The Young Lion

On August 10, Millwall officially announced that the new Smith Carter took office.

After Carter took office, he seemed very low-key and was almost invisible to the media. He took the newly formed team back and forth across Europe, France, Turkey, the Netherlands, Portugal, etc., and he was rapidly building Millwall's cooperative clubs all over Europe. At the same time, it began to focus on rebuilding Millwall's football schools around the world, strengthening publicity, and setting up commercial outlets. At the same time, Millwall's publicity plan titled Ten Years of Legend was also in full swing.

The club's business development projects other than sports are in full swing, and Aldrich doesn't need to worry about these.

August 13.

The new Premier League season is about to start, and Aldridge attended the pre-match press conference.

Reporters from all walks of life on Fleet Street gathered here, and the news hall was overcrowded.

In the opening game, Millwall will go away to challenge Tottenham, a derby in London.

The outside world doesn't care about the game. They are looking forward to the beginning of the whole season, a prelude to the battle between Millwall and Chelsea.

Aldridge, who was sitting on the stage, looked mild. A reporter was the first to ask about Ashley Cole's move to Chelsea.

When the transfer was completed, Millwall only announced it on the official website. The last time Aldridge attended the press conference was to introduce the return of Glenshire. dragged on until today.

Aldridge smiled and replied: Ashley Cole left Millwall and went to Chelsea in West London. There are 100 reasons why he left Millwall.

Everyone was shocked!

All the reporters were stunned.

Could it be. Ashley Cole still has many intricacies untapped at Millwall? His departure, there are 100 reasons so complicated?

Aldridge smiled and stretched out his hand, raised his index finger and said, The first reason is money.

Then stretch out the middle finger, and gesture with two fingers. Say, The second reason is money.

Stretch out your ring finger, three fingers, and say, The third reason is money.

At this time, the reporters at the scene laughed.

Aldridge spread his hands.

Laughing: The hundredth reason, money.

Most reporters know that Aldridge is making fun of Ashley Cole, and using this method to attack the other party's image can be said to have completely disregarded the former mentorship.

The two parted ways, Ashley Cole betrayed. Fate is over.

The reporter who asked the question had a dignified face and asked back: Sir Hall, after Ashley Cole has won the World Cup, European Cup, League Championship, UEFA Cup Championship, Champions League Championship, and so many honors. Is there anything wrong with Millwall getting top salaries?

Aldridge replied gently without changing his face: Your question is not wrong to ask Chelsea. Because Chelsea has nothing but money. But what about Millwall? We have always been a united club, a club that pays attention to contribution. , the important thing is how much you contribute to the team, not how much ability you have. Veron's salary at Chelsea is not low. He is not low in ability. Why should he be called a parallel importer? Because he did not contribute. Why did Crespo Also known as not worthy of his salary? Because his contribution is not enough! Ashley Cole only played the main force for Millwall for two seasons, but hopes to earn as much as Nedved. Henry, It's ridiculous. Henry was also a World Cup winner when he came to the team, but Henry didn't make rude demands on wages. When you ask me why Millwall and Ashley Cole broke up in the contract extension I also wondered, really, in the past ten years, I have never heard of Nedved, Southgate, Larsson, Pirlo, Ronaldinho, Schneider and other players Dissatisfied with the salary news, their contract extension has never made waves, did Millwall treat them badly? No, they contributed and the club will reward them, which is what they deserve. Don't forget , You guys are just talking about what Ashley Cole got, but not who made him? Which team made him stand on the podium.

The reporter from the Guardian was stalking, clung to this question, and continued to speak sharply: Sir Hall, you have repeatedly emphasized that players should know how to return and should not pay too much attention to money, but you personally Sending the player to Chelsea, isn't it for Chelsea's high transfer fee offer?

Aldridge shrugged and said: Of course, they only want to go to Chelsea, because Chelsea offer high wages. As for the transfer fee, hehe, the transfer fee for Ashley Cole, Robben and Ribery is The club took half of it and added it to the loyalty clause rewards of all first-team players, and another 20% was used as this season's championship bonus, and the club left to invest in operating costs, only about 30%.

All the reporters at the scene looked at each other in blank dismay.

According to the news they had received before, Millwall sold three players to Chelsea and received about 70 million pounds.

If 35 million pounds is used to give first-team players as loyalty rewards, this investment is not small.

Loyalty rewards are definitely not one-time, the focus is on loyalty!

In other words, the longer a player stays, the higher the reward.

In any case, in a disguised form, the wages of Millwall's players have increased, but it will not be a permanent increase, because the players will age, and there are not a few who may enter the end of their careers in a few years.

20% of the championship bonus, almost 15 million pounds!

It will definitely not be a championship bonus, it is the sum of all competitions, the league and the Champions League must be the heaviest!

This is another measure to stimulate the fighting spirit of the players.

Such a reward mechanism is somewhat related to the contribution that Aldrich said.

The better your grades, the greater your contribution, and the more money you earn!

Guardian reporter no longer pester, enough is enough.

The reporters present knew that Millwall’s boss was not greedy for profit. Although Millwall made a lot of money, the salary system itself was huge. In terms of the self-sufficient operation of the club, although they made a lot of money by selling people in the past ten years Money, but you must know that earning back a new stadium and developing a commercial chain at the same time require astronomical amounts of money, and the player salary system, before Abramovich took over Chelsea, Millwall has become the Premier League salary system since 2000. Huge clubs that rank among the best in Europe, they have too many excellent players, the top ranks have the highest weekly salaries, but they have loyalty rewards, mainly middle-level players, whose salaries are obviously much higher than those of other clubs.

There is one situation that cannot be escaped by newer clubs: that is the change in the salary system. If you want to help newcomers to the top, you have to make room for salary. The money club still has to fulfill the contract and continue to pay, so it is understandable that Millwall's salary system is under great pressure at this stage.

Howard of The Sun raises his hand for a question.

Sir Hall, who do you think will be the biggest competitor of Millwall as the defending champion in the Premier League in the new season?

Aldridge looked around the countless pairs of eyes in the audience. Everyone actually had the answer in their hearts. They meant to make things difficult for Aldridge, but Aldridge laughed and said, Of course it's Chelsea. They spent more than 200 million pounds this summer. Signing in, if you don't put them first in the competition, I feel embarrassed, hehehe, The Sun is knowingly asking, I read the cover of your newspaper's football section today, um, do It's not bad, but the wording is a bit inaccurate.

The cover of The Sun today is a full-page PS image.

On the left is the new Chelsea lineup led by Mourinho, and on the right is the defending champion Millwall led by Aldridge.

Aldridge and Mourinho looked at each other across the air, posing a tit-for-tat posture.

The battle of the young coaches that was building momentum before the Champions League final last season is finally about to begin.

The Sun interspersed with the text description in the picture is: Wild Lions 1 vs. Wild Lions 2.

Chelsea have too many ex-Millwall players in their squad.

In the detailed season preview, the Sun maliciously speculated that Mourinho would not only lead Chelsea to overthrow Millwall's rule, but also use players abandoned by Millwall to further attack Aldridge. , Trying to prove that he knows how to use people better than Aldrich.

Yes, use a group of players abandoned by Aldridge to defeat Aldridge. If it can be done, there is no need to discuss whether Aldridge and Mourinho are stronger or weaker. There is no dispute.

The atmosphere of today's press conference was relatively relaxed. The reporters did not see Aldridge getting angry or looking ugly. Aldridge's mentality has always been relatively good.

Howard asked: Where is the wrong statement?

Aldridge chuckled and said: Although you may feel that I am looking for a step down when I say this, I still have to make it clear that when Ferreira left Millwall, there was no dispute about his ability compared with Schneider. Schneider is definitely better than him, and now I think Schneider is better. If Drogba and Essien had not left Millwall two years ago, they would not be where they are today. After two years of experience in Ligue 1, they The strength has become stronger, and there is still potential in the future, but the media should never misrepresent the specific abilities of players in a period, and use their peak abilities to cover their entire careers. Drogba two years ago was in Milwaukee There is no place for Millwall strikers, I don't think it is a mistake to let them go, Chelsea have money, they can buy many, many players in the world, just like Millwall can do the same, although we are a little poor, we can spend money It is not difficult to sign in for 100 million pounds. The question that bothers us is: who should we buy? We already have the best players in the world, even if some players are young, but we are patient and can wait for them to become the top. players, it's our tradition.

In fact, the reporters all knew that the news in the newspapers could not be trusted, and the Sun was also used to grandstanding. Howard showed an apologetic expression to Aldrich, and Aldrich just laughed it off. (to be continued)

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