If you mention a team with young people as the team, you might think of the 92 Red Devils, the youth storm in Jiafu, and the Monaco team in the 2016-17 season-with Mbappé and Bernard Schell Va, Sidibe, Mendi, Lemar, Fabinho, Bakayoko. But if you mention the five words "Youth Guards", old fans will definitely flash a group of white-clothed figures: Leeds United.
At the turn of the century, the class football team wearing a uniform pirated Leeds United jersey is a very coquettish thing, it will make you look extraordinary among Real Madrid, Manchester United, AC Milan. However, a few years later, this jersey was thrown into the bottom of the box, because the glorious youth army was dragged into the financial abyss by advanced consumption, and finally fell into the British championship in 2004.
What causes white roses to bloom and fall? Manchester City, which is deeply mired in the fiscal fairness bill, will repeat the mistakes of Leeds United? Today, let's talk about the ups and downs of Leeds United over those years.
(Picture) 1997-2003 Leeds United Club Chairman Rizdale
[Everything, starting with the "traitor" Graham]
If you look at Leeds United’s record at the beginning of the Premier League, you will think this one The team is amazing.
In the 1991-92 season, Leeds won the league championship; the 1992-93 season, the 17th league; the 1993-94 season, the fifth league; the 1994-95 season, the fifth league; the 1995-96 season, the 13th league; 1996-97 In the season, 11th in the league.
Yes, Leeds United’s record is that Schrödinger, at the beginning of the season you don’t know if the team is trying to hit the Champions League or the British Championship this season. Seeing that the fans can't stand the bones of such a tossing, so Leeds United decided to...change the boss.
Before the 1997-98 season, Peter Rizdale took over as club chairman. Lizdale is a native of Leeds and has been a hardcore Leeds United fan since he was a child. He has an enthusiastic and unrestrained personality and loves to show up. After he came to the club, he first brought a new coach to the team-George Graham.
About Graham, you need to understand the following background knowledge.
A. He played for Arsenal for 7 years as a player. After retiring, he coached Arsenal for nearly 9 years. He led the team to win 6 championships of various types, which is a feat of the team.
B. Arsenal during his coaching was a traditional British team that emphasized tough style and physical confrontation.
C. The 1-0 doctrine he pursued is the inspiration for the song "Boggy, Boggy, Arsenal".
In short, this guy is deeply imprinted by Arsenal both as a player and as a coach. However, after coaching Leeds for a year, he made an amazing decision-to change to coach Tottenham!
Not only does he want to go, he also wants to take his assistant-David O'Reilly, who is also an Arsenal veteran. But O'Reilly said, "I have played at Arsenal for 18 years. People who live in the factory and die are the ghosts of the factory, and they can't move to Bailu Lane." After three "ah", O'Reilly said. Riley decided to stay at Elland Road Stadium and took over the coach from Leeds United.
Since Graham moved to Tottenham after a few rounds of the season, Leeds had no time to dig a new coach, so choosing O'Reilly was really helpless. Originally, the club only wanted O'Reilly to be the leader of the grass team, but O'Reilly expressed with his record:
"I'm sorry, but the strength is not allowed."
[Youth Guards, gradually taking shape]
Many teams change coaches midway through the season. They all choose to use assistant coaches first. This is mainly because assistant coaches are familiar with the situation of the team. Temporary leadership will not bring about tactical changes and personnel shuffling, which will help maintain the stability of the team during the turbulent season. O'Reilly didn't want to be limited to the word stability. After leading the team, he did two things.
For one, he promoted more young players. 19-year-old Woodgate and 21-year-old Ian Hart became the regular starters of the team, 19-year-old Alan Smith, Harry Cowell and 20-year-old McPhail also began to appear frequently.
Second, he brings a more unrestrained style of play. Graham's defensive style of play was thrown to North London. O'Reilly positioned the core of the tactic as "If you don't accept it, do it!" The tactics of running, grabbing, and quick counterattack for the tactical fulcrum of others are gradually taking shape. Leeds United won the fourth place in the 1998-99 Premier League in one fell swoop. O'Reilly also tasted the sweetness in youth training and buying kids. Before the 1999-00 season, 22-year-old Danny Mills and 21-year-old Michael Bridges were also knocked out by O'Reilly. .
The passion of young people, the fearless attacking rhythm, the never giving up game style, coupled with a white dress fluttering, everyone soon joined Leeds. Leeds United's record has also begun to rise. In the 1999-00 season, they once rushed to the top of the standings halfway through, and finally got third in the Premier League and the Champions League qualification.
civilian team, the UEFA Champions League, when the two words collided, Leeds United decided to add a wave of shopping carts.
Yes, children from the country have to wear good clothes to go to the big city. But Liz United was in the primitive accumulation stage that year, and the popularity, financial resources, and sponsors were not in place. What should I do if the money is not enough? Z1z
club chairman Rizdale slapped his thigh: Borrow!
2000-01 season, Ritzdale loaned 60 million pounds to fund the club. The team first bought Viduca and Dakot for £13.2 million in the summer, and then bought Rio Ferdinand for £18 million in the winter window. This money is enough to scratch a lottery ticket now, but what is the concept in the past?
-Ronaldo, who has won the World Player of Football in 1997, transferred from Barcelona to Inter Milan, the transfer fee is 22 million pounds.
-In 2000, Figo moved from Barcelona to Real Madrid with the world's first worth. The transfer fee was 45 million pounds. Look at
, this is the price at that time. And this drastic investment soon saw the money back. In the 2000-01 season, Leeds United eliminated Lazio, AC Milan and Deportivo to enter the Champions League semi-finals. Although it was ultimately defeated by Valencia, the white rose has already bloomed in the land of Europe. Young people have endless money and honor before their eyes, and the great route is about to unfold!
In this case, Chairman Rizdale certainly wants to start the "children give birth to grandchildren, grandchildren give birth to children, and descendants are infinitely scarce." But the new problem facing the team is: the two-line battle in the 2000-01 season made them overwhelmed, resulting in the team ranked fourth in the league at the end of the season and lost the Champions League qualification (at the time the Premier League played the Champions League).
has lost his fat and has to repay the loan. The meat in his hand is not enough to repay the loan. At this time, Rizdale has only two paths.
A. Tighten your belt for a year, and then recharge your energy to qualify for the Champions League.
B. While it's hot, make additional investment, double the number of votes, and continue to work harder.
Ritzdale said: "I choose B."
Liz United, die.
[Carnu's days are beginning]
Before the beginning of the 2001-02 season, Leeds spent 18 million pounds to eat Robbie Fowler and Seth Johnson. Rizdale was originally thinking about filling the funding gap by obtaining Champions League qualification, increasing TV broadcast and sponsorship revenue, but unfortunately, Leeds United only ranked fifth in the league the following season. Once again missed the Champions League, the financial hole has become a sinkhole.
Ritzdale never expected that after only two years after he had eaten food, the card debt would explode. If the team is insolvent, it is likely to be penalized by penalty points or even relegation, then it will be difficult for both himself and the team to stand up. So Rizdale chose the simplest and rude way of raising money-selling children.
Before the 2002-03 season, Leeds United sold Rio Ferdinand to Manchester United for £30 million. Due to differences in selling people, O'Reilly was fired by Ritzdale, and the coach who took over Leeds United was former England coach Venables. However, a Ferdinand cannot do the balance sheet. In the middle of the season, Leeds United’s debt accumulated to 80 million pounds, and it was on the verge of bankruptcy.You decided to start clearing the vomiting blood for a big show.
After the winter window opened, Woodgate switched to Newcastle for £9 million, and Ducote joined Rome for 4.2 million. Robbie Fowler bought a season ago and gave it to Manchester City at a discount of 6 million. England’s Martin sold 500,000. For British pounds, Bowyer dealt with West Ham for only 300,000 pounds...
A spring and autumn dream suddenly awakened. Leeds United held a press conference in January 2003. Rizdale admitted that he "failed to pursue the dream. Debt." Two months later, the Leeds United Board of Directors decided to sweep Ritzdale out.
When Rizdale resigned, the Leeds United Club was valued at 12 million pounds, but the debt had reached 79 million pounds. The financial details announced by the club are even more painful for fans, because buying players is not the only problem that crushes the club. A large part of their money is spent on understanding the compensation of employers’ coaches, paying players’ sky-high wages, leasing private jets, and purchasing Bought 70 cars and purchased the tropical fish in the Ritzdale office.
However, the departure of Rizdale did not end the nightmare of Leeds United.
In the 2003-04 season, Kewell’s £5 million cabbage price went to Liverpool, England’s Robinson went to Tottenham for 1.5 million, Alan Smith joined his rival Manchester United for 7 million, Milner, Viduka, Bamby and Mills all With a transfer fee significantly lower than their own worth, they left one after another... In May 2004, Leeds United, which had nothing to sell, finally fell into the British Championship.
Poor-selling players-performance decline-relegation-poorer-continue to sell players, Leeds United into a vicious circle that cannot save itself. After selling out the valuable children, the team could only start selling the house, and finally sold the ownership of Elland Road Stadium and Thorp Arch Training Base for 4.2 million pounds.
(pictured) Leeds United’s home stadium-Elland Road Stadium
from the Champions League semi-finals of talented people to the British crown, Leeds United only spent three years. Z1z
even, fate did not let Leeds go. In the second season after being relegated to the Premier League, Leeds United lost to Watford in the play-offs. After that, the team was deducted 10 points and dropped into League One because it still failed to pay off the debt.
Yes, money makes you rise, and money makes you ruin. Today, we still often think of those young people in white clothes. Their names are: Rio Ferdinand, Paul Robinson, Harry Cowell, Alan Smith, Mark Viduca, Lee Bowyer, Jonathan Woodgate, James Milner, Robbie Key Well, Aaron Lennon, Oliver Dakot, Fabian Delf...their average age was only 22 years old.
Now, everything is only memory. The young Liz United did not wait until the day of maturity, but was cut into pieces early and sold cheaply across the country.
Since then, there will be no "Youth Guards".
[Man City, in a crisis of financial fairness, will embark on the old road of Leeds United? ] Z20z
will make money and spend money. It is best to have an oil dad who is willing to contribute. This is the key to maintaining financial balance for the Premier League team. Once one of the links goes wrong, the team may be wiped out immediately.
This is also the reason why it is difficult for European football to emerge new giants. Although some teams may have one or two years of glory due to the blowout of youth training, they do not have a large international fan base, lack a stable overseas circle money plan, and their short rise cannot immediately attract large sponsorships and core players are dug out. After leaving, they will bear the huge risk of reconstruction, and the stadium capacity is limited and they cannot sell more tickets because of their good record. All these make them lack the ability to resist risks. If you blindly expand consumption to impact the Champions League qualification, you may embark on the old road of selling children and selling houses.
And the newly emerging Manchester City, will there be similar risks? The answer to
is yes.
-This time Manchester City violated the focus of financial fairness. Etihad Airways sponsored 65 million pounds in the 2013-14 season, but only 8 million pounds were actually paid out. The rest were made by Mansour’s Abu Dhabi Than the United Group owns. In the 2015-16 season, a sponsorship fee of 67.5 million pounds,They still only made 8 million, and the remaining 59.5 million came from the Abu Dhabi United Group. Yes, they didn't actually get that much sponsorship.
-In 2018, a BBC survey found that some Premier League teams had falsified attendance data. Among them, West Ham United and Manchester City were the most affected. In May 2018, according to Manchester police data, Manchester City will falsely report nearly 10,000 spectators in every home game in the 2017-18 season. Yes, their ticket revenue is actually not that much.
-Last season, Manchester City's Champions League bonus revenue reached 93 million euros, ranking sixth among all participating teams. If the European war ban comes true, then Manchester City will lose 11% of the club's total revenue in 2020. This is real money.
(picture) Manchester City beat Southampton 2-1. There were a lot of empty seats in the stands, but the official attendance rate was 98%.
On November 19, 2019, Manchester City announced the 2018-19 season financial report. The financial report shows that Manchester City's total revenue for the 2018-19 fiscal year was 535 million pounds and a net profit of 10.1 million pounds. Among them, player wages accounted for 59% of the club's total income.
Once Manchester City loses this financial fairness lawsuit, and the UAE chooses not to play in anger, then Manchester City's income next season may not even be able to pay for the players' salaries. How does
balance the accounts? How to achieve fiscal fairness in the shortest time? The answer to
is only-selling people.
There is nothing new under the sun.
Author: understand Timor - Ned column
