The Young Lion

The reality is strongly ironic.

There are many short stories from East London.

For example, Millwall dismissed Chelsea’s £50 million offer, Henry was indifferent to the annual salary of £10 million, and Millwall seniors, led by Adam, mocked Chelsea in the bar after drinking drunk. Chelsea actually paid £10 million for Johnson... …

Millwall's treatment of Johnson's transfer is calm inside the club, because Johnson is the lowest, most marginal, and least concerned person. His existence and non-existence almost have no effect.

And the crazy lion fans laughed at him with a despised attitude, leaving Millwall for money? This is not a runaway competition. He has no competition at all, so he wants to make a lot of money, giving up the splendid future he may have in Millwall.

In addition to contempt, he will also use an ironic tone: He has contributed to Millwall, Chelsea is rich, it is simply great! At that time, Henry bought us 10 million pounds. Now we sell Johnson to Chelsea for 10 million pounds. We can use this 10 million pounds to find the next Henry.

The deal also created disagreements among the fan community, and some fans believe that Millwall should not sell players to rival Chelsea.

The rebuttors have two points of view. The first is the feng shui rotation. Millwall used to seduce the young enemies of West Ham United with a high salary. Today Chelsea can also use this method to get from Millwall. Digging people, can this be avoided? Secondly, if you do not sell players to Chelsea, Johnson will tear him up and openly declare that he will join Stamford Bridge, leaving him on the team, the fans see him, wouldn’t it be disgusting like eating a fly? ?

Aldridge did not give an interview, but Fleet Street learned his attitude through some channels.

"Johnson? He had hoped that Schneider would have a good development prospect in Millwall when he was about 30 years old, but now that everything has changed, he cannot take Millwall's No. 7 shirt, He won’t make Glen Johnson’s name special, let’s go, then let’s go, a few years later, we can see who took over the No. 7 shirt and right back left by Schneider Position, at that time, must be a top three player in the same position in the world, because Millwall is pursuing perfection."

As soon as he entered mid-July, Millwall's team training kicked off. On the first day of returning to the team, in addition to cleaning up Johnson, at the end of training, he called Ronaldinho to the office, watching the small Luo Weiwei had a blessed belly and asked, "Can it disappear within a month?"

Ronaldinho squeezed the fat around his waist embarrassedly, and he packed the ticket firmly: "Two weeks!"

I'm afraid he will sweat a lot in the gym.

Aldridge took a string of shell necklaces from the drawer and handed them to him, saying: "This was carefully selected after Earl picked shells at the beach. The string was made into a necklace and I gave it to you. Thank you for your guidance before the end of last season. He plays football."

Ronaldinho looked surprised, and took the necklace with a smile. When he looked down and admired, he found that the inside of the beautifully sized shell was carved with words on each back, and it was crooked, obviously not from the master. It must be the earl. The little guy personally engraved it.

A chain of necklaces, the letters inside each shell form a sentence.

"King of the World: Ronaldinho."

Ronaldinho wore it directly on his neck and matched it with his training T-shirt. He didn't feel well coordinated. He liked it very much. He laughed and said, "I just played with him casually and didn't teach him anything."

Since Aldridge came back to coach last season, his two sons have been training on the youth team. Ronaldinho sometimes ran around when he had nothing to do. Originally, he had a good relationship with Earl and accompanied him when he was bored. That's it.

After Ronaldinho left, Aldridge in the office inquired about the progress of the transfer section.

Before his vacation ended, the club had finalized the list of signings.

The front line is worry-free, and the back line does not need to be recruited, but now Johnson is missing. In the link of the full-back, there are hidden dangers and it is reluctant. After all, Neil can play the full-back, but from a long-term development perspective, it is still A newcomer is needed, and it should be possible to promote the 17-year-old Ramos, but he alone is still thin, especially on the other side, and Baines is not very old.

In the midfield line, Aldridge asked Jenson to find an organization midfielder substitute before the end of last season. It must be mainly young people. After all, Alonso’s age is there, and he is willing to play for Alonso. That is naturally younger than Alonso.

The results given by Jenson really continued the true nature of Millwall's team building style.

Others are basically buying players now, or buying players in the past.

Millwall, and Arsenal, are basically the future of buying players.

Aldrich looked at the person in Jenson's face, and was quite satisfied.

Lisbon Athletic Youth Twins.

Moutinho and Veroso.

Originally, one of two choices, Aldridge directly let the team bring both of them.

One is Verroso, who has just turned 17 years old, while Moutinho won't be 17 until September.

Veroso can be used as a substitute for De Rossi in the future, and Moutinho can be used as a substitute for Alonso.

Sporting Lisbon is probably aware of the storm from Chelsea on the side of the Premier League. At first, he didn't die, and he didn't want to let go.

But when the two players heard that Millwall was interested in them, they were obviously moved.

So since the beginning of July, they have been negotiating, and the tug-of-war on the transfer fee can't stand still.

The Sporting Lion of Lisbon opened his mouth and demanded £20 million.

He also kept saying: Glen Johnson, you sold to Chelsea for 10 million pounds, that is just a mediocre kid, and our players are veritable geniuses.

Is this retribution?

Too **** ironic.

Anyway, Glen Johnson had a record in the Premier League. For the two boys of Atletico Lisbon, the record in the professional league is zero!

"Boss, Lisbon's voice is very firm, and the bottom line is fixed at 15 million pounds."

"Fuck, give it to him! End early! The further you drag, the bigger the variable!"

Aldridge annoyed to hang up the phone.

At this time, the pound to euro is almost 1:1.5.

15 million pounds, equivalent to almost 23 million euros.

Buy two 17-year-old Maotou boys.

It is estimated that the media in Chelsea recently was mocking, and they would immediately turn their guns to mock Millwall.

However, Aldridge did not regret it. The transfer in the market has always been fast-changing. Moreover, Millwall has made a big move. If other clubs have completed the main recruitment work, turn back and find Millwall’s main attack. Objects, if there is a problem, there will be a disruptor, and when the time comes, maybe 15 million pounds will not be able to get down.

In that situation, Millwall didn't want to suffer a big loss, so he would be sore after the transfer.

But what about the team's plan this season?

Was it still affected?

Going to North America to play warm-up soon, Aldridge doesn't like to delay the transfer for too long.

He hopes that when the team flies to the United States, the transfer activity will be closed, preparing for the new season with peace of mind.

Today's planned work is over, Aldridge is ready to get up and go home, when someone knocks on the door of his office.

Seeing Klose, Aldridge smiled and asked the other to sit down. Klose was more relaxed. After sitting down, he began to chat with Audridge and talked about a lot of past things.

"Boss, I thought your promise to my parents was fulfilled."

"Boy, I have had a great time in Millwall these years. You let me see the most beautiful scenery. Although I am not the owner most of the time, I learned a lot of valuable experience."

...

Hearing Klose's words, Aldridge was not in a heavy mood, and finally in silence, he said: "You want to go, right?"

Klose nodded gently.

Aldridge looked dazed.

At this time, he and Lampard proposed a very different emotion when he left.

On the contrary, he can understand Klose.

In front of Lampard, is Nedved, who is 31 years old this summer. Two years, at most two years at most, Lampard does not want to wait.

Klose, who was just 25 years old, was in front of Henry, who was about to turn 26.

If Henry's condition is no problem, no injuries, Klose has almost no possibility of superiority.

The original window paper was not pierced in the summer of 02, until last season Klinsmann put Klose Fu up, and at the end of the season, Aldridge put him into the bench lineup, Klose also Recognize the reality.

It's not that he doesn't want to compete or lack courage.

This past season, he has been more stable than anyone else's starter. He has scored 19 goals in the league, which is already a very good number of goals. However, compared with Henry in the past few seasons, the gap is Double digits!

This is no longer a question of whether he can wait for higher status.

A genius, covering countless geniuses, the competition of the giants is so cruel.

Aldridge said blandly: "When I brought you to Millwall, I originally thought that today you will be Millwall's number one striker, and no one can shake it."

The plan can never catch up with the fast change.

Henry, who was desperate for five times, was not in Aldrich’s original plan, because the failure of one, two, and three times made him think that there was no possibility with Henry. However, the peak turn, and eventually he got Henry, and this changed Audrey Qi initially thought of Klose.

Although Klose can still play as a winger, it would be too unfair to him if he stayed hard to play as a winger, because "can play" and "top" are two different things.

In the winger, Ronaldinho can't compete with the future, Ronaldinho now, in the center, a Henry, how many centers have Miller back and forth desperately carrying the burden to leave?

Aldridge’s mentality is more open-minded. Compared with the fact that Shevchenko and Trezeguet left the front line at least, Fanny, Drogba, and now Klose who left behind are very good. At least the main core of Millwall was not shaken.

This situation is the same as before.

"Want to develop in the past?"

Aldridge asked inquiries.

Klose shook his head and smiled, "I don't have a specific idea yet, but I don't want to stay in the Premier League anymore, because I don't want to play for Millwall's league competitors. If I will meet in the European War in the future, I hope Mill Wall fans don’t boo me."

Aldridge smiled: "No, at least, I haven't seen Millwall fans boo Trezeguet and Shevchenko, and Elgra. Even when they returned from Pirlo last season, the fans also No shushing them."

"No, I can't compare with them. They have brought tremendous brilliance to Millwall. My contribution here is insignificant."

"It's wrong to say that. You have been a reliable player for us all these years. Maybe the data is not gorgeous in a season, but the contribution is definitely great."

A stable substitute, a good substitute player, the role will be very obvious, a team itself can not rely on 11 players to beat the world, let alone like Millwall in the past few years in the South and the North in a season of 70+ games. game.

The carpenter was leaving, Aldridge invited Klose to dinner with his girlfriend at home at night, wishing him a smooth future.