The Young Lion

In the quiet living room, Aldrich's expression became a little helpless.

Mourinho left without saying goodbye.

It seems that the conversation between the two broke up unhappy.

Aldridge, as someone who has experienced it, can understand that he has just taken office and is officially coaching the club for the first time. The last thing he wants to hear is doubts from others.

Mourinho is enjoying the power of the head coach, maybe he is in high spirits on the way to negotiate in person.

So Aldrich didn't want to talk about the reasons at first.

If the other party insists on listening and is not satisfied after listening, who is to blame?

Aldridge is just telling the truth, he can't hand over players to the opponent just because the opponent is Mourinho, a famous world-class coach in the future.

The future is the future, the present is the present, the situation is of course different.

He is responsible for the players, and he is also cautious about the loan. Mourinho's coaching career was not smooth at the beginning, and he didn't stay long in Benfica. If Aldridge really handed over Viana to the other party, it would be too irresponsible.

Aldrich didn't take the magic bird seriously, and picked up the list sent by Najib to think carefully.

The list was compiled by Najib.

Some players recommend listing for transfer, and some players recommend going out on loan to observe their growth. In the loan list, there are also clubs that are recommended to go on loan.

Summer is never peaceful for football, and a wealthy club will never be peaceful.

Henry's matter is pending, and another player from Millwall has submitted a transfer application.

How much is Manchester United's bid? 2 million? Hehe, let him go for 5 million pounds.

Aldridge directs remotely from home. Richardson of the youth team submitted a transfer application. At the same time, Manchester United sent an offer of 2 million. It seems that they have already had an affair.

Richardson is a defender. He is 17 years old and only came to the club last year.

Selling for 2 million pounds, it has already made a lot of money.

And thinking that what Manchester United lacks is a defender,

Aldrich estimated that Ferguson also wanted to recruit some good seedlings early, so that he could seamlessly become the main force of the team in the future.

There are plenty of guards Millwall, and Richardson has not shown too much talent, of course. This is a case of horizontal comparison. For example, Mex and Lescott are more talented than each other.

But maybe Richardson's local account was the cause, or Manchester United didn't dare to spend too much money on players who didn't make a name for themselves, so they really made them bid for Mex, the defender who was selected for the French junior echelon national team, Manchester United don't offer £5 million and wait for Millwall to counter-offer, are you embarrassed?

Richardson's move was sealed within two days, with a £3.5m move to Manchester United.

On the same day, Wenger called Aldridge.

The professor also took a fancy to Millwall's young players.

Seaman is old. Arsenal want to prepare a successor for Seaman.

Arsenal have spotted Millwall's third goalkeeper: Richard Wright.

The goalkeeper who has never played in an official Millwall game!

However, Wright did stay at Millwall for six solid years. Received training for 6 years, youth team, reserve team, all the way, 6 years!

It can be said that Wright has no substantial contribution to the success of Millwall's first team, only the hard work of making up the numbers.

But the youth team and the reserve team have also achieved brilliant results in the past few years, especially some records, all of which are due to him.

Two years earlier, he was still the goalkeeper of the England U21 national team.

Even so, Aldridge has never had expectations for Wright, because Bout is also very young, only 26 years old this year, what does this age mean for a goalkeeper? Represents at least 8 to 10 years of professional life.

When it's time to find a successor for Bout, Aldridge has more options.

Arsenal probably feel that the quality of Millwall's products is guaranteed. Taking into account Wright's age as the goalkeeper, as long as they can successfully succeed Seaman, this position will be worry-free for ten years!

Wenger was really not stingy, and gave an offer of 3 million pounds.

For a player who has never played in a top professional league, especially a goalkeeper, 3 million pounds is really not low!

Not only Wright, Wenger also took a fancy to the 19-year-old Jeffers.

Jeffers has no future in the club, at least according to the assessment of Millwall's internal coaching team, he has already been listed in the summer, because at the age of 19, Jeffers has talent and ability, but if he can't be at the top as soon as possible If he gets a foothold in the league, he may say goodbye to the top league stage forever. Millwall can't give him a chance, and the player himself is not happy to be loaned out.

Aldridge and Wenger reached an agreement on the phone, Wright + Jeffers, a total of 8 million pounds sold to Arsenal.

As soon as Arsenal left, Arsenal's mortal enemy also knocked on Millwall's transfer door.

Tottenham have made an offer Millwall can't refuse.

8 million pounds to buy Ledley - King.

Aldridge really hesitated for a while, and finally decided to sell it directly.

There is no shortage of central defenders in the first team. Metzelder and Barzagli are left as substitutes.

Matthew Taylor has moved to Portsmouth for £1 million.

German midfielder Balic returned to the Bundesliga for £3 million and joined Bayer Leverkusen.

In the final stage of selling players, Aldridge and Robson also made a heavyweight deal.

Jenas, Parker, and Nolan were taken away by Newcastle United. The Magpies paid 12 million pounds plus a floating clause after the three played in the league.

Robson turned the tide last season. He has a stable position in the Newcastle United team. This season, he will naturally have higher pursuits. Therefore, it sounds a bit shabby to scout some unwanted players from Millwall, but it can be associated with Leeds United. The result of advancing to the Champions League qualifying round after the season's big money, the players eliminated by Millwall. Doesn't mean it's high street. You can buy it anywhere!

These 20-something players. It is true that Millwall is not in its prime, and there are equally young and more talented talent reserves in these positions of the first team. If they are really waiting for an opportunity at Millwall, they may be wasted here.

Before leaving, players like Parker and Jenas visited Aldridge and bid farewell solemnly.

They don't blame the club for selling them. It is Millwall's training strategy to be a good person before playing football. They were inferior in skills, unable to compete in the team, and had to go far away. At the moment of parting, they listened to Aldrich's last teachings with gratitude.

In fact, Aldridge just asked them to play well, concentrate on the field, and go to other clubs, they can still stand out, some old-fashioned truths. What different people say has different effects, anyway, Aldrich preached to them. They listened carefully and took it to heart.

The stage of selling people is over, and Millwall has settled the accounts. This summer, the club has not spent a penny in the transfer market, but the club has earned close to 80 million pounds!

Van der Meyde, £15 million.

Makelele, £28 million.

Reserve team and youth team, £35.5 million + £4 million floating income.

The summer preparations are about to begin, and the transfer work of major clubs is in full swing. The basic results have been shown. Those who can be bought will be bought early, and there is not much hope that they will not be bought. Soap operas are after all a game for the rich. For most poor and lower-middle peasant clubs, the club lineup should also be established, and the rest cannot be bought and can only be rented as targeted reinforcements.

Millwall's first-team line-up has yet to be finalized, as Aldridge was unable to convince two players to stay on as substitutes.

Joaquin and Vicente, the Spanish angel wings.

The two didn't want to wave goodbye to Millwall directly, but they had a strong desire to play and hoped to get more opportunities to play, especially in high-level competitions.

At this time, Valencia, which was defeated by Millwall in the Champions League final, ushered in a huge change.

Valencia, with one of the best midfield combinations in Europe, what does the combination of the two conjure up?

Get dug!

Just like Millwall back then, it is normal for a team of their level to have their famous players poached.

Little Flea Lopez defected to the Blue Eagles Lazio for 32 million US dollars.

Herald, who came from Barcelona and joined Valencia almost for free, was recalled by Barcelona. Three years later, Valencia earned 24 million!

Moratti took Farinos from Mestalla with a check of 18 million US dollars.

Valencia, one of the best midfield combinations in Europe, plus the counterattack core frontcourt system, was almost hollowed out!

Valencia, who made a lot of money, wanted to strengthen the lineup and sent an offer of 20 million pounds to Millwall, wanting to take away Vicente and Joaquin.

After Millwall refused, they raised another £4 million, for a total of £24 million, but Millwall remained unmoved.

Seeing that the summer preparations were about to begin, Cooper had no choice but to ask the club to rent people out even if they couldn't buy them.

Transfer, Vicente and Joaquin are not interested, because Valencia seems to be a place to sell stars, transfer, waiting to be sold?

But on loan, the situation is different.

Valencia was the third place in La Liga last season, and there is still the Champions League to play in the new season!

Go to exercise and improve, and then come back to fight for the usurpation at the giants Millwall.

After discussing with the coaching staff, Aldridge agreed to the two players' request to go to Valencia on loan.

At least under the premise that they have just renewed their contract, Aldridge does not have to worry about the situation that the renter cannot come back.

Work was carried out step by step, and players from the reserve team were loaned out one by one.

Carrick, Squillacci, Drogba, Mexes, Hangeland, Crouch, Defoe, Viana, Evra...

Through the club relationship network established over the years, Millwall loaned these players to different leagues. Most of them were in France and England, but some also went to the Netherlands.

When all the dust settled, Aldridge had no time to catch his breath, and the club's upcoming summer training and signings were on the table again.

Since the contract renewal kept the main force, only Makelele left, and Gattuso was logically at the top, so the signing work was very easy. The key point is to renew the contract. Now the signings must be slower than others, but it doesn’t matter, Millwall’s signings have never been Not to compete with anyone, they are leading the pace of the whole of Europe, in the introduction of future stars of hope, contemporary well-known stars, let the rich and powerful, Millwall does not participate.

Tomorrow is the start of Millwall's new season preparations. The holidays of the players are over, except for individual players. Those players who have played in the European Cup and advanced to the knockout rounds have been notified by the club to extend their holidays.

Aldrich unexpectedly received a call from Adam on this day.

Boss, the new president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, has come to London and invites you to have dinner tonight at Gordon Ramsey Restaurant. (To be continued...)