I brush achievements in football

Chapter 376

Of course, no matter how great the changes in Southampton City are, they seem to have nothing to do with the Southampton Club.

However, soon, Ji Ya proved that there is still a relationship between them.

On August 5000, the Southampton Club and the Southampton City Council held a press conference at the same time, announcing that a large piece of open land near the northwest of Southampton's urban area, near the former naval base, would be sold for a price of [-] million pounds. Sold to Southampton Football Club for their new stadium.

As soon as the news was announced, the reporters at the scene were dumbfounded for a while.

Wucao, it's only been a few days, why is the Southampton club moving so fast?Did they already know the news?

Knowing this news earlier, but taking land to repair the stadium, what a waste!

For a while, countless reporters complained in their hearts, but thinking about the land, everyone was relieved, close to the original naval base, and the naval base will be converted into a free port in the future, and there will be countless tons of giant ships to handle every day Goods, what can the land around here do?

Building an apartment?That fool lives in those places!

The stadium is really the most suitable, since no one will live there anyway, the venue is noisy enough during games, and I don’t care about the sound of more ships entering the port to unload goods.

The land itself originally belonged to a military base, so it was of no practical use, and it would not take so much space to repair the port. Such a large piece of land was wasted, and no one wanted it. It would be better to sell it to Southampton for repair. The new stadium can also drive the business of the accessories, which is a great thing that kills two birds with one stone.

But what is puzzling is that it will cost 5000 million pounds just to acquire the land, so how much money can Southampton use to repair the stadium?

To put it bluntly, everyone knows about Southampton’s family background. Although their income has increased a lot in recent years, after careful calculation, their annual profit can basically be achieved by operating the transfer market. Fees and income from various sponsorships are nothing more than equal to the rising expenses and salary increases.

In fact, everyone understands this kind of business strategy. The normal income of the club is the most stable, so it is most appropriate to manage expenses on this basis. However, it is difficult for Southampton to make money in the transfer market every year. Well, although Southampton has made more money year after year in the transfer market in the past three years, everyone knows that this situation will definitely not last long, and under normal circumstances there are gains and losses.

After deducting the investment in the training camp and the repayment of the previous debts, Southampton's income in the transfer market over the past few years, the money that can be saved, is actually just over [-] million, certainly less than [-] million, maybe [-] million. Not even five hundred million.

It costs [-] million to get the land, so how about building a woolen court?

But soon, the answer from the Southampton City Government dispelled such doubts.

The land price is 500 million, but it is not paid immediately, but after the construction of the stadium starts, it will be paid in ten years without interest, [-] million pounds per year.

At the same time, they also explained that although it seems that the city government is at a disadvantage, in fact, the land is not suitable for anything other than repairing the stadium, and the Southampton club is the pride of Southampton. , we can’t let them help the city government solve the problem, but also put a heavy financial burden on themselves, so when choosing this payment method, both parties fully consider each other, showing that the Southampton club and the Southampton city government The good relationship between a family and so on.

After hearing this, the reporters suddenly realized.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it can be regarded as colluding with each other and selling public assets, but considering that doing so is very beneficial to the Southampton City Government and the Southampton Club, there will be no doubts about it, let alone Southampton The club now has a high status in the minds of Southampton fans. For Southampton, which has only 22 people, they already have [-] to [-] die-hard fans. How many of these die-hard fans plus their family members and relatives must there be? people?

It is no exaggeration to say that the citizens of the entire Southampton city are Southampton supporters!

Is this called benefit transfer?This is called taking care of the emotions of all citizens!

Look at the elated attitude of Southampton fans after the news spread, and you will know how excited they are!

But also, with Southampton's outstanding performance in the past two years, St. Mary's Stadium is really hard to find a ticket. The capacity of the early 5 is obviously unable to meet the needs of Southampton fans, and the stadium of [-] people is almost the same.

By the way, what will happen to St. Mary's Stadium then?

In this regard, the Southampton Club naturally has a good plan.

"In our plan, the new stadium will be built in three to five years. The new stadium has a capacity of 1000 people. The entire stadium covers an area of ​​[-] square meters, half of which is the stadium area and the other half is the stadium. It is a belt of various entertainment facilities and sightseeing facilities. At that time, we will apply for a five-star stadium for the new stadium, which will be the third five-star stadium belonging to a Premier League club after Old Trafford and the Emirates Stadium."

Kiya said at the news conference that his words immediately caused cheers from the Southampton reporters in the audience.

"As for St. Mary's Stadium, it will continue to be our home stadium until the new stadium is completed. After we move into the new stadium, St. Mary's Stadium will be demolished and a large commercial center will be built at the same time. This project will Hand it over to the Southampton City Government, after all, St. Mary's Stadium is also next to the port, where there is a huge demand for a commercial center." Ji Ya continued.

The reporters nodded, which is understandable. The location of the St. Mary's Stadium is much better than the previous new stadium. It faces the previous passenger port. After the new commercial center is built, the passenger flow will definitely be indispensable.

And the Southampton City Government won this land, obviously they are better at operating than the Southampton Club, and maybe they will use the 5000 million pounds given by the Southampton Club to get the land. Way down the St. Mary's Stadium site, and back again.

The equivalent of Southampton swapping the old stadium for a piece of land in the new stadium - a win-win situation.

After all, the total cost of building St. Mary's Stadium was only 3 million pounds. The area of ​​St. Mary's Stadium is not large, only enough to build a stadium that can accommodate [-] people, and other ancillary facilities are basically useless.

Such a transaction is indeed a win-win situation. The reporters are just a little curious. When did Ji Ya have such a good relationship with the Southampton City Government?

Then there is the cost of the stadium. Building a big stadium is not as cheap as repairing a small stadium. The construction of St. Mary's Stadium and the ground belt only cost [-] million yuan, but the new stadium, without [-] million yuan, cannot be bought at all.