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Joe Lewis didn't come from a wealthy family, and he didn't come from a wealthy family at all? No background.

Twenty or thirty years ago, he ran several wool sweater shops in London, targeting the Japanese tourists who were the big tyrants of the time.

Later, I saw that many Japanese tourists ran a foreign exchange shop because of the inconvenience of currency exchange, but what I didn't expect was that this foreign exchange store made more money than his sweater shop.

Since then, he has entered the foreign exchange market, accumulated a lot of wealth through foreign exchange speculation, and in 1996 acquired the company ENIC, began to involve in large-scale foreign exchange transactions, and became a first-class billionaire, at the peak worth nearly four billion pounds.

In the 90s, with the arrival of the listing boom of Premier League clubs, almost all Premier League teams, including Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, landed on the London stock market, and the news big predator Murdoch's attempt to buy Manchester United ultimately failed, but it did irritate Lewis.

Soon, Lewis teamed up with Magnell and McManus, two United shareholders, to try to initiate a takeover of Manchester United, but at the last minute, it also failed.

But the failure to buy Manchester United did not shake Lewis's determination to make money from football club shares, coupled with the emergence of Daniel Levy, a famous gold agent on the London stock market and an avid fan of Tottenham Hotspur.

As a result, the two joined forces and gradually acquired shares in many European teams, including Tottenham Hotspur, Scottish Rangers, Slavia Prague, Bulgarian CSKA Sofia, Athens AEK, Vicenza, and Basel through ENIC, and even completed the holding.

The pinnacle of this came in 1999, when AEK Athens and Slavia Prague took UEFA to court on the grounds that it is an old rule in European professional football that teams that belong to the same person or group cannot compete in the same competition for fair play reasons.

But in the end, UEFA kicked Athens AEK out of the UEFA Cup at the time.

Since then, ENIC's business has been difficult.

What's worse is that with the rapid decline of the frenzy of football clubs in the late nineties, the shares of almost all listed clubs have been declining, especially Tottenham Hotspur, which has fallen to less than one-tenth of what it was when it was listed.

Joe Lewis lost a lot of money in this deal.

But it was also at this time that he began to adjust the direction of his business, gradually putting resources on Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

So, starting in 2003, he bought a stake in Tottenham Hotspur and appointed Daniel Levy to the White Hart Lane stadium, and the north London team has seen a strong rise in recent years.

But no matter how good Tottenham Hotspur is, Joe Lewis has never changed his mind.

He runs the north London team for one purpose, and that is to make money!

Especially in recent years, as the economic crisis hit, Joe Lewis has also been moving his assets, successively investing in medical institutions, bars, restaurants and art collections.

For the hot potato of Tottenham Hotspur, he has long wanted to get rid of it.

And from the acquisition of Tottenham Hotspur to the present, there is no doubt that the closest to his goal of cashing out and leaving is now!

200 million pounds is undoubtedly quite a good price.

In the final analysis, it is because the current Premier League competition is too fierce.

Now, what Lewis is facing is either to continue to invest and keep the top four in the league, or simply cash out and sell it, make a sum of money and leave.

If the offer of 200 million pounds is followed, Lewis will be able to earn at least 100 million.

This also somewhat makes up for the regret that he has suffered heavy losses in running a football club in the past few years.

"Prime Minister Hamad, I accept your offer, two hundred million pounds!"

Joe Lewis stood up in the silent room and let out a heavy breath.

This old British, who is in his seventies, still looks full of courage, no wonder he can be ranked in the top 300 on the Forbes list, no matter how you look at it, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp!

"Yes, Mr. Lewis!" Prime Minister Hamad also stood up and laughed, "Give me a week to go H to raise funds!" ”

Lewis nodded, reached for the buttons of his suit, and looked at the crowd again, there was nothing more for him here.

The moment he nodded yes, he had nothing to do with Tottenham Hotspur.

Daniel Levy and Yang Huan both got up to see him off, after all, an old man, isn't it?

After sending off Joe Lewis, all Tottenham Hotspur shareholders and executives were present, so the meeting went straight to the meeting.

Yang Huan proposed that Daniel Levy continue as CEO of Tottenham Hotspur because he believes that Daniel Levy is definitely the best club manager in the entire Premier League and indeed in Europe.

Prime Minister Hamad had no objection and agreed on the spot, and at the same time proposed that his son Hamad be the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, which also passed smoothly.

This is already an agreement reached by the Tottenham Hotspur Big Three, and now it is just a formality.

The real highlight is next!

"Young Master Huan told me before that in the new season, the competition in the Premier League will become more and more fierce." Prime Minister Hamad said worriedly.

Daniel Levy nodded: "Yes, that's right, Southampton is still the strongest contender for the title, Manchester United is getting stronger, Manchester City is also ambitious, Arsenal must be desperate to keep the top four in the league, especially this summer, the London rivals are eyeing Real Madrid's Mesut Ozil and Higuain." ”

Interestingly, the reason why Real Madrid wanted to sell Ozil, Higuain and other stars in the team was to raise money to buy Gareth Bale and Vidal in Southampton.

"Chelsea lost Champions League qualification last season, and even failed to qualify for the Europa League, and this season Jose Mourinho has entered the palace for the second time, Roman Abramovich has decided to open the purse bag and make a big splash of reinforcements, and the Blues will definitely be greatly improved."

"And Liverpool, although Brendan Rodgers' team sold Suarez for 40 million pounds, the overall strength is still quite good, and with Everton, this season's Premier League will become more miserable than ever."

Hamad's analysis of these teams is completely unclear and uninteresting.

"I wanted to know what could be done to make Tottenham Hotspur the best team in the Premier League in the shortest possible time."

Feeling the direct gaze from the Prime Minister of Qatar, Daniel Levy glanced at Yang Huan with a wry smile, feeling depressed.

Looks like his new partner is a football idiot!

Do you really think it's so easy to build a Premier League team?

At present, almost all the famous stars have been swept away by the big teams.

Southampton's rapid rise in three years is not only due to coincidence, but also to the means and vision of recruitment.

In the case of Tottenham Hotspur, Daniel Levy himself is not sure.

"Young Master Huan?" Prime Minister Hamad looked at Yang Huan for help.

Everyone present, including Charlene Rahri, suddenly realized that Prime Minister Hamad's trust in Yang Huan was the only thing that mattered.

Yang Huan Shi Ran smiled, "I said that today's professional football is capital football, and if you burn money wantonly, you may not be able to burn a championship, but if you don't burn money, you definitely don't have any hope!" ”

Arsenal have not won the title for many years, why?

Don't talk about whether it's soft or not, or how Wenger is, in the final analysis, two words, input!

No input, no output!

"So what's the input method?" Prime Minister Hamad asked again.

Yang Huan's expression is interesting now, these days, if you have money, you may not know how to spend it!

"It's very simple, smash high-level stars, but with knowledge, it's better to be the kind of star who can fight and is not very young."

Daniel Levy listened and couldn't help but nod his head again and again.

Young Master Huan's proposal is good, burning money is not just burning, it has to be burned on the blade.

"At the age of about twenty-five, it is better to be lower, invest for a long time, choose a reliable world coach, it is easier to produce results."

Prime Minister Hamad listened to it and felt that it made sense.

"Since you say it's going to be invested, it depends on what your budget is." Yang Huan looked at Prime Minister Hamad and asked with a smile.

This is also a temptation, if you are a dignified Qatari prime minister, but you turn out to be an out-and-out miser, and talk about a fart, it is better to simply shrink your clothes and diet.

Prime Minister Hamad doesn't know.

Seeing him, he also laughed, "I believe in your young master Huan's vision and wisdom, as long as you can see it, you can buy it, I can afford it!" ”

These words also gave confidence to all the Tottenham Hotspur management present.

What is a local tyrant?

This is called a local tyrant!

It doesn't matter who you want to buy, just say it, buy whoever you like.

This is not a local tyrant, who is a local tyrant?

Daniel Levy immediately came out at this time to brush up on his sense of existence, and followed the words of Young Master Huan just now.

"Actually, we have brought in Gary Cahill and Markovic from Southampton, Moutinho from Atletico Madrid, Eriksen from Ajax, Emre Can from Bayern Munich, and Argentine left-back from Sporting Lisbon.

Prime Minister Hamad nodded immediately, although he didn't know these players, he knew that they were all recommended by Yang Huan.

Over the past few years, Southampton's scouting team has been world-renowned.

Who doesn't know that the players that the Saints fancy must not be wrong.

"So, for now, we're missing a centre-forward!"

But as soon as Daniel Levy's words fell, Yang Huan shook his head and sighed.

"Daniel, you're right, it's just that the pattern is too small!"

"Too small?" Daniel Levy was stunned, what do you mean?

Even Prime Minister Hamad and everyone present found it strange.

Didn't you Young Master Huan just praise Daniel Levy just now?

Why is it that when you turn around now, you criticize it again?

"I said you're small, don't be angry!" Yang looked at Daniel Levy with a smile.

"You, you're still using the old ideas of Tottenham Hotspur in the past, you don't want to think about it, we are completely different from the past, Alan Lennon in the past, we can still reuse it, but now, can we compromise?"

Belch......

There was silence.

Everyone was choked by Young Master Huan's words.

Alan Lennon? Will it be?

Young Master Huan, your pattern is inevitably too high, right?

At least an England international-level player, right?

Although he only brushes up his presence occasionally, there is no need to degrade him like this, right?

"If you really want me to say, Tottenham Hotspur's current pattern is the top four in the league, or even the league championship, then the players introduced must be implemented according to this standard, so things like Allen Lennon, Huddlestone, Sandro, Cabourg or something, obviously do not meet the team's goals and positioning."

"Such a player, instead of staying in the team and wasting salary, it is better to simply sell it for cash, and then re-introduce a group of stars in the current year to further improve the strength of the team!"

Don't really say it, Yang Huan's words, when I first heard it, I was a little blind to toss, but I can think about it carefully, it makes sense.

Players such as Allen Lennon are not strong enough in the Premier League, and they are the kind of players who can be used, but they can't bring much improvement to the team.

If Tottenham Hotspur's goal is to remain at the top of the league and try to break into the top four, then Allen Lennon should be retained, but this is clearly different.

Rather than keep Alan Lennon but not use him and let him depreciate, it is better to simply take advantage of his current status as an international player and his good performance last season to sell him as soon as possible to cash out.

But before Daniel Levy and the others could react, Yang Huan laughed again.

"I have a few candidates here who can definitely help Tottenham Hotspur improve their strength to a higher level, but I don't know if you have the courage!"

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