The Young Lion

After traveling to the United States, Millwall officially announced that the transfer market was closed.

No more players will come and no more players will leave.

Three players left, three players came in, the entry and exit are balanced, and after Millwall returned to Aldridge as the head coach, he also returned to the state of buying players in the future, unlike last summer, Aldridge will spend a lot of money to bring a world-class star like Nesta to the team.

The lineup left by itself last season is not a temporary lineup, but has great potential. This summer is mainly stable and excessive.

The topic of rebuilding has been discussed since last summer, and now it is down-to-earth to achieve the goal. The team has not changed a lot, and there is great turmoil, which is reasonable.

Millwall is dominated by most of the veterans, and the new generation of third-line successors are also ready. Ronaldo, Robben, Villa, Rooney, Ribery on the front line, Alonso and Dero in the midfield West, Kaka, Silva, Rahm, Baynes, Ramos on the back line, if you want to be picky, in the goalkeeper position, there is Joe Hart in the youth team.

This trip to the United States, in addition to the warm-up match, there is also cooperation and exchanges between Millwall and several NBA clubs in the United States. It can be called keeping pace with the times, learning and exchanging professional knowledge especially in physical training.

Just when Millwall's North American training session started as scheduled, a man of English football was welcomed in Moratti's mansion in Milan.

Abramovich and Moratti also know each other. This time when he came to Milan, he asked Moratti for advice on running a club.

At least in Abramovich's view, Moratti is the person closest to him.

Abramovich doesn't like the management model of the Premier League.

in Italy. A coach is a coach. The power is in the locker room. The role of the manager is performed by others and is controlled by the boss. In the Premier League, the coach and the manager are mostly the same role. The more traditional the club, the clearer the division of this point.

Like Ferguson, Wenger, some other traditional English clubs. The club provided the budget, and the head coach made the decision. For example, Liverpool was acquired by a foreign owner later, which opened the curtain of palace struggles similar to those in Italy and Spain.

Now the outside world is waiting for Chelsea's failure and Abramovich's disgrace in the Premier League, just like what the boss of Newcastle United said: We have invested more than 200 million pounds in the past few seasons, but our honor room is still empty, Abramovich It soon becomes clear that money can't buy championships.

Abu looked unimpressed.

It also ignores the old traditions of England.

Can understand his psychology.

Buy clubs, pay off debts. He also spent almost 300 million pounds on repairing the stadium and rebuilding the youth training system.

He saved a club.

He will come up with a huge transfer budget to the team.

Then, he is not allowed to intervene in the team's transfer operation?

What's the point?

Tradition?

To hell with tradition!

In this respect, Moratti is actually very similar to him. However, in Italy, Moratti is at best being ridiculed for spending money wrongly, but no one will accuse him of spending money to buy the players he chooses. Traditionally, if the old Bei in Milan decides who to buy and finally buys a parallel import, the unlucky one must be that the head coach is useless, and no one will accuse Lao Bei of spending money to force the team into a burden.

Moratti warmly entertained Abramovich and shared with Abramovich unreservedly his experience and experience in managing Inter Milan over the years.

At the end of the conversation, Abramovich, holding a teacup, suddenly asked: Sir, there is one thing I don't quite understand. In my eyes, the mutual hatred between Milan and Inter Milan should far surpass that of Chelsea and Millwall. However, Milan and Inter Milan have not blocked the club's transactions in recent years, and even seem to be very frequent, but in English football, if Chelsea wants to get Millwall players, the probability will be very low. .”

Abramovich used the word frequently deliberately, because the club itself transfers twice a season, summer is the main one, winter is tinkering, and it is impossible for a team to buy and sell 10 people this year and 10 next year. Personally, on average, 2-4 trades in a season is almost the same. Any more, it can only show that this team is unstable for a long time!

It is against this background that any mutual transaction that can be carried out 3 times within 5 years can be called frequent. After all, there are too many teams in European football. It is huge on a global scale.

Moratti chuckled, playful: Didn't Chelsea just get a Millwall player?

Abu frowned slightly, and said lightly: To be honest, for this transaction, I just throw stones to ask the way, and make a trial to see if the thing is absolute.

Abramovich was ridiculed by the outside world as being taken advantage of, but the outside world did not understand Abramovich's attitude towards Millwall.

He wants Henry, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Nedved, Nesta, Ashley Cole.

But as the agent of most of the players, Andrew directly told him an answer: impossible.

Abu thought it was a question of commission, so he could only ask vaguely in view of his friendship, but Andrew told him indifferently: You can try to quote, no matter how much the quote is, Millwall will not agree, unless, you offer a Not only is it crazy, but it will make you laugh at the price of ten or twenty years all over the world.

For example, if he offers 200 million pounds to buy Henry, and then gives Henry a contract that is absolutely impossible to refuse, then why doesn't Millwall sell the player?

The premise is that Henry will be moved, and secondly, the Millwall Club will not be blinded by emotion. £200 million will allow them to lay a more solid future. In the eyes of the club, no player is indispensable, the most important thing is profit and loss consider.

At this time, basically more than 100 million pounds, plus contract expenses, Chelsea really dare to make such a deal, except for the fans will be shocked. worship. Crazy to despise etc. But the vast majority of people in the real football circle will laugh at Chelsea.

Why?

What is Chelsea's annual operating income?

They may have owned a player at the cost of 3 years and 4 years of total income, regardless of how such a detached player will have an impact on the team's locker room, just the financial horror deficit makes Chelsea a toy in the hands of the rich The impression is more deeply rooted.

Abramovich didn't care much about the arrival of Glenn Johnson, because this kid was unknown and he was not on the list of signings he made. It was just that the team really needed a full-back, so he asked for directions and tried to knock on Millwall's door. When £5 million was rejected, Abramovich doubled the offer, but Millwall agreed.

But immediately afterwards, he tried to quote Ronaldo and Nesta, and proposed 30 million pounds for the former, and 40 million pounds for the latter. Without exception, they were all directly rejected by Millwall.

And Millwall did not publicize it to the outside world because the team was preparing for the game and did not want players in the team to appear in the soap opera of transfer news again.

Abu couldn't figure it out.

In his opinion. In the football circle, how can there be no contact between clubs?

Real Madrid and Barcelona still have player turnover. First, Enrique defected to the Nou Camp, and then Figo joined the Bernabeu. Milan and Inter Milan were aboveboard player transactions, and Millwall also poached corners from arch-rivals West Ham United.

What can't you do when you're here at Chelsea?

Moratti saw Abramovich's tangled face and sighed: Chelsea bought it from Millwall. To explain it in cold words, it is rubbish in Millwall's eyes. So, you can take that player away, but a few days Before, you heard that Klose was negotiating with Bayern Munich, offering £20 million, but did not get any response from Millwall, why? Because Klose is not rubbish, he is a quality product. Inter Milan does have a deal with Milan Existence, but we will never give our main players and players in the plan to the opponent, even if we can't keep them, we will not give them to the mortal enemy, but if it is an insignificant little person, he will go wherever he likes, and the interests will not matter. It is the first. In other words, the players that Millwall sells to you can be bought elsewhere, and it may be cheaper. This money, they earn, who loses? Moreover, they sell to you Little people, give you 11 of these little people, so what if Chelsea are rich? Competitive against Millwall? Is it a level?

After Moratti finished speaking, he sighed again in his heart.

Millwall is a talent pool that is coveted by the entire European giants. It was difficult for such a club to survive.

Because the European tyrants will carve up and dismember them before they rise completely!

Just like Ajax, who claimed to rule football for the next ten years.

Treating Millwall, the European tycoons did the same.

In the summer of 1998, the main force of Millwall's half team was divided up. According to the expected development, even if Millwall will not recover from a setback, as long as the results are frustrated, it will basically be fixed in the ranks of the first-class teams in European football. They won't be able to continue to have most of the top players for long! Unable to maintain a consistent top line-up!

However, Aldridge, who lost the league championship in 1998, insisted on regaining the league championship in the new season after losing half of the team's main players. In the Champions League, he only fell in the penalty shootout in Munich, which was the semi-final.

That season should be the most critical season when Millwall really took off and at the fork in fate!

Had they failed, there would have been no subsequent dynasty.

But they succeeded, gave the players confidence, and made the outside world begin to redefine them. In the next three seasons, the league and the Champions League were monopolized at the same time, which allowed Millwall to completely secure its position as a giant and it was difficult to shake.

This is exactly what makes Aldridge so great in the eyes of European football players.

Now, world-class players will be interested in Millwall's invitation, and Millwall can also have top players for a long time.

In the past, it was impossible to keep people.

Now, it is the team's internal competition that has eliminated them, or the talents who were untimely at the same time have had to leave Millwall.

They are even more confident than ordinary giants, and it is also because of the existence of Aldridge, because the players are eager for honor, knowing that under the command of this young coach, they are most likely to reach the height of legend!

Just like the England international Lampard, who was just ushered in by Inter Milan this summer, if Millwall has room for him, he will never leave the Apennines, although in a sense he also left, it is Millwall who hopes to keep Yes, but compared to the previous injury after being poached by the main force, Lampard's departure will not even make Millwall frown.

Abu was still a little unwilling to give up, so he broke the casserole and asked the end.

What if I want to make a splash? How about running a transfer like Figo? Is Millwall also indifferent? Are there many choices for them?

Moratti smiled wryly, shook his head and said: You haven't understood Millwall's attitude, Millwall itself despises Chelsea, they don't care if you take away some waste, it's like, if Milan takes away a reserve team from here mediocrity, I will readily agree and humiliate them after receiving the check from Milan. But if Milan wants to compete with Real Madrid for Ronaldo, even if they bid more than Real Madrid, I will not agree, because the ending will be the opposite Yes, after the moment I receive the check, Milan will laugh at me, and all Milan people will use it as a victory against Inter Milan. So, no one will discuss whether the money Real Madrid spent for Figo is worth it, Only members of Real Madrid laughed at Barcelona's victory, as well as Barcelona's humiliation and anger. If you want Millwall to have the next Figo, you must do at least two things. First, Chelsea deserves a star of Figo's level. Second, Two, Chelsea have a special appeal over Millwall.

Abu is thoughtful, the last two points are the key.

To put it bluntly, Chelsea has substantial competitiveness. As for the special attraction, everyone is in London. It is too far-fetched to say something about the geographical location and environment. The only special place may be money. (to be continued..) ()