Chapter 340 Local Tyrant Abu Dhabi
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In the 2010-11 season, the opening match of the first round of the Premier League was Tottenham vs. Manchester City.
This can be said to be the showdown between the two most tycoon football teams in the world.
Needless to say, Tottenham boss Wang Zixuan spent 200 million euros to introduce players in the summer transfer market, becoming the club that spends the most money.
Messi, who spent 170 million euros alone, has attracted much attention. Many people want to see if this flea that dominates La Liga can prove himself in the Premier League.
The consortium behind Manchester City is not inferior to Wang Zixuan. At present, it is even more wealthy than Wang Zixuan.
In 2007, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin acquired Manchester City.
Not long after, the financial crisis broke out and Thaksin's financial situation deteriorated.
In 2008, the Abu Dhabi consortium successfully acquired Manchester City from Thaksin.
Abu Dhabi is the largest emirate in the UAE.
When it comes to the UAE, many people’s first reaction is Dubai.
This is also the purpose of the Abu Dhabi consortium acquiring Manchester City. They want to legitimize Abu Dhabi and let people all over the world know that the richest one is Abu Dhabi, not Dubai.
According to a report by Oxford Business Group, the total assets of the Abu Dhabi consortium are 500 billion pounds, equivalent to nearly 800 billion US dollars, second only to the Bank of Japan and is the second largest consortium in the world.
Even if Wang Zixuan blew up Prince Technology to US$300 billion, it is still a bit of a big deal compared to the Abu Dhabi consortium.
However, Wang Zi Technology belongs to Wang Zixuan alone, while Abu Dhabi Consortium belongs to many people.
However, the willfulness of the Abu Dhabi consortium is no worse than that of Wang Zixuan.
Due to its limited oil resources, Dubai has long established a national policy for tourism and business development and large-scale construction, making Dubai the most famous rich country in the world.
The emirates of the United Arab Emirates were originally not very famous, and Dubai's sudden fame stimulated the boss of the UAE Abu Dhabi.
After a super luxurious city has been built in Dubai, Abu Dhabi has also begun to build a super luxurious city.
International airports, financial centers, tourist destinations, hotels that cost billions of dollars.
Abu Dhabi is only two hours' drive from Dubai.
Is it necessary to invest in two international airports and remote airlines at such a close distance?
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Abu Dhabi people only want Abu Dhabi to be marked clearly on the world map. When the world mentions the UAE, the first thing they think of is Abu Dhabi, not Dubai.
The reason why Abu Dhabi is so willful is that the country has one-tenth of the world's oil resources.
When it comes to oil reserves, the first thing that comes to mind may be Saudi Arabia.
That's right. Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil reserve country, with 26% of the world's oil reserves.
However, Saudi Arabia's population is close to 30 million, while Abu Dhabi, which has 10% of the global oil reserves, has a population of only more than one million, of which the country's nationals are only more than 400,000.
It is not wrong to say that Abu Dhabi is the richest country in the world.
The huge amount of petrodollars also allows Abu Dhabi people to be willful, acquire teams during the financial crisis, and show off their wealth with Dubai.
Dubai's debt construction was hit by the financial crisis. The debt crisis broke out in 2009, and the Abu Dhabi consortium was also seeking help.
Compared to Dubai, Abu Dhabi is richer and more conservative.
Before 2004, the King of Abu Dhabi insisted that he would never sell a grain of sand to foreigners. Even when the oil market was in a downturn and Abu Dhabi was in poverty and was in poverty, all the land was owned by his own people.
It was not until the old king died that his son inherited the throne. Foreigners were allowed to purchase 99 years of land use rights in some areas.
However, with the rise of oil prices, Abu Dhabi already has a huge reserve of US dollars, and even the richest consortium cannot be willful when it comes to Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi people are also willful when they come to the team. Prince Mansour of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi gave each of them a limited edition gold watch worth 168,000 pounds, equivalent to 2 million Chinese coins.
In team building, we are constantly waving checks to buy stars.
This summer, it seems that it was stimulated by Tottenham, and the money spent in the transfer market was also a little more than the original time and space. It spent 120 million euros to buy five outstanding stars in the South African World Cup.
Last season, Tottenham and Manchester City were emerging giants in the Premier League to compete for the fourth Champions League ticket, but Tottenham was better at it and won the fourth place in the league. They also received a ticket to the Champions League.
This disappointed Manchester City fans who originally thought that they could defeat all sides with the support of the petrodollar.
The two teams also had some grudges.
In addition, the showdown between new and old tycoons is a great match.
It caused heated discussions around the world before the game.
However, compared to Wang Zixuan's capital market, Abu Dhabi, which relies on petroleum dollars to become rich, is undoubtedly more rich.
People all over the world also prefer Wang Zixuan, the all-round idol.
After Wang Zixuan took over Tottenham, many people who had no love for football also became Tottenham fans. After Messi joined Tottenham, many Messi fans became Tottenham fans.
The design plan for the White Hart Lane Stadium has been determined. A stadium that can accommodate 80,000 people will be built, which will become the largest stadium for Premier League teams after completion.
According to the scale of the growth of fans after Wang Zixuan took over, the Tottenham team is about 80,000 people to build, and the stadium capacity of Manchester United, the most famous Premier League giant, is more than 76,000 people.
In fact, Wang Zixuan originally wanted to build a stadium of 100,000 people. The Wembley Stadium with a capacity of more than 90,000 people will become the largest stadium in the UK, but was rejected by the British Football Association.
Wembley Stadium is the home court of the England national team and was just rebuilt in 2007.
Tottenham also wanted to rent Wembley Stadium as home court, but was rejected by the English Football Association.
The good horses don’t turn back. After Wang Zixuan took over, he did not talk about renting the stadium and directly went on horseback to build the stadium.
However, the British Football Association rejected Tottenham's request to build a stadium of 100,000 on the grounds that the number of fans was limited, and only agreed to Tottenham's construction of a stadium of 80,000.
There are indeed more stadiums in London, with five Premier League teams alone. Tottenham Hotspur, traditional giants Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham and West Ham United.
The Upton Park Stadium of West Ham United can accommodate more than 70,000 people, the Arsenal Stadium can accommodate more than 60,000 people, the Chelsea Stadium can accommodate more than 40,000 people, and the Fulham stadium can accommodate only more than 20,000 people. Previously, Tottenham's White Hart Lane Stadium can accommodate more than 36,000 people, ranking second to last among the five London teams.
The address of Tottenham's new stadium is the original White Hart Lane Stadium. Of course, the stadium with more than 36,000 people has to be requisitioned from the surrounding area, and at the same time, it is lobbying the London government to improve the traffic around White Hart Lane.
Chapter completed!