The Young Lion

The movie to be watched in the evening is The Man in the Iron Mask starring Leonardo, which will be released this year. Aldrich sat on his seat with a bucket of popcorn and waited for the movie to start. De Rossi sat next to him, Messi and Agui Luo and the two boys are not interested in movies, and they feel drowsy after sitting down, which may also be the sleepiness caused by eating too much.

When the movie started, De Rossi came over and grabbed a handful of popcorn in his hand, and asked, Boss, is this movie about the real thing?

Aldrich shrugged and said, I don't know. I don't have a high degree of education, and I don't know anything about French history. But movies, for sure, and history are two different things. At least the time background in the movie plot is wrong. The time in the movie is 1662. These people are in Versailles, which is bullshit, Versailles was only built in 1664.

Eh? Don't you understand history?

But I have traveled to Versailles.

He and De Rossi chatted while watching, and the two spoke in a low voice so as not to disturb others.

While chatting, De Rossi suddenly said, Boss, are you going to Japan at the end of the month?

Aldridge replied puzzled: Yes, who doesn't know about this?

At the end of the month, Millwall will leave for Japan to participate in the Toyota Cup.

De Rossi turned his head and licked his face with a smile: Take me too! I want to see the world.

Aldrich had a strange look on his face, and said, Do you think that going to Japan is called meeting the world? Isn't it because you want to be lazy and go on a trip?

De Rossi was punctured in his mind, but he also had a thick skin, saying: Of course not! I am a training pacesetter! Isn't Japanese football very popular in recent years? Didn't England's famous Lineker play in Japan? Brazil Isn't Captain Dunga also in Japan?

Aldridge curled his lips and said: Don't think that you can cover up your evil thoughts by saying a few star names. Don't worry, of course I will take you with me when I go to Japan.

De Rossi's eyes lit up, and he asked, Really?

There's no need to lie to you, not only you, but also your teammates will go.

De Rossi suddenly looked uncomfortable. Sighing: So I can go according to the plan? If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have told you.

hehe.

When the movie ended, Aguero woke up in a daze,

I yawned and my eyelids were still fighting. Standing up and walking out, Aldridge grabbed him. Can't laugh or cry: You are the rhythm of getting lost.

The exit is on the left, but Aguero turns his head and walks to the right...

Messi woke up after being knocked down by Aguero. He stood up, rubbed his face and said, The movie is really good.

Aldridge pulled Messi's wrist up, put his hand on Aguero's shoulder, and said: Don't get lost.

He and Aguero are more like confused now, Aguero still has gum in the corner of his eye!

When walking out of the movie theater, Aldrich took the three boys and prepared to take a taxi back. As a result, several reporters snapped pictures in front of them with their cameras. After the filming, they smiled at Aldrich and waved goodbye.

Saying goodbye is actually just a cover up. The paparazzi ran to the corner to hide and continued to observe where Aldridge and the others would go next. Even if Aldridge got into a taxi, they followed closely until it was confirmed that the four of Aldridge had returned to the club community. track.

Originally, Aldridge didn't worry about it, but the news in the newspaper the next day made him almost spit out a mouthful of blood!

The tabloids implicitly pointed out that Aldrich had a pedophile!

Some of the big newspapers that also got the news still have professional ethics. In-depth analysis of Millwall's youth training success from Aldridge taking young players out to dinner and watching movies.

Aldrich had to ask Andrew to come over and help send lawyer letters to some newspapers.

There is no way, the young marshal's private life has already begun to be suspected.

The outside world believes that his girlfriend is just a shield, he is either gay, or he may really have a pedophile.

Another day later, Millwall held an official press conference.

The club Adam publicly announced that all echelons below the Millwall first team have reached a sponsorship agreement with the British company Umbro. Umbro provides uniforms and equipment for the training and competition of the reserve team and the youth team.

This news shocked the English football, and even the whole of European football paid close attention.

Can Millwall get the favor of sponsors even for the reserve team and youth team?

The sponsorship contract is two years, £1 million per year!

This fee is already higher than many first-team jersey sponsorship fees in the lower reaches of the Premier League!

Umbro's commercial representatives are full of confidence in this cooperation.

They believe that Millwall's success is due to the success of the youth training. The statistics of the past two seasons show that the number of spectators entering the games of the Millwall youth team and the reserve team is between one and two times higher than the average number. .

Apart from the Millwall fans, other supporters are also interested in paying cheap tickets to watch their games, perhaps admiring a future superstar up close before he becomes famous.

The Millwall reserve team has won the reserve team league championship consecutively, and the youth team has won three consecutive youth league championships and two FA Youth Cups. This is an important reason why Umbro is willing to invest in them, not to mention the Millwall youth team. The team will also play against the youth teams who played against European powerhouses during the European war, and the influence and topics created by themselves are not many.

All the giants were shocked.

Even the reserves and youth teams of Millwall are packaged to generate interest, and it is not a small profit.

Other giants are jealous, but even Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern and other giants with excellent youth training, they dare not say that the youth team's record and the number of talented seedlings can compare with Millwall.

The most important thing is, maybe the giants are still chaotic, the first team is worried about the pressure of performance, who cares about the youth team?

Aldridge adheres to the development of the youth training policy and unswervingly invests in it. After four and a half years, he has laid the prototype of a complete system. As long as the first team can continue to succeed, it will also drive the future business of their reserve team and youth team. Earnings Adam is ambitious. He plans to at least double the price of the sponsorship contract with Umbro when Millwall moves to the new stadium two years later!

Aldrich is naturally happy to see the club earning more income. Although Millwall's profit report last season was 14 million pounds, it will definitely earn more than 60 million pounds this season. Because they earned more than 80 million pounds just by selling people in the summer. Although they raised the salaries of the players and increased the expenditure costs, as long as the record can be maintained. In terms of club income and expenditure, excluding transfer income can also achieve a balance.

But this is not enough, far from enough. The current scale of the club can no longer support the huge consumer market. After the completion of the new stadium, the overall diversified business chain around the new stadium will give the club a qualitative leap in income.

After announcing the new sponsorship contract, Millwall immediately announced his trip to Japan at the end of the month. Not only will he play the final at the Tokyo National Stadium, but his opponent will be the Copa Libertadores champion, Vasco da Gama from Brazil .

at the same time. Millwall and the Japanese Football Association reached a friendly match agreement. When Millwall goes to Japan, he will bring two echelons, one youth team and one junior team. On the day before the Toyota Cup, there were two friendly matches against Japan's u21 and the National Youth Team.

Japanese football has vigorously revitalized in recent years. In addition to attracting late superstars to join in the league to increase public attention and enthusiasm, the emphasis on youth training has been stepped up step by step.

Maybe these two friendly matches between the youth team and the youth team don't have much intuitive value, but the influence behind it cannot be evaluated by monetary benefits. Including motivation for teenagers, football thinking stimulation for the public and so on.

Among them, the sponsors played an important role in the matchmaking behind the scenes. The Millwall youth team played against the European giants youth team. It was Aldrich who took the initiative to apply to play against the opponent, but with the Japanese Football Association. He really never thought about letting Millwall young players use the Japanese youth echelon to train. It feels unnecessary. Even though Japanese football is developing at a high speed, it is not strong enough to impress. Millwall is also a tourist. Mentality mostly.

However, the other party took the initiative to invite, and the company offered sponsorship, so Aldrich had no reason to refuse.

Before leaving for Japan, Millwall still has a league game to play, still in the London derby, against Tottenham in the north.

This London Derby was exaggerated as a confrontation between the Lost Hero and the New King.

Fleet Street loves to grab attention and make news.

This is not between Millwall and Tottenham, and Tottenham themselves cannot be called the kings of the old era.

It was the contrast between new Tottenham manager George Graham and Aldrich Hall.

Almost when Aldridge was in charge of Millwall, Arsenal, the master of the kings built by Graham, completely entered a stage of decline. The last game Graham led Arsenal played was the League One led by Aldridge. Millwall was knocked out after the defeat.

Then Graham was fired. After being banned from coaching by the FA for a year, Graham, who made a comeback, entered the Elland Road Stadium. Unfortunately, his glory is no longer. Leeds United's record is also very average. When they played against Millwall, At a time when Millwall is in full swing, Fleet Street doesn't generate much talk.

Moreover, Millwall has conflicts with Leeds United. Whenever Aldridge plays Leeds United, he is not fake to the opposing coach.

The reason is that Leeds United fans racially discriminated against Millwall players when Millwall debuted in the Premier League, and it was very serious, with large-scale racial discrimination in the stands.

Like Makelele is still brooding, as long as he plays Leeds United, he is very energetic. Even if he gets a card on the field or a red card, he doesn't care. Aldridge never blames him, and he will defend him after the game. Players He is also human and needs to vent when he is angry. Under certain circumstances, Aldrich will turn a blind eye.

Although Millwall fans used to be very troublesome, they are very open on racial issues, because East London is the area with the most immigrants. Everyone is used to friends with different skin colors. Although there are very few extreme fans who have racist tendencies .

In the past two years, Aldridge and Graham have not said a word or shook hands. Aldridge is because the other party is the coach of Leeds United. Slobbering and humiliation.

Before the Fleet Street game, they fanned the flames and stirred up the old hatred between the two. After all, the two people's positions are different now, the London Derby!

It's a pity that Aldridge was not fooled, Graham was in a worrying situation, and Tottenham were out of luck and ranked in the bottom half. He didn't have much capital to challenge Millwall.

In such a battle that was over-exaggerated by the outside world, Millwall defeated Graham's Tottenham 3-0 at home without bloodshed. Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a hat-trick in the game, probably because Henry's return from injury gave him pressure , He defended the main position with a bursting state in the game.

After winning the 15th round of the Premier League, Millwall went to Moscow again. After playing all the substitutes, they kept a draw. The UEFA Champions League group stage had 5 matches, 4 wins and 1 draw, leading the second place in the group stage with 5 matches, 4 wins and 1. The negative Inter Milan declared an early qualifying.

After the end of the European war, they began to prepare for the trip to Japan to participate in the Toyota Cup. ()