Pedro's transfer has just secured the long-term future of one club - and it's not Chelsea or Barcelona

Kampusbet -   Pedro's transfer has just secured the long-term future of one club - and it's not Chelsea or Barcelona 

 

 

 

 

Judi Online -   You've probably never heard of Raqui San Isidro, and why would you have?

Unless you'd been to Tenerife and felt the urge to go and watch fourth-tier Spanish football then it's most likely that Raqui - as they're more commonly known - would never have entered your conscious.

As with most clubs of that size, money can be tight and life can be difficult. They have a friendly crowd, but not one that regularly packs out their 2,700-capacity stadium - not even during their stellar campaign last year where they finished second in the Preferente, a localised Canary Islands league that comprises part of the fifth level in Spanish football's broad pyramid.

The finances, as you might imagine, mirror that lower-league struggle.

"In the three years that I have been president of the club," says Jaime Lorenzo, "I've been through several [transfer] embargoes.

"When I took over the club it had €300,000 debts and now it only owes €22,000 in social security plus a loan to a building society."

Lorenzo has attempted to guide the club out of the troubled financial waters, but nothing he could do will ever compare to what Jose Mourinho and Roman Abramovich are about to do for his club.

Thanks to FIFA's 'training and solidarity mechanism', the fact that Pedro Rodriguez played for the club up to the age of 17 means that they will receive an estimated €450,000 (£320,000) from the winger's imminent move to Chelsea.

While the club has felt immense pride in all of the player's achievements - a World Cup, three Champions Leagues, five La Ligas and loads more - the latest step in his career will benefit Raqui in far greater ways.

Agen Bandar Judi Bola Online Terpercaya -  "With this money that is coming to us, we will be able to clear all of the debts hanging over us," Lorenzo told Diario de Avisos.

And that's not all.

In the sort of financial prudence and forward thinking rarely seen in football governance, the club has big, sensible plans for the cash.

"We will buy some apartments," he told El Dorsal, "in order to rent them out and guarantee the club some money. It will mean we're not dependent on subsidies from the local authorities in the Canaries.

"We're going to hold a general assembly of members with the intention of writing into the statutes that these flats cannot be sold nor mortgaged. It will guarantee is some €5,000 or €6,000 per month."

With such a secure income, the club is backing themselves for on-field success too, and hopes that it can be one of the top sides in the Canary Islands as they continue to rise up the football pyramid in Spain.

"With this money we're going to have a lot more interest as more players are wanting to come to Raqui San Isidro. Certainly we're going to arm ourselves a project.

"For this season we already have a team that is quite good, that has the aim of going up.

"With this help," says Lorenzo, "we will reinforce further still."

The Premier League's considerable wealth has trickled down a little in England, but now - even on clusters of volcanic rock in the North Atlantic Ocean - the ripple effect is slowly becoming global.