The Young Lion

In Ajax, there are many young coaches who hold temporary contracts, especially in the youth team echelon, so it is not difficult to dig people.

Most of these young coaches are people who were previously selected by Ajax but have fallen behind in training and growth. The failure to become a professional player does not mean that their tactical literacy and football knowledge are not up to the standard. On the contrary, Ajax is full of Where the football genes are, even a piece of turf seems to be full of football wisdom.

Jenson contacted many peers. They lived in Amsterdam very close. When Aldridge came here to study a few years ago, he had been in friendship with many people, but it was not as strong as the shared Jenson.

Under the persuasion of Jenson, many people were tempted. In addition to the substantial improvement in treatment, they were extremely tempted that they would work in the first team of a club.

Although Ajax are Dutch giants, but they work in the youth team, they are not as good as the first team, and even in fierce competition, many people are unprepared.

Aldridge was in a hurry, so he hurriedly met these people at night and made a promise to fly back to London the next day.

Millwall has already exploded, and the fan community is waiting outside the club to give a statement.

The head coach has resigned and the club has issued a notice.

The team seems to be entering an unprecedented turmoil.

But because the Hall family who is familiar with the neighborhood is the main club, there is no fan trouble.

Aldrich visited the club facilities accompanied by Adam.

The club is very old and the facilities are not perfect enough, even the football club of a few decades ago.

The training ground of the players is rudimentary. It seems that the players come to the game after they come to the team to practice, and then the daily life is uninterested. This is also regarded as the mainstream of English football today. Even the members of the national team are drunk without restraint. Exercise life.

The Lion’s Cave Stadium can continue to be used. Although it is a little smaller, Aldridge cannot put everything in one step.

But he still shook his head in disappointment and said to Adam: "The training site was renovated in a month and a half, and around the training camp, help me see if there are modern facilities in the hotel."

"Huh? Hotel?"

"Well, there must be a gym, meeting room, swimming pool, sauna, massage, restaurant, etc. Starting next season, the team will train daily, except in the training ground, in the hotel."

"In this case, the expenses..."

"Before the new training base was built, I am afraid that such a hotel will be used for a long time. If it is not cost-effective to rent, then buy it, whether it is the name of the club or the name of the Hall family, the money is from the club account expenditure."

The price of land in London is small, and the price of land is large, while East London is a relatively cheap area, which is why dragons and snakes are mixed here.

But a hotel, in the context of the current era, is not necessarily too expensive. It must be won within a million pounds. If it is not in a hurry, Aldridge would rather build a hotel by himself. Of course, at that time, he A new training base must be built.

Adam took out his notebook and took note of Aldridge's command. At the end, Aldridge turned to him and said, "Where is the transfer negotiation team in the club?"

Adam immediately said: "All are out. According to your request, after the players are listed, many clubs have sent transfer intentions, and some have directly quoted."

Aldridge nodded and said in a deep voice: "Wait for them to be busy here, and then let them come to me. Next, it will be a busy time. In addition, the club needs several new departments, the first is medical Department, you come to find sports medicine experts. The second is the diet department. During the time the players are in the club, the diet is controlled by the club. I need scientific and nutritional catering talents. Traditional fries, puddings, and fried fish are not allowed. Appeared on the dining table."

Adam wrote down these requirements again and then asked: "What should I do with the team's coaching staff and scouts?"

"You don't have to worry about this, I will arrange it."

Aldridge met every staff member in the club in the following days, so that the chaotic club quickly stabilized from the inside, and the work of the transfer department also came to an end.

Millwall's original first-team players were sold to more than ten people, and they were only exchanged for £1.8 million. This is not only because of the club's active sell-off, but also because the current player's worth is generally not high.

You know that Crystal Palace’s top shooter Ian Wright transferred to Arsenal for only 2.5 million pounds, and the famous Sheringham three years ago was only worth 2 million pounds.

When the US World Cup is about to kick off, Aldridge and Andrew are screening players in the club.

Next he will start looking for candidates in the transfer market.

Andrew looked at Aldridge sadly, and said anxiously: "Aldridge, there are only a few people in the first team of the club now, and the outside world is very optimistic about Millwall. Adam went to buy a hotel. Under reconstruction, do you know what you say in the newspaper? Say you are fooling around. The football club sold out the players and then went to buy a hotel. Are you going to transform Millwall into a vacation destination?"

Aldridge glanced at the list on the table without looking up, taking Andrew's words as a whisper, and said lightly: "I will bring in players, will anyone come?"

Andrew shook his head frankly, saying: "Milwall has no heritage and is a second-level team. With the turbulence of the club, who would be willing to jump in this fire pit?"

"How about I give players a thousand pounds of weekly salary?"

"This is indeed quite a lot."

"Three thousand pounds."

"There are fewer than five players on this list who can deserve such a salary."

"No, I give these players a minimum of 3,000 pounds and a maximum of 8,000 pounds!"

"You are crazy! This is the salary of the top Premier League players!"

Andrew looked at the calm Aldridge incredulously, and even he doubted whether this younger brother was fooling around wildly!

Aldrich raised his head and said frankly: "I borrowed 30 million pounds from my elder brother, 10 million pounds is the transfer funds, and the other 20 million pounds is the club salary guarantee for the next two years. When the third year, if you still pay No good results, but the club’s income in the first two years is enough to pay for the third year’s salary. If I can’t allow Millwall to go to the Premier League in three years, then I will give up my dream of being a child and be a dude waiting for death. Children."

Andrew was speechless in consternation, and sighed for a long while: "Well, if you plan to lure these players with high wages, I think, no one will refuse, who will refuse to earn a salary of 10 years and 20 years a year What."

Aldrich knew very well that Millwall was poor in the background and background, and even the rogues of football were not well-known, which did not help him to recruit players.

However, in this blank period of football change, the outside world has not yet realized the value of the stars, and even the player group is not aware of how much money they can make, Aldridge has the opportunity to lure with a high salary.

The weekly salary is a minimum of 3,000 pounds and a maximum of 8,000 pounds. What is this concept? With a player of 3,000 pounds a week, the club only needs to pay less than 200,000 pounds in salary each year, and the salary is pre-tax, which has nothing to do with the club.

Even with a weekly salary of 8,000 pounds, the annual club spending does not exceed 500,000 pounds.

But in 1994, it was definitely a jaw-dropping salary.

Before the Bosman Act, what was the weekly salary of the top British star Reinkel?

Five thousand pounds.

Even after the Bosman Act, Manchester United's Beckham was selected to the British national team, what is the weekly salary of him and Keane?

No more than four thousand pounds.

Even the star's salary is only such a pitiful thousands of pounds, so what is the average weekly salary for ordinary players, especially unnamed players?

Most of Aldridge's players to be introduced this time may not have a weekly salary of even one hundred pounds!

In other words, the question that these players will think about when facing the contract is simple, how much money they make!

What Andrew really said: playing Millwall for one year and earning money for ten or twenty years!

Although this description is not appropriate, especially compared to the Jinyuan football in later generations, but at this moment, Audridge does intend to play a fake tyrant wielding pounds.

Maybe some people now despise such behaviors as ridiculing Aldridge, but when the era of rapid development of commercial football is coming, especially when the Premier League is the vanguard, the first thing to taste the sweetness is necessarily the England team, Aldridge naturally does not Will inherit the traditional stinginess of England in this "stingy" era.