Joe Lewis was not from a wealthy family, and he had no background at all.

Twenty or thirty years ago, he ran several wool sweater shops in London, specifically targeting Japanese tourists who were rich at that time.

Later, I saw that many Japanese tourists ran another foreign exchange store because of inconvenience in currency exchange. Unexpectedly, this foreign exchange store made more money than his sweater store.

Since then, he began to enter the foreign exchange market, and accumulated a considerable amount of wealth through speculation of foreign exchange. He also acquired ENIC in 1996 and began to involve large-scale foreign exchange transactions. He became a first-class rich man, with a net worth of nearly 4 billion pounds at his peak.

In the 1990s, with the arrival of the Premier League club listing boom, almost all Premier League teams, including Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, entered the London stock market one after another. The news giant Murdoch attempted to acquire Manchester United, although it eventually failed, it stimulated Lewis.

So, soon, Lewis, together with two Manchester United shareholders, Magnell and McManus, tried to initiate a acquisition of Manchester United, but at the last moment, it also failed.

However, the failure to acquire Manchester United did not shake Lewis' determination to make money by using football club stocks. In addition, the famous gold medal agent in the London stock market and an avid Tottenham Hotspur fan, Daniel Levi, appeared.

So, the two joined forces and gradually acquired shares of several European teams including Tottenham Hotspur, Scottish Wanderers, Slavia, Bulgaria, CSKA Sofia, Athens AEK, Vicenza, and Basel through ENIC, and even completed the holdings.

The peak moment happened in 1999. Athens AEK and Slavia Prague sued UEFA in court on the grounds that the ownership belongs to one person or a group team, and they cannot participate in the same competition due to the principle of fair competition.

But in the end, UEFA kicked Athens AEK out of the UEFA Cup at that time.

Since then, ENIC has become very difficult to operate.

What's even more terrible is that with the rapid decline of the football club listing frenzy in the late 1990s, almost all listed club stocks were falling all the way, especially Tottenham Hotspur, which even fell to less than one-tenth of the time when it was listed.

Joe Lewis lost a lot in this deal.

But it was also at this time that he began to adjust his business direction and gradually placed his resources on Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

Therefore, since 2003, he has acquired shares in Tottenham Hotspur and appointed Daniel Levi to the White Hart Lane Stadium, so the North London team has seen a strong rise in recent years.

But no matter how good Tottenham's performance is, Joe Lewis has never changed his original idea.

He has only one purpose in running a North London team, that is, to make money!

Especially in recent years, with the onset of economic crisis, Joe Lewis has also been transferring his assets one after another, investing in medical institutions, bars, restaurants and art collections, etc.

He had long wanted to get rid of Tottenham Hotspur's hot potato.

From the acquisition of Tottenham Hotspur to now, there is no doubt that the closest one to his goal of cashing out is now!

Two hundred million pounds is undoubtedly a pretty good price.

In the final analysis, it is because the competition in the Premier League is too fierce.

Nowadays, the ones in front of Lewis either continue to invest and keep the top four in the league, or just cash out and sell them, make some money and leave.

If you quote 200 million pounds, Lewis will be able to make at least 100 million.

This also made up for the regret that he had suffered heavy losses in running a football club in the past few years.

"Prime Minister Hamad, I accept your offer, 200 million pounds!"

Joe Lewis suddenly stood up in a silent conference room and breathed heavily.

This old British man, who is in his seventies, looks very courageous. No wonder he can rank among the top 300 on the Forbes rankings. No matter how you look at it, it is not a good idea!

"Okay, Mr. Lewis!" Prime Minister Hamad also stood up and laughed, "Give me a week to collect funds!"

Lewis nodded, reached out and buttoned the suit, and looked at everyone again. He was no longer a problem here.

The moment he nodded and agreed, he had no relationship with Tottenham Hotspur.

Daniel Levi and Yang Huan both got up and gave him a look. It was an old man, right?

After seeing off Joe Lewis, all the shareholders and executives of Tottenham Hotspur were present, so they held a meeting directly.

Yang Huan proposed that Daniel Levi continues to serve as CEO of Tottenham Hotspur because he believes that Daniel Levi is definitely the best club operator throughout the Premier League and even throughout Europe.

Prime Minister Hamad agreed on the spot without any objection, and at the same time proposed that his son Hamad be the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, which was also passed smoothly.

These are already the agreement reached by Tottenham and the Big Three of Tottenham have been, and now it is just a formality.

The real highlight is next!

"Young Master Huan told me before that in the new season, the competition in the Premier League will become more and more intense." Prime Minister Hamad said with concern.

Daniel Levi nodded and said: "Yes, yes, Southampton is still the most powerful contender for the championship. Manchester United is still strong, and Manchester City is also ambitious. Arsenal must also fight to maintain the top four in the league, especially this summer, this London archenemy has targeted Real Madrid's Ozil and Higuain."

Interestingly, the reason why Real Madrid sold Ozil and Higuain and other team stars was to raise money to buy Gareth Bale and Vidal of Southampton.

"Chelsea lost the Champions League qualification last season and did not even get the Europa League qualification. This season, Mourinho entered the palace for the second time, and Abramovich has decided to open his wallet and make a big call. The strength of the Blues will definitely be greatly improved."

"There is also Liverpool. Although Rodgers's team sold Suarez for 40 million pounds, their overall strength is still quite good. With Everton, the Premier League this season will become unprecedentedly tragic."

Compared with these teams, the analysis of Hamad is completely unclear and is not interested.

"I want to know what can be done to make Tottenham Hotspur the strongest team in the Premier League in the shortest time."

Feeling the direct look from the Qatari Prime Minister, Daniel Levi looked at Yang Huan with a wry smile, feeling depressed.

It seems that my new partner is a football idiot!

Do you really think it's so easy to build a Premier League team?

Almost all the famous stars have been taken away by the giant teams.

In addition to chance, Southampton can rise rapidly within three years, the means and vision of signing are indispensable.

If it were Tottenham Hotspur, Daniel Levi himself was not sure.

"Young Master Huan?" Prime Minister Hamad looked at Yang Huan for help.

Everyone present, including Charlene Lahry, suddenly realized that the trust of Hamad against Yang Huan was heart-warming.

Yang Huan smiled suddenly, "I said that professional football is capital football today. If you burn money, you may not be able to burn a championship. If you don't burn money, you will definitely not expect it!"

Arsenal has not won the championship for many years. What is the reason?

Don’t talk about whether it’s soft or not, or how Wenger is. In the final analysis, two words are devoted!

Without investment, there will be no output!

"How to invest in the law?" Prime Minister Hamad asked again.

Yang Huan's expression is so interesting. Nowadays, even if you have money, you may not know how to spend it!

"It's very simple, you can smash high-level stars, but you have knowledge. It's better to be the kind of stars who can fight when you come and don't have old age."

Daniel Levi couldn't help but nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

Mr. Huan’s proposal is good, and he doesn’t burn money casually, he has to burn it on the blade.

"At around twenty-five years old, it is best to be lower, invest for a long time, choose a reliable world-renowned coach, which is easier to achieve results."

Prime Minister Hamad felt it made sense after hearing this.

"Since you are saying you want to invest, it depends on how much your budget is." Yang Huan looked at Prime Minister Hamad and asked with a smile.

This is also a test. If you are a stingy Qatari Prime Minister, you will be a stingy miser and you will be talking about nothing. It would be better to just shy away from your clothes and diet.

Why doesn’t Prime Minister Hamad know?

When I saw him, I laughed, "I believe that Master Huan's vision and wisdom, as long as you like and buy it, I can afford it!"

These words also made all Tottenham Hotspur management feel confident.

What is a local tyrant?

This is what a rich man!

No matter who you want to buy, just say, you can buy whoever you like.

This is not a rich man, who is a rich man?

Daniel Levi immediately came out to show off his presence and followed Young Master Huan's words just now and continued.

"In fact, we have introduced Gary Cahill and Markovic from Southampton, Moutinho of Atletico Madrid, Eriksen of Ajax, Emre Jan of Bayern Munich, and Argentine left-back Rojo from Sporting Lisbon, all of whom are famous stars and rookies with great strength."

Prime Minister Hamad nodded immediately. Although he didn't know these players, he knew that these were all recommended by Yang Huan.

In the past few years, the Southampton scout team's vision has been world-famous.

Who doesn’t know that the players the Saints like will definitely not be wrong.

"So, for the moment, we are missing a center!"

But as soon as Daniel Levi finished speaking, Yang Huan shook his head and sighed.

"Daniel, you're right, it's just that the situation is too small!"

"The pattern is too small?" Daniel Levi was stunned. What does it mean?

Even Prime Minister Hamad and everyone present found it strange.

Didn’t you, Master Huan, just now, just praised Daniel Levi?

Why are you criticizing again when you look back?

"I said you have a small situation, don't be angry!" Yang Huan looked at Daniel Levi with a smile.

"You are still using the old ideas of Tottenham Hotspur in the past. You don't think about it. We are completely different from the past. We can still reuse Alan Lennon, but now, can we make up for it?"

Well……

There was a silence in the presence.
To be continued...