Legend of Xiangjiang Tycoon

Li Zhiwen and Holland Kramer are having a conversation in the office of the chairman of Mars Capital in the City of London.

"Boss, this is the information I collected about the English football team, you look at it." Holland Kramer said with a stack of information.

Li Zhiwen took the information and sat on the sofa and looked at it. The first thing that caught Li Zhiwen's eyes.

"The English Football League consists of three football leagues."

"The UK is a place with a strong football atmosphere, including the English Football League, the Scottish Football League and the Irish Premier Football League."

This is unthinkable in China. There are three football leagues in one country, and each of them can independently participate in the European Football Championship.

However, Li Zhiwen was relieved after thinking about the name of the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, by looking at this name, you would know that it is a united country.

The United Kingdom was originally called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, but in 1921 the United Kingdom was forced to allow the 26 southern counties of Ireland to form the Irish Free State, while the northern six counties still belong to the United Kingdom and are called Northern Ireland, and the full name of the United Kingdom has become United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Of course, if you want to talk about the history of the United Kingdom, it is not clear. I will not introduce them one by one here, but return to the football league.

"The English Football League is the oldest professional football league in the history of the world. It is divided into three levels, consisting of the English Champions League (English Championship), the English Football League (England League One), and the English Football League (England Second Division). The English Football League increased to 92 football teams in 1959. The football teams consisted of 89 English professional football teams and 3 Welsh football teams."

Li Zhiwen looked at the introduction to the English Football League on the paper. What about the Premier League?

It's no wonder that Li Zhiwen is confused. After all, he is just a basketball fan. He still stays on the basis of terms such as World Cup, European Cup, Premier League, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and so on.

For the stars, they stay on the names of Messi, Ronaldo, Beckham, Ronaldo and so on.

The Premier League mentioned by Li Zhiwen is the English Premier League. In 1992, due to the problem of television broadcasting rights, the 20 top teams in the English Football League left the football league and formed the English Premier League.

And this also makes the English Football League drop from the original 92 football teams to 72 football teams.

Of course, Li Zhiwen would not ask why Holland Kramer did not have the Premier League. Holland Kramer is a rigorous and serious person. Since there is no Premier League in the investigation report, the Premier League has not yet appeared at this time, just like the NBA has only now. Like the 22 basketball teams, the 30 teams that did not reach the peak.

Li Zhiwen then looked down. Here are the introductions of some well-known teams.

In Li Zhiwen's impression, there is only one team representing a city, because when I say where I am from, I support the team there.

In Li Zhiwen's impression, only Manchester has two teams, Manchester United and Manchester City.

But Li Zhiwen looked at the introduction of the London football team, good guys, there are totally 11 football teams.

"Arsenal Football Club, founded in 1886, is the North London team. It is one of the largest clubs in the history of England. It is also the club with the longest stay in England’s top football league. The club has won five championships and the English Community Shield has won seven times. The club is based in Hollow, London. The team’s home stadium is Highbury Stadium. Many of the British royal family are Arsenal fans and are the most popular team in London."

"Chelsea Football Club, founded in 1905, is nicknamed the Blues. The home stadium is located at Stamford Bridge Stadium near the Thames in London. The West London team. The team was heavily in debt due to the reconstruction of the stadium. Later, it was demoted to the second division and the debt reached 300. Ten thousand pounds, the team belongs to the Mills family."

"Tottenham Hotspur Football Club was established in 1882. Its home stadium is the new White Hart Lane Stadium in Tottenham, North London, England. North London Derby."

"It won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1963. It was the first team in China to win the European championship. The team was in debt due to the expansion of the West Stand of the White Hart Lane Stadium. It is intended for sale."

"Fulham Football Club, founded in 1879, is home to the Craven Farm Stadium. It is a West London team like Chelsea. It won the FA Cup runner-up in 1975. It is a second division team. The team is in poor operation."

"West Ham United Football Club was established in 1895. The team’s home stadium is located at the London Olympic Stadium, in the Newham area of ​​east London. It won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1965 and was relegated from the League of Legends in 1978. The team’s head coach is John Lyle."

"Queens Park Rangers Club, located in the Hammersmith and Fulham district of Greater London, was established in 1882. Its home stadium is Loftus Road Stadium. It won the League One Championship in 1975 and was relegated to the second division in 1979."

Seeing this, Li Zhiwen is really not interested in watching it anymore. God knows how many teams there are in London.

Li Zhiwen swept roughly, there are Brentford Football Club, Charlton Football Club, Leiden Orient Football Club, Millwall Football Club, Barnett Football Club, Crystal Palace Football Club, 12 footballs club.

And the following football clubs are also Crystal Palace Football Club. Li Zhiwen has heard that the team that domestic player Fan Zhiyi played for was a "lift" team, but I didn’t know that this team was also in London.

Li Zhiwen has a headache. He thinks that British football clubs are like NBA teams, one team per city.

But as it stands now, there are 12 teams in London alone. How to choose this, and if 12 teams, London fans will definitely be diverted. This is very different from Li Zhiwen's idea of ​​buying a team.

Li Zhiwen thought for a while, and asked Holland Kramer next to him: "Hawlank, which team do you think we should choose to acquire?"

Holland Kramer thought for a while and said, "Boss, it depends on what factors you are paying attention to."

"What do you say, Hawke, tell me." Hearing what Hawke said, Li Zhiwen became interested in his answer.

"Boss~www.wuxiaspot.com~If you consider the economic factors of your team’s level, Chelsea Football Club, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and Fulham Football Club can choose one of them. The three of them are currently The business situation of the team is not good, so it is very easy to acquire, and the team also has many honors."

"But considering politics and other factors, I think Arsenal Football Club is the best choice. First, the team is very strong and has many honors. Second, most of the fans of the team are rich. Many politicians in London are Arsenal. Fans."

"But Arsenal's acquisition is extremely difficult. At present, the owner of Arsenal is the Sir Sutton family, which is well-connected in the UK, and the purchase price of Arsenal is very high." Holland Kramer analyzed.

"Oh? Still like this, let me think about it. How about the teams in other cities?" Li Zhiwen asked.

"Boss, behind me are the top teams in other cities that I have organized. You can take a look, but if you choose teams from other cities, the political influence of the London team is also much weaker." Holland Kramer said.

Holland Kramer understood the purpose of Li Zhiwen's acquisition of the football team, so he reminded him aloud.

Li Zhiwen nodded, did not speak, and continued to look back.