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If it were in China, as a well-known and wealthy man, he would be questioned in person by a person whose reputation and status were not as good as his own, Xiao Yu might be furious, and even rushed over and slapped him hard. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But after so many years, Xiao Yu has already learned this set of British ways of life, and he is also over three years old, and he is no longer as impulsive as before, and he has gradually matured and steady, and he has begun to know how to weigh the pros and cons.

"Of course, you are right, you can't sacrifice your own interests to accommodate us, because you also have your own difficulties, but the reason why I want to cite so many data, I just want to tell you that the introduction of the winter break is not only good for us, but also for you, because the whole Premier League is one!"

It was the chairman of Bolton who questioned Xiao Yu, and after receiving Xiao Yu's answer, he nodded and sat down, obviously willing to continue to listen to Xiao Yu's explanations and opinions.

"Do you know how many players we have in the Premier League for the World Cup in Germany?" Xiao Yu swept over everyone with a smile.

Without waiting for them to answer, Xiao Yu said himself, "There are 127 players from 30 football clubs in England, that is to say, the players participating in the World Cup are not only players from giant teams, but how many have performed well?" ”

"If you bring in a winter break and give these players a proper rest, and they do well in the World Cup, the transfer fee will be higher when they are sold, who will benefit from that time? It's the club where the players are, it's these 30 clubs, there are big clubs, there are middle and lower teams, there are teams in the lower leagues. ”

Xiao Yu's words are beyond doubt, everyone knows very well that appearing on a big stage like the World Cup is tantamount to creating value for the club, and if you perform well, you will be worth a hundred times, and if you perform badly, you will be worth a hundred times.

"I'll give you another statistic, teams that have a winter break, they get a break in January, and after the winter break, they are more fit, they perform better, they can play more exciting games, and not only that, but they can also try to avoid injuries!"

"Our lab has done statistics that during the winter break, the climate is cold and the field becomes harder, and the chance of injury is at least doubled, and during the winter break, the players have just gone through a hard and long schedule, and the physical fatigue is twofold when they participate in the intensive schedule of the winter break."

"But that's not all, you can't get a break during the winter break, once it's in February, the chance of injury increases by 3 times when you travel long distances to participate in the national team competition, but once it comes to March and April at the end of the season, the chance of injury will increase to more than 10 times, that is, without the winter break, the second half of the league will completely become an injury camp, I believe that everyone has this experience!"

With the rise of the Red Rebels' reputation in the past few years, the Red Rebels Laboratory has almost become an authority in the field of sports medicine and rehabilitation, which makes everyone present dare not question the data listed by Xiao Yu.

Of course, those of you who are club bosses must know that the second half of the league is indeed accompanied by frequent injuries, and it is almost impossible to have a player who can play the whole season, even if the Red Rebels have a laboratory to help and the club pursues an effective rotation policy, in fact, there are players who can play the whole season intact.

That's why Xiao Yu always puts special emphasis on bench thickness!

Attrition is a frustrating thing for a football club, which has to pay the player's salary, help them recover, and at the same time bear the loss of the player's absence.

Relatively speaking, the introduction of a winter break can be said to be a relatively ideal approach.

La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 have also adopted a winter break, of which the Bundesliga has the longest winter break, reaching a month, but this is also related to the fact that the Bundesliga has only 18 teams, while the other leagues are 20 teams and have relatively many games.

In addition, the temperature around the winter break in Germany is very low, always accompanied by snowfall, which is not suitable for football, but England, Spain and Italy are not in this problem, and even during the winter break, the game can generally be played as usual, except in the rare heavy snowfall.

It is because of this distinction that the Bundesliga has the longest winter break, while the Premier League can even have no winter break.

Seeing that everyone present did not speak, including Bolton Wanderers and several other teams with the most opposition chose to remain silent, Walsh and David? Dunn smiled at each other, and they all saw that there was a play.

Xiao Yu also feels that he should take this opportunity to strike while the iron is hot and completely establish the winter break of the Premier League, after all, this is a matter related to the long-term interests of the Premier League.

"I'm also aware of the concerns of some teams and I understand the fear of loss in these teams, they are all very difficult to operate, they don't want to lose money because of the change, it will lead them to despair!"

Xiao Yu's words resonated with many teams present, and they did have such thoughts.

'I've had discussions with a number of managers and club officials, as well as FA officials, and I think it's possible to try to reduce the number of replays in the FA Cup, so that if we adjust well, we can have a two-week winter break after the third round of the FA Cup in January!

It can be said that this is a practice that takes into account both tradition and the present.

Generally speaking, if there is a draw in the FA Cup, the two sides will choose to switch home and away for the second leg of the match, and the replay is generally scheduled in the middle of the week, so if the replay is removed, the Premier League game is arranged in the time of the replay, so that the winter break can be taken out of the case under the condition of ensuring the schedule.

And because British fans generally have the craze and habit of going to the stadium around Christmas, the Premier League will continue as usual during this time, and after the third round of the FA Cup, that is, in early January, take a two-week winter break to allow players to get a good rest and be in better shape for the second half of the game.

The participants discussed Xiao Yu's proposal a lot, and it was mentioned one after another before the cancellation of the FA Cup replay, but they faced a problem, that is, once the replay is canceled, how to calculate the interests of the team that suffered?

For example, the attendance rate of the English FA Cup is generally good, reaching 70% on average, like Bolton, their Reebok Stadium capacity is 28,000, according to 70%, the attendance rate of an FA Cup is close to 20,000, and the price of tickets is generally between 25-60 pounds, according to an average of 30 pounds, that is 600,000 pounds of ticket income, counting the business and commercial income of the game, Bolton can get more than 1 million pounds of game income from an FA Cup match.

Let's ask, how could Bolton give up this big piece of fat?

Again, what about the other teams? What about the teams in the lower leagues?

If the replay is canceled, how will the teams that have suffered losses because they lost the replay compensate?

Xiao Yu also put forward his own thoughts on this issue at the meeting, he believes that it is difficult to define the compensation for losses, but it can be compensated in another way.

For example, in the FA Cup, the lower league team gets home advantage, while the higher team has to travel to the away game, which is the obligation of the higher division team to the lower league team.

If it is a team in the same league, it will be based on the league standings of the two sides last season, and the higher the ranking, the more they will play away, after all, they have already profited from the rankings last season, and they are also obliged to help those teams that are lower in the table.

Responsibility, this word is Xiao Yu in the elaboration of his plan mentioned the most, he repeatedly said that in the same league system, each other has the responsibility to consider each other, standing in each other's position to think about the problem, which can maximize the resolution of the contradictions between the two sides, the long-term development of the league has great benefits.

For top teams such as the Red Rebels and Manchester United, in order to participate in European competitions, you have to give up the income from the FA Cup home games, relatively speaking, the teams participating in the Champions Cup are very open, after all, the money for a group stage can fill this hole, but the League Cup teams are more depressed.

However, it cannot be said that they are at a loss, but they have earned a little less, after all, they have already received more share of the broadcast fee in the Premier League ranking share last season, which makes them obliged to fulfill this responsibility and help the team with a lower ranking last season, which is their responsibility!

Without a replay, the FA Cup will become a win-or-lose, which will further increase the upset rate of the FA Cup, especially those teams in the lower leagues, who will definitely win at home, and once even extra-time is drawn, then go straight to the penalty shootout!

The FA Cup, which has always been a hotbed of underdogs, is believed to be a change that could even result in an amateur league team beating Manchester United at home, which I believe will also bring an unprecedented change to the FA Cup.

…………………… After Xiao Yu's proposal, everyone also felt that it was feasible, after all, it was beneficial for everyone to make this change, and those middle and lower teams could guarantee their interests in this change, so they were also happy.

The meeting was discussed until midnight, and even dinner was hastily eaten in the hotel, and then everyone began to discuss the changes brought about by this change, and they all came up with ideas.

For example, some club representatives believe that it should be forbidden for teams to use these two weeks to play commercial games or engage in all kinds of commercial activities, but should actually rest the team and give players a holiday.

Later, it was proposed that the players should be given at least a week off, and the team would train in the second week to prepare for the second half of the league, and so on.

These rules have been recorded by the FA and they have said that many of the suggestions are good and that they will take full account of them, but that if they want to change the schedule, they will need to get the consent of the sponsors and negotiate with the broadcasters.

While the introduction of the winter break is good for the Premier League, it does not mean that it is good for sponsors and broadcasters, most notably last season's FA Cup overseas final, when everyone applauded, but the sponsors rejected the proposal because they placed the focus of market development in the UK rather than overseas, which ultimately led to the abortive of last year's FA Cup overseas final plan.

This season, the FA has taken this into account and coordinated all aspects of the relationship, although the official FA Cup competition has not yet begun, but it has already begun to select the venue for overseas finals, with the first choice still being in Asia and the United States, and the Arab region is also interested in the competition.

The same is true during the winter break.

However, due to the importance of the winter break, the FA and Premier League began negotiations with the sponsors of the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup the next day after this meeting, telling them the decision and seeking their opinions.

The biggest opinion is the BBC, the broadcaster of the FA Cup.

As the traditional boss of the British media industry, the BBC is facing huge competitive pressure in the field of football, especially with the rise of the Premier League and the overall marketing of lower leagues such as the Championship, the BBC can only rely on highlight shows, talk shows and the FA Cup, especially the FA Cup.

The BBC has paid enough attention to this traditional cup competition, which has long been known as Bo Xishan, and has been uninterrupted in packaging and promoting this event in recent years, especially for the packaging of the FA Cup overseas finals, and has spared no effort, but now the FA and the Premier League have decided to change.

Although they are football practitioners for many years, they also know that change is a good thing, but they will reduce the number of games and suffer huge losses because of change, which they will not allow.

The FA and the Premier League formed a negotiating team to negotiate with them, first acknowledging the BBC's contribution to the competition, but saying that the introduction of the winter break is a big deal, which will be of great benefit to the national team and the league, and that such a change is also an opportunity for the FA Cup to re-emerge.

In the past, although it was also a single game to decide the winner, but the draw had to be replayed, and now it is a draw, and the penalty kick is played, which undoubtedly makes the game full of greater accidents, creating a breeding ground for the underdog, if it is packaged, the FA Cup can be completely reborn.

The BBC initially held their word, but after a few contacts, they made their own request to renew the FA Cup with the FA for a 30 per cent increase when the rights expired in 2008.

You know, with the strong rise of the Premier League, the FA Cup and League Cup broadcast rights have also risen, if according to the BBC's proposal, the annual FA Cup broadcast fee will reach 11 million pounds, and if the FA Cup overseas final is very effective, it can even be improved on the basis of the foundation.

The FA and the Premier League have thought twice and finally decided to agree to the BBC's request, after all, the TV station has indeed contributed a lot to the FA Cup in the past few years, and there is no reason to abandon them at this time.

As well as the broadcasters' compromises, so did the sponsors, which led the FA and the Premier League to begin planning for a winter break that, if all goes well, the Premier League's first winter break in January 2007 will take place.

After getting the news, Ferguson and others were very happy, and they excitedly said that this was an epic Normandy landing!

(To be continued)