It's still at the Landmark Hotel, it's still in the largest conference room on the eighth floor, it's still in the same location.

In just one month apart, two Premier League chairmanship summits were held, which had never been seen in the past 20 years.

The last time there was such an intensive chairman's summit was before the Premier League was formed, and there was a huge amount of urgent work to be consulted.

But this time, it was because of a promoted horse

Southampton

Over the past month, it has been in the newspapers every day, a nightmare that has caused concern among fans and kept all the chairmen and owners of the Premier League awake.

Everyone present wanted to be able to solve this matter as much as possible

It's just that some things are easy to start and hard to finish.

Roman Abramovich sat in his Chelsea position and Marina Granovskia sat behind him, and like many of those present, they waited a little impatiently.

Especially Abramovich, he was originally at odds with Yang Huan, and now he is waiting for him here, and he is unbalanced in his heart.

"It's so unbelievable, so many of us are waiting for him here?" Abramovich said indignantly.

"yes, why haven't you arrived yet?"

"Wait, things can't be dragged on like this forever, they have to be solved"

"But will he come?"

Someone in the room whispered Abramovic's displeasure.

They are all people with heads and faces, and now they are waiting for people here?

If this spreads, won't it make countless people laugh off their big teeth?

But in the midst of this discussion, someone sneered sadly and rejected Abramovich.

"If you don't want to wait, you can go."

Everyone followed the prestige, and it was Newcastle's chairman Ashley.

This guy doesn't know what's going on, he always looks at Abramovich unpleasantly, and he has to do everything against Abramovich.

"Besides, if I'm not mistaken, a month ago, you said that you Chelsea were going to withdraw from the Premier League, what's the matter, and now you regret it?" With that, Ashley burst into a sneering and sarcastic laugh.

The fire in Abramovich's heart, this damn Brit has taken the wrong medicine no matter how he looks at it.

What are you holding me for no reason?

I didn't flirt with your wife, nor did I rob your lover, why do you like me so much?

But Ashley and Newcastle are still somewhat influential among the local forces.

Therefore, Abramovich snorted coldly, but he didn't refute it, but he was very unhappy in his heart.

You dead fat man, next time we fight Newcastle, it's no wonder that Lao Tzu doesn't play with you

Everyone looked at the competition between two people who didn't like each other, and they also thought it was funny.

Some people also understand in their hearts that Abramovich is purely looking at Southampton, hoping that the Saints will really retire.

But the problem now is that the sponsors are not there

Big sponsors such as Sky, BT and Barclays have put pressure on them.

If Southampton does retire, then there is still something to play about

Maybe the Premier League will be the same as Serie A and La Liga, and there will be a shutdown scandal.

Thinking of this, many people's hearts are actually retreating.

David O Gill always sat upright, but he could see the expressions of everyone present, and he was not without sighs in his heart.

Yang Huan's methods are indeed clever

One move to withdraw from the competition caught everyone off guard.

For most teams in the Premier League, Southampton's threat is still unknown, and it is difficult to say whether it will even threaten itself, after all, the league has not yet started

But if it affects the sponsors, and the director's own income in various sponsorship shares is reduced, it is cutting meat on their bodies, how can they accept this?

Even from a certain point of view, whether Southampton advertises on the jersey or not has nothing to do with them, it belongs to chicken ribs.

For the sake of a dispensable chicken rib, but losing his own interests, a fool will do this

Thinking of this, David Gil sighed in his heart, but he never made a sound.

He had an agreement with Southampton before and United were not involved in the matter

Roman Abramovich was very depressed because he found that Chelsea was the only team in the Premier League.

He has received the news that Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City will all participate in the International Champions Cup, so they are not willing to offend Yang Huan and Southampton, and they belong to being recruited.

Among the remaining teams, Tottenham Hotspur has always supported Southampton, and teams such as Aston Villa and Fulham are all foreign owners, who are unwilling to get involved too much, and are not willing to lose their interests for a dispensable clause.

So, in this situation, Chelsea are a bit on their own

It's really a group of soft eggs who see the wind and rudder and forget their righteousness

Abramovich's heart was filled with a mournful wail.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, which attracted the attention of everyone present.

When the door opened, I saw Yang Huan walking into the conference room with a smile on his face, apologizing as he walked.

"Sorry, the plane is late, I'm late"

Everyone present was sneering in their hearts, is it really late?

But no one can say this reason, you can't always find the flight schedule to refute Yang Huan, right?

If you really want to be so serious, then this will not be able to open

Peter Nien followed behind Yang Huan and also walked in.

The two of them walked around the conference room in a half-circle, returning to the familiar position by the window.

Richard Kudmore waited until Yang Huan was seated, then coughed and stood up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for taking the time to join us at this special meeting."

Everyone present didn't give Scudmore any reaction, and his expression seemed to say, let's get to the point, buddy

Scudmore knew what was going on.

"This time, we invited everyone to come here mainly to negotiate one thing, and that is the issue of advertising shirts in Southampton."

Everyone suddenly looked at Yang Huan again.

However, the eldest young master still looks like an old god, as if he has nothing to do with himself.

"Southampton's sponsorship and advertising on the shirt is indeed against the rules of the Premier League, but I think the Premier League should also give due consideration to the special situation of this team and give special treatment, I don't know what everyone thinks?"

As soon as Skudmoore's words fell, there was a burst of discussion in the audience.

The attitude of the CEO of the Premier League is actually very clear, that is, let's not worry about it

At this point, he communicated with Peternien before, and also said that many teams have changed their tunes, so Yang Huan will agree to come back to participate in this meeting.

But there are obviously people who don't see it that way

"I don't think this exception can be made"

Everyone followed the sound and saw that it was Abramovich.

This Russian is a typical anti-saint vanguard.

Anyway, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, I just oppose it

"If the Premier League made this exception for Southampton today, what about the future? Will Manchester United also demand a change in the rules of the Premier League on the grounds of boycotting the game in the future, and we will be forced to agree? ”

Who knows, as soon as Abramovich's voice fell, David Gil was gone.

"Mr. Abramovich, I need to remind you that we at Manchester United are responsible giants and we have been playing an active role since the inception of the Premier League, and there is no possibility of an extreme situation like that you say"

Abramovich is depressed, am I just giving an example?

David O Gill glared, to give an example, you can take someone else as an example, don't blame us Manchester United

"I think that at the beginning of the establishment of the Premier League, the decision to set up a roundtable was to hope that when we encountered things and problems, we could sit down and negotiate and solve them, instead of ignoring the overall situation of the Premier League for personal grievances"

Everyone understands that at the end of David Gill's words, he is actually alluding to Abramovich.

Now the situation is clear.

Southampton withdrew, and none of the sponsors were there.

Are you willing to lose millions or even tens of millions of broadcast fee shares a year in order to maintain a dispensable ban?

The answer is already obvious to everyone, it's up to you to choose

"Let me say a word" Tottenham Hotspur chief executive, Daniel Levy stood up.

Everyone nodded in unison.

The north London side is at the helm of one of the best Premier League teams in recent years.

Second only to Southampton's Peterneon, and even more than Manchester United's David Gil.

This director zhì Daniel o Levy at the round table, still has a certain right to speak.

"Southampton's situation is indeed quite special, such a large amount of liquidated damages, it is indeed not a joke, the contract is really terminated, Southampton can only declare bankruptcy, which we do not want to see"

Everyone present, whether they understood it or not, felt that it was at least superficially so.

'However, some of the concerns are not unfounded, so I think it's better for the Premier League to take a tacit attitude.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it's the same as the FA, just turn a blind eye and forget it.

But in Abramovich's view, this is conniving at Southampton.

The Russians were just about to retort, but Daniel Levy continued.

"However, we have to restrict Southampton, for example by not allowing new contracts for shirt advertising, not being able to expand the size of the shirt ad at will, or changing the position of the shirt ad until the end of the existing contract."

Everyone thinks this makes sense.

How many years can you sign a contract?

Three years? Five years?

Okay, I'll let you execute the contract, and once the contract is executed, you'll have to follow the rules of the Premier League

"At the same time, the 20 teams we are here must also sign a new agreement, from now on, no team, including the promoted horses of the lower leagues, will not be allowed to advertise on their shirts in any form or for any reason, otherwise they will be punished heavily."

When everyone heard this, they all felt that Daniel Levy's mention was quite reliable.

It's a compromise.

It's just that David O. Gill, Abramovich and others listened to it, and their faces were somewhat grim.

Daniel Levy's mention is not just restricting Southampton, but also the big clubs, cutting off the idea of advertising on their shirts.

In other words, from now on, only Southampton will be able to advertise on their shirts, and no other team will think about it

"Daniel's mention is good, I think it's worth considering"

"I think it's pretty good, Richard, what do you think?"

Richard Kudmore also couldn't stop nodding, "I personally agree with it."

The CEO of the Premier League swept the crowd around again and figured out the situation.

"That's still the old rule, vote by raising your hand"

The twenty teams present, plus the Premier League CEO, had a total of twenty-one votes, and more than half of them were counted as guò

As a result, there was a lot of discussion in the whole conference room.

Abramovich was indignant in his heart, wishing that everyone would oppose it, and silently thought in his heart, he would not raise his hand to kill me.

But as far as the eye can see, the girls and the people are all raising their hands.

Not to mention half, I'm afraid it's nearly twenty votes

Especially Newcastle's Ashley, originally this fat man didn't like Southampton and Yang Huan.

But now, as soon as he saw that Abramovich did not raise his hand, but looked at himself, he immediately raised his hands triumphantly.

It was as if to say, hehe, Russian boy, don't you raise your hand?

I raised my hand

I'll be at you

Hehe, you have the ability, you bite me