The Young Lion

The team is on holiday, but the coaching staff is still busy.

Aldridge discussed with Benitez and Jenson in the club to discuss the club's lineup options.

In the coming year, they will compete in the European Champions Cup. The game density is stronger than in the past few years. In addition, many young players in the team have entered the national team's field of vision. Even if they are not the first team, the recruitment of the lower echelon will allow the players to travel back and forth.

After losing two central defenders and two forwards, Millwall urgently needs to strengthen the lineup.

There are four players on the central defender. If there are no injuries, there should be no problem in dealing with the fourth line. There are six players on the midfield line. The selection of offense and defense is also very balanced. Audric's biggest headache is the striker.

In addition to the three main players, only Glenshare and Fanny are left as substitutes.

Fanny is a center backup, and Glenn Galle can only play left and right wingers. Odrich needs more forwards to supplement the striker.

In the new season, Fanny will have more chances to play. Because of his own characteristics, Audridge will not give him more than 20 opportunities in the new season. Because Glenchard eats with explosive power and speed. This kind of player, It takes longer to recover a body after playing a game with all one's strength, and can't fight continuously. Either the body can't eat or the performance will be greatly reduced.

Moreover, Glennshire is just 20 years old, and the technical training is about to be finalized. When the future focus is on strengthening his body, Aldridge does not want too many games to overwhelm his body, just like he used Pirlo, although Pirlo He is the main player, but his appearances are not particularly high. Last season, he only played 26 games.

However, due to the different characteristics and positions of players, Pirlo will gradually increase his playing time in the future, but Glenchard will not.

Striker, Millwall needs a striker, and is willing to play off the bench.

Benitez offers some domestic options, such as some team abandoners, and some rookies, such as Bellamy and Robbie Keane in the lower league.

A veteran that other teams don't want, Aldridge is not interested in bringing in, and feels not cost-effective. Every penny he invests in the transfer market will be carefully calculated.

Bellamy was directly denied by Aldridge. It was not whether he was confident that he could control the sting of a team like Bellamy, but he felt that there was absolutely no need to buy a time bomb and test whether he could disarm the explosive device. .

Robbie Keane's situation is more complicated. The opponent rejected Liverpool's invitation at the same time, and Liverpool was the team he dreamed of joining in his childhood, but Robbie Keane wanted to play the main role. Under the same conditions, Millwall Even if the salary is higher, the other party is not at all interested.

Aldridge doesn't feel any pity, where is there no new star in the world?

At the beginning of June, Aldridge paid the first transfer fee before leaving London.

One million pounds for Blackburn 18-year-old Damien Duff.

Duff, who played for Blackburn at the age of 16, has played no more than 15 times in the past two seasons. At the critical age of 18, the next development is related to the trend of his career.

Blackburn's performance has been declining after winning the Premier League title two years ago. It ranked eighth in the league in 1996 and ranked fourteenth in the league last season. The final points ranking is only 2 points higher than the relegation line.

That mercenary army had also fallen apart. After Hiller left, Blackburn was completely marginalized in the Premier League battlefield.

In this context, Millwall suddenly emerged, and Audridge was famous, and he trained a group of talented stars under his hands. The youth storm set off focused on Europe.

Unlike Robbie Keane, who is 17 years old, wants to be the absolute main force. Most players under the age of 20 still have self-knowledge, especially Millwall, a team with three crowns, will invite you to carefully consider it.

Playing under different coaches, the effect is naturally different, the club's ability to train players is an important factor to attract players.

Millwall has been selling people for the past two years, and the people who sold them have performed well and value for money, which has given them the nickname "Ajax of England".

This is an acclaim in the current era.

Because looking at Europe, the players produced by Ajax are hard currency at this time, the quality is guaranteed, don't worry about depreciation, and even most of them will appreciate significantly after landing in the mainstream league.

A player like Vieira, who was considered to be less than half the price of Pires in the transaction last year, a year later, the British media thought Vieira was a new Roy Keane, and Arsenal made a big profit!

Therefore, Millwall's gold signboard has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is normal for major clubs to dig corners, and their excellent hematopoietic ability also reflects their ability to train players.

Last season, there was zero investment in the transfer market and the two main players were released. The two main players were substituted and won the triple crown. This is the best proof.

Duff hesitated on the new contract drawn by Blackburn. Blackburn fell into a passive situation, and finally reached an agreement with Millwall. The transfer fee was 2 million pounds. Duff became the summer transfer window. The first player to join Millwall.

After Aldridge finalized the transfer, he gave Adam a list of domestic players and asked him to personally find these players to join. This list is all English players, and basically all ages Under the age of 18, it is not Aldridge's first team choice, it is to supplement youth training. If some players hesitate, Aldridge will personally persuade the other party to join, but he is pressed for time. In order to supplement the striker, he must leave first. London.

In late May, Andrew and Aldridge got on a plane to the Netherlands.

The two sat in the first-class cabin, and Andrew was obviously sleep deprived. After getting on the plane, he sighed with Aldridge.

"There are too many things. The player's business activities are arranged to make me fall apart."

Aldridge flipped through the magazine and said casually: "Will you not set up a team specifically for players?"

"Yeah, that's how I did it, otherwise, how can I have time now?"

Andrew's brokerage company is also on the right track. Now he has become the most famous agent in the UK. He has the most players, covering the Premier League and the Premier League. In this regard, he has no interest in going with When the players of the second team deal with each other, the costs and benefits are not proportional.

Other clubs in mainstream leagues inevitably have to deal with Andrew because they want to buy players from Millwall, which has caused his network in Europe to expand rapidly.

At the same time, in the South American region, the company he established there also signed in many new players, and they are also the stars of the future. Although limited by the labor certification system, Aldridge’s enthusiasm for non-European players is gradually decreasing. Because he doesn’t want to always talk to the FA in terms of player transfers, but other mainstream leagues are the normal choice for South American stars to land in Europe, so Andrew, through the network of relationships in South America, can also improve his overall European Influence.

Aldrich does not object to the commercial activities of the players in the summer, and there are many players from different countries on the team. If the nationality of each player is lit on the European map, then Millwall’s players are almost half of Europe. Maps, although such a European wing has made Fleet Street slamming Millwall out of England, it has gradually increased Millwall’s influence in Europe and enhanced its international influence. Those who are well-known players will also have a reputation. Part of it was transferred to Millwall, which brought attention and fame to the team.

He was still thinking about the striker signing at this time. Andrew is here, and he suddenly thought of a forgotten player.

"Hey, where did that genius from Liverpool go?"

Aldridge put down the magazine and turned to ask.

Andrew frowned and asked, "The media has used the word genius badly. Who are you talking about?"

"Uh, I think about it, Dai, David, Lamore, um, it should be the name, the striker that Liverpool started in last year's Youth FA Cup final. This year, Irving on the youth bench has been on the first team. Starter, but I didn’t see Ramall’s name in the Liverpool first team. Where did this prodigy go?”

Aldridge had forgotten this player. Even Owen, Gerrard, Carragher, etc., usually did not see them appearing in the Liverpool first team when studying their opponents. Aldridge could hardly remember them, but Today, because I had been thinking of the young striker in my head, I couldn't help thinking of Owen, and then I thought of David Ramall who squeezed Owen on the bench in the youth team last year.

At that time, the kid had his first record in the game. The performance of the whole game was impressive. The most important thing is that in Aldrich’s first impression, Ramor’s style of play was very consistent with Millwall, and he was tossing back and forth on the front line. The reading ability of the game is excellent, instead of occupying the position and waiting for the pass of his teammates. Therefore, at that time, he would let Andrew follow up with Lamor's contract status. He did not remember that Liverpool had such a famous character.

Andrew shook his head and sighed, "You still forget him."

"Hey, shouldn't you forget?"

Andrew said helplessly: "Alas, he was seriously injured in training last summer. After he was injured, the club loaned him to Doncaster. As a result, he behaved in a mess there and returned to Liverpool six months ago. Then, at the age of 16, he signed a contract with Liverpool for four years. The contract will expire this summer. Liverpool does not intend to renew his contract. The two negotiated to cancel the contract. Lamore should now be a free agent, not only the Premier League team. Even the League One team was not interested in introducing him. A month ago, I talked about this with my colleagues. Everyone was sighing. You know, just a year ago, everyone was still fighting for his agent. What."

Aldridge was lost in thought.

Last year, Lamor was almost 19 years old when he was in the Youth FA Cup match, because as long as he is 18 years old before the start of the new season, he can participate in the Youth FA Cup. At this time this year, he is still three months away. It's 20 years old.

The injury has a double impact on the player's technical ability and body, but at the age of Ramall, both technical and physical, can still be cultivated. Liverpool gave up this player early. Why?

"It's still your eyesight. Who would have thought that Irving, who played as a substitute on the youth team, would be promoted to the first team and scored in his first show, and set the record for the youngest goal in the Premier League. Fate, **** fucking. "

Andrew is still sighing, and Aldridge is also sighing.

Professional football is sometimes so cruel. For players, the crucial hurdle is that if you don’t step forward, then your destiny will turn upside down.

"Do you still want to find him?"

Aldridge frowned and hesitated. Liverpool are not fools. They gave up the young players they focused on, and they must have been thoughtful.

But when I thought about it, it seemed familiar to the giants to let go of their genius.

"If you can still find him, let him come to Millwall to try it out. It's always correct to look at it. Even if he really turns from a prodigy into a mortal, I want to see for myself what he has become. "

"Okay, after I got off the plane, I called back to the company to find someone to arrange. By the way, let's go to Amsterdam. Is the destination Ajax?"

Aldridge picked up the magazine again and said lightly: "Well."

"Oh, who will Millwall pay for?"

"No one buys, grab a flying man."