The Young Lion

More than seven years ago, Beckham came to Millwall on loan, but at that time, Millwall was poor and white, and the club infrastructure was "barren" at a glance. The Leo training base was built to perfect these years. Beckham has only been in the last year. Came here, as a member of the national team to prepare for training here, stayed for a short time, and only used the medical equipment here once, a simple medical examination, the core of Millwall Medical Department, he never touched.

Today, under the leadership of Aldrich and Dr. James, the abducted Beckham truly saw the essence of Millwall Medical Department.

In the independent building of the medical department, Aldrich introduced Beckham to their medical center. Beckham saw the vast space on the entire floor, clearly arranged with different sports equipment, beside the sports equipment, there was also medical equipment.

"In the process of sports and fitness here, various data of the player’s body will be included in the medical equipment at the same time. We will have a team of sports medical experts to organize this information to analyze the player’s physical condition. After four or five years of improvement, we design A set of accurate software, which belongs to an early warning system, will remind us that players should take a break or alert when there is a risk of injury."

Beckham was amazed. He always believed that Manchester United's infrastructure is already the top in Europe, but when he came to Millwall, he discovered that it was really a small thing.

"Then there is no need for team doctors. As long as the players regularly check and use computer software, they can reasonably control the player's risk of injury."

As soon as Beckham's voice fell, Aldridge shook his head and denied, "No, the machine is dead, and the software is also designed by humans. This will definitely have loopholes, so we will not rely on the device. This information can only be used as a reference. The final decision is still in the hands of the medical expert team. They will exchange opinions and reduce the probability of equipment errors. This is also a continuous improvement process, so we do not intend to reduce investment in this regard and maintain a stable framework of 20 team doctors. And in the past few years, we have established a cooperative relationship with famous medical experts around the world. When we encounter difficult problems, we will use this platform to ask our partners for help. At the same time, the difficult injuries we find on athletes will also be used as cases. For partners, those doctors to analyze and research, they like this mode of cooperation, of course, a certain salary still has to be paid."

In Beckham's opinion, this floor should be the core of Millwall's powerful medical center, but this is a ten-story building, and he asked curiously: "So what are the other floors?"

"Most of them are workplaces. In addition to being checked here, the players have a floor for the work of the team of psychologists. David, you should have a deep understanding. In addition to the troubles in life, the injury itself will be A series of negative emotions can make players feel frustrated, and so on. A series of negative emotions will affect the player's psychological state. Therefore, some players will be hit by serious injuries. Assistance for health and mental health."

Xiaobei dumbfounded, and asked after a long time: "How much does it cost?"

Not to mention the traditional medical investment, like the psychologist's own charges, Millwall has a fixed team of psychologists. This part of the budget may be much higher than the total medical investment of other teams.

After thinking about it, Aldridge said: "From the beginning of construction to today, it has invested more than 40 million pounds. If you do not consider expanding the scale and upgrading the technical expenses such as systems, the annual operating expenditure is about 3.5 million pounds. ."

Beckham was obviously shocked. He only recently heard about Italy. AC Milan built a medical system for the club last month called the Milan Laboratory.

According to Italian media reports, it is described as mysterious and full of sophisticated colors, but AC Milan only invested 5 million euros, which shocked Italy and was surprised.

In contrast, Millwall’s medical center started earlier. From the perspective of scale, accumulation of experience, and actual operation results, there is no doubt that Millwall is far more powerful than AC Milan’s Milan laboratory. People are convinced, not to mention the cumulative investment of more than 40 million pounds!

"David, Dr. James will talk to you about the schedule afterwards. You are going to settle in London today, and I won’t bother you. Tomorrow I will take the team to play in London. I will come back early in the evening. When we eat together Supper."

"Well, good, coach, thank you."

Aldridge bid farewell to Beckham and Victoria to leave first.

Beckham is very interested in this medical center. Even if the abduction is inconvenient, Dr. James will let him take him around.

James was happy to be the guide. When he visited other floors, James smiled and said: "We have established partnerships with some Nordic medical laboratories and many teams in the NBA in the United States. Sports and medical care in the United States is very developed, and NBA players are often It was 2-3 games a week, and some of their experience was very helpful. Now we are still looking for a technically complementary cooperative way to serve players more comprehensively."

Beckham lamented: "Millwall's concern about player health and his sense of responsibility are shocking."

"Of course, because players are our most valuable asset."

Dr. James is proud of this. He is a sports medical professional and has a professional license. However, in the first few years of this industry, he was not easy to mix in England. It is very difficult to find a job. What is the hottest sport in the UK? Of course it’s football, but football clubs recruit team doctors to be conservative. Compared to professional team doctors of other clubs, they may have to do some chores. In Millwall, doctors are very respected by internal colleagues because the team boss is very To value them, from top to bottom, has formed such an atmosphere.

"If you want to come, you must be clear that Millwall is the most burdensome team in the Premier League game, but Millwall is the least injured in the Premier League. Especially in the past two seasons, the team's health is very good. , In addition to our further improvement of the foundation brought by the medical center, it is also the positive effect that the players have brought under long-term reasonable and healthy care."

Dr. James is quite proud that only healthy soldiers can exert their maximum fighting power on the battlefield. Millwall's success is indispensable to the medical center.

Beckham and Victoria glanced at each other, and Victoria sighed: "Aldridge is a man with vision."

I didn't think that before, but as time went by, the deeper I learned about Aldridge, and his family, the stronger the amazement at Aldridge.

Only people with strong foresight can make the most cost-effective investment earlier.

This point Beckham agrees very much. On the professional skills, Aldridge led the team's style to lead the development of football. On the operation of the club, whether it is the initial smashing of iron loans to build a new stadium, or this investment in a huge medical center, this reflects Aldrich. The long-term side of the spectacle.

Ten years ago, how much was a first-class star worth? The local price in England is around 3 million pounds. If you go to build a 40 million pounds medical center, people all over the world will think you are a fool and crazy!

But now, the value of players and the club’s most important asset is 10 times or even 20 times higher than that of that year. It will not be higher in the future. I don’t know, but now look at the 40 million pounds of investment. Value for money.

At the level of the Millwall Club, even if a player of 20 million pounds is introduced, the total price of a contract may be more than 10 million pounds. Then for this player alone, the club will have to spend more than 30 million pounds. The whole team What? The 40 million pound medical center is standard.

But even now, in the top giants, it is estimated that no club will invest so much to build a medical system.

Without him, other club owners, the board of directors, will certainly not agree to such a "luxury" actually "saving" investment.

The next day, Aldridge led his team to challenge the farmer Fulham.

Tigana’s team is temporarily at a certain distance from the relegation zone, so the players are more relaxed. Millwall’s main rest is here, and the bench comes to play. They are very hungry for the game. They know that there are fewer and fewer games left this season. Very strong.

After nearly a season of running-in, Millwall's central line of the backup lineup has a clear tacit understanding. Metzelder, Alonso, Kaka, Klose, relying on this central axis with a tacit understanding and certain strength The team's third line is close, the team's strength has a certain effect, plus the player's personal strength, the overall strength of the bench lineup has also reached the top of the second-rate!

After all, these players have almost the potential of first-class players. As long as the team has formed a tacit understanding, played a whole, and played well, even if they meet the team at the end of the first-class, they will have the power to fight.

There is only a booby left in the London derby. No matter the players on the court or the fans in the stands, there is no slight atmosphere of derby.

"At the end of the 90-minute game, Millwall reversed Fulham with Klose's hat trick. 1:3, the defending champion Millwall scored three points in the away game!"

Tigana and Audridge shook hands a little unnaturally after the game. The French coach came to England. At the top of the Premier League, Fulham also seems to have a shadow of technical flow, but obviously not Cheng Mo, said that he challenged Aldridge and could not even participate in the competition of the Premier League Second Group. The boss invested money not to want to see this situation, which made him feel embarrassed.

When the farmer returned from the war and Aldridge came home, Yiwen had prepared a hearty meal at home. In the evening, the Beckham family came to visit his home and visited Aldridge's house for the first time. This was an incredible feeling for the star couple.

With Aldrich's net worth, he can live in a top-class mansion, and the decoration of the home is not luxurious and high-end, simple in style, and more like a senior white-collar home.

But the couple didn't ask. Their children already knew that they could play together. The children got together to play together. The adults talked about the topics between the adults together, and the two parties were happy after a dinner.

From this day on, Beckham started a rehabilitation program at Millwall Medical Center.