The Young Lion

Thank you Thieves and for your reward! ——

Late November, Liverpool.

Aldrich was sitting on the floor in the hall of the mansion, the floor was covered with soft carpets, and a soft quilt was placed under his buttocks. He was watching the game video on the TV with the remote control in his hand. In front of him, there were almost four Month-old Bert and Earl are 14 centimeters taller than when they were born and have more than tripled their weight.

The two little ones were wearing small and cute baby shirts. Bert was playing with big building blocks. Whenever he was about to put the building blocks in his mouth, Aldridge would stop him with a smile, and then made a prohibition gesture to him , Sometimes he would explain the reason to him at length, even though Burt couldn't understand, and would try to bite the building blocks again and again, Aldridge didn't feel tired of repeating this behavior.

Earl sat in front of him and looked around curiously. He was not as active as Burt, but his small eyes seemed to be shining brightly, especially watching the football game video on TV. He seemed to be more interested than Aldrich.

During the match day, Aldridge gave the team a few days off, which can be regarded as a compliment for the team's exceptional performance since the start of the new season. Of course, this is for those players who have no national team competition tasks.

He came to Liverpool and became a full-time dad. When he was with his son, he watched some videos of the national team games at home and studied the team's skills and tactics that he was interested in.

The England national team performed poorly in the 2000 European Cup qualifiers and needed to fight for promotion tickets through the play-offs. In the just-concluded play-offs. Scholes became a national team hero. Scoring twice and two goals helped England secure the qualification for promotion.

The whole country was jubilant. This is a situation that may seem normal at first glance, but if you think back to England's attack on Hoddle at the end of the qualifying group stage, and the public opinion pressure of the national team's poor performance, the current celebration is nothing more than a kind. Just a catharsis of relief.

According to Aldrich's guess, within a week, the tone of the media will immediately change and continue to criticize Hoddle and the national team. Arrogant Britons, the birthplace of modern football, such a national team that the people believe in every time to be the favorite to win the World Cup and European Cup, how can it be reduced to the point of playing play-offs? !

Aldrich turned off the TV and snatched the building blocks from Bert's hand. Bert didn't cry, but just reached out to ask Aldrich for it. If Aldrich didn't return it to him, he died down and turned his attention to other things. thing.

He picked up the two sons separately. With them in the double stroller, he's ready to go. Take the two sons for a walk, let them feel the breath of the evening.

There is a very common mistake in common sense,

People say that the air quality is the best in the morning, but in fact the best air quality is in the evening.

Just when Aldrich was about to go out, the doorbell rang. He opened the door and found that it was Carter.

How did you come?

I was talking about business here in Liverpool, and the negotiation ended half a day earlier than expected, so I came to visit you and take a look at these two little guys by the way.

Carter came with a gift, an exquisite wind chime, made of colorful thin metal tubes, which makes a pleasant and crisp sound when it collides, which sounds a bit wonderful.

The salesman said that according to different colors, the light and shadow reflection stimulation of this kind of wind chime will be very good for the baby's intellectual development. Whether it is effective or not, I don't know, let's just give it to Burt and Earl as a decoration.

thanks.

Aldrich accepted the gift, went back to the house and hung it above Bert and Earl's bed.

In a nearby park with beautiful scenery, Aldrich pushed the stroller and strolled side by side with Carter, and the two chatted about some trivial matters of life, just like ordinary friends.

Oh, by the way, I'll give you this book. I just finished reading it, and I don't think it's worth collecting. I'll give it to you as a recreational book.

Carter took out a book from his briefcase and handed it to Aldridge.

Before seeing the cover of the book, Aldridge sneered and said, You think there is no collection value, so give it to me?

A book written by England national team coach Glenn Hoddle, aren't you interested in reading it?.

An autobiography? I guess it's some cliché again, so I'm really not interested.

Aldrich snorted.

He has read many autobiographies of football stars or coaches, most of them are the same, of course not referring to the content of the book, but the connotation of the book.

It's basically looking back at a career and throwing out some scandal or secret just to entice the reader.

But in the paparazzi-pervasive environment of Britain, there are basically no secrets at all.

For example, if a football star retires and reveals the secrets of ten years ago in his autobiography, there must have been news hype at that time. The autobiography is nothing more than a positive response, confirming or denying the outside world's speculation.

Aldrich in his previous life also followed suit and bought Beckham's autobiography, the best-selling My Story. The time has not yet come, but he has no interest at all, not because he is closer to it than in his previous life. Beckham, he understands Beckham better, but he felt that he was tricked in his previous life. The autobiography was purely using the fans' idol worship mentality to make money. Brian Robson is invited for the preface and postscript respectively. And Del Piero came to praise Beckham, and the content of the story took the trouble to write out every international game of Beckham. To be honest, can't the fans watch the video of the game by themselves? Need to read the transcript? The only readability, perhaps, is the curiosity-seeking psychology of the public, spying on celebrities, and understanding how Beckham and Victoria are combined.

But among the books about star deeds, Aldrich also highly recommends them. For example, Maradona's Hand of God he has read in his life. Carter is also a fan of Maradona. The two are together. There was also a discussion that lasted more than 3 hours.

In addition to philosophical words and poetic descriptions, this book explores Maradona's life, especially his protracted cold war with FIFA. There is also a personal vendetta with Havelange. at the same time. You can also learn about the way Maradona fell.

In a sense, the connotation of this book has gone beyond the biography of the star itself, and more profoundly exposes the dark side of society.

This book has also been placed on the first row of Aldridge's bookshelf.

Aldrich pushed the cart with one hand, and looked down with the book in the other hand.

Glenn Hoddle: The 1998 World Cup Story

Carter suddenly said, Isn't it surprising?

wait.

After Aldrich finished speaking, he looked at the price of the book again: £17.99!

He suddenly exclaimed: Hodel is crazy!

Huh? You didn't read anything.

Just look at the title and price of this book. Hehe, if Hoddle doesn't break out some sensational news in the book, the publisher will sign a contract with him? Who will buy his book?

Carter smiled and couldn't help giving Aldrich a thumbs up. Aldridge's inference was correct.

You get what you pay for, and the price of this book is far higher than the prices of other star or coach publications. Hoddle himself has no great achievements, and he dares to sell sky-high prices, which is naturally in the book.

This book is very readable, but after reading it once, I don't want to read it a second time, so it has no collection value.

Carter's words really made Aldridge interested.

Since you've seen it, tell me about it.

Hehe, okay. In fact, this book is full of a lot of secrets about national team players, such as why Andy Cole performed so well at Manchester United in the past two years. But Hoddle just didn't appreciate it. Scoigne throws a fit at the hotel when he learns he's lost

Aldrich has been listening to Carter tell him about the content of the book, and the two had dinner in a nearby restaurant, and they didn't get a general understanding of the general content of the book until they parted at night.

Aldrich lay quietly on the bed alone after returning home to put his two sons to sleep.

I don't know what kind of nerve Hoddle got.

All of a sudden, a large number of secrets about the members of the England national team were disclosed.

This book is bound to be a bestseller, but Hoddle has become a betrayer!

Even if the members of the national team have not been disclosed by him, but with the publication of this book, England internationals, who can be honest with Hoddle? In front of him, shouldn't you be more cautious? What is said or done today may be the material for Hoddle's next publication.

Why?

Is it because Hoddle led the team with a poor record and knew that time was running out, so he wanted to attract the attention of the public and make a lot of money while he was still in office?

He's sure to get paid handsomely from the publisher.

Aldrich couldn't figure it out.

Many well-known publishing houses in Europe are also asking for manuscripts every day, hoping that Aldrich can write an autobiography for publication, even if it is to earn popularity and money, he can write a boring autobiography, but Aldrich has always refused.

Tired of thinking, sleepy, falling asleep

The question that perplexed Aldridge has not been answered in the future, but Carter really missed a detail that quickly caused an uproar when he read the book.

In addition to many anecdotes about British feet, Hoddle also expressed his views on the disabled in the book, thinking that it is their fateful reincarnation of doing evil in their previous life and paying their debts in this life.

When Aldrich woke up and sent his two sons to Melanie's parents' house, he got on the plane back to London. Just as he got off the plane, a storm broke out.

Today's training will start late, because some players' national team schedules have to be considered. Maybe the country is not far from London, but if the national team goes to an away friendly match, especially to a non-European country, the time to return to the team will be short. will be later.

In the morning, the coaching staff will have a short meeting. Aldridge came to the club meeting room on time. He saw that other coaches had already arrived, and they were watching the TV news intently.

Any news?.

Aldridge put one hand on Boas' shoulder, Boas looked up and saw him, then pointed to the TV and said: A large number of people are protesting outside the FA headquarters, demanding that Hoddle leave immediately!

Ah?! So fast!

Aldrich had guessed the bad influence of that book, and he thought that even if it was a bad result, it would take some time to ferment, but he didn't expect that the storm would come as soon as it was said.

Everyone was paying attention to the news, and Aldridge didn't want to spoil the fun, so he sat down and watched the live report.

If the public sees the secrets of the stars, it will be fun to watch, and it is impossible to cause large-scale protests.

But Hodl's concept of fate and reincarnation has angered the public, especially those who have disabled people among their relatives and friends.

This incident became more and more troublesome, and there was a lot of uproar. In the end, even the British Prime Minister was alarmed and stood up to criticize Hoddle outspokenly.

The FA under pressure announced that Hoddle got out of class.

Half a year before the opening of the European Cup in 2000, the England national team has no coach! (to be continued...) ()