Chapter 724 - Bidding (1)

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"If I hadn't intervened in time to stop you today, believe it or not, by this time tomorrow, we at Juventus would have become the public enemy of all Italy! The decades of hard work of the Agnelli family will be ruined by this unscrupulous act of yours! ”

Hearing the elder Agnelli say this, Giraoudo's heart suddenly had a feeling of unconvincing - in Giraoudo's opinion, how could Juventus, who has the support of the Agnelli family behind him, be afraid of other teams joining forces against him?

Even if they were all united, it would only be a little bigger trouble in front of the Agnelli family, which can be called the first family in Italy, so is it necessary to pay so much attention?

"What? Haven't you figured it out yet? The elder Agnelli glanced at Girawudo with dismay, thinking that while this man was talented in the commercial aspects of the club, he was otherwise problematic. Especially in the overall situation, he didn't look at the concept of the whole at all, only caring about the one-third of an acre of land in front of him, and didn't realize that only when the overall value of Serie A was improved, Juventus could get a higher broadcast fee from the TV broadcaster; Equally, Giraoudo is not aware of the difficult situation the Bianconeri will face in Italian football when most of the 18 Serie A clubs have decided to go against Juventus!

Perhaps in the league field, Juventus can still win game after game with its overall strength and star play; But if these teams are all combined, especially if Fiorentina are also on the opposite side of Juventus, then off the pitch, the Bianconeri will face a long and uphill battle!

If nothing else, as long as these teams come together to ban Juventus from selling any players, then the Bianconeri's metabolism will be in a huge problem!

Some might argue that Juventus, backed by the Agnelli family, could use its influence in Italy to force other teams to sell to them, or they could bring in high-level foreign players from foreign leagues to maintain the fighting power of the Bianconeri.

The Agnelli family is indeed very influential in Italy, which is not false at all, but it is far from being able to cover the sky with one hand. Zhuang Mingge's phonegate incident in his previous life, if it were not for Berlusconi and other important people from all walks of life in Italy to cover up, Moggi wanted to engage in these crooked ways, and he would not have developed to such a point.

Moreover, once Fiorentina and Juventus play against each other, then teams like Roma and Inter Milan, which are not good with Juventus, as well as Parma and Vicenza, who have a close relationship with the Purple Lily, will all stand together to deal with Juventus! And with these clubs as role models, other clubs will have enough confidence to reject Juventus' offer!

Although buying people from foreign leagues is a solution, don't forget that Juventus has always had a tradition of reusing local players, and without Juventus with Italian players, can it still be called Juventus?

It is also unclear whether players who have not experienced the grind of Italian football will be able to adapt to Serie A, and if they fail on a major investment, then Juventus will suffer quite a bit.

Old Agnelli felt that his thinking was quite reliable, after all, the trick he could think of, the young man of the Corleone family had no reason not to think of, so he was very dissatisfied with Giraoudo's behavior of directly provoking Fiorentina and making enemies for Juventus!

Of course, Giraúdo's betrayal of the interests of other Serie A teams and the interests of his own family is also one of the reasons for the anger of the elder Agnelli.

Giraoudo, who got the old Agnelli's point, finally figured out the reason, and a cold sweat "brushed" - he realized that once he really angered Fiorentina, then Juventus would be in a situation of embattlement! Among the seven sisters of Serie A, who have the most right to speak, they will also face the unfavorable situation of "two to five"!

No, if it is Galliani's sleek and sophisticated guy, I am afraid that AC Milan will also stand in the same trench as Fiorentina at that time, and it may become a situation where Juventus itself will be surrounded by six other groups!

Just when the old Agnelli taught the depressed Gilaudo a hard lesson, everyone at the bidding conference finally recovered from the matter of "Gilaudo was taken away" and began to announce the official opening of the bidding conference in accordance with the conference process that had been set up long ago!

Like last time, the Italian Football Federation still divides the broadcast rights of Serie A into four ABCD bids, and all interested TV stations can bid for each bid, and the highest bidder wins.

Bidding was first opened for the D-bid segment, which had the fewest matches on Saturday and had the lowest average TV rating of the four bids. However, all the representatives of the TV stations present who participated in the bidding knew very well that this D bid was by no means as shabby as it seemed on the surface.

You know, the last time Sky TV's seemingly silly and bold high offer of $15 million a year allowed them to earn several times more profit than this investment in these seasons. Although for Murdoch's huge media empire, these tens of millions of profits can only be regarded as a drizzle, but it is enough to make many TV stations red-eyed.

For example, Berlusconi's Mediaset, after repeated political defeats, Berlusconi has refocused on his industry. Therefore, after being ruthlessly put on the spot by Sky TV two years ago, this time Lao Bei's broadcast rights to the Serie A league can be said to be inevitable!

"The price offered by Mediaset is $18 million a year!" The price quoted by the host made the scene in an uproar, and people did not expect that the first price of bid D issued by bid D today has exceeded the highest price of bid D of the previous contract!

Everyone began to wonder if the current situation meant that the price of the TV rights of Serie A this time would be much higher than the previous contract? Can the previous budget ensure that they can grab a piece of fat for themselves in this fierce competition?

Sky TV, which came to the stage immediately after that, made an offer of $20 million a year for the D bid, which made Berlusconi's face, who was originally quite confident of winning this bid, instantly gloomy - this means that Berlusconi's first step to regain the broadcast rights of Serie A was successfully sniped by the opponent!

After that, the price offered by the French company CANAL+ was as high as 30 million US dollars per year, which surprised everyone present. However, it soon became realised that with such a high offer for a few cushion matches every Saturday, the French were clearly testing the waters this time – they wanted to see for themselves how profitable it would be to broadcast Serie A, and decide whether to follow up on a large scale three years from now based on the return on investment!

CANAL+'s $30 MILLION OFFER WAS ALSO THE HIGHEST PRICE IN THE D BIDDING PROCESS, AND WHILE THE NEXT FEW STATIONS ALSO OFFERED A LOT OF MONEY, NONE OF THEM WERE ABLE TO CROSS THE $30 MILLION MARK.

In this way, the French finally got their wish to get the broadcast qualification for the D bid of Serie A for the next three years!