Four Hundred and Twenty-One Five Minutes Hell and Heaven

Melanie's due date is getting closer and closer, and Millwall's pre-season training preparations are also approaching. Aldridge will be absent for a period of time during the team's summer training.

Club Adam came to Liverpool to meet Aldridge with a guilty look on his face.

"Boss, I'm sorry, I couldn't convince them to stay."

Adam was both angry and frustrated when Ferdinand and others left the team.

Almost since June, his focus has been on retaining Ferdinand, Duff, and Mills, but his efforts for more than a month have yielded no results.

Aldridge entertained Adam warmly in the living room at home, and Melanie treated guests like a hostess despite her big belly. Both of them liked this feeling, which made them look like ordinary couples. feel like home.

"Don't worry, our conditions are too far from those of Leeds United. They choose to sign a better contract, which is only natural."

Aldridge no longer wants to think about why Ferdinand, Duff, and Mills are determined to transfer.

Maybe it's because of making more money, maybe it's because he doesn't want to play as a substitute at Millwall.

Never mind him, let's go.

not give a damn about.

"Boss, it's time for us to make a decision on the summer preparation plan."

Holding a teacup, Adam put his depressed mood behind him and turned to the topic of the conversation.

"Well, say sorry to Inter Milan, Ajax, and Dortmund. The plan discussed last year is temporarily cancelled, but it can still be carried out in the future. In addition, help the club contact Sporting Lisbon. Feyenoord. Lewo The four clubs of Courson and Genk are invited to London to play pre-season warm-up matches. The ticket share can be given more. We will move to a new stadium next summer. We can arrange as many games as possible at the Lion’s Den. Come on, there are still quite a few fans who can't let go of the old stadium."

Adam memorized every word Aldrich said.

In fact, at the g14 summit last year, Aldridge proposed an idea with some wealthy family members. That is, the European giants teamed up to play pre-season friendly matches on other continents. They originally made an appointment a few months ago to go to North America with Inter Milan, Ajax, and Dortmund this summer. Although there may not be an immediate market effect, but It is good for the future to lay the foundation of popularity in advance and get acquainted with each other.

When European football has not fully entered the era of capital,

Some old ideas and hypocritical arrogance still hang over the heads of many giants. They believe that Europe is the center of the football world and represents the top level in this field. At the club level, if it is a backward country or region, no invitation letter will be sent. They rarely take the initiative to carry out self-brand promotion, and even if others invite them, they will ask for high appearance fees, which makes some sponsors or organizers shy away. In the era of rapid development, the market share, especially the global international reputation and influence lagged behind competitors at the same level. It was not until ten years later when this gap was reflected in commercial operating income that many giants began to rise up in the global strategy. Chase.

Millwall has always paid attention to international publicity. Taking the United States as an example, Americans may not care about football. Football is not even ranked in the top five in American competitive sports, but there are still football fans in the United States. Those who care about football or love football Among the fans, which is their favorite club? Millwall! Why? Because on the American Internet, as far as websites related to football are concerned, only Millwall is doing promotion in the whole of Europe, while fans of other teams are mostly attracted by Nike, Adidas and other sports brands using stars to advertise.

Because of the rapid development of Millwall's business operations in recent years, other giants wanted to try out Millwall's business operation proposal when they heard Millwall's proposal. Like the trip to Asia last year, it was almost all the way to abuse food, and the influence created is really limited. If you go with a few wealthy families, the sensation, influence, and attention it brings will be different. Cake It's so big that one person can't finish it.

Aldridge couldn't get away at this time, and the plan for pre-season preparations would also change.

"Boss, what is the club's summer signing plan?"

Adam is still more concerned about the construction of the club's lineup. The only thing he is criticized in the industry now is that he is not like a football manager, but more like a simple businessman.

It's not that he doesn't want to get involved in the team's construction, but that Aldridge has his hands full in this regard. The introduction or transfer of players is all decided by Aldridge. Adam wants to find new players, but so what if he does? A waste of time.

"You don't have to worry about this. I have already called the club's negotiation team and they have already started working. What I want to talk to you about is another matter."

Aldridge and Adam talked in detail for an afternoon in the living room at home.

Three days later, Millwall officially announced that the Lion's Den Stadium will undergo minor renovations after they move into the new stadium. In the future, it will be used as a venue for the youth team and the reserve team, and will not be abandoned or auctioned for other uses.

Once the news was announced, the die-hard fans of Wild Lions, especially the local fans, were extremely excited and applauded the club's decision.

They still have feelings for the old stadium. Even though the club is now famous in Europe and has won many honors, the Lion's Den Stadium symbolizes the past and is an indelible part of their club's history and fans' memory.

Aldridge hadn't thought about how to deal with the Lion's Den Stadium before. He envisioned learning from Arsenal and converting Highbury into a characteristic residential area for sale after moving to the Emirates Stadium, but it seemed that he lost hundreds of millions of pounds in it.

Now that he has money and the club has sufficient funds, Aldridge hopes to preserve the historical buildings of Millwall intact as a memory inheritance. Ten years later, twenty years later, fifty years later, whether it is Fans are still tourists. When they come here, they can walk through these buildings, look for traces of the past, and explore the context of history, so as to make their club culture more complete and continuous.

at the same time. Millwall is also in Scotland. Wales. New football schools are being built in three regions of Ireland. Each school has ten places for free study each year, and rewards the ten young players with the most outstanding talent evaluation during the trial training every summer.

This is not only a strategic plan for the club to expand its talent selection channels to promote the club brand, but also to expand the club’s influence in various fields in the football circle. Wall's request, so the coaching materials written by Aldridge last year have become a compulsory thing for Millwall to train coaches. Millwall not only cultivates excellent young players every year, but also cultivates many young coaches. They will be useful in Millwall's future global promotion plan.

Fleet Street are stunned by Millwall's big move.

David Miller joked in the column: Some people spend huge sums of money just want to build a comfortable house, but Hall wants to build a skyscraper.

France, Lille Youth Football Academy

A boy with a scarred face walked out of the college in a daze with a bag on his back, and looked back at the signboard of a college reluctantly.

He was given up.

After spending three years in this academy, he became an "outcast" at the age of 16.

He walked aimlessly into the street, not knowing where the road was, maybe. It's time to go back home and start over.

When passing a street corner, a magnificent car stopped in front of him. A young man in a suit got out of the car and stood in front of him, blocking his way.

Coming from a poor background, he subconsciously moved out of the way without even raising his head to look at the other party.

"Hey Frank, can we talk?"

The scar-faced boy raised his head in surprise, looked at the well-dressed young man, and was very puzzled, why did he recognize me?

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Clayton. I work for the English football club Millwall. We have been paying attention to you for a long time. Now we invite you. If you want, you can come to London with me now," the club coach Mr. Hall said. However, you don't need a trial training, you can directly enter the team's youth team."

The scar-faced boy was shocked and speechless.

He had just been given up by the Lille Youth Academy. Less than 5 minutes after he walked out the door, Millwall, who had won 12 titles in Europe in four years, took the initiative to invite him to join? !

Is this a fucking prank?

"Frank, oh, maybe I'm being too presumptuous, Ribery, can we find a place to sit down and talk? If you need your family by your side, you can call them now, and at the same time, you can also consult Millwall officials. , to verify my identity, find a computer with Internet access, log on to the official website of Millwall, you can find the contact information of the club, it will never be fake, if you are still not at ease, we can contact our acquaintances in France to let you I believe, for example, Lille’s new coach Harry Hodzic, Mr. Hall and him are old friends, but Mr. Hall specifically said, try not to disturb Mr. Harry Hodzic, otherwise, Lille may prevent you from leaving.”

It was the first time for the young Clayton to persuade a player to join the club today. He didn't want to mess it up, and when he opened his mouth, he played all his cards.

If Aldridge is present, he must be scolded.

You put it this way, if the 16-year-old Ribery is a good person and doesn't want to leave France, he can go directly to Harry Hodzic and tell the other party: Millwall has taken a fancy to me, does Lille still want me now?

Harry Hodzic, who watched the European Cup with Aldrich in 1996, occasionally chatted with Aldridge on the phone these years, especially when he led the team to visit France. Old friends, they are in the same circle again, so we can’t keep in touch. As for not communicating with each other, it is the normal state of communication.

Given that Harry Hodzic has just taken over Lille, which is in the French second league, it is estimated that the eyeliner has not yet reached the youth academy. He really let him know that Millwall has invited Ribery, and it is estimated that he will definitely keep Ribery. , and it is focused on training.

Fortunately, the 16-year-old Ribery didn't have so much fuss, and happily followed Creighton to a nearby coffee shop to learn more about joining Millwall.

What Ribery cares about is money. He can’t afford to go abroad to play football, but Millwall will give him a professional contract, and the advantages of English football are directly reflected. Although he can’t earn a lot of money in London, he has food and clothing. No problem, can also grow in a better environment.

Clayton was relieved, and the invitation to Ribery to join finally did not fall into his hands.

Two days later, he returned to London with Ribery. The club Adam personally signed the contract with Ribery and left a commemorative photo. After that, Ribery entered the youth team.

ps: Harry Hodzic, the coach who led Algeria to a 4:2 victory over Bangzi a few days ago, is known for his iron fist in running the army, and his tone was very tough after winning the Bangzi match ()