The Young Lion

Thank you Thieves for your reward!

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Some people hit it off right away, and some people knew that they were not compatible at the first sight. During the conversation between Aldrich and Carter, the two quickly fell in love with the opposite guy.

Because the two of them talked straightforwardly, neither of them were the kind of feminine characters who were scheming and scheming.

No, no, no, it's impossible. A six-year contract? I don't want to do it for four years, unless you give me a sponsorship fee of £5 million per year.

At £2.3 million a year, that's a lot of money.

Yes, the sponsorship fee of 300,000 pounds six years ago was also sky-high, but now?

Do you think the commercial value of football clubs will increase?

Of course! Broadcasting technology is becoming more and more advanced. For football clubs, this is just the beginning. Don't look at the Premier League broadcasting contract has more than tripled this year, and the next contract will double. Your future for Millwall Confident, but you're ignoring the prospects for this market.

Although Aldridge also felt that Carter was a friend worth making in a short period of time, at least he was comfortable in chatting and communicating, but he would not sell the future interests of the club cheaply.

The sponsorship fee given by Carter seems to be super high in this year, and he also proposed that the two parties sign a long-term contract, six years!

In this way, from a conservative point of view, Millwall's long-term interests are guaranteed, but if there is a situation, then Millwall's interests will obviously suffer losses.

This situation is: Millwall enters the Champions League every year. In other words, it will maintain its position in the Premier League's first group for the next six years.

Aldridge will not be greedy for short-term benefits and ignore the long-term. This kind of loss is the worst loss for Arsenal in history.

When moving into the new stadium, Arsenal signed an eight-year chest advertising sponsorship contract. At the time, it seemed that the £5.5 million sponsorship contract was in line with Arsenal's worth and economic environment. Coupled with the collapse of the football bubble, people thought that the market Already saturated.

But. In the past eight years, Chelsea, Manchester United, and Liverpool have received soaring chest advertising sponsorship contracts, ranging from about 20 million to more than 30 million.

In the first year of signing such a contract, Arsenal felt that they did not make money or lose money, but the more time passed, the more they lost outrageously, and they accumulated and added up.

Compared with other teams of the same level, the income is about 100 million pounds less.

Although Aldridge signs a six-year long contract in this era. The total loss will not be that big. But he is such a person. He manages the club carefully and carefully. When he changes from the head coach to the boss, he is a bit stingy.

on this point. He also reminded Adam that the club's sponsorship contract is limited to three seasons after moving into the new stadium.

When they move into the new stadium, all sponsorship fees will be renegotiated at the new price tag.

Carter persisted for a while and found that Aldridge could not be persuaded, or defeated by the temptation. He had to admit that Aldridge also possessed extraordinary foresight.

The specific details of the contract will be discussed with Adam again when Carter returns to London. Aldrich did not make any promises either. If other competitors offered higher prices, Millwall would of course choose the option with more income.

There was still a long time before the plane landed, and the two put aside their work and started chatting like friends. To Aldrich's surprise, the other party, as a Brit, was actually a fan of Maradona. Aldridge was only wearing a British appearance, so he never felt hurt by Maradona. .

Talking about Maradona, the two were very embarrassed.

Because just in the past two days, Maradona has been the focus of the entire world football.

Argentina's generation of football champions officially bid farewell to the green field and announced their retirement from the player.

Aldrich really felt that he had made a good friend today.

At least he, like Carter, is a rational fan.

Worshiping Maradona is just admiring Maradona on the court. As for Maradona outside the court, the two of them both smiled wryly and shook their heads when they talked about it.

It is estimated that the world football can no longer find such a great figure who is a combination of angels and devils.

When the plane landed in Barcelona, ​​Aldridge and Carter said goodbye, and before leaving, Carter wished Millwall good luck at the Nou Camp.

Aldrich looked up outside the airport to see the clear sky in Spain in the cold autumn, any luck? Who can pin their hopes on luck?

After coming to Barcelona, ​​Millwall went completely low-key, staying in a hotel farther away from the Nou Camp, closed training, and Aldridge refused all interviews except for attending the pre-match press conference arranged by UEFA.

This battle of focus has been pursued by media from all over the world.

Van Gaal's rhetoric has been released.

Aldridge didn't say a word.

At the press conference, when Aldridge was present, the lights were flickering, and everyone wanted to take pictures of Aldridge's first visit to the Nou Camp.

What kind of posture will he come here?

How will he fight back against Van Gaal's contempt?

When Aldridge sat down, he appeared very calm, and the opening remark was to say the same thing in Spanish and English.

I will only answer questions about today's game, and I will treat questions that have nothing to do with the game with silence.

The reporters were depressed.

We just came to watch you and Van Gaal fight!

Last season, Aldridge had a particularly tense relationship with the Spanish media, especially the Catalan media.

The cause was the controversy over the Ballon d'Or, and later it was because of Millwall's victory in the European Cup Winners' Cup that this contradiction fermented.

It’s just that what makes outside spectators dumbfounded is that the Catalan media had a conflict with Aldridge over whether Ronaldo deserved to be on the Ballon d’Or list, but Ronaldo only stayed at the Nou Camp for one season before flying away. Meazza.

The source of the contradiction disappeared, but the contradiction continued.

Now, they are on Van Gaal's side, belittling Millwall and Aldridge.

When reporters asked about Aldridge's opinion on Van Gaal's remarks, Aldridge didn't say a word.

As he said, he didn't answer any questions that had nothing to do with the game.

Until someone asked: Barcelona drew and lost in the first two games, is there no hope for them to qualify?

Aldridge said calmly: Of course they have hope. They beat Millwall in two rounds. Then Dynamo Kyiv and PSV Eindhoven did not win two games in a row. Then, Barcelona are in their own hands. With two games to go, they will have the upper hand.

The corners of the Catalan reporters' mouths curled up, thinking that the young marshal had finally said something human.

Well, that sounds right.

Barcelona was only one step away from falling into the abyss.

With all victories in the next four games, they have 13 points, and they will definitely qualify for the first place.

This is also thanks to Millwall's sniping of Dynamo Kyiv in the away game, which minimized the unfavorable factors of Barcelona losing points on it, and the situation in the same group has become extremely delicate.

From your tone, it seems that you are pessimistic about the two games against Barcelona? Don't you have the confidence to score points against Barcelona?

Aldridge sighed, turned to the press officer and said, Can I leave? I don't want to waste time here with some idiots.

As soon as he said this. Immediately angered the person who asked the question just now. That was a reporter from World Sports Daily.

Mr. Hall. Are you humiliating me in public?

Aldrich ignored this person, just looked at the press officer, who looked at the time and shook his head, indicating that the stipulated time had not yet come.

Aldridge had no choice but to turn around and said lightly: I don't know how the public views the match between Barcelona and Millwall. However, I think some people think that Millwall should give 6 points directly to Barcelona, ​​and then Millwall is convinced accept defeat, kneeling in front of Barcelona to flatter it. Sorry, the reality is cruel, Barcelona is the giant of Catalonia, it is the flag here, it not only represents football, but also represents Catalonia The spirit and fighting spirit. But this does not make Barcelona special in the arena. It must be able to overwhelm all opponents. It can be arrogant and rude, and it can lack the most basic respect for foreign teams. It is okay for one person to be arrogant. But a group of people are arrogant, and I think this kind of mentality is pathological.”

Except for the Catalan reporter, everyone else laughed.

Hehe, just a few minutes after I was lost, the sudden news came.

Who is that arrogant person in your mouth? Is it an allusion to Van Gaal? Mr. Hall, when you first appeared in public, you seemed to be very arrogant, right? Claiming that Millwall will enter a new era, huh, huh, But in Europe, you are nothing.

The Catalan journalists were furious.

I don't know why, they just don't like Aldridge.

Dare to bombard the Ballon d'Or at a young age, question Ronaldo's listing, and snatch the trophy from Barcelona.

He came here as a guest today, and he seemed to put on a low profile, but in fact, it felt like he was using silence to despise them.

No matter what questions the reporters asked, Aldridge did not answer. Some reporters directly left the seat angrily. Aldridge glanced at the press officer from time to time. After the other party signaled that he could leave, Aldridge got up and left.

The only ones who don't like him are the Catalan media, and the other media like him because he has news, or in other words, wherever the 21-year-old head coach goes, it is news in itself.

The night of the game, the players sat in the locker room staring at Aldridge.

The atmosphere in the locker room is very strange today.

Aldridge couldn't stand it.

Half of the players stared at Aldridge with a fighting spirit, and half of the players stared at him with comforting eyes.

They all know what's in the news.

Some players also have anger in their hearts.

Who can turn a blind eye to the fact that they fought hard, and the championship achievements they brought back with one shot at a time were trampled by others?

It's normal to be angry, but some psychologically mature players are relatively calm, but they are more worried about Aldridge's situation.

From the start of preparing for this game to the 25 minutes before the game, Aldridge was too calm.

It's a bit like being bullied and have no reason to just hide the grievance in my heart.

Thinking about it, it is obvious that he is already a young marshal recorded in the annals of history, but he was easily denied by others. It is normal for him to be hurt in his heart.

Aldridge just didn't think it was wise to fight back.

The game was not played, and the verbal battle before the game depends on the situation. In the current situation, Aldridge thinks there is no need to pay attention to the opponent.

Unexpectedly, his refusal to fight back was misunderstood by the players as injured. When he was about to give the players a pre-match training session, there was a scene in the locker room that made Aldridge feel like he was dreaming. ()