Three Hundred and Sixty Three Miss

Thursday night at the Black Hotel in London.

This is an expensive five-star hotel in London. In the VIP suite of the hotel, there are four men and two women sitting around a round table.

A game of cards was going on, and chips, fine wine, and snacks were placed in front of the six people.

On Aldrich's left sat Ivan, and on his right was an equally elegant beauty, an executive of British Airways, Ms. Alina.

The other poker players at the same table were Carter from Standard Chartered Bank, Fitz from Legal & General Insurance, and Rudis from Ladbrokes.

There are six people at this table, except for Yiwen, all of them have a cooperative relationship with Millwall.

Millwall fought everywhere and has long since become British Airways.

Standard Chartered Bank is now the sponsor of the Millwall jersey chest advertising.

When the club signs a contract, an insurance company needs to be involved, and Legal & General Insurance also lists Millwall as a key customer.

Ladbrokes is one of the stadium advertising sponsors.

Aldridge's amateur activities have increased significantly. In addition to the club's regular beer nights, he will also participate in poker nights like today, and there is also a reading club organized by Ms. Rowling.

If he wants to lead the team to play a game in the middle of last week, he basically has activities every night of the week.

It's just so that I don't stay at home and worry about things.

He was lucky tonight, and the chips piled up in front of him were obviously much more than others.

Rudis had a bad hand, so he folded directly. He raised his wine glass and looked at Aldrich, and asked softly: "I have received news that Ronaldinho has many wealthy families asking for it, and the asking price is not low. Miller Will Wall take the risk to keep him?".

If young players are under 20 years old, they will receive a lot of offers. The choice of the club to sell or not to sell is debatable.

If sold. A lot of transfer fee income is very realistic.

If you don’t sell them, you have to take risks. There are many talented players who end up hurting Zhong Yong. If they are not sold at a high price, it will be a loss, and it will also drag down the team’s record.

Aldridge withdrew his cards, threw some chips to the front, turned his head and smiled and said, "What are the odds on Ladbrokes' transfer to Ronaldinho? I can bet five million pounds on him not to transfer." meeting.

Do you accept it? ".

Rudis was speechless for a moment, and the others laughed.

At the end of the game, it became Aldrich and the beauty Elena who was beside him. With a slight smile on her face, Alina pushed all the chips in front of her and said to Aldrich: "Should you Will it spoil the fun?"

Aldrich looked at his watch and said, "It's getting late, so let's end it."

He pushed his chips and showed his hole cards without playing mysteriously. Alina also flipped over the hole cards and compared the faces. Aldridge lost.

Alina chuckled and said, "Thank you."

Aldridge raised his brows and said, "I guess this has something to do with my recent luck. I always thought that the beginning was good, but the ending was bleak. God likes to stage reversal dramas for people."

After the game ended, Ivan put on a snow-white coat and waited for Aldrich outside the door. After greeting the others, Carter stayed at the end to talk to Aldrich.

"Three months into the new season, Millwall's momentum is good, especially with many newcomers in the team, which has attracted the attention of European football. Now Millwall's first team is estimated to be worth more than 200 million pounds. People are curious about you guys. How many future superstars are there still hidden?"

Carter's words made Aldrich puzzled.

Millwall and Standard Chartered Bank are commercial cooperation, and there is no exchange in the field of football. What is the use of Carter telling him these things?

How much is Millwall's first team worth? Aldridge still doesn't know?

Just Larson and Nedved together cost more than 50 million pounds.

Aldridge looked at Carter puzzled, while the other party continued: "The outside world is not only paying attention to the Millwall first team, but also your reserve team and youth team. After all, the performance of these lower echelons is also very amazing."

Aldridge shrugged, the other party was right.

Millwall's reserve team has won the reserve team league championship for two consecutive years. This year's league has started three months, and it has also left behind teams far away, such as Vicente, the injured Henry, Pedretti and others They are all playing in the reserve team, and their record is guaranteed.

The youth team has dominated the youth league for many years in a row. Except for missing the FA Youth Cup the year before last, they won the FA Youth Cup in other years. It has also achieved a good record, and the youth team has received the attention of the outside world as expected.

And many European giants also want to poach Millwall's youth team players, but there are not many youth team players who want to leave, unless the giants personally promise to give them a chance to play, which the giants can't give.

Middle and lower teams poach young players, which can be used as the main force, but the youth team players look down on them and want to stay in Millwall to see how the competition is going. It would be the best if they can play in Millwall. If not, then transfer and leave to develop in other teams.

Now the most lingering voice over the Millwall youth team is: so-and-so player is Nedved II, the successor of Larsson, and the next Pirlo

"Can I not understand what you said? But what do you want to say?"

Facing Aldridge's question, Carter said softly, "There are my friends at Umbro, and they want to test your reaction through me."

"Umbro? They want to cooperate? But we just signed a new contract with Puma in the summer for a period of two years. If we want to cooperate, we can talk about it after one and a half years."

"No, not the first team, they want to sponsor the reserves and youth teams, and even Millwall all echelons except the first team!"

Aldrich fell into thought after hearing the words.

Reserve teams and youth teams have sponsors, which is rare in global football, and there is no precedent in mainstream European leagues.

But in the future, Manchester United's reserve team sponsorship contract is higher than the whole team sponsorship income of many mid-stream and lower-stream clubs!

It is also the first club in Europe that allows the reserve team to also generate huge income.

Aldrich didn't think about it for a long time, and there was nothing to hesitate about being able to generate income.

"Very good. As long as the price is right. Millwall welcomes another partner. But before we do that, we have to say hello to Puma first, see what they mean, if they are interested in the reserve team, the youth team If there is no interest in sponsorship, then we can talk to other sponsors."

Carter nodded when he heard the words. What he admired most about Aldridge in his career was that the other party respected his partners.

There is no such mercenary style.

On the drive home. Yiwen sat sideways on the co-pilot seat, staring at Aldrich quietly.

Of course she knew about Melanie's pregnancy. Others sent blessings to Aldridge, and there were even a lot of gifts, but she didn't respond.

"Shall we chat?".

Ivan broke the silence.

Aldrich was driving the car, knowing what the other party wanted to talk about, he said flatly, "I don't want to talk."

Family, friends, colleagues, many people gave him advice. Untie him, comfort him. He seems to have become a victim in life, full of grievances, this is not the image he should have, and he also resents making himself seem like a helpless person in the eyes of others.

No need for anyone's comfort or advice, this is the matter between him and Melanie, if they can reach an agreement, they can talk about it, and if they can't, there is no need to entangle them.

"Why didn't you give me a chance?"

"Especially now, I don't want to talk about this aspect."

Aldrich turned on the radio and listened to the broadcast.

After driving to the door of the apartment, Ivan got off the car, Aldrich parked the car in the garage, and then went home to rest.

Just finished the European game in the middle of the week. On the weekend of the league, Millwall went to Derby County. The away game was a bit ugly. This season, Derby County has swept away the image of the underdogs. It has been ranked in the middle and upper reaches since the beginning of the season, which is impressive. Against Millwall, they were full of fighting spirit. Millwall was a little distracted during the game. They tried to control the game but were counterattacked by the opponent after consecutive steals. They fell behind by two goals in less than 30 minutes. Derby County took the lead by two goals. Start to stick to it, and strive to get 3 points in the bag.

This choice was a big mistake. As soon as they contracted, Millwall's original disadvantage of continuous combat was reduced, and he could calmly control the rhythm. In addition, there was plenty of time in the game, and the strong temperament accumulated by Millwall began to play a role, taking it easy. He controlled the game thoroughly and scored two goals in the 56th and 77th minutes of the second half to equalize the score. When the score came to a tie, Derby County frantically pressed again. Millwall's final counterattack broke through the opponent's defense. Unfortunately, Van der Meyde The one-handed kick flew, and finally shook hands with the opponent.

Aldridge has been really busy with his work recently. Except for the team's training and competition, he held secret meetings with sponsors, club executives and others. The discussions in the same period last year were roughly the same.

Golden Globes.

Millwall favored Larsson last season, but this year there are not many differences of discussion. The first choice must be Pavel Nedved.

Larsson's annual goals have declined, and he is recuperating from injuries at the beginning of the new season. Other main members who helped Millwall win the European Champions Cup last season, especially the offensive players, Trezeguet and Shevchenko Having already left the team, the Ballon d'Or contender that Millwall will go all out to pack is definitely Pavel Nedved.

If you take 98 years as the time period, Nedved's club data ranks first among all midfielders in Europe!

In all competitions he has participated in, he has scored 27 goals and 20 assists as of November, especially in the first half of Millwall's European competition. He has scored key goals. Wall's number one contributor to the top of Europe.

His valuation has already exceeded 20 million pounds. This is a comprehensive assessment, not the actual transfer value. If other clubs sell a player of Nedved's level, at least they will ask for more than 30 million pounds. The price is sky-high, and Millwall has labeled Nedved from the beginning to the end as not for sale!

Exactly the same as the operation in the same period last year, Millwall began to publicize through traditional and new media networks, making a summary of Nedved's annual performance, and then let the ball critics talk about Nedved's performance and contribution, which made the insiders De Ved is in the spotlight in Europe.

In the thirteenth round of the Premier League, Millwall ushered in the powerful Leicester City at home. He had another direct dialogue with Martin O'Neill's team.

This game made Aldridge feel very painful, because after Martin O'Neill has Tony + Gudjohnsen, the tactics of playing strong teams are easier.

7 people defend + 3 people attack.

Leicester City performed well for two consecutive years, which attracted the attention of the middle and lower teams, so Martin O'Neill started to have a headache when he played against the underdogs, but he was more calm when he played against the strong teams. His team was weak, The counterattack was a breeze.

After 90 minutes, the two teams drew 1:1.

Aldridge really began to miss Pirlo, who was insightful in organizing and dispatching in the midfield (to be continued...) ()