The Young Lion

Galliani lowered his head and caught sight of the note, the content is relatively simple.

r: 1500

b:1350

m:1200

l:1000

j:1000

Unit: ten thousand pounds.

With Galliani's wisdom, he understood what the English letters represented in less than two seconds.

These are all offers from wealthy clubs!

Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Liverpool, Juventus.

Aldridge continued: This is the offer that some clubs made to Shevchenko last summer.

Real Madrid are tall, rich and handsome, as long as they are famous talents, they want them all, and the asking price is not low.

Barcelona left aliens last summer, trying to take one of Larsson and Shevchenko to replace Ronaldo after leaving, but they failed to do so.

Manchester United and Liverpool have also offered an olive branch to Shevchenko.

Serie A champion Juventus, Lippi also wants Shevchenko, last summer, Vieri left Madrid, Boksic joined the Blue Eagles Lazio, Padovano has passed 30 and other factors, but Juventus Adams wasn't particularly enthusiastic and eventually brought in Inzaghi.

Last summer, Shevchenko only proved himself in the Premier League, but now, his performance in the Champions League group stage is even more convincing. Sir, Milan has money, but not the one who can pay the most. If I want to Shevchenko sold for a sky-high price. I will not come here to meet you. There is only one reason why I did not meet with representatives of other clubs. Milan is Shevchenko’s childhood dream. He yearns for San Siro. I hope He can make his dream come true, but Milan please don't trample on his enthusiasm.

After hearing Aldridge's remarks, Galliani took a long breath.

Things seem to be a lot easier.

In the past, he must be more confident, because the players want to join Milan, in the post-Bosman rule era. This is extremely important.

But in the face of Aldridge, Galliani felt that things were getting trickier.

It's hard to negotiate the price!

Bargaining to the death seems to be trampling on the enthusiasm of the players.

But if it is really worth paying a record transfer fee, it seems that it is not worth it, and the immediate boss, Boss Bei, will not be able to explain it.

To be fair, Mr. Hall, how much do you think Shevchenko is worth?

Aldridge shrugged and said: At least not less than 25 million pounds. Last summer, Real Madrid offered 15 million pounds. Given Real Madrid's current plight in La Liga, if I sit at the negotiating table with them, they should not be stingy. Add a little. What's more, Shevchenko's performance in the past six months has indeed increased his worth a lot.

Galliani smiled wryly and shook his head: 25 million pounds? Maybe Real Madrid can afford it, but Milan certainly can't.

Aldridge sighed: What you are going to take away is the future Mr. Golden Globe, who is also a striker who contributes at least 20 goals to the team every season. How many goals has Milan scored in the league in this half season? The whole team Does it add up to 20 balls?

Galliani's face became ugly. He said depressedly: Mr. Hall, if you are here to laugh at Milan today and want me to retreat in spite of difficulties, then you are really not kind.

Aldrich pressed his hand to signal the other party to be calm, and said softly: Well, how much can Milan pay?

12 million pounds.

20000000.

13 million.

The gap is too big for us to reach a consensus.

Buy it now, £16 million!

Aldridge rubbed his temples, hesitating for a long time. Then he said: I am a person who likes to make friends. If you offer 16 million pounds, then I must add a clause to the contract.

What terms?

30% of the next transfer.

impossible!

Well then, do me a favor and add another £2 million. £18 million, we've done the deal.

Galliani thought about it, 18 million pounds, this is almost a big gamble, but Milan has sunk for two seasons, it really needs to inject fresh blood, and it can have a cardiotonic effect.

He asked in a deep voice, What can I do for you?

The corners of Aldrich's mouth turned up, and he said, We chat while eating.

After dinner was served, Aldridge and Galliani whispered to each other to discuss help.

After dinner, Galliani looked sad and said: I can't make promises.

As long as you really help me, my promise will still count in the summer, hehe, happy cooperation.

Cooperation, pleasure, fast.

Galliani flew back to Milan that night to continue his winter transfer operation for Milan.

Aldrich really couldn't take it easy.

Shevchenko's departure is a certainty, and Aldridge only hopes that in the second half of the season, the Ukrainian nuclear warhead can do what it says and do its best for Millwall on multiple fronts!

Another player at the club confirmed his departure over the winter.

Martin - O'Neill also invited Aldridge to dinner.

Aldrich had so many invitations throughout the year, some to parties of socialites, others to personal friends, that it always took him some time to decline certain invitations.

O'Neal didn't want to wait until the summer to buy Tony.

He was afraid that Toni's outstanding performance at Leicester City would make Toni a target for other big clubs.

Tony is still quite serious now, Martin O’Neill reuses him, and he also wants to work for Martin O’Neill, so, after returning to the club after half-season loan, Tony talked to Aldridge about his future plans. This season, he does not want to go to Leicester City on loan, but to transfer permanently. At least, his salary will increase.

During the dinner negotiation with O'Neill, Aldridge agreed to Tony's transfer, and the transfer fee was not ripped off, as long as it was 3.5 million pounds.

Before the FA Cup kicked off, Aldridge handled some invitations at the club, mostly charity dinners, and those organizers who had never met him wanted him to attend, so they would send invitations to the club.

After dealing with these invitation letters, Aldrich looked at the appointment form brought by the club staff.

Throughout the year, he always has to deal with players' agents in his work. Not all Millwall players are under Andrew's banner, so he has to talk to his agent. It is necessary to make an appointment first, so that both parties have a preparation process.

But he saw on the appointment schedule a name now unfamiliar to English football coaching circles but future familiar.

David Moyes.

After seeing his name, Aldrich made a special trip to call his assistant to inquire about the other party's information. After confirming that this Moyes was indeed the Moyes he knew in his previous life, Aldrich asked the assistant the purpose of the other party's meeting with him. .

He said he wanted to loan players.

Oh? Where does he work?

Preston Club.

Preston? Isn't that our opponent in the FA Cup tomorrow?

That's right.

What is his position at Preston? When researching Preston's profile, the opposing manager is not him.

Oh, he is the acting coach now. The original coach just finished class three days ago.

Hehe, interesting. Cancel the appointment. I'll talk to him directly after the game.

OK.

Preston are now in the third tier. League Two.

They were unlucky in the FA Cup, drawing Millwall and still being a guest.

When Aldridge was researching opponents, he would not have a deep understanding of such low-level opponents. A general understanding of the opponent's style of play, threats to players, advantages and disadvantages is enough. After all, the club's intelligence collectors don't have so much time to spend on low-level teams.

the next day.

Aldridge met Moyes at the Lion's Den. The opponent stood in front of the coach's bench of the visiting team in sportswear, with a dignified face, and was very involved in directing the game. However, due to the limited strength of Preston's players, he did not play much. room for.

the whole game. Aldridge just sat in his seat and did not enter the locker room during the halftime break. Benitez was allowed to go because the team led 3:0 in the first half.

This game of abuse, Gudjohnsen. The trio of Duff and Van der Meyde played very well.

And a very important factor is that Preston's morale is low. They are now ranked in the relegation zone of the League Two, so the former coach was fired, and Moyes was promoted from the assistant coach to the acting coach.

This man's ability is still good, at least before he coached Everton, Manchester United invited him to be an assistant coach, but at that time Moyes also wanted to stand on his own, so he rejected Ferguson's invitation.

As for the later story with Manchester United, well, Moyes is a bit tragic, and he dared to take over the legendary class. This porcelain job, even if there are diamonds, may not be able to do it well.

At the end of the game, Aldridge stood up and walked around shaking hands with each other, feeling a little embarrassed, met Moyes for the first time, and gave him five eggs.

Moyes didn't feel much disappointment. Preston lost 5 away games to Millwall, which is considered normal by the outside world.

Arsenal were also beaten five here.

Mr. Hall, hello.

Moyes now has an aura of humility on his body. It is estimated that he is still acting as an agent halfway through his appointment. He probably feels like walking on thin ice in his heart.

Aldridge smiled after holding the opponent's hand: Go to my office and have a chat, and let's talk about loan players by the way.

There was a smile on Moyes' face now. He was really afraid that the young coach would be domineering and look down on Preston Club, and he didn't want to loan players to them.

After arriving at Aldridge’s office, Moyes looked curiously at the layout here, which was very simple, with only four photo frames nailed on the wall, inside which were the Millwall pre-season family photos every year since the summer of 1994 photo.

Moyes looked at the players inside and was filled with emotion.

Going to see the family portrait in 1994 is like going back in time. At that time, who would think how great Larson, Trezeguet and Nedved were?

Aldridge poured two glasses of wine and gave one to Moyes, who took it and sighed: Mr. Hall, your ability to develop players is really admirable.

It has nothing to do with me. It's because the players are talented and hardworking and obedient.

Hehe, there is no need to belittle yourself. To tell you something that you may not like to hear, in fact, there are many players in Millwall. They don't seem to have much talent, but now they have become powerful players.

That's because we have a different understanding of talent. If talent only refers to the player's skills, then professional football is no different from freestyle football.

Moyes was silent for a moment after hearing the words, and then said seriously: Mr Hall, I would like to represent Preston on loan to Millwall for a few players. I will treat the players who come to Preston equally and give them the opportunity to exercise as much as possible. Originally, I hoped that these players could help the team out of the predicament, but due to financial difficulties, loan fees and wages during the loan period, we were unable to do so. bear.

Aldrich rubbed his chin, nodded and said: Although I have studied the Preston team recently, after all, you are the head coach now, so, excuse me, I need to delay your time, you must Tell me a few points, first, who you are going to loan, second, how to use this player after loan, third, the minimum number of appearances for a loan player.

Moyes was shocked, stretched out his hand, and said, Then let's sit down and talk in detail.

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