The Young Lion

When Millwall introduces young players, they can buy out the player's apprenticeship contract and reach a compensation agreement with the opposing club to make up for their investment in youth training. In this regard, Millwall is very generous, like 13-year-old Joe Ha Special, how much did the club invest in him before? Another example is Ronaldo, who was transferred at a very young age. The cost of the national team is only dozens of sets of jerseys, shoes and other football equipment.

Hart, Johnson, Baines and Millwall paid a total of less than £4 million in buyout plus compensation.

When it comes to Rooney, things should have played out like this.

Rooney is talented, otherwise, Millwall would have taken a fancy to him?

But whether Rooney can play it is doubtful. There are many geniuses before the age of 16, and there are only a few who can become geniuses after entering the professional league.

Everton can reject Millwall, and they have to take a certain risk. If Rooney falls into their hands, doesn't it mean that there is money and no profit is considered a loss?

But compared to Hart, Baynes and other players’ old clubs don’t have much money and fame. Everton’s record is not satisfactory after investing heavily in the past few years.

Now taking advantage of the momentum of public opinion, Everton is a bit suspected of taking advantage of the fire.

They face two questions.

First, will Rooney still sign with Everton when he is 16?

Second, when Rooney is 16 years old, is there still value in signing?

So the club decided to sell Rooney as soon as possible.

But there's a knock on Millwall.

Needless to say, Aldridge's vision of signings in the past few years is like a torch!

Manchester United, Arsenal, and Leeds United also came to join in the fun and participated in raising prices. They also began to seduce Rooney in private, but after all, they are not as reputable as Andrew's guarantee. Rooney himself is very firm and wants to go to Millwall. Make big money in the future.

By this time, Millwall had no way out.

If you withdraw, it will confirm the condemnation of public opinion, and it seems to tell the outside world in a different direction: we are except for those dirty methods. They don't pay real money to buy players.

Knowing that Everton is blackmailing and passing on the risk, Millwall has to jump into the pit.

Aldridge cut the mess quickly, bought out Rooney's contract directly, and paid £5 million in compensation to Everton at the same time. This is not Rooney's transfer fee, but under the rendering of Fleet Street, England's most sensational transfer was born. .

Millwall spent £5 million on a player who probably didn't belong to him!

Because Rooney only came to Millwall from Everton to receive training, 5 million pounds was used to compensate Everton for Rooney's training fees for the past few years, one and a half years later. If Rooney does not sign a professional contract with Millwall, he can accept the invitation of any other club, and Millwall will not get a penny!

Aldridge used 5 million to make up for the club's image. Instead of being accused of robbery by the public, he would rather be ridiculed by people in the football circle for being stupid and rich.

Knowing that you will be ridiculed. So Aldrich also began to avoid the media, and he didn't go home after get off work, but came to accompany Andrew, and both of them were hiding from reporters.

At the same time, another transfer from Millwall began to replace Rooney.

Millwall will introduce Qu Bo, a 19-year-old rookie from Chinese club Qingdao Zhongneng!

New news replaces old news, but the status quo that is ridiculed by the British football circle will not change.

Most football critics think that Aldridge is crazy, and Millwall is also crazy.

Import players from China?

Hehehe...

Millwall is routine. After making an offer to Qingdao Zhongneng, the rest of the work is for the sponsors to deal with. In terms of transfer fee, Millwall only offered 1 million pounds, which in RMB has exceeded 12 million. Absolutely sky-high! But if the opposing lion speaks loudly, I'm sorry, either the sponsor will offer it, or, get out!

Even the Chinese Football Association has been involved. Anyway, things related to Chinese football are very weird. At least the Football Association of European football, organizations like the Football Association, rarely come forward to get involved in club transfers, unless there are disputes or violations of regulations, because in terms of power, they No stance is involved.

Aldridge had a phone call with Qu Bo himself during the period, and he told the other party bluntly: It is impossible for you to enter the first team of Millwall with your current strength, and you cannot play as a substitute, and because of labor certification, you cannot Maybe training and playing in the reserves at Millwall, if you move to Millwall the ownership is here at our club but you can't work in the UK so you go on loan to one of our partner clubs, Belgium, where , have my trusted friends cultivate you, I will follow up on your growth, and when you reach the standard for the number of appearances on behalf of the national team in the future and you can get a labor permit, we will discuss whether you can return to Millwall, my suggestion Yes, if you have ambitions and dreams, then you are too late to start. Many non-European players are 16 years old and 17 years old in Europe alone. Now you are 19 years old. If you don’t come to Europe to practice, your talent will be wasted. I can listen to your questions at any time, there is no obstacle for you to communicate with me, but you have to learn to integrate into the group.

If the second- and third-tier clubs in Europe fancy Chinese players, they may be blackmailed by the Chinese clubs, saying in a high-sounding way: they think it is more conducive for him to grow up if he stays in a familiar environment.

However, a world-class team like Millwall, which has been listed as a public enemy of Europe, issued an invitation. If the Chinese club can still refuse to block the player's transfer, the saliva of the Chinese fans may drown them.

Everything depends on the opinion of the player himself.

Qu Bo's transfer was settled a month later. His ownership was in Millwall, and he also came to Millwall to hold a press conference symbolically. After that, he went directly to Belgium and joined the Austrian club on loan. There are many Millwall players, some of whom are unknown, but there are also Essien who has been in the game for two years. In the Belgian First Division, Essien also gained a firm foothold here and shined brilliantly.

Aldrich looked at Andrew's agency information in South America while he was idle in his company.

Andrew was beaming when he mentioned the business in South America.

Aldrich, I finally understand your feelings! Selling players is really a lucrative business.

When it comes to the pleasure and sense of accomplishment of doing business, Andrew is actually more inclined to do business in South America.

Europe is glamorous here, and the work is decent, but the money earned is really a real work investment, how much work is done, and how much is paid.

Over there in South America. More like speculation, profiteering!

His partners in South America can directly buy out the player's ownership through a brokerage company at an outrageously low cost, and then once the player becomes famous. The agent company recommended to come to Europe. The transfer fee is paid directly to their company. Sometimes a small part needs to be given to the team, but most of it falls into their pockets. The money is easy and blows like a strong wind. Yes, after all, they don't have to participate in the specific affairs of training players at all, as if the club is working for them.

Grass, you can't understand my feelings, you are purely making money. Some people want to buy my players, and I don't want to sell them. If the players let go a few years ago, if the players are willing to stay, I would rather not make that money. . If you sell it, you will lose money instead.”

Aldridge flipped through the documents and refuted Andrew mercilessly.

Andrew rolled his eyes, and he smiled and no longer irritated Aldrich.

Like Shevchenko, looking at it now, Millwall can't talk about making much money from him, after all, Shevchenko's worth is still rising.

Aldridge's movements stopped suddenly. He took out a player's information and handed it to Andrew, saying, What's his situation?

There are some symbols on the materials, which Aldrich can't understand.

Andrew looked down and saw a 17-year-old Brazilian player. He said nonchalantly: It proves that he was abandoned by the club and is worthless.

It's worthless? Then do me a favor. Your company signs him, arranges a club for him in Brazil, and when he turns 18, Millwall introduces him.

Andrew re-examined the information, looking at the player's profile picture and name. He raised his eyebrows and said, Will he be very valuable?

Who knows, maybe I'm just taking revenge on you and making you work for nothing.

Aldrich whistled to play tricks, and then continued to look through the documents.

Andrew chuckled, walked aside and picked up the phone to call the company in South America.

Let them contact this boy named Thiago Silva who has no ball to play according to the information on the file.

On August 3, Millwall officially held a press conference. Tomorrow, Millwall will usher in a big day for the club's milestone: the unveiling of the Lion King Stadium!

Milan, which opened the friendly invitation, has arrived in London to prepare for the game.

Aldridge first announced at the press conference that Millwall's transfer market door was closed, and no one would leave or come.

This year's transfer signings may be turned over and criticized in the future.

Aldridge can predict, but do not worry about it.

For example, if you give up the introduction of Adriano, Millwall will definitely be ridiculed and miss a superstar when the other side is popular.

Rooney's turmoil may be accompanied by Rooney's entire career in the future, and everything that happened today will definitely be mentioned repeatedly in the future.

Millwall's dealings with Real Madrid, missed Casillas and more.

This is normal, there are always stories like this when the football circle is the focus of the club.

Millwall is now the focus, the public enemy number one in European football, and everything surrounding them is the talk of the football world.

August 4th, night.

The brightly lit Lion King Stadium was packed with fans when it first welcomed fans.

A historic year, a historic moment, Millwall fans will not miss it, otherwise it will be a pity.

In a friendly match, Aldridge did not put pressure on the team. He left the dressing room early before the game and gave the players a lot of time.

Brand-new wardrobes, modern facilities, many players stood in front of their wardrobes when they first came here, staring at their name tags on the wardrobe for a long time.

There are also games like Ronaldinho and Schneider who jumped into the hydrotherapy pool to restore their physical fitness and relieve fatigue before they kicked off the game, like young children fighting water fights...

Aldridge in a suit and leather shoes did not enter the stadium, but went to the VIP box.

On the way, he met Milan's manager Galliani.

Adding a smile and shaking hands with Aldridge congratulated the opening of the new Millwall Stadium.

The opening ceremony of the stadium was attended by the mayor of London, and the club also invited popular bands to perform live. Now that the performance has come to an end, the staff is cleaning the stadium and preparing for the players of the two teams to enter the game.

Aldridge chatted with Galliani for a long time in the corridor. From the perspective of European giants, the relationship between Millwall and Milan is considered good, or it should be the best relationship. In Italy, the contrast is the greatest. It is Juventus, and the relationship between the two clubs has dropped to a freezing point.