The Young Lion

Aldrich took De Rossi all the way to travel, which made him feel relaxed and happy during the journey, and his mind became more relaxed. If he can dig a few stars of hope, he counts as a few, but if he can’t, it’s okay. Don't worry about it, I'm lucky to lose my life.

Those big clubs either shut him out, or took him as a fool with a lot of money to rip off. Aldridge did not visit Viola when he came to Florence, but went to the small town of Fiesole here. , to visit the amateur club Rondinella.

Of course he came to poach the wall, and the target was Andrea Barzagli, who was only 16 years old.

Although Millwall’s contract weekly salary for young players has shrunk significantly, unlike the first season, Aldridge is still willing to give at least £500 weekly salary to some young players who are sure to have potential. For Barzagli, who holds an amateur contract and plays football for nothing, it is definitely a powerful contract.

Originally, given that the current international transfer rules are not yet perfect, Aldridge would not have to pay a penny to the Rondinella Club. They and Barzagli are on an amateur contract. , The contract between the two is not legally binding at all. However, Aldrich still gave the other party a training fee of 100,000 pounds out of conscience, which allowed him to receive VIP treatment at the Rondinella Club.

After Aldridge talked with Barzagli for two hours, he asked him to report directly to the team in London. At that time, someone from the club would directly give him a professional contract. He did not need to worry about other matters at all. Everything will be arranged at the club, and he only needs to do one thing: get on a plane and go to London.

After staying in Italy for almost ten days, Aldridge was generally excited. Although a series of obstacles in the middle made him feel too low, he should be satisfied with the harvest of De Rossi and Barzagli.

When driving to Florence airport, De Rossi, wearing a peaked cap and holding a camera in his hand, turned his head and asked Aldridge, Are you going to London?

Aldridge flipped through the map of Europe in his hand, shook his head and said, Go back to London? No, it's still early. Fly to France.

De Rossi said excitedly: Okay, I haven't been to France yet.

Hehe, I'll take you around all the major European countries, er, let's forget about Germany.

In the next month, Aldridge and De Rossi traveled to France together, then went south to Spain, and the last stop was Portugal.

Along the way, Aldridge has repeatedly encountered acquisition rejections and black shop lions open their mouths, but he still gained something.

In Audincourt, eastern France,

He signed 16-year-old Benoit Pedretti.

In Toulouse, when he met Philippe Mex, who was from a poor family, he met Auxerre coach Guy Roux. Auxerre was also following up and observing Mex, intending to sign him, but Millwall offered more generous conditions. Guy Rue missed his friendship with Aldridge, Auxerre quit, Millwall took away 14-year-old Max, and advanced his apprenticeship salary for a year to his family to go to London , Mex's board and lodging are all taken care of by the club, so he can concentrate on training.

I really met a lot of acquaintances during the trip in France. In Toulon, Aldrich negotiated the transfer of 16-year-old Sebastian Squillage with the unknown Toulon club here. Garner called Aldridge again, claiming that they were already paying attention to this young man. Aldridge was really a gentleman and explained the situation to Squillage. Monaco and Millwall, you choose.

Squillage didn't hesitate at all, and directly asked Aldridge for a contract.

God knows when Monaco will come to Toulon to take him away, and it won't matter if Tigana is still in power by then.

Milwald is honest, the coach has come in person, and the contract is ready, it would be a shame not to sign it.

After leaving France, Aldridge went to Spain. Although he only signed two players here, he stayed longer because he almost broke his tongue to convince the other party.

One of them is Xabi Alonso, who is preparing to sign with the Spanish low-level team Iba in the summer.

Harvey Alonso, who was 16 years old in less than half a year, stayed in Barcelona in his early years and met many friends there, such as Arteta, but he did not have the brand of Barcelona on his body, because it was only before he was 10 years old There are hundreds if not thousands of children who were taught in Barcelona at the same time.

The difficulty in persuading Alonso is that he has Basque blood on his body. His elder brother played for the team in the Basque region.

It took Aldridge a lot of hardships and 300% sincerity to get Alonso to agree to go to London.

To put it bluntly, the situation is somewhat similar to that of De Rossi.

Alonso, who is less than 16 years old, is not fast and his skills are not so flexible. If these two indicators are not outstanding, then he will not be able to see the amazing talent at this age.

The low-level Iba, or the Premier League champion Millwall, who is famous for his youth army?

In the end Alonso chose the latter.

Signing another Spaniard cost Aldridge even more.

Valencia's Left God Vicente in the future!

Vicente, who turns 16 in mid-July, was considering an offer from Levante when Millwall stepped in forcefully.

Aldridge personally persuaded Vicente to join Millwall.

The last stop in Europe, Aldridge came to Portugal. It was already mid-July. He sent De Rossi, who was having a good time, to London, and started shopping in this palm-sized Portugal.

Paulo Ferreira, 18, cost Millwall £300,000.

Miguel, 17, cost £200,000.

After the two transfer deals were concluded, Aldridge packed his luggage, dressed himself very formally, with suits and leather shoes and neat hair, and carried out the introduction of the last player in the plan.

Portugal - the edge of Europe, Madeira - the edge of Portugal, Funchal - the edge of Madeira.

Aldridge carried his suitcase to the fringe neighborhood of such a fringe island: the San Antonio district.

Like all glamorous cities have a dark and dirty side, the San Antonio area is a dilapidated and old neighborhood that no one cares about.

The place was overrun with drunks, and every door Aldridge walked through was stacked with empty wine bottles.

Aldrich has no regional discrimination or racial discrimination in his heart, but the impression of the people here reminds him of a sentence: troublesome people come out of poor mountains and evil waters!

Even the teenage boy would stare at him with the eyes of a jackal seeing its prey. As long as Aldrich showed even a little timidity, they would collude to rob him.

But Aldrich's unwavering courage made him look very confident, like a tough guy who travels north and south.

Finally, his footsteps stopped in front of an old house.

The roof of the house is crooked, and the paint on the wall and door has long since peeled off, but the yard in front of the door is full of flowers and plants of various names.

Aldrich walked into the yard until the door, knocked lightly, and waited for a while, a middle-aged woman opened the door, with a vicissitudes of life, she looked older than her actual age.

Excuse me, sir, who are you looking for?

When the woman saw Aldridge's outfit, her tone was a bit cold, and her eyes were full of hostility.

Perhaps, in her eyes, Aldridge should be a civil servant.

She has conflicts with the regional government. If she hadn't made a big fuss in the government, she probably wouldn't have come to shelter the family of six in a dilapidated house.

Is that Mrs. Dolores?

Ma'am?! Ah, I, I am, who are you?

Dolores didn't expect the other party to call herself so formally. She was flattered, but she didn't feel the arrogance of those powerful people from Aldrich. On the contrary, Aldrich gave people a calm and reliable impression.

Aldridge reported himself: I am a head coach from London, England. My team is Millwall. At the same time, I am the owner of this club. I took the liberty to visit you today. I want to sign you. son.

When Dolores heard this, she hurriedly opened the door and invited Aldridge in. She tidied up the living room in a panic, saying sorry words over and over again. Against the background of Aldridge's Armani clothes, he looked even more shabby.

After she poured a glass of water, Aldridge took out a packaged brochure from his briefcase, the cover of which was a photo of the front of the Millwall Club office building.

He handed the brochure to Dolores, and said softly: Please take a look at my club introduction first, I don't know if you have heard of Millwall, if you doubt my identity and the information I provided , you can ask any friend who knows about the football industry, I have plenty of time.

Dolores took the brochure and muttered to herself: Millwall? Millwall? I seem to have heard it somewhere...

She got up and went to another room, took out a stack of old newspapers and magazines, rummaged through them, took out an old Portuguese newspaper and showed it to Aldrich, and said, Is this Millwall?

Aldridge looked up, and that newspaper should have been published two months ago. In mid-May, Millwall Howe's summary report on winning the Triple Crown, the front page of the newspaper used the picture of winning the European Cup Winners' Cup Photography.

Aldrich nodded and said, Yes, it's a pity that the cover is too big, and I'm standing on the far right side of the team, but you shouldn't be able to see it clearly.

Sure enough, Dolores picked up the newspaper and looked at it, but couldn't see clearly the young man standing on the leftmost side of the line who was not wearing a suit jacket but only a shirt and trousers.

However, after she put down the newspaper, she took out a magazine from a stack of magazines, stared at the person on the cover of the magazine, and finally turned her head and smiled at Aldrich: Now I see clearly, so your name is Audrey Chi-Hall.

After that, she handed the magazine to Aldrich.

This magazine is also an old magazine. It was published early last month. It is estimated that it will not have much influence in Portugal, so it borrowed the cover of the British 442.

On the cover of the magazine, the lower part is the three trophies, the FA Cup, the Premier League, and the European Cup Winners' Cup, while the upper part is a photo of Aldridge with his arms around his chest and his mouth slightly raised, combining the young marshal's sharp eyes and frivolous eyes. The smile was captured very vividly.

Aldrich put down the magazine. In this way, his identity was confirmed, at least he didn't have to worry about being identified as a liar by the other party.

Mr. Hall, which son of mine does your team take a fancy to?

Dolores' face became serious, and she asked nervously.

Aldridge said solemnly: Your youngest son, Cristiano Ronaldo! (To be continued.) ()