Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 788: The Start of the Brawl_1

Chapter 788: Chapter 788: The Start of the Brawl_1

In fact, there were more than just those three transfers at Arsenal Club. Several other players arrived in London one after another.

However, because these players’ transfer fees were not as high as Buffon, Nesta, and Beckham’s, and they were not as famous, they did not cause a sensation.

For example, Ronaldinho was brought from Paris for 30 million Euros.

Ronaldo was purchased for 30 million Euros.

Messi was brought in from Barcelona for 5 million Euros!

The reason Messi was able to be secured for such a low price was that he had only just turned sixteen years old at the end of June. Just before his birthday, David Dain had made a secret trip to Barcelona and settled Messi’s acquisition.

According to UEFA regulations, youth players under the age of sixteen cannot sign professional contracts. Youth contracts are signed yearly, and players can choose to transfer freely when their contracts end!

Of course, in order to encourage the development of youth training at clubs, compensation must be given to the opposing party’s club if their youth player is taken.

On the face of it, Arsenal paid Barcelona compensation of 5 million euros, but in private, they also gave Messi’s agent and Messi himself an additional 10 million euros as a signing fee!

At this time, Messi had never played a first-team match in Barcelona and he didn’t know what kind of development he would have in the future.

In the face of a large amount of money and the attractive contract offer from Arsenal, he eventually chose Arsenal.

This kind of under the table offering of large signing fees to attract players to join one’s club is a common practice in professional football and does not violate any rules.

Sometimes you’ll see that a soccer star’s signing bonus is higher than his transfer fee!

This was a bargain, as in a couple of years, once Messi showcased his talent on the professional pitch, it would have been exponentially more difficult to get him from Barcelona.

But who would expect this player, standing at just over one and a half meters tall, to perform so brilliantly in the future...

Of course, this includes Ronaldo as well.

A lot of people thought Arsenal was a fool for buying Ronaldo for 30 million Euros. Even Ronaldo’s original club thought they had ripped Arsenal off.

Perhaps only Wang Ye knew that getting Ronaldo for this price was quite a bargain...

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In addition to the star players confirmed in person by Wang Ye and Wenger, Wenger also brought in some less valued players based on the needs of the team.

The team’s main lineup was quickly decided.

When Helen announced Arsenal’s new season roster in The Times, it caused many people to gasp in astonishment.

Because the new Arsenal team is filled with stars!

Compared to Real Madrid’s so-called galaxy fleet, it’s not inferior at all. In fact, when it comes to the value of their players on the field, they have surpassed Real Madrid and have become the professional club with the highest value main team worldwide!

Look at the familiar stars in the new Arsenal: Buffon, Nesta, Ashley Cole, Toure, Campbell, Vieira, Pires, Silva, Beckham, Ljungberg, Henry, Ronaldinho, and C Ronaldo...

Just calculating the main lineup, the value has already exceeded 350 million Euros!

Without a doubt, this is the most expensive team in the Premier League and even in all of Europe!

Even Chelsea, who just spend 100 million pounds on new players, can’t compare because Chelsea doesn’t have any superstars, and their highest valued player is worth only around 30 million Euros.

On many sports media outlets, in terms of each club’s strength ratings for the new Premier League season, Arsenal is always at the top, a league of their own!

Even Chelsea is considered by many experts to be just behind Arsenal and Manchester United, and has the strength to compete for next year’s UEFA Champions League ticket.

As for Arsenal, it’s a suspense whether they’ll win the Premier League title or the UEFA Champions League or even both or secure the treble next season...

Those British "gentlemen" who once looked down on Wang Ye and A Bu, the Russian oligarchs, were then silenced.

Under the absolute crushing power, their meager pride became incredibly cheap.

The happiest, of course, were the Arsenal fans.

Since the arrival of the new boss, the team has transformed from a penny-pinching poor club to a rich powerhouse!

The players bought were all big names!

The team atmosphere was also very good, and with a highly skilled head coach, the club’s future performance is clear to see.

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All of this caused a sensation on the British peninsula and in the football circle.

Although the news also reached Moscow, many media reported it and Arsenal gained many new fans in Russia.

After all, the club owner is one of them, so many Russian fans consider the Arsenal Club as their own team, which is quite normal.

But the real initiator, Wang Ye, paid no attention to this.

He was only responsible for spending money, buying players, and participating in matches, which were matters for David Dain and Wenger.

Perhaps when the new season begins, Wang Ye will go to watch the home games to support and cheer for the team.

But he didn’t have much time and energy to devote to the club right now, because as the First and Second Factions had both begun their election offensive early, the situation in Moscow became complicated...

"Boss, it’s a good thing we acted rather early. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to secure slots on the major TV programmes. Now the First and Second Factions are all competing for slots on the big TV station, and it’s said prices have doubled. However, they each have their own media bases, so they’re essentially guaranteed a slot. If our faction was a little later, basically we wouldn’t have been able to compete, especially since our faction doesn’t have its own media..." In the office, Rossiyana was reporting to Wang Ye with some residual fear.

Wang Ye frowned slightly, it looks like this was yet another change brought by Khodorkovsky and himself, the two "butterflies".

Originally, the First and Second Factions were playing steadily and hadn’t rushed to launch their propaganda campaigns. After all, the election would only start next year, and this year was only half over.

Starting propaganda now would not have completely no effect, but the effect would not be substantial.

But when Khodorkovsky made a strong entrance and the Third Faction quickly matched that, the two large factions became a bit restless.

This is like a domino effect. Once one faction enters the field, the other factions can’t turn a blind eye and act like nothing happened. They inevitably have to follow suit.

Thus, the battle began!