The Young Lion

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Aldridge and De Rossi were sitting on the side of the road, chatting with mineral water bottles in their hands.

De Rossi told Aldridge that originally this summer, he would go to a local amateur club in Rome for trial training, and if possible, he would start his career here.

Aldrich shook his head and said to him righteously: Although you are only 14 years old in the summer, receiving formal professional football training earlier will have a great impact on your future. The training mechanism of amateur clubs and professional clubs is completely different. different.

In the end, he was afraid that De Rossi would go back on his word, and there was a meaning in his words: coming to Millwall was the most correct choice!

The two waited on the side of the street for almost three hours. When it was almost dark, a young man came from a distance, carrying Aldrich's travel bag, walked up to De Rossi, and took the bag directly. Throw it to De Rossi, then say hello to De Rossi, then turn and leave.

Is this yours?

De Rossi handed the travel bag to Aldrich, who nodded.

When he opened the travel bag, the clothes that were neatly arranged had been rummaged, and the documents had not been moved in the interlayer, but he did not find his wallet.

Is your wallet worth anything?

When Aldrich heard De Rossi's question, he suddenly realized that his wallet was a famous brand, and it was indeed very valuable.

He sighed regretfully, not because of the wallet, but because there was an old group photo in it, a family photo taken when he was eleven years old and living in an old house in East London.

The camera in the travel bag was also gone, leaving only the film.

The big robbers are really kind, and they returned all the useless things to him.

Aldridge put on his travel bag and said to De Rossi: I'm going to the bank, you go home and wait for me first, I know your home, wait a minute and take a car there.

De Rossi nodded, he also wanted to go home and tell his father about his decision.

The two parted temporarily.

Although Aldrich lost his wallet. But there is evidence,

And this is Rome, the bank with the card has a branch, so he went to reissue a card to withdraw some money.

After he finished these procedures, it was already seven o'clock in the evening, and he went to De Rossi's house by car.

As soon as they got out of the car, they heard De Rossi and his son arguing, and the scene made Aldrich's scalp tingle.

De Rossi was also carrying a travel bag, half of his body rushed out the door, and the old De Rossi grabbed the travel bag in his son's hand with an angry expression on his face.

Roma. Roma. You always say my future belongs to Roma! But I'm going to be 14 soon. Has any Roma coach invited me? No! Don't impose your allegiance on me!

No no no, you will be spotted by Rome, you will definitely! Even if you don't want to play in the amateur team, you don't need to go to England!

Why not? Mr. Hall has been chasing me for two years. His sincerity is far more touching than the Rome you said! He was even robbed today because he came to look for me!

Old De Rossi was taken aback, and at this moment he suddenly saw Aldridge standing in the distance.

Aldrich was a little embarrassed, feeling as if he was a sinner who came to snatch someone's son.

He had no choice but to go forward and said to De Rossi: Daniele, calm down first, your father must be thinking about you, let's communicate calmly.

Both father and son calmed down a bit, and then invited Aldrich to sit at home.

Old De Rossi had a sad expression on his face, and his eyes kept wandering on Aldrich's face.

From time to time, he glanced at his son with a cold face.

Mr. Hall. Why do you value my son so much?

Leaving aside his father's identity and background, the old De Rossi actually didn't think his son had any special talent.

This is also normal. Many superstar-level players have not shown their talents from the moment they can play football.

Some players may be 15 years old, or 17 years old. Or at the age of 20, there will be a leap in strength, and then they will quickly become famous, especially players who are not good at their feet. In this regard, Latin players or players who pay attention to their feet will become famous earlier and be labeled as talented The label of talent is also very early, such as many South American players, and Joe Cole in the Millwall youth team. Young players are famous, most of them are because of their technical ability on the ball.

Comprehensive ability assessments like Nedved, Ballack, etc. will show how outstanding stars they are. Before the age of 20, they will naturally appear to be lost to everyone.

De Rossi also belongs to this type of player. The skills at his feet are not gorgeous, his body is still developing, his ability to read the game is impossible to talk about, and his characteristics are not obvious.

Half of what Aldridge said to De Rossi earlier was a lie.

He does have a videotape of De Rossi playing in the Roma community team, but only watching the 12 or 13-year-old De Rossi playing football, few coaches will think how outstanding he is.

It is also because of this that even though the old De Rossi is a player of Roma, the low-level youth echelon of Rome still has not opened the door to De Rossi Jr.

Italy's youth training mechanism is relatively complete, which is related to their restrictions on foreign aid. Like Juventus, in addition to the adult team, there are 11 subordinate echelons of all age groups, Inter Milan has 10, and Roma has 8!

If those u14 and u16 young players show their distinctive ball feel and skills early, they will be recruited by the lower age group echelons.

Of course, the Roma team also has an echelon that meets De Rossi's age, but the youth team temporarily looks down on him.

Only when he grows up and shows a better comprehensive ability than his peers, will he be selected by the Roman youth team.

And now most of the talented players of his age, to be honest, many seem to be future superstars, but the more this is the case, the more these players are obsessed with their own skills and ignore other aspects of ability Improvement, when they become adults, they still feel good about playing football, but they can only play static football. In the tense and intense adult team games, these players have very few opportunities to touch the ball, because others do not need to be more skilled than him Even better, as long as he knows how to move and fight with his body better than him, he can stand out in the comprehensive ability selection.

It's like street football performers' ability to play the ball is simply superb, but can these people play professional football? I'm afraid I can't even protect myself. If you can't play three games, you will be injured and leave the field.

Mr. De Rossi, do you know Millwall?

Aldridge was silent for a moment. He felt that he could not make too many remarks on De Rossi's talent that were not in line with the reality at hand, because it would sound fake, especially if asked about specific details. Qi was completely speechless.

Does that mean he's better at football?

Are you in better physical condition?

Or other qualities?

No matter what the emphasis is, there are a lot of young players in the same age group who are better than De Rossi.

Old De Rossi nodded and said: I did start paying attention to Millwall two years ago. You have achieved something to be proud of.

Aldrich waved his hand and said: No, you got it wrong. I'm not boasting. I don't want to emphasize my coaching achievements. Now that you have a certain understanding of Millwall. Then, I want to ask you, what do you think of Ned Wade, Ballack, Lampard, what is the talent of these three players?

The old De Rossi frowned. These three players came from different countries, but speaking of their playing characteristics, there is really nothing outstanding.

In other words, defense, organization, offense, and the three general qualities and abilities are compared separately. In the same age, there are stronger players than them. If the full score is 10 points, maybe their average score is 8 points, but none of them can get full marks.

But it happened to be such a player. Make Millwall's midfield extremely strong, with both offense and defense.

In particular, the skills of these three people are absolutely not related to gorgeous.

Seeing the silence of the other party, Aldrich knew that he had begun to understand what he wanted to express.

In the eyes of other coaches, before they achieve their achievements, their talent evaluation will be average, but in my eyes, they are geniuses, and they will be the template for future football players. At least in Millwall, there are two players who have already They have proved their value. You can say that Nedved’s football is not gorgeous, but no one can deny his importance to the team. You can also say that Ballack is sometimes inconspicuous in the midfield, but he does let me know. The midfield of the team has become strong. Here, the 14-year-old De Rossi looks no different from other children, but in my eyes, he will become the mainstay of a team in the future, an indispensable key figure, So, I want to bring him to London, develop him personally, and stimulate his potential that has not been discovered by the outside world.

Old De Rossi closed his eyes and meditated. After a while, he opened his eyes and looked at his son, who looked stubborn with his face raised.

Well, let him go to Millwall for football training.

The calculation in the old De Rossi's mind is probably to let his son receive football training, and then play for Rome after returning from school.

Aldridge could naturally guess what the other party was thinking, and didn't expose it.

Anyway, when De Rossi is 16 years old, Millwall will directly provide him with a professional contract. Even if Italian clubs want him, they cannot sign a professional contract at the age of 16. When De Rossi is 18 years old, he will already be in London For four years, loyalty is also equal. Players are loyal to the club, and naturally the club needs to show the same sincerity.

The so-called the king treats the country's scholars, I will repay the country's scholars.

Old De Rossi was very interested in the characteristics of the three players mentioned by Aldridge, so he asked Aldridge to stay overnight at home, and the two discussed this topic in depth.

Aldridge elaborated on the point of view of the blurring and diversification of players' roles, which is the future trend of football.

Early the next morning, Aldridge and De Rossi left Rome.

Both of them travel together with travel bags.

Anyway, De Rossi had nothing to do, he didn't have to go to trial training, and Aldrich was alone, so he took this kid on the road together.

Van der Meyde, Gudjohnsen, Klose, De Rossi, and Aldrich have a smooth journey in the summer, continuous victories, and I am a little confident.

So he happily continued to poach the wall, trying to take away more stars of hope from Italy.

But for a week, Aldridge repeatedly hit the wall and suffered repeated blows.

Sitting on the train to Florence, Aldrich let out a sigh with his chin resting on his face.

De Rossi drank the juice, saw that Aldridge was hit, and instead said: Haha, those clubs don't dump you!

Aldrich rubbed his temples and sighed: Actually, it's normal. I was mentally prepared before I came out, but the gap between front and back is too big.

In fact, Aldridge visited first-tier clubs in Italy in the past week.

None of the target players are nobodies.

But they are all young.

During this period, there were many outstanding young players in Italy. The Italian youth team led by Maldini won three consecutive European Youth Championships. Among the three generations of 92, 94, and 96 players, there are many star players who will shine in the top arena in the next fifteen years. And these players are also distributed in the Italian first-tier clubs or wealthy clubs. Aldridge was too confident and went to poach the corners of these teams, but naturally he hit a wall.

But not all teams will not let people go, it's just that the Lions opened their mouths.

When Pirlo was sold to Millwall for more than one million pounds, the Italians felt that the Brescia deal was done well. After all, Brescia's status quo allowed them to make a fortune, but even in a wealthy club, in 1995 This transfer will not be too high, after all, Pirlo is too young and has not proven anything.

But looking at Pirlo two years later, the Italians felt that Brescia had done a great job. Those who sold for more than one million pounds had at least five times their value in two years.

Therefore, when Aldridge was dealing with the Italian first-tier clubs, they were willing to sell people, and the price for the players was no less than three million pounds.

If it was Nesta Buffon's three million, Aldridge would definitely give the money, but it would be absolutely impossible for them to sell it.

And let Aldridge spend at least 3 million pounds to buy Barambila, a player like Satlo who can hardly be found in the future, Aldridge would rather take the money to spend and enjoy, at least the money is worth it. ..... ()