Perhaps, fans don't feel much, but in the industry, there is a lot of attention to the Champions League in the 2015-2016 season, and it is likely to become a major watershed in European football again.

Why?

The first is the overall increase in income.

European professional football is inseparable from money, and there is no need to say how important income is to a team.

In the new season, as UEFA's sponsorship contracts have generally increased, so have the share and prize money allocated to each team.

For example, in the group stage, 32 teams played six group games, and the guaranteed income was 8.6 million euros before, but now it has increased to 12 million euros, which is equivalent to the appearance fee of the Champions League group stage.

Then, for each win, the prize money has increased from the original 1 million to the current 1.5 million, and the tie is still 500,000.

In other words, theoretically, if the participating teams win six consecutive group stages, they can get a total of 20 million euros.

This is only the group stage, and the next knockout rounds and finals have also generally increased, basically in the range of about 50%, and the prize money for winning the championship has also increased from the original 10 million euros to 15 million euros.

According to preliminary estimates, the most basic prize money for this season's champion team will reach more than 50 million euros.

But that's just the basics, as there's also a share of the prize pool.

With the rise of British Telecom, under the leadership of the guy who unbuttoned the three buttons, the old British consortium was ambitious to make a big move, and won the Champions League broadcast rights in the United Kingdom for the next three years at a sky-high price.

That's why Sky TV is bidding for the Premier League's domestic broadcast rights at sky-high prices.

Because of the loss of the Champions League, they can no longer lose the rights to broadcast the Premier League.

The prize pool in the Champions League is linked to the price paid by the TV broadcasters in the country where the team is located, so the higher the bid of BT, the higher the prize money for the Premier League teams participating in the Champions League.

It is expected that among the four Premier League teams participating in the Champions League this year, the best performers will be able to share more than 40 million, almost double the number in the past.

In other words, if the Premier League team wins the Champions League again, the total prize money will exceed 100 million.

But that's just the prize money and the share, and if you take into account the sponsorship revenue, matchday revenue, etc., which comes with participating in the Champions League, it will be an even more staggering number.

If you just look at this data, you will definitely feel wow, and think, oh my God, it's too much.

Even if someone who doesn't know what is going on will definitely scold him, thinking that Southampton is too fucked, playing the Champions League to make so much money, and even swearing to go to grab benefits from the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, this is too unusual, right?

But in reality?

As Yang Huan has always said, there is no free lunch in this world, and if you want to spread out a big scene, you have to pay a lot of cost.

Many people see Southampton's Champions League two consecutive championships, the Premier League three consecutive championships, and the superstars in the team, they must think that this team is going against the sky, but in fact, they don't see the various interests behind it.

For example, the annual salary, Southampton from promotion to the Premier League to now, in just three years, salary expenditure has been increasing at an astonishing rate almost every year, the reason is simple, the team is performing well, the players are shining, want to keep people, OK, give an annual salary.

It's like Eden Hazard, who was paid £100,000 a week when he first joined, but now?

has received a weekly salary of 200,000 pounds, with the addition of Messi, in order to resist the poaching of teams such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, the team is ready to start negotiating a contract extension with Hazard, and it is expected that he will become the second player with an annual salary of more than 10 million after Messi.

Eden Hazard renewed his contract, but what about Suarez?

Harry Kane performed so eye-catching last season that he is about to renew his contract, how much should he be paid for his annual salary?

And how much should Anthony Martial give?

If you want Sanchez to stay in the team with peace of mind, how much annual salary should you give?

Pogba, Mateo Kovacic and Toni Kroos, who are being chased by most of Europe's giants, are also in due contract extensions.

According to Ron Gulley's calculations to Yang Huan, with the addition of Messi, the annual salary expenditure of the Saints will quickly increase from the current 230 million euros to 300 million euros.

Even in Europe, it's second only to Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Of course, this also includes around 30 million euros for the administrative staff and the salaries of the club's employees.

This is still a number of superstar players in the team are cultivated by Southampton themselves, if it is all brought in, the annual salary will have to reach an astonishing astronomical amount!

It's like Tottenham Hotspur, whose annual salary has caught up with Southampton, but the income is 108,000 miles behind!

Therefore, the introduction of Cristiano Ronaldo was originally not supported by Yang Huan and Daniel Levy, but Prime Minister Hamad promised to inject capital, which led to the deal, otherwise, Tottenham Hotspur simply could not afford it.

If the Saints want to remain competitive for the Champions League, they have to manage such a large squad, but the problem is, the salary is fixed, you have to give it anyway, but the results are up and down, God knows if you can win the title?

If you win the championship and earn a lot of money, it is a good thing, but what about the bonus?

Last season's double, the Saints offered a prize of 60 million euros.

But if the results are not satisfactory, then the team's expenditure will be completely wasted!

This is also why Yang Huan has always said that the Champions League is a money-burning game, not something that any team can afford.

It can be said that Southampton relies on this set of squads and the huge salary expenditure behind it to support the competitiveness of the Saints in the Premier League and the Champions League.

Without this, the saints would have been thrown aside by Saqima.

Southampton dared to bring in Messi this year because the team is confident that it will hopefully reach 600 million pounds, or 700 million euros, in terms of operating revenue, which will make the Saints the highest-grossing team of all time.

In this case, the salary expenditure of more than 300 million is not a big problem for the saints.

What's more, Southampton doesn't have any debts and is financially healthy, so they can afford to play.

Especially with the stable implementation of the free ticket policy, coupled with the support of long-term and stable sponsors and partners, the income of the Saints is very stable, and Yang Huan dared to shout that the Saints will adjust their business model this year.

As a result, everyone saw that the Saints not only did not sell people this year, but spent 150 million euros to smash Messi, all of which was built on the team's excellent financial and operational foundation.

In the face of salary expenditures of more than 100 million yuan, or even two or three hundred million yuan, the 100 million bonuses and shares of the Champions League, as well as the broadcast fee share of the Premier League, are really nothing.

It's not even enough for the Saints to pay the players' salaries and bonuses!

It is precisely because of this understanding and understanding that the only team currently has the flag bearer to represent the Premier League and compete in the Champions League can only be the Saints, so the middle and lower teams of the Premier League will agree to reform overseas income.

As for Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, if they want to accumulate the realm of Saints, they must first improve their financial income, club management, and squad strength.

Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, even Chelsea, sorry, if you want to catch up with the Saints, you can't do it for four or five years.

Manchester United, in particular, should not expect to turn around when the debt has not been paid off.

As the saying goes, the economic base determines the superstructure.

In the eyes of ordinary fans, the Saints are superstars and powerful.

But in Yang Huan's eyes, everything is money.

Isn't there a saying?

In professional football, it is hooligan to talk about everything without money!

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Another big change in the Champions League this season is that the winners of last season's Europa League will qualify for the Champions League.

But since last season's Europa League was won by Inter Milan, and the Nerazzurri themselves are the champions of Serie A, this clause is useless for both Inter Milan and Serie A.

This is also why the president of Lazio, who finished fourth last season, has previously said that Inter Milan should take the initiative to lose in the last few rounds for the benefit of Serie A, so that Juventus can go up to win the championship, with Roma and Lazio in second and third.

Because of this, Inter Milan can still play in the Champions League.

But after Inter Milan won the championship, the Champions League qualification for the Europa League winner was automatically abandoned.

Another big change in this season's Champions League comes from the bracket.

Unlike in the past, which relied on European points to divide the bins, this time the brackets have been adjusted.

The defending champions and the top seven league champions in Europe are automatically placed in Pot 1 and seeded.

Pots 2, 3 and 4 are ranked according to European points.

At first glance, it may seem like there is no difference, but in reality, the difference is significant.

According to the new rankings, Southampton, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Monaco, Zenit St. Petersburg and Ajax are the teams in Pot 1.

In the second pot, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Porto, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Valencia, Shakhtar Donetsk and Manchester City are all strong teams.

The key point is that in the third pot, Juventus, Roma, Lyon and other teams are good, and in the fourth pot, there are teams such as Tottenham Hotspur, Hamburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Wolfsburg.

It can be said that such distribution rules have disrupted the order of the group stage in the past.

Because in the past, the strong teams had high points and were ranked in the seeded team and the second pot, but now, there are teams with low points such as Monaco, Inter Milan, Zenit St. Petersburg and Ajax in the first pot, which completely disrupts the traditional grouping model of the past.

Theoretically, such a group draw would make it very likely that there would be a group of death.

And the facts have also proved that there is really a group of death.

This time, the Saints were unable to continue their good draws, drawing Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Wolfsburg.

As soon as they saw this draw, everyone in the audience was in an uproar.

Nimeh, all of them are teams from the top five European leagues, and they are all strong teams.

It's a rhythm that is going to die!

Needless to say, one of the strongest teams in Europe, Paris Saint-Germain, is not far behind, while Juventus and Wolfsburg, although weaker, are not without a fight.

When these four teams come together, it's just going against the sky!

Yang Huan sat in the venue, and after seeing the results of the lottery, he helplessly showed a wry smile.

He certainly knows that UEFA doesn't want Southampton to defend their title again.

Just kidding, it's already outrageous to let you defend the title once, if you win the championship again, wouldn't it turn the Champions League into a prison for your Yang family?

Besides, you won the championship, and the other teams are going to play balls?

The Saints didn't want to win the championship this season, so they could only finish at the top of the rankings, preferably in the semi-finals, and that's it.

However, if the Saints were unlucky in the draw, then Manchester City would really be crying to death in the toilet.

As soon as the results of the draw came out, Yang Huan clearly saw the expression on Mubarak's face singing.

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