Aston Villa vice-president, club shareholder and wife of the owner Mr. Fang Jue. Patrick. Ms. Karina exchanged documents with AIA CEO and President Mark Tucker.

Both parties sign the contract.

Shake hands.

"Happy working together!"

The flash lights on the scene were used to record the moment.

On May 16, Aston Villa, the new double champion of the Premier League, and AIA (AIA) held a joint press conference.

Aston Villa FC has officially signed a five-year contract with Hong Kong-based company AIA, which will be the chest advertising sponsor of the Premier League's new power team from next season.

AIA will be upgraded to become the Premier League's champions' global key partner from next season.

The AIA logo will appear on the front of the Aston Villa shirt from next season until 2015.

They will therefore offer a base sponsorship fee of at least £23 million per annum to the Birmingham-based champions.

If you take into account the 'easier' prize money, the annual sponsorship fee will amount to £27 million.

AIA and Aston Villa have been in talks for a commercial partnership for several months.

The final signing of the cooperation between the two parties is a matter of course.

Ruud van Nistelrooy went to Hamburg in the Bundesliga and David Beckham left on loan at the end of his loan spell, which did not shake the enthusiasm of AIA and Tottenham Hotspur.

Aston Villa have no shortage of charismatic stars:

Ronaldo, the new Premier League champion, has reached an agreement with Ronaldo, and the two sides have triggered an automatic renewal option for the previous One Plus One contract.

Deisler, the heart of Germany's midfield.

Gareth. Gareth Bale, a strong contender for Premier League Newcomer of the Year, was considered the biggest Premier League discovery last season.

Not to mention that Aston Villa are now the Premier League title and League Cup double, although it cannot be said that Aston Villa is a new giant, but the momentum is good.

Moreover, Aston Villa itself is the team with the longest history in the Premier League and a great influence overseas.

Of course, in the AIA President Mark Brown. None of that, in Tucker's opinion, is the most important thing.

'Mr. Fang Jue is a magical, magical championship coach and this was the most important factor in our choice to work with Villa. ’

We trust Mr. Fang. ’

At the press conference, AIA CEO and President Mark Murphy Tucker said bluntly.

This made Papa happy to hear this.

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The 'sky-high' sponsorship contract of 27 million pounds a year also makes Aston Villa the fifth team in the Premier League in terms of chest advertising sponsorship revenue after Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool among the 20 teams in the Premier League.

From here, you can see the influence and market value of the Premier League market.

You know, just three months ago, Serie A giants AC Milan announced a five-year contract with Emirates, which will receive 15 million euros per year, and has a floating fund of 5 million, and if Milan can perform well on the field, they will receive up to 20 million euros in sponsorship a year.

This is already the second-largest revenue in Serie A after Juventus.

The annual sponsorship fee that Bayern Munich, the southern king of the Bundesliga, receives from Deutsche Telekom reaches 31 million euros when it is counted in various bonuses, which is barely on par with Aston Villa.

Of course, the amount of commercial sponsorship between Premier League clubs also varies widely.

What really attracts money and makes money is the traditional BIG4 of the Premier League.

Now, of course, add the upstart Aston Villa.

For example, the AIA planned to cooperate with Tottenham Hotspur, and the two sides basically negotiated a sponsorship fee of 16 million pounds per year, and the north London team is very satisfied with this price.

The main sponsors of the middle and lower teams of the Premier League are all within 10 million pounds, basically only a few million pounds, and the least is even only 1.5 million pounds.

The club signed a large sponsorship, and Fang Jue was in a happy mood.

In the evening, during the game exploration session, Fang Jue was very interested, and Papa was very satisfied.

……

Refuse.

Tell City again that Quaresma is not for sale.

Yes, just tell them to stop harassing our players.

Fang Jue said angrily.

Manchester City FC sent a fax again, this time not a fax asking for a price.

It is a quotation fax.

Manchester City FC are offering £15 million for Quaresma.

Fifteen million pounds to get Quaresma?

Dream on.

Fang Jue felt that Manchester City's offer was insincere.

If nothing else, with Quaresma's 10 goals and 15 assists in all competitions last season, would you be embarrassed to make an offer of £15 million?

Besides, who are you, you are Manchester City, Manchester City, who is not bad for money and wields a checkbook, you offer this price, it is not up to the grade.

However, this does not mean that Fang Jue has changed his mind and decided to move out of Quaresma.

It's a matter of attitude.

Then, Fang Jue received Jorge. A call from Mendes.

Every time he received a call from Mr. Super Agent, Fang Jue was a little frightened.

Mendes called and invited Fang Jue to have a drink together.

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A well-tucked away tavern in Birmingham that is loved and frequented by celebrities.

Fang Jue and Mendes talked while sipping wine and snacks.

Mendes made a few main points to Fang Jue and Aston Villa.

First, Mendes informed Aston Villa that his player Quaresma was satisfied with Manchester City's huge plans and offers, and was seriously considering a move to Manchester City.

Second, for this transfer deal, Manchester City will try to meet Aston Villa's reasonable requirements on the transfer fee.

Thirdly, Mendes wants to facilitate the transfer, he doesn't want it to affect his good relationship with Aston Villa and coach Fang Jue, he wants to achieve a win-win situation.

Fang Jue pondered for a moment.

He emphasized his admiration for Quaresma, and that the Portuguese had an important place in his future fleet.

He was still reluctant to let Quaresma go.

Regarding Mendes's 'three wins' suggestion, he said that he would consider it carefully.

This is also Mendes's special identity, if it were another agent, Fang Jue would tell the other party bluntly that this matter made him unhappy, and the consequences were more serious.

That's not to say that Quaresma is really that indispensable.

Quaresma's resolute attitude of leaving made Fang Jue, who had just led the team to win the Premier League title, a little unhappy.

Fang Jue was a little emotional.

After chatting about business, the two of them talked about something else.

Chatting, chatting, Mendes took out his phone and clicked on the photo album.

"Fang, look at my grandson, how beautiful the little guy is." Mendes pointed to the little north nose on the album and said.

PS: Thank you very much for the tips of [Juventus's Ronaldo] and [Flying Floc].