The Young Lion

Andrew, who came to Aldrich's office, felt extremely heavy.

When Aldridge wanted to talk about the players straight to the point, he knew that this tit for tat conversation was about to begin.

He tried to keep the conversation light-hearted.

Aldridge, you have been the head coach for ten years, and you should understand better than me that even the most powerful club in the world cannot have more than 11 world-class players.

Aldrich heard what he thought.

He didn’t expect that Andrew’s opening remarks would be these words.

The reason is very simple. It is difficult to form 11 world-class players, but if you really have one in each position, then the substitute can be a first-class player, but it cannot be a world-class player, because a world-class star will not Willing to be a substitute.

For example, the 30-year-old Nedved and the 26-year-old Kaka are absolutely impossible to be a main player and a substitute.

However, the 31-year-old Nedved is the main player and the 21-year-old Kaka is the substitute. This is not a big problem.

In the new season, Nedved is 32 years old and Kaka is 22 years old.

Kaka has not yet reached world-class strength, and Nedved has also entered the end of his career. Aldridge will let Kaka take the lead, let Nedved play a more important role, and let Nedved become the team leader. Substitutes for all roles in the midfield except the striker, if everything works well, after another season, Kaka's further improvement, Nedved is one year older, and the team has completed a Perfect transition in position.

Aldrich could probably guess the meaning of Andrew's words.

He gave the opponent a step and said, Talk about Rooney.

Obviously, Ribery. Rooney. Ashley Cole.

Among these three people. Ashley Cole is a world-class strength, but he has the main force in Millwall, Andrew does not need to say that.

Ribery is not yet world class.

Only Rooney, in the eyes of Aldridge, this kid is definitely not world-class, but, under the excessive praise of the media, Rooney has been praised as a super star.

Chelsea's willingness to spend £40m is not just kidding Millwall.

Andrew had a gentle expression.

He said softly: To be honest, Millwall's terms for Rooney's contract renewal are too low.

Wait, what you said is too low, are you comparing it to other clubs?

Yes, there are many clubs in Europe that are interested in Rooney, but the most sincere ones are Chelsea and Manchester United. In my opinion, if Millwall cannot keep Rooney, the most likely target clubs for sale are also these two clubs, because they give The transfer fee offered is sky-high. The media disclosed Chelsea’s offer of 40 million pounds, and you should have received it. And rejected it. Manchester United has not made a move yet. Ferguson contacted me and asked me to pass on Manchester United’s offer to you. If the negotiation is successful, the club will start to act. If the negotiation is not successful, let it be nothing. But I want to say that Rooney only has two years left in his contract at Millwall, and his desire to transfer and leave is very strong, and I cannot dissuade him. He stayed because it didn't fit his club role at Millwall.

Aldrich sneered.

Not in line? What does he think Millwall is? What does he want, and what do I have to satisfy him? Before asking for it, has he asked himself what he contributed? Did he think that he had to join three years ago? Millwall, what did he say to the media when he came for the weekly wages we were offering?

Andrew shook his head slightly and sighed: Aldrich, he is not yet 20 years old, can you expect him to be considerate of you? He is eager to be the core, eager to become a world superstar in the shortest possible time, standing in Millwall's position, I think This is a measure of the intensity of demand. Millwall has Henry and Villa and may not be able to meet Rooney's needs in the next three years, but how strong is the club's demand for him?

Aldridge put down his wine glass, changed his voice, and asked, Didn't he need you to tell me anything?

Andrew was taken aback for a moment, and asked back, What do you mean?

Aldridge closed his eyes and sighed: I can forgive players who have done wrong things, especially young players, impulsive, immature, ill-considered, I can choose to forgive them for any reason, but, but the European Cup is over To this day, Wayne Rooney hasn’t even said a single word to me, he still doesn’t think he’s wrong, does he? He wants to be a world superstar? Oh, let him do it, I hope he can achieve it.”

You agreed to let Rooney move?

Aldridge said coldly: You are already doing my ideological work and asked me to sell him away. Are we really going to discuss Rooney's non-renewal, two years left in the contract, and drag it on? ?”

Andrew's face was a bit ugly, and he seemed ashamed to face Aldridge. He sighed and added: Manchester United's initial offer is 30 million pounds. If you don't want to sell the player to Chelsea, you can negotiate with Manchester United.

Tell me about Ribery and Ashley Cole.

There was silence in the office.

Aldridge looked down at Andrew who was sitting on the chair with his head bowed silently, and after a while he asked, Is there anything you can't say?

Andrew raised his head, showing a helpless expression, and said, They want to go to Chelsea.

Compared with Rooney, Andrew does not deny the possibility of Rooney moving to Chelsea. After all, the transfer fee offered by Chelsea is indeed undeniable. However, in terms of transfer fee, Andrew can do his best to let Millwall Maximize the benefits.

The players themselves don't care too much about the transfer fee, after all, the transfer fee has nothing to do with their income.

Although Rooney is ambitious, or ambitious, he is not very keen on moving to Chelsea. Manchester United urgently needs strikers, while Chelsea has more strikers, and there are many big names. Before Crespo left the team on loan , plus Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen, and the newly transferred Drogba, Rooney would rather go to Manchester United, which has a weak striker. Manchester United is looking for the main striker for the next ten years, and Rooney will not be treated badly in terms of treatment. , although it is still not as good as the conditions given by Chelsea.

But Ribery and Ashley Cole are different.

It's all for money, for their own treatment.

The former is poor and crazy, while the latter is not afraid of competition. Wherever I go, I think that I should be the main force that cannot be beaten.

So other clubs are interested in them. Even Real Madrid and Barcelona are interested in Ashley Cole. But looking at the contract treatment offered by the other party, Ashley Cole refused. If it wasn't for the money, he would not have left Millwall.

In the renewal contract given by Millwall in the summer, the weekly salary is 85,000 pounds, which is already the second-grade salary in the team.

But compared with the weekly salary of 120,000 pounds given there, the gap is not small.

Moreover, players like him have different off-court income than forwards. Forwards shine a lot and have a lot of commercial contracts. It is very difficult and very few for post players to become commercial stars.

The office fell into silence again.

Andrew looked up at Aldrich, who was leaning against the table, and seemed to be suppressing his anger in a calm manner.

Aldrich tried his best to restrain his emotions, and said in a deep voice: You tell Ashley Cole that in two years, he will get the first salary in the team. Wait for another two years. Southgate After retiring, the salary system will free up space. Moreover, he returned to the team to play the main force in the summer of 2002. In the first year, the team had no other achievements except for the UEFA Cup. Last season, he performed well and the team achieved certain achievements. , but his contribution is still less than other players, Nedved and the others spent ten years getting the highest salary in the team.

Aldridge, I know all this, I told him, but he thinks his loss is still very big, because, if he goes to Chelsea, the next two years is equivalent to earning the annual salary of three years at Millwall , and two years later, his contract at Chelsea has also entered the stage of renewal. He believes that as long as he performs well, he will be able to raise his salary at that time. This is not a simple arithmetic problem, not a calculation of 40,000 pounds a week. Consideration of the interests of the annual salary.

Aldrich, who had repeatedly restrained himself, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and waved his hand to knock the wine glass on the table to the ground, smashing it to pieces.

He glared at Andrew with both eyes, and roared: Loss? He thinks his loss is great? You told him? Then did you tell him, who made him? Who made him Can hang the medal of the World Cup, European Cup, European Cup, Premier League winners? It's me! His boss! Aldrich Hall! And his club, Millwall! You're here to talk to me about the week Salary, money, fucking tens of thousands! Do you take the time to communicate with your players? Do you have words like: Loyalty! Contribution! Gratitude! Do you?**!

Andrew stood up and faced Aldrich, trying to calm him down, but Aldrich pushed his chest. Andrew took two steps back. He looked at Aldrich in astonishment, and then responded loudly.

Aldrich! This is not the situation I want! I'm just doing my job! How do people in the world describe my type? Vampires! Yes, we are bloody vampires! Who made me like this It's you! Did you forget? I want to be on your side too, and I want to help you too! But unless I quit this job, tell me, what should I do? This is the world , I can’t change it, human greed is the same, you can’t change it either! You’re not Ashley Cole, his net worth is less than one percent of yours! If he goes to Chelsea, he can earn at least 10 million more in the next five years Pounds! What does that mean? How many mansions? How many sports cars? How much luxury? What can I say? What can you say? Oh, you'd say stay at Millwall and come with me to the glory of the green world, Champion trophy, enjoy the glory of wearing a medal, blah blah blah But, stand in his position, have you thought about it? The left hand is 10 million pounds, and the right hand is a worthless trophy, and behind him, there is already what you said Those trophies and medals, **! 100 people make a choice, at least 99 will choose the 10 million pounds on the left! I don’t want to! I don’t want to! I also hope that he is a noble player, and I also hope that he is selfless I'd rather fuck him the second Nedved, the second Larsson, but fuck, he's not, he's not! He's my employer, I'm serving him, If I can't help him make more money, what am I? Aldrich, what do you want me to do? If you think I didn't help you, I betrayed you, I can abandon my current career, but you You should understand that with or without me, the outcome of the matter is the same, the only difference is that the person standing in front of you is not your brother.

Andrew, in tears.

He couldn't look directly at Aldrich's angry eyes, and couldn't bear the situation where the brothers were fighting each other.

Aldrich's head cleared when he saw Andrew's painful expression and his tears.

Yes, whether there is Andrew or not, things will not change fundamentally. Andrew has no decision-making power, and his duties and obligations are just to make players earn more money, not even the honor on the football field.

Aldrich walked over, hugged Andrew with open arms, and muttered guiltily: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry

Outside the office door, someone leaned against the wall and eavesdropped for a long time. (to be continued...) ()