. Drogba is too disrespectful to himself.
But Drogba is just the beginning.
After Drogba, Van der Sar walked to George's side with a smile.
Although Van der Sar came to Blackburn after he was thirty years old. But the cooperation with George has lasted nearly ten years. The relationship has always been good.
Van der Sar did not give George a hug like Drogba did. Just come over and clap your hands with George.
"Edwin, I think you can still have ten years of career."
Van der Sar is also similar to Drogba.
He is too old, almost forty years old, there is no way any club will introduce him. Moreover, Van der Sar is already used to the life of Blackburn. He is about to retire anyway, so he has not left.
Immediately afterwards, McCeverley, Lucio, and Baynes all came over to say hello to George and Karl.
This made Said¡¯s face darken and darken.
It¡¯s okay for fans to boo you.
Anyway, no matter how important fans are to a football club, they have no deterrent effect on an unpopular chairman like Said. Just shush.
¡°But the players are different.
They should absolutely obey the club. That is to say, you must absolutely obey the will of yourself as the chairman.
At first, George and Said had a complete falling out.
"You are like this now. Isn't this just a slap in the face?" Do they still take themselves as the club president seriously?
It is tolerable, but what is intolerable?
This episode turned the game into a foil. George becomes the real protagonist.
Throughout the game, the fans were not paying attention to the game, but chanting George's name in unison. They cheered George's arrival.
??And so do reporters.
The game is no longer important. It's just a match between two teams of average strength. How could George be so topical?
There were too many cheers during the game.
Every once in a while, cheers will appear, calling George¡¯s name. George had no choice but to stand up several times during the game and greet the fans at the scene.
The game didn¡¯t feel like a derby at all.
There is no derby feel at all. Fans from one side chanted the name of the head coach of the other team. It is estimated that it will never be seen in the history of derby in world football.
I don¡¯t know if the Blackburn players are interested in George.
There was no aggressiveness during the game. Instead, Welbeck caught Lucio's mistake during the game.??, scored a goal.
And Drogba, known as the beast, was uncharacteristically quiet during the game.
Allardyce roared. He was unwilling to lose to George at home.
But the final result was that Blackburn lost to Burnley 0-1 at home.
"This is probably the mildest game in the century-old derby history between Burnley and Blackburn. During the game, there was no conflict or fierce collision, only the cheers of Blackburn fans for George."
Mortensen watched the game end and made a final conclusion.
yes.
Since Burnley and Blackburn turned against each other, there has been no collision between Mars and the Earth. Where has there ever been such a tame match.
George got the most satisfactory result. Burnley gained three points with a 1-0 win over Blackburn. The points have reached 31 points, and with one or two more wins, Burnley's relegation should be no problem.
George was very happy after the game.
?? ?Special thanks to Blackburn fans for their support.
? And Blackburn fans don¡¯t care much about the team falling behind.
Many Blackburn fans thought it was a three-point handout to Burnley. This can also satisfy the vain Blackburn fans.
Seeing George talking to the media after the game, Steven Yellen smiled. I remembered that when George was the head coach of Burnley, he said, "My goal is to conquer Ewood Park."
Over the years, George has really conquered Blackburn fans. Returning to Blackburn as Burnley manager, he was able to receive such cheers from Blackburn fans.
Yellen sighed and said to the young reporter following him: "Here is his legend. Blackburn will never forget George in ten, twenty, or even a hundred years."