"Hello, Carl!"

"Hello, Young Master Huan!"

After the two met by the window, they politely smacked and toasted.

Rummenigge saw Yang Huan chatting with Platini and Infantino just now.

Don't look at the whole world now, it seems that the whole world is eager to peel and cramp Platini and cook it, but in fact, unlike Blatter's betrayal in FIFA, Platini is still very prestigious in UEFA.

This Frenchman is not simple, and in the past few years, UEFA has been run in a big way.

Not long ago, it was proposed to suspend Platini as UEFA president and let the first vice-president, President of the Spanish Football Federation, Bilal take over temporarily, but what was the result?

There was no sound at all, not even the person who made the proposal was silenced.

Everyone knows that even if Platini can't come forward to run this time, his henchman Gianni Infantino will do.

Therefore, Rummenigge knew that if he was not mistaken, they should have been discussing Infantino's candidacy for FIFA presidency.

And everyone knows that Young Master Huan has a huge influence in today's international football.

"Young Master Huan, to be honest, I really admire you!" Rummenigge said with a smile.

Yang Huan couldn't tell the truth from the fake, and he also smiled, "Really?" Why? ”

"It's unbelievable to be able to run a scene like this in just a few years."

After Yang Huan heard this, he pursed his lips and wanted to say, of course, I am a traverser.

One or two of you have been fighting for quality talent, but I've spent the last four years knowing where to poach the players you want.

At this point, there is nothing technical to win you!

"Now a lot of people are saying that Southampton is already a super giant on a par with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich, if it was a year ago, or even half a year ago, maybe no one believed it, but now it ......."

Rummenigge didn't finish his words, but Yang Huan understood.

In the past six months, especially after Yang Huan established the Miracle Football Group and put Peter Kenyon in charge of the affairs of the Miracle Football Group, many unknown changes have taken place in European football unconsciously.

There are things that everyone knows, for example, the relationship between Southampton and Monaco, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Hamburg, as well as teams such as Ajax and Benfica, which everyone knows in the inner circle.

But so what?

It seems that everyone knows the relationship between Chelsea and Vitesse in the Netherlands, and in order to avoid both participating in the Champions League, Chelsea even demanded that Vitesse not win the league title in order to circumvent UEFA rules.

But the young master Huan in front of him is different, arrogant, open-minded, let all his teams appear on the European stage, although everyone knows that these teams rely on strength to play, but isn't this a violation of the rules?

There is a saying that all rules are set for the weak.

Do rules work in the eyes of the strong?

The answer is, it works, but it can be changed, and there can be exceptions!

"Carl, you're not here to tell me this, are you?" Yang Huan smiled, "Also, if you blame Monaco for robbing your fancy Timo Horn, then I don't have a problem, this matter has nothing to do with me!" ”

Rummenigge laughed, "Young Master Huan said that he was joking, now that the transfer is over, it's over!" ”

It sounded like he could really see it.

Previously, it was reported that Bayern Munich was very dissatisfied with goalkeeper Kraft, and after the unsuccessful introduction of Neuer, Bayern Munich was interested in Cologne's Timo Horn and planned to start after a period of investigation.

But as a result, without any news in the transfer market, Monaco suddenly made a move, and in one night, it took 8 million euros to bring in Timo Horn from Cologne.

According to the German media, this made Bayern Munich very dissatisfied.

But in Young Master Huan's opinion, what is this?

At the end of the day, running a football club is a competition for talent, and whoever can't afford to play should not play!

"Young Master Huan, to tell you the truth, I came tonight to invite you to Southampton to attend the general meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, in a few days, on behalf of the European Club Association."

After hearing this, Yang Huan frowned and shook his head, "I don't really understand, Carl, we are not members of the European Club Association, nor are we unofficial members, why would they invite us to the general meeting?" ”

Rummenigge smiled after hearing this, "Master Huan, that's right, after the consultation and communication of the Executive Committee, we feel that Southampton has made outstanding contributions to European football in the past few years, so we plan to make an exception to invite Southampton to join the European Club Association and become a full member." ”

"This ...... Doesn't seem to be in order, right? Yang Huan still frowned.

"If I'm not mistaken, according to the statutes of the European Club Association, any team that wants to join the organization and become a full member is either to win five European championship trophies, or to apply to become an unofficial member, and after a period of study, and then to become a full member by way of replacement."

Speaking of this, Yang Huan smiled embarrassedly, "I calculated, in the more than 100-year history of Southampton, there are only four European championship trophies, which is not enough!" ”

The Champions League required by the European Club Association does not include the Super Cup and Club World Cup, only the Champions League, Europa League, the former UEFA Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

However, all the European championships in Southampton were won in the past few years after Yang Huan took over, and there were only four, which is not enough.

As for applying for non-associate membership, it is not difficult, but the difficulty lies in the replacement of full members.

Why?

This has to start with the founding of the European Club Association.

Everyone knows that nine of the sixteen founding teams are from the G14, which means that on the surface this is the official organization of European professional clubs recognized by UEFA, but in the final analysis, it is still controlled by the G14.

Especially in recent years, G14 teams have joined the organization one after another, and the European Club Association has become an expanded version of the G14 organization.

With the G14 organization? In the same way, the most influential team in the European club association is still the giant team.

Since they represent the interests of the giants, they must find ways to control the middle and lower teams.

How to control it?

It's simple, the rules!

Although the full membership of the European Club Association has been expanding, in practice, there is a strict quota control.

The leagues ranked first to third in the European standings can have five full memberships, fourth to sixth, four, seventh, to fifteenth, three, sixteenth to twenty-eighth, two, twenty-ninth to fifty-third, and only one.

But if that's all there is to it, it's nothing, the key is the limit of the number of members of the Executive Committee.

There are a total of 15 seats on the Executive Committee of the European Club Association, of which 11 are elected by ballot.

In the leagues from 1st to 6th in the European standings, five executive committees are elected, 7th to 15th are selected for three, 16th to 28th are selected for two, and 29th to 53rd are selected for one.

The remaining four places come from teams previously recommended by the European Club Association to UEFA Strategy Committee, and are usually filled by the giants.

Isn't it?

Through this layer of decreasing and strict quota restrictions, the power is firmly controlled at the top level.

For those teams in the middle and lower tiers, what if there are places?

As the saying goes, people are short-sighted, but what can a team from a small national league such as Estonia, Luxembourg, or Ireland say on such an occasion?

Even if you are allowed to speak, once the interests of the giant team are touched, it is difficult to speak alone.

That's why Young Master Huan would say that the rules are all set for the weak.

Why are there six places in the Premier League?

Manchester City does not have five European trophies and does not meet the rules of the European Club Association to make an exception to increase the number of Premier League places, so why can Manchester City become a full member?

Yang Huan is not jealous of Manchester City, on the contrary, if he wanted to join, he would have joined a long time ago.

Monaco, Atletico Delhi, Inter Milan, Benfica, Ajax, Basel, Vienna, Sparta Prague and Anderlecht are all full members.

AEK Athens and Hamburg have also been informal members for a long time.

If Southampton wants to join, is it not easy?

With Young Master Huan's connections and relationships, what are the things that matter in minutes?

The problem is that Young Master Huan never thought about joining before, or rather, he wouldn't take the initiative to join!

Rummenigge smiled a little bitterly when he heard Young Master Huan's words.

Young Master Huan, the whole world knows that your old man is the most unruly, and now you are telling me the rules?

If we were to follow the rules and regulations, we should have kicked all of your teams out of the European Club Association, but the problem is that we haven't done that at all.

On the contrary, we have always turned a blind eye, Master Huan.

But these words in his heart, Rummenigge didn't dare to say it to his face, hehe smiled.

"Young Master Huan, there will always be a special case to everything!"

Yang Huan nodded, laughing in his heart, exception?

"Southampton have made such a contribution to the development of European football in the last few years, so we should treat it out of the ordinary!"

This time it's really amusing Young Master.

It's reasonable to use these words to fool the fans, but if you want to fool Young Master Huan, okay?

Rummenigge looked at Young Master Huan's expression, and felt depressed in his heart.

Everyone else is begging to enter the European Club Association, and it depends on the mood of several of their bigwigs, if they are not happy, get out of the calf.

But it's good that you, Young Master Huan, took the initiative to beg you to enter, but you still hesitate to enter, is this like a word?

Also, after people enter, they have to start from the spare tire alliance, uh, no, it's an informal membership, and after enough qualifications, when we are happy, you can turn positive, and you have to look at our faces after becoming regular.

Master Huan, you just became an official member!

You must know that Southampton's entry has increased the Premier League from the current six places to seven places.

There are only five places in La Liga and the Bundesliga, and Italy even has only four, which is enough to give face to the Premier League teams!

But these words, these things, Rummenigge can only be kept in his heart, not said.

In fact, the reason why he took the initiative to invite the saints to join the church was, in the final analysis, forced by the situation.

In the past period, Peter Kenyon has been driving them crazy with what he has done in European football.

Also, the Premier League teams have been surprisingly united in recent times, advancing and retreating together, which is surprising.

What's more, Blatter is down, and both FIFA and UEFA have to be reformed.

This is undoubtedly a great opportunity for the European Club Association.

Because one of the reform issues of FIFA and UEFA is to increase the voice of capital in professional football, and then improve the transparency of football operations.

It is clear that the opportunity they have been waiting for for so many years has finally come!