Early in the morning.

The streets of Madrid, the capital of Spain, are bustling with people, and a new day has begun, and people who go to work are ready to get busy.

At the bus stop on the street, when someone was waiting for the bus, they went to the roadside newsstand to buy the latest newspaper to pass the time, and after a while, they heard a shout, "Oh my God! Come and see! ”

"What's wrong? What's wrong? ”

Hearing the shouting, many people looked over, and a few walked over directly and followed the news in the newspaper.

This is a copy of the newspaper As.

Founded on December 6, 1967 by Luis Montiel Balansat, the newspaper is a well-known football media outlet owned by the Spanish media group PRISA, headquartered in Albasanz Street, Madrid, Spain.

With a focus on football, the fastest-growing sport since 1996, the newspaper has been growing in circulation for more than a decade and now has a circulation of more than 200,000 copies.

In the city of Madrid, there are newsstands on the streets, as well as small shops on the streets, where you can buy As.

This morning's issue of "As" newspaper, the news on it made the passers-by next to him surprised, and the newspaper headline was very conspicuous, "China's mysterious company is negotiating with the Hill family about the acquisition!" ”

"Little Hill is selling the club?"

"How can this be!"

"Didn't we just qualify for the Champions League?"

"God!"

"I hope it's not true!"

“……”

Everyone discussed, and then looked down, and the people around who couldn't get together simply went to the newsstand and bought two more copies.

Soon everyone knew the news.

The newspaper does not report with great certainty, the source mentioned in the newspaper is 'according to reliable Atletico Madrid staff', but the newspaper has a good reputation and rarely makes false reports, which means that it is very likely that this is true.

The details of the article basically mean that the Hill family is negotiating with a mysterious Chinese company called 'Taiwan Development Investment'.

The Chinese company wants to acquire enough shares to take the helm of Atletico Madrid.

"What they mean is that it would be better to be able to buy more than 90 percent ......"

With this, all the people around immediately started talking.

They don't even have the heart to wait for the bus to get to work.

These people live in the south of Madrid and are the blue-collar class in the city, and in many people's eyes, Atletico Madrid represents the working class, so the vast majority of them are pure Atletico Madrid fans.

In fact, for foreign capital to buy Atletico Madrid club, Atletico Madrid fans are not surprised, there are so many rich people in the world, and there are many people who hope to play football, and the hottest world football is the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga, so it is not surprising that Atletico Madrid has become a target.

Don't look at the Premier League, is every team controlled by foreign capital?

But what Atletico Madrid fans can't accept is that the Hill family really opened negotiations with that Chinese company?

Why did little Hill do it!

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When it comes to Atletico Madrid, many people can think of Old Hill.

In a way, the elder Hill is a true idol of Atletico Madrid.

People may not pay attention to the more than 200 players and 37 innocent coaches who have rushed here for 16 years, but they will never forget the elder Hill: he brought Quico, Vieri, Caminero, Hasselbaink, Juninho and Torres to Atletico Madrid, and he brought two Copa del Rey titles and a historic double to the obsessed fans, as well as the October 1993 match that was hailed as the most classic game of La Liga's 10 years (at 3-0 down, In the end, a 4-3 reversal victory over Barcelona, which was in full swing at the time); In 10 years, he found three league top scorers for the team, of course, two Golden Boots in two years in the second division, and Recino broke Zoff's world record for a clean sheet: more than 1,275 minutes......

As his name suggests, to Atletico Madrid fans, he is the Jesus of Atletico Madrid – the savior of Spain's third-largest club.

Under a series of halos, it was the sharp gaze and unforgiving tongue of old Hill.

But now, no one will lament the loss of old Hill, because "Jesus" did not really bring the gospel to Madrid, and many times he was more like Satan - after giving the fans a taste of the joy of victory, they were always tormented by all kinds of disputes caused by him.

Old Hill was open-mouthed, wanton, and perverse by nature, and was kicked out of Benab's VIP box by former Real Madrid president Mendoza; Every year, the referee is constantly criticized, and as a result, the team then has to suffer more referees' plots; Outspoken but despite the team's difficulties, he has also set a world record for the frequency of coach changes: 37 coaches have been swept away by him in 16 years, the shortest being after three consecutive defeats.

After losing many famous coaches one after another, he finally sent Atletico to hell completely: on May 7, 2000, Atletico Madrid was relegated to the second division for the first time in 66 years.

In the first season of the second division, the old Hill changed 3 coaches, but still did not bring the team out of the crisis, at the same time, the team's debt has been as high as 66 million euros, and the old Hill has also been entangled with the court for 3 years because of embezzlement of public funds with his two sons, and finally did not escape the sanction.

It's not so much that the elder Hill is physically and mentally emaciated, but that he himself pushed the team to the brink of collapse.

In 2004, when the elder Hill died, the newspaper "As" commented, "He is a real Atletico man, and even embezzled public funds to pay transfer fees for Atletico Madrid; But he is also a mercenary businessman, and Atletico is in his name, more for himself. His departure does not mean the disappearance of the "Hill effect", after all, he did not transfer his 95% stake in the club, but at least he can give the already suffering club a calm summer, free from arguments, criticism and internal friction, only pure football. ”

"I've lost a Raul, I don't want to lose Torres again, let Futre (former Atletico manager and current player agent) stay away from Atletico Madrid, I hope you don't sell Nino (Torres' nickname)."

These were the last words of the elder Hill on his deathbed.

After the departure of the elder Hill, the management of the club became his son - Little Hill, who was not inferior to the elder Hill in management fanaticism, especially in terms of recruitment, and he also brought better results to Atletico Madrid.

Last season, Atletico Madrid finished fourth in La Liga, as evidenced by qualifying for the Champions League.

Seeing that the club is about to flourish, the results are getting better and better day by day, and they are about to enter the ranks of giants and compete with other European giants, how could Little Hill consider selling the club?

Atletico Madrid fans don't understand.

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One stone startles a thousand waves!

After the report of the "As" newspaper, the Spanish football circle suddenly became hot, and various Spanish media launched a detailed investigation.

There are two points revealed by the newspaper As: one is that the Hill family is considering selling its shares, and the other is the name of the mysterious Chinese company - Taiwan Development Investment.

The second point is the core of their investigation.

Taiwan Development Investment, this name is too unfamiliar to the Spanish media, they don't even understand the pinyin name of 'taiwan', but everything is easy to do with a name, they quickly investigated that the Chinese company was registered for only one year, and the registered capital is 100 million yuan, which is roughly estimated to be equivalent to about 10 million euros.

A company with 10 million euros in assets wants to buy Atletico Madrid?

Are you kidding!

It's absolutely impossible!

So the Spanish media continued to investigate, and even in order to understand the details, some media directly sent people to China to conduct interviews and investigations, and the results were obtained only two days later.

This "Taiwan Development Investment" has only been registered for one year, and there is no business within a year, which is equivalent to 100 million yuan to smash out a company name.

And then they found the name of the registrant, which was "Kevin Tagore"?

Kevin Tagore?

That's a familiar name......

Soon someone found the information - Kevin Tagore, CEO of Tagore Wan Group, ranked 901st on the Forbes list last year, with personal assets of $1.9 billion!

"Marca" immediately revealed the news, "The registrant of the mysterious Chinese company that bought Atletico Madrid is none other than Kevin Tagore, CEO of Tagore Investment Group." ”

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Regardless of what the Spanish media says, Atletico Madrid fans are very unhappy with the club's takeovers, and they don't want their favorite club to be controlled by a Chinese company.

In the eyes of many Atletico Madrid fans, the only person at the helm of Atletico Madrid is the Hill family.

The current chairman, Cerezo, is also the right-hand man of the elder Hill, who had previously been the club's vice-president and officially took over as the club's president after the elder Hill's death.

Atletico Madrid fans are happy with the situation, especially since 2005, when the club's results have been on the rise, finishing fourth in the league last season.

In that case, they don't want to see a change in the club.

Especially...... Chinese company takeover?

That future is certainly uncertain.

So they were very dissatisfied, and for two days in a row, there were fans who raised flags in front of Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid fans want to put pressure on the club and pressure on the Hill family not to think about selling the club.

Faced with this situation, Atletico Madrid officials soon issued a statement saying, "Negotiations are still ongoing, Mr. Hill is not thinking about selling all the shares, but only wants to introduce some investment ...... to Atletico Madrid"

That's what relieved Atletico Madrid fans.

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Atletico Madrid officials say that "Mr. Hill is not thinking about selling all the shares", which is not the case.

Negotiations have already begun.

The two sides have been in contact for more than a week, and the Tagovan Group hopes to acquire a 51 percent stake in Atletico Madrid, which is enough to take the helm of Atletico Madrid, in the name of its subsidiary 'Taywan Development Investment'.

That's the bottom line.

The biggest problem is that the board of directors of Atletico Madrid, that is, the distribution of shares, is a bit of a scratch, because if you want to buy enough shares, you must not be able to make a mistake.

Miguel Angel Hill Marin! (To be continued.) )