Chapter 988: The countryside surrounds the city
There has been a lot of gossip about the dissolution of the G14 organization.
Some people say that Chelsea originally wanted to join the G14 organization because of love and hate, but was not accepted, and finally turned to UEFA.
But this statement is not true.
In 2008, the G14 organization realized that the crisis was coming, and wanted to expand the army, from the original 18 teams, to 40, and improve its ability to compete in front of UEFA.
Chelsea was included in the list at the time.
However, Peter Kenyon, who was still Chelsea's chief executive at the time, eventually declined the G14 offer, and even several other teams.
This abrupt change eventually led to the G14 expansion plan having to be temporarily put on hold, and internal morale was greatly damaged.
Some say that Barcelona is the ghost of UEFA, which disintegrated the G14 organization from within, so as soon as G14 was disbanded, Barcelona immediately won the treble and became the strongest team in Europe, establishing the Dream Three dynasty.
But is this claim reliable?
If there are no contradictions within the G14 organization, what big waves can Barcelona alone make?
You must know that although when the European Club Association was established, the president of Barcelona, Laporta, was one of the vice presidents of the executive committee, but he did not have a big say in European football, not to mention, there was a chairman of the executive committee above him.
Even, within the G14, Barcelona does not have much say at all.
It can only be said that the dissolution of the G14 organization is more due to the lack of effective balance and control of internal conflicts of interest, coupled with the failure of the expansion of the army, and finally fell apart under the lure of UEFA.
Rummenigge and others have repeatedly reflected on the reasons for the dissolution of the G14 organization, and when they established the European Club Association, they learned lessons and appropriately delegated power to the middle and lower teams, which led to the current set of regulations of the European Club Association.
Not only that, but the European Club Association is more open and tolerant than the G14 organisations.
For Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and other capital upstarts, they have all given the green light.
Because they know that if they are not accepted, sooner or later, this group of capital upstarts will use new forces to compete with the European club association, just like Chelsea did back then.
Even the tragic reappearance of the dissolution of the G14 organization may not happen.
Then there are some dissidents, who are also absorbed by the European Club Association.
For example, Hannover 96 in the Bundesliga.
To say that in the Bundesliga, no matter how you line up, the place to enter the European Club Association will not fall on the head of Hannover 96, right? Not to mention that before him, there were old powerhouses such as Eintracht Frankfurt, Wolfsburg, Hamburg and Werder Bremen.
But on the contrary, this piece of pie that fell from the sky hit Hanover Ninety-six.
Why him?
Because Hannover Nine-Six is a die-hard dissident in the Bundesliga, Martin Kinder is committed to abolishing a series of restrictions in the Bundesliga, such as fifty plus one, but what is the purpose of these series of provisions?
That is to ensure Bayern Munich's dominance in the Bundesliga.
Just imagine, if the Bundesliga opens up capital and attracts foreign investment, Bayern Munich can still be in such a transcendent position as it is now?
Last season, the rise of a Hamburg almost lifted Bayern Munich's platform, if there are a few more, such as Red Bull in the German Second Division, and then a Middle East consortium, an American consortium, or even an African and Asian consortium, then Bayern Munich is still playing a fart?
As for being financially healthy, OK, it's very simple, and in front of financial professionals, it's as easy as playing a house.
Therefore, if the Bundesliga wants to relax the restrictive policies such as 50 plus 1, the biggest resistance will come from Bayern Munich.
For dissidents like Hannover Ninety-Six, Rummenigge argues that the best way to do this is to bring dissidents under his jurisdiction.
As a result, Hannover 96 became one of the five teams in the Bundesliga in the European club association, along with Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen.
Over the past few years, the bigwigs of the European Club Association have been quite satisfied with the set of rules they have worked hard and racked their brains to establish, and they are constantly using this set of rules to absorb potential threats and continue to expand their voice in European football.
It should be said that they had a lot of fun and had a good time, until recently.
As with all rules, as long as there are rules, there will be loopholes.
Manchester United's Ed Woodward has been active within the organisation in recent times, and seems to be interested in a seat on the ECA executive committee, which has garnered a lot of votes.
But that's not the point, because Manchester United are already an old giant, and it doesn't matter if they become a member of the executive committee.
According to the current list, Arsenal are one of four teams on UEFA's strategy committee, and even if Manchester United are in office, the Premier League occupies two of the 15 executive committees, which is not a big deal.
The point is that in the competition for executive seats, Monaco and Inter Milan are also working hard to win votes, and the demand is very high.
Inter Milan was one of the executive committee members when the European Club Association was formed, but in recent years it has been replaced by Juventus, and AC Milan's executive committee position has never been shaken.
Now, Inter Milan is making a comeback.
But Monaco came out to compete with Lyon, which was a bit unexpected.
And that's just the first tier.
According to the rules, the first tier is the league that ranks first to sixth in European standings, and a total of five executive committee members are elected.
If you leave aside the unshakable president of Rummenigge in the Bundesliga, four will be elected.
Manchester United, Monaco and Inter Milan, each with one of them, who is left?
It is estimated that the old giants Real Madrid are the most likely.
But that's also not the point.
There will be three places in the second tier, the seventh to fifteenth league, and as a result, Ajax in the Netherlands, Anderlecht in Belgium and Basel in Switzerland are all in contention.
You must know that the second echelon are all leagues such as Ukraine, Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic, and these teams are all strong teams in the second echelon with great reputation.
Especially Ajax, the old G14 team, is also a veteran team in the European Club Association.
And in the third echelon, Vienna, Austria also came forward to run, and the voice was very high.
The other team is likely to be Scottish Celtic.
Then the question arises.
What would happen if the likes of Monaco, Inter Milan, Ajax, Anderlecht, Basel and Austrian Vienna all got their desired seats on the ECA Executive Committee?
As a result, Yang Huan has six executive committee seats in his hands!
There are fifteen seats in total, and you get six places.
According to the regulations of the European Club Association, any decision must be approved by more than two-thirds of the members of the Executive Committee before it can be effective, that is to say, Yang Huan has a veto power!
From now on, any major event in the European Club Association, what Yang Huan said may not count, but if Yang Huan doesn't nod, it will definitely not count, then other teams must not come to you one by one, farts to pat you on the back and please you?
What's more, Manchester United and Arsenal are Premier League teams, and who knows how close they are to Southampton?
Over the years, the Premier League has always had ambitions to outperform other leagues.
It can be said that Young Master Huan's trick is simply more hooligan than a hooligan, and the countryside surrounds the city!
Rummenigge knew before that Yang Huan was developing vigorously in Europe and expanding his football empire, but he never paid attention to what was going on with the teams that Yang Huan acquired.
But it wasn't that long ago that he was shocked when he heard about Peter Kenyon's active running teams running for the executive committee.
Nimei, these teams are not bought casually, they are all going for the executive committee seats.
It can even be said that from the first echelon to the fourth echelon, there are Yang Huan's teams, or teams that have a close relationship with Yang Huan.
As for the fifth echelon, more than 20 teams went to grab a seat, which was too cost-effective, and was completely ignored by Yang Huan.
Rummenigge knows how much energy Peter Kenyon has in European football.
This guy's connections, resources, and ability to do things are not inferior to him at all.
Therefore, Rummenigge knows very well that if Peter Kenyon masters these resources with the strong support of Yang Huan, he may even be threatened by his chairmanship.
In this case, Rummenigge also felt that he should make a move.
That's why he took the initiative to help get in touch and create conditions for Southampton to join the European Club Association.
Not only that, but he also took the initiative to find Yang Huan, hoping to appease this upstart who is becoming more and more influential in European football.
But he never expected that Young Master Huan would still be unmoved.
He knew in his heart that Yang Huan was not as desireless as he seemed on the surface, because, if he really wanted nothing, then why did Peter Kenyon do so many things?
Even, how long has it been since the secret layout was made now?
Therefore, it is a lie to say that he has nothing to ask for, and it can only be said that the chips he opened are not high enough.
Thinking of this, Rummenigge suddenly smiled slightly, "Young Master Huan, I don't know if you have heard about the reform of the UEFA Executive Committee?" ”
He dared to guarantee that Yang Huan would know.
Because Platini and Infantino must have told him a long time ago.
"Oh, do you want to reform?" Yang Huan was obviously pretending to be stupid.
Rummenigge secretly screamed Sure enough, this Young Master Huan's plan is not small.
"Don't hide it from Young Master, UEFA wants to reform, I reached an agreement with them before, among the fifteen members of the executive committee, our club representatives will get two seats."
"Really?" Yang Huan pretended to be surprised and asked.
But where was the slightest hint of surprise in his tone?
Rummenigge was depressed, daring to love this UEFA executive committee member in the eyes of Young Master Huan, nothing ah!
You know, it's these fifteen executive committee members who control UEFA, and the club was able to get two seats for the first time this time, which is already quite remarkable and a great victory.
As long as you have this start, and then slowly plot to slowly expand the club's influence in UEFA, who dares to say that there is no hope of controlling UEFA in the future?
You know, compared to the wine bags and rice bags, this group of people in the club are capable elites!
Rummenigge knew in his heart that what Young Master Huan was trying to do this time should be this place.
Masturbating, there are only two places in the power center of UEFA, Rummenigge himself must get one of them, and who the remaining one will go, he originally had to wait for the members of the executive committee of the European Club Association to fight.
Arsenal's Gazidis, AC Milan's Gantini, CSKA Moscow's Shinel and Bartomeu's Bartomeu have already been selected for the UEFA Strategy Committee.
That is, the remaining ten executive committee members will compete for one of the spots.
As soon as he thought of this, Rummenigge was stunned.
In the case that the middle and lower reaches of the team have no ability, and may not even have ambition, who will compete with Young Master Huan for this place?
Sure enough, when he suddenly realized, Yang Huan looked at him with a smile, word by word, and said in a domineering tone: "Carl, I want the remaining place!" ”
At this moment, Rummenigge didn't even have the heart to refuse!
The mystery is finally revealed!