The Young Lion

Aldridge was a little puzzled. In the future, people will look at the transfer of players. It seems that many stars will avoid the club during the transfer and let the agent go around.

But his players seem to take the initiative to come to him and raise this point.

Probably Aldrich's youth factor is playing a role, but also because he usually communicates with players in a gentle manner.

Thuram did not make much noise, on the contrary, he said many reasons.

There are many reasons that Aldridge cannot refute.

It was enough for him to go to Italy to make a trip, and Aldridge closed his mouth.

What's more, from the player's point of view, there is nothing wrong with people going high. The Premier League is not as good as Serie A. Aldrich can't change the fact that no matter how he blows, it is simply deceiving himself.

As for Aldrich’s telling Thura Palma’s glory is only short-lived, or will it fall into a crisis of bankruptcy in a few years, what's the use? It will only make him look like a villain.

"Lilian, you have ambitions, which I understand. This proves that you are enterprising and able to work with you for two years. It is my honor."

In the face of Thuram, Aldridge's response came from his heart, without pretentiousness.

Thuram nodded calmly: "I have also benefited a lot from my experience in England over the past two years."

Working hard in different leagues is good for accumulating experience, and Thuram’s words are sincere.

However, he believes that the Premier League lacks challenges.

Here, he would not think that freezing Ginola or Giggs would make him proud.

He is even more eager for Italy. In addition to his own improvement, his opponents are also very different. They are facing Batty today, facing Signori tomorrow, facing Baggio, and so on.

The new coach of Parma is Ancelotti. He called Aldridge. He hoped that Millwall would not set up an obstacle in the transfer of Thuram. Some time ago, Aldrich asked Buffon’s reply to let the two The club's communication was temporarily deadlocked.

Aldrich said seriously: "Lilian, you want to go, I won't stop you, but, I hope you can leave dignity for Millwall."

Thuram didn't understand it and frowned and asked, "Boss, I don't understand what you mean."

Aldrich spread his hands and said: "Two years ago, I bought you and spent 3 million pounds. Now, Parma wants to take you away with 5 million pounds. Do you think this is fair to Millwall? I think you Is a top guard, then you should have the value of a top guard to leave, don’t let Parma despise Millwall, or let you join Parma to become insignificant. Last year, Barton moved to Newcastle United for 4 million pounds. , What about you? Do you think he is stronger than you? You are the main hero of Millwall’s two crowns and one Asian champion, and the main force of the French national team. Are you worth 5 million pounds? I can’t accept this. It’s not about money, but about dignity. I can’t let the outside world see Millwall doing this transaction, let alone your departure as a reason for other players to follow in the future. Palma wants you and really regards you as an important member. , Let them show sincerity, this is also respect for you!"

Thuram nodded and agreed with Aldridge after a moment of silence.

Although they can't keep Thuram, at least in the transfer operation, the two reached an agreement.

In the following days, Millwall and Palma started to rip off after Thuram's transfer.

Parma wanted to use players to cash in. They originally proposed to use Inzaghi to join the deal, but Inzaghi who had gone to the Atlanta Olympics did not want to leave Italy. The younger Buffon was already the goalkeeper of the Italian Olympic men’s football team. How can Palma let go of the players that Ni appreciates? Cannavaro is no different.

In the end, Palma put forward the conditions for adding Zola to the transaction.

In all fairness, the striker, nicknamed the Bantam Tiger, is not bad, and has been at the forefront of the Serie A striker list for the past few years. If it is £5 million plus Zorra, then the total value of the transaction will be around £10 million.

However, Aldridge did not want Zola, the other party was already 30 years old, not only to give him the main position, but also to give him high wages, if Aldridge agreed to the deal, he might lose money.

Thuram did not actively cooperate with Palma’s invitation, which made Palma eventually have to add cash to complete the transaction. In mid-July, the two parties reached an agreement.

At the beginning of July, Millwall officially announced that Solskjaer joined Manchester United for 7 million pounds, and a week later, Millwall announced that the team's absolute main right-back Thuram joined Italy for 7.5 million pounds. Of Parma.

The new season of the Premier League will kick off on August 16th, but Aldridge has a headache to find that his team has become fragmented.

The Olympic men’s football game will not end until the beginning of August, and teams like France, who have fallen to the quarterfinals, have only given players time to rest at the end of July.

Makelele, Pire, Vieira and Trezeguet were all selected for this Olympic team.

Other players such as Elgra, Capdevila, Pirlo and others also went to the Olympics for a lap.

This made Aldridge's pre-season preparations encounter great difficulties.

What made him even more angry was that Pires and Vieira submitted transfer applications directly to the club on August 1st!

Arsenal's offer has been on Aldridge's desk for a long time.

A £12 million package for the two, Aldridge did not agree.

He was waiting for the reaction of the two players. He also called the two players before. He tried to retain Pires and Vieira, but the results were not high. The two players had an ambiguous attitude. Obviously, he did not intend to tell the truth.

In fact, Aldridge was already prepared.

Pires is different from other players such as Solskjaer, Trezeguet, Schneider, Nedved, etc.

He came to Millwall with pride. His teacher was famous. He came from the famous Clefontaine youth training camp in France. He was a talented young man with a strong root, so he had a kind of arrogance in his heart. If it were not Millwall At the time, he was introduced to pay the expensive transfer fee and high salary. He may not have come to Millwall yet. In this way, he never regarded Millwall as his home.

Especially this summer, the value of players' transfers has skyrocketed, and the top salary of the Premier League has also been directly raised to a level that makes the club owners angry.

Kevin Keegan cut the ball halfway and took Hiller away from Ferguson and took him to St James Park Stadium. In addition to the £15 million world transfer record, he also gave Hiller the English club an unprecedented new record. Weekly salary: 34,000 pounds.

This made other clubs unprepared and Aldridge even wanted to rush to burst Keegan.

Will Millwall be affected?

of course!

Shearer earns 34,000 pounds a week. How much should Larson, who is close to his performance, make? What about Nedved? What about Makelele? and many more.

This directly led other teams to start thinking about raising wages for important players.

Aldridge’s big payrolls that dominated England two years ago have become unattractive since this summer.

Ferguson sent Aldridge a text message after Hiller's transfer: Still you have a foresight.

Last year, Ferguson mocked Aldridge's running of the club as a joke, but this year's look again made him admire his five bodies.

Last summer, Aldridge renewed the players’ contract with the reason of salary increase, which made the players’ contract status in absolute safety after the implementation of the Bosman Act. Therefore, Millwall can be a lion in the transfer operation. Big opening.

Because the contract is still very long, Pire and Vieira have to break the boat when they want to transfer.

But they were wrong, absolutely wrong, as long as they could come to Aldridge and stand up and say: Boss, I want to go to Arsenal.

Aldridge will only keep it symbolically for a while before letting go.

He doesn’t want to have Qin Muchu on his team. Pride’s pride is beyond Audridge’s blame. Vieira has no main position and wants to leave. Audridge is also difficult to keep, let alone Arsenal. In the context of London, Millwall and Arsenal are not comparable.

Compared with Stam's "Knowledge of Enlightenment", the two men directly tore their faces and submitted a transfer application to the club, which is essentially different from Thuram's face-to-face transfer intention with Audric.

Submitting the transfer application is equivalent to issuing an ultimatum.

Although it is impossible to say absolutely that the transfer will be completed, the player's behavior is self-defeating. Once the transfer is unsuccessful, the player will be rejected on the team, and the fans will no longer support him.

Like the transfer farce of another super shooter this summer, Ronaldo publicly announced in June that he wanted to wear a Barcelona jersey, which made Chairman Eindhoven embarrassed at both ends, he did not want to let Ronaldo go, even in front of him It is a quotation of 20 million US dollars, but the fans are already clamoring to let the Brazilians get out of it. What's more dramatic is that Barcelona President Nunes does not force the introduction of Ronaldo. On the one hand, it is expensive, on the other hand, it feels last season. Ronaldo was troubled by his injury. He scored efficiently in the Dutch League. This was determined by the overall attack and defensive style environment of Dutch football. The Dutch rich shooter was derived from this, and Nunes’ assistant was the one who contributed to the transfer. And the England coach Bobby Robson who plays New Barcelona.

With these two players' public transfer statements, Arsenal thought they had the initiative, so after the £12 million offer was sent, there was no movement, waiting for Aldridge to relax.

But Aldridge was really suffocated. After refusing the offer, he did not say whether the player would leave or stay.

It took so long, so much so that Dane couldn't sit still and took the initiative to come to Aldridge's office to ask what happened to the player's transfer.

Aldridge told the opponent very plainly: Millwall’s money invested in these two players did not exceed 5 million pounds. Millwall is a small temple, but we also have the guts. This kind of player who lacks respect for the club, I will put him in the reserve team for four years and I will not regret it. I will still give him the salary.

If Piret and Vieira could even call Aldridge and said quietly that they wanted a transfer, there was no need for other reasons. Aldridge's transfer fee was slightly compromised and they would let them go.

But his mother threatened the club with a paper transfer statement. It was a humiliation to Millwall. Aldridge would not compromise.

Dane was soft first, and Arsenal couldn't sink anymore. He directly asked Aldridge how much money to release.

Aldridge said a price of 20 million pounds.

"12.5 million."

"19.5 million."

"13 million."

"19 million."

"13 million."

"20000000!"

Dane finally gritted his teeth to reach agreement with Aldridge.

Pires and Vieira transferred to Arsenal together, the total transfer fee: 14.5 million pounds.