"The pitch, it's a problem. Joe Lewis narrowed his eyes slightly, took a puff on his cigar, and let it drift away.

Tottenham Hotspur, as a team with a historical heritage and belonging to the London area, has a huge fan base, and also has the influence of quasi-giants.

It is such a break-even, although it has some debt, but the profit is enough to cover the debt, but the size of the White Hart Lane stadium is limited, with only 36,240 seats, and the annual matchday income is about 44 million pounds, and the matchday income alone is nearly 60 million pounds lower than Manchester United with Old Trafford.

However, the expansion of the stadium and the number of seats can be expanded, there is no doubt that the construction of a new stadium is the best solution, but the cost of building a new stadium, even in the purchase of two teams of Tottenham's size, is simply a costly project.

Don't think that Joe Lewis and Levy didn't have the idea of building a new stadium, but unfortunately they really lack the energy, at this time the operation is good, and with the balance of payments, it is undoubtedly worth the loss to build the stadium with huge debts.

The six-season squad failed to achieve the results, and in the face of fierce competition for Champions League qualification, the sale of the club may be the best way to get rid of this burden, after all, he Lewis only paid £22 million to buy Tottenham.

"I think you should be able to accept a £220 million valuation, pay me £145 million and Tottenham will be yours. Young man, this is my bottom line, if you don't even accept this price, I can only apologize. Lewis pondered for a moment, then finally spoke in a low voice.

Although the tone of the other party is not very comfortable, it is full of sincerity, after all, this negotiation has been going on for more than two weeks, and the two big owners undoubtedly met in the hope of making a settlement and calming down the club as soon as possible.

"OK!" Andy didn't hesitate, he fully accepted the price, with a light smile on his face, he stretched out his hand and shook Lewis's old hand, "Happy cooperation, thank you." ”

"Young man, I hope the white lily blooms in your hands!" Joe Lewis said with a faint smile, not at all feeling the slightest sadness and regret for the sale of Tottenham, for him, an investor with five teams, Tottenham is nothing special, and the most important thing is to bring him a good profit.

Joe Lewis looked back at Levi, who had an ugly expression, and couldn't help but say, "Levi, sell your five percent of the shares to Andy as well." ”

Everyone's eyes are on Levy, the so-called hardcore of Tottenham, but Andy's eyes are very indifferent, for the eight percent of the shares that are still outside, he has already thought of a countermeasure, undoubtedly still through capital injection to dilute the shares outside, and then slowly squeeze until it is diluted, it is simply meat on the chopping board, and you can deal with it as you like.

"Hmm!" Levy is not a fool, he is also from a financial background, so he naturally knows that if he still grits his teeth and insists, he will face the fate of being crushed into slag by this young man with money.

Hearing Levy's response, the atmosphere in the entire cabin was completely relaxed, except for Andy and Joe Lewis who continued to chat about the art and the yacht, the other two parties immediately began to quickly sort out various signing documents.

It didn't take long for the contract agreement to be sorted out, and right on the living room table on the yacht, Andy and Lewis had already finished signing it.

Christina, a work assistant in a smart OL professional attire, hurriedly took out the checkbook from her bag and handed it to Andy, he didn't pause, opened the checkbook, held the pen, brushed a check, skillfully tore it off, put it aside, and then wrote another one, tore it off.

"Two, it's yours, see if there's any problem. With a smile on his face, Andy handed a check in each hand to Joe Lewis and Levi.

After the two took the check and looked at the numbers, Joe Lewis picked up the share transfer book on the table and handed it to Andy, "Tottenham belongs to you!"

After opening a bottle of champagne and celebrating a little, Andy declined Joe Lewis's invitation to stay for lunch, and left the luxury yacht with an excited, ruddy-faced David Dunn and a somewhat gloomy Levy, and got into their cars, and the convoy headed for White Hart Lane in North London to receive his team.

"Boss, after taking over the team in a while, I'll go to the Premier League committee and report it, and tomorrow after the committee releases the official news that the deal has been approved, we can hold a press conference and introduce the new Tottenham to the media. The smile on David Dunn's face was extremely bright, and a pair of eyes radiated a bright light, introducing Andy to the next process.

"Well, what are the arrangements for the club?" Andy pressed the equity transfer letter on the tui, and tapped his fingers lightly, it was not the first time he had acquired the team, and he was not too excited, after all, the Rockets, the team he liked very much, had become his own, and after the surging mood at that time, the excitement and happiness were not so strong now.

"From sporting director David Comorli to manager Franco Bardini, there may be a need to replace people in a number of important positions... David Dunn secretly took a deep breath and looked at the young boss's face and said.

Andy waved his hand absently and asked, "Is there a suitable person to replace him?" I don't want to affect the team's results because of the turmoil in the club's management. ”

'The replacements are all available, the team I had at Arsenal were all in the negotiation team, they were the most senior in the industry, the management turmoil and the new manager will have a certain impact, and the results in the first half of the season will be up and down. However, I will try to speed up the run-in of the team... David Dunn doesn't just say everything in order to please his boss, he doesn't hide the truth in the slightest.

To tell the truth, in addition to being true, the most important thing is that he must be worthy of the trust of the young big boss in him, where his personnel handling was not a test for him before, but he didn't expect that the big boss really gave him full trust and power, which made him more confident, and he would naturally respond to the boss's trust with sincerity.

"You've done a really good job of keeping it secret, so there has been no news in the media that Joseph Heynckes will be Tottenham manager, so it looks like you're trying to show him at a press conference. ”

Hearing the boss's words, David Dunn chuckled and said: "The previous Tottenham recruitment was too trusting in data analysis, listening to the agent's side of the story and ignoring the manager's opinion, and the failure of the layman Bardini is the same as the former director Comori. The painful lesson is too great, and only by restoring the manager's right to speak on transfers can the team make better progress.

In the future, it may be possible to expand matchday revenues by building new stadiums. The winter transfer period should change the unfavourable situation of balancing the financial income by peddling key players, and the team's strategy of rejuvenation and localization now resonates with Coach Heynckes' football philosophy.

Any tactic needs to be executed by young players with a strong and obedient mind, and the strategy of completing tactical intervention through psychological adjustment is also more applicable to young people... ”

Andy listened to David Dunn instill football concepts in him with half understanding, and when he approached the White Hart Lane Stadium, he saw an old building residential area on the side of the road through the car window, and couldn't help frowning slightly, the entire stadium was surrounded by some old buildings on three sides, and when the team came to the parking lot at the main entrance of the stadium, Andy's brows were even tighter.

Narrow, small, crowded, even the parking lot is so small, the supporting facilities around the stadium are almost equal to none, and there is no room for maneuver at all, let alone the economy around the stadium on match days.

The convoy stopped at the gate of the stadium, Andy got out of the car, didn't care about the photos of the paparazzi who were happy to get good news materials like doping, turned their backs to White Hart Lane, looked around, and turned around Under the guidance of Levy, a group of people walked into the office building of Tottenham Hotspur Club with full of popularity.

From this moment on, the White Lily, which was founded in 1882, ushered in its new knight! Andy, who has basically completed the privatization of Tottenham, will also share the glory with the White Lily!