Chapter 452 Entering Manchester United
"Mr. Jones, you say that I will consider it at my discretion as long as it is a reasonable request!"
Li Yiyou knows that Gavin Jones, the chairman of the shareholders' league, only represents the interests of Manchester United fans, and is an unofficial organization that strives for fans to gain greater voice in club operations and decision-making.
But he had no intention of underestimating the other party.
This kind of fan organization can't help you much, but it's still easy to make some messes for you.
Otherwise, the previous few attempts by others to acquire Manchester United would not have ended in vain.
So as long as the shareholders' alliance can sell their shares to themselves, as long as the conditions are not excessive, Li Yiyou can agree.
Moreover, as Manchester United's "probability boss", it is necessary to establish a good relationship with Manchester United fans.
Gavin Jones was silent for a moment, and then said solemnly: "We hope you can sign an agreement with us. One day in the future, as long as you want to transfer the shares of Manchester United, this 18% must be sold to us at the current price! You can only sell it to us..."
After listening to Gavin Jones's conditions, Li Yiyou agreed without hesitation, "Yes!"
This condition is a bit too much, but it cannot be too much. It depends on the situation.
In the next few years, Manchester United's stock price will definitely continue to rise. If you sign this agreement and want to sell Manchester United in the future, you will definitely lose a large part of the profit.
However, Li Yiyou does not intend to resell and earn the difference after acquiring Manchester United.
He is not short of money and is very rich. He is not a businessman who is purely for profit. Why do you have to go back and forth for hundreds of millions of dollars?
Having that time to make money by posting a new album by yourself is better than anything else.
So Gavin Jones's condition is the same as not mentioned, and it will not cause any losses to Li Yiyou.
Gavin Jones and Magneil responded so happily and were stunned for a moment.
Li Yiyou smiled and said to the two of them sincerely: "I know you don't trust me very much now. Let's do this, I will only say three points!"
He stretched out three fingers, "First, if I can take over Manchester United, I will never sell it again! Manchester United has been around for a century since its establishment in 1902. I hope to go hand in hand with it and move to a more brilliant future!"
After hearing his words, Gavin Jones's eyes flashed with excitement and longing.
As a loyal Manchester United fan, he has regarded Manchester United as his belief.
Li Yiyou's words hit his heart right.
With this sentence, he was willing to sell the stocks in his hand to Li Yiyou.
But before he could say anything, Li Yiyou spoke again: "Second, I don't need to use Manchester United to make money for myself, and I'm even willing to spend money on it!"
He leaned on the sofa with ease and said a joke: "You two may have seen my net worth from those media reports. Look, I'm not short of money!"
Magniel and Gavin Jones couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.
They have indeed seen relevant reports and know that Li Yiyou is not only an international superstar, but also a super rich man with a net worth of more than $7 billion.
Moreover, the Hollywood horror film "Saw" released in the UK not long ago was also produced by his film company. Now the global box office of this film company has exceeded 500 million US dollars, which is equivalent to the value of half a Manchester United club.
To put it more directly, some media reported that Li Yiyou's ticket revenue for this London concert alone reached 10 million pounds.
He held several more concerts this year, which was higher than Manchester United's annual income in 2007.
Li Yi’s lobbying was not wrong. If it was just to make money, he would make two more movies and hold two more concerts than most of the business in this world.
Magneil shook his head as a self-deprecating person. As Manchester United's largest shareholder and Irish horse racing tycoon, he is nearly 60 years old and is not as rich as a young man who is just 30 years old.
Moreover, he saw Li Yiyou's legendary life experience in the newspaper, and knew that these wealth he had obtained in just one year.
Thinking of this, he felt even more ashamed.
No wonder people call Li Yiyou "a genius among geniuses."
If Manchester United is handed over to him, I believe no one will suspect that Manchester United will decline in his hands.
"Third, I don't know how to guide an outsider to interfere in the team's affairs at will!"
Li Yiyou bent down his last finger, "Sir Jefferson will be in charge of team affairs, including player trading, training and competitions. I will also hire a professional executive director to be responsible for the business scope other than football, and to develop the entire club's system structure so that it can develop more benignly and healthily."
After saying that, he shrugged and looked at the two of them with a smile, "Anyway, I don't want it to become bad, but I hope it can become better and more brilliant!"
"We sold it!" Gavin Jones slapped the table excitedly and stretched out his right hand to Li Yiyou, which was still trembling slightly, "Mr. Li, our shareholders' alliance is willing to sell the shares to you, and is very willing to be your solid backing!"
"Haha, I hope I won't let you down." Li Yiyou stood up and held his hand hard.
"Mr. Li, I believe you! We Manchester United fans will believe you in the future!" Gavin Jones said solemnly with a red face.
"Thank you, let's work together to make Manchester United better in the future!" Li Yiyou smiled happily.
"We should say thank you!"
"Gaven, we are already our own people, so don't be polite to each other!"
"Hahaha, Li, you're right, we are our own people!"
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The shareholder alliance led by Li Yiyou and Gavin Jones reached a share transfer agreement, and after hesitating and struggling, Magniel agreed to transfer the 38.7% of his shares to him.
His hesitation struggles because he doesn't want to lose the dominance of his beloved team.
But there is no way, even if he doesn't sell it to Li Yiyou, he has to sell it to others.
Because the relationship between Magneil and Manchester United's "godfather" Sir Jefferson is already in a state of trouble.
Li Yiyou also learned from Gavin Jones why these two old men in their 60s turned against each other.
All this starts with a horse named rock of gibraltar that they own together.
rock of gibraltar won many high-level championships between 2001 and 2002, winning generous prizes for the two of them and being selected as the best horse in Europe in 2002, which was the most popular one.
However, after rock �
Magneil even issued 99 transactions in writing to the Manchester United board of directors for the level of Manchester United's governance and many player acquisitions involving Jefferson's son Johnny Jefferson, the player's agent, questioning Sir Jefferson's use of transfer operations to transfer interests.
This news was very sensational at the time, not only affecting Manchester United's reputation, but also directly threatened Sir Jefferson's position in Manchester United.
Although the two sides finally reached an out-of-court settlement, they had completely broken up and were incompatible.
Although Magneil is reluctant to leave Manchester United, there is no way. If this continues, Manchester United will sooner or later fall apart.
Magniel could only bear the pain and sold all the shares in his hand to Li Yiyou.
However, he did not suffer any loss. He sold all the 75.7 million club shares he had at his hand to Li Yiyou at a price of 300 pence per share.
Li Yiyou will pay Magniel 227 million pounds for these shares, while when he purchased these Manchester United shares, the average price was only 182 pence per share, and the actual investment profit was as high as 90 million pounds.
So Magnier was so sad and happy that he handed over his equity to Li Yiyou.
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The three of them signed a draft agreement, and the three parties will officially sign a transfer contract after Li Yiyou's legal team flew from New York to London tomorrow.
Then Li Yiyou will submit a formal comprehensive acquisition application to the London Stock Exchange, allowing Manchester United club to "forced delist" from the stock exchange and truly become Li Yiyou's private club.
"Cheers for a better tomorrow for Manchester United!" Li Yiyou raised the wine glass in his hand, Gavin Jones and Magniel, and touched each other.
"Welcome Lee to Manchester United!"
"welcome!"
All three of them were very happy and drank it all in one go.
At this moment, outside the box, it seemed as if Li Yiyou was celebrating Manchester United's entry, and there were shouts of tsunamis.
"Chris Ronaldo!"
Chapter completed!