The Young Lion

The expressions of the players are wonderful!

Startled, suspicious, worried, sluggish, dazed...

It seems that there is a haze in the hearts of all players.

Such a club with no honor in the past century, what is there to congratulate for coming here? What is there to be happy about?

Aldridge glanced at the players in front of him, a smile appeared on his handsome face.

He shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: Actually, when I first took over this club, my expression was probably similar to yours. I really want to ask my family, why didn't they buy the damn Manchester United? Isn't it Liverpool, England's king of Europe? Why not me on the turf at Highbury? Why? Yeah, why? You, maybe you think so too, you should go to Juventus, to Real Madrid, to AC Milan, or Roma Lazio. Right here The ten minutes I spent comfortably in the tub, I figured it out.

Having said that, Aldridge paused. In front of him, even Beckham and Phil Neville, who had nothing to do with themselves, stared at him intently.

All 26 players wanted to know what Aldridge was trying to figure out.

Aldridge put away his smile, and said in a serious voice: If I were the head coach of Manchester United, Liverpool, or Arsenal, I think even if I won the Premier League next season or won the European Champions Cup, But, so what? People will still talk about the legendary Busby, people will still recall the Red Army built by Shankly, who would dare to compare Chapman's contribution to leading Europe? When I became a champion coach , I can’t be proud, I can’t show off, otherwise someone will pat me on the shoulder and laugh: Aldrich, what are you? Manchester United rebuilt their dynasty from the Munich air crash, and Paisley led Liverpool to win nearly 20 championships in 9 years Trophies, three times on the top of Europe, even Arsenal, Graham is commendable in the past few years, and Aldridge, you kid is so proud! Hehe, if we are in the giants, it will be so sad, we will never be able to Surpassing the predecessors, our miracles and our brilliance are more or less scattered by the previous history, so I would like to congratulate you for coming to a club that has not won a championship for a century. This is me and you creating miracles and belonging to us The most suitable place for legend!

Looking at Aldridge, who raised his head and was full of fighting spirit, the players looked at each other, as if a hot flame rose in everyone's eyes.

Who doesn't want to have their own legend?

Aldridge continued to say loudly: Coming to Millwall, this is the right choice for you. If I were a talented player like you, I wouldn't be licking my face and begging to join the giants. What do I do there? It depends on people. Whispering eyes? Sitting on a cold bench? Fighting alone during garbage time when teammates have lost their fighting spirit? Then at the end of the season like a clown in the corner watching the main players lift the championship trophy? That kind of championship is coming What's the point? I don't care for champions who donate to me, or champions who come here for nothing! I just want to pick the trophy myself, and then show off the medal openly!

Hearing this, the 26 players have already resonated, and many of them can't help but nod their heads!

Aldridge smiled suddenly, his expression became relaxed, he paced in front of the players, and said lightly: The outsiders are laughing at me for spending more than ten million pounds to buy a circus, ha ha, I don't mind, not at all Don't mind, because soon after, your performance on the pitch will tell the world that you are the best players, no, stars, superstars! Forget Maradona, Platini, Matthaus, Zico, Fan Basten, please.

In the next ten or twenty years, European football and world football, you are the protagonists! You are Uranus superstars that everyone knows! At that time, you must be rich and wealthy, heroes admired by fans, and even surrounded by enviable beauties, maybe more than one. Later, you will be legends that people talk about. Of course, I may be mistaken sometimes, but I think it should not be difficult for you to produce at least a dozen of them out of more than 20 people. Looking back at the past years later, I regret infinitely in the mirror, but don't blame others, who made this kind of loser live up to the talent given by God? Ninety-nine percent of the sweat, people with perseverance can do it, but too many people who are willing to work hard, but don't have one percent of your talent, so if you are slack and eventually fail to be on the green Leaving a brilliant figure on the field, it really makes people sigh, oh no, there is nothing to sigh, people who give up on themselves and don't think about making progress are worse than shit.

These words surprised more than twenty players.

They never expected that Aldridge would praise them so much. Perhaps players in their twenties like Nedved and Larson would not be fooled by Aldridge's rhetoric, but other seventeen or eighteen-year-old players, they But they are still young players with dreams. Naturally, they are very excited. They can't wait to start training now, and then play football until the World Cup finals...

From now on, you'll call me Boss, Gareth.

Aldridge just called Southgate, and the other party immediately shouted: Boss, what's the matter?

Aldridge threw the captain's armband to him from his pocket. After Southgate was stunned for a moment, he only heard Aldridge say: Gareth is the team captain, Henrik.

Larson asked suspiciously, Boss?

Aldrich pointed at him and said, Henrik is the vice-captain. Then, Pavel, you are the third captain.

Nedved seemed a little surprised, but still nodded heavily.

Aldridge's face suddenly became serious again, and he said in a deep voice: My requirements for the team are very simple, first, discipline, second, unity. There are no privileged players in the team, not now, nor in the future, no matter On and off the court, you can come to me for any difficulties you encounter. One thing you need to remember is that no matter what problems arise in the team, they can only be resolved within the team. Playing football is your career, not only your technical ability is required, You also need your professionalism and integrity. Got it?

All the players said in unison: Understood!

Aldridge turned sideways, waved to the coaches behind him, and then introduced to the players: Come and meet the members of the coaching staff. This is Jason Bernard, my assistant coach. These four are in turn It's Bob, Craig, Tolop, Leo, the first team coach, and the other coaches. You'll get to know each other in different training programs. Don't underestimate them because they look young. I can Tell you, they are from Ajax, they have been there for four years or more as coaches, they will train you to be the top stars in the world, don't doubt it.

Hearing that these young coaches are all from Ajax, the 26 players are in awe. In any case, Ajax's training level is top-notch in Europe.

At the end of the official meeting, Aldrich gave an order, and the team started training. First, they jogged around the field to warm up, while he stood aside to watch the performance of the players.

Under the leadership of the three captains, the other players did not dare to be lazy, and the 26 players jogged around the field in an orderly manner.

The young Barack seemed to be in the clouds, and whispered to Schneider, who was one size smaller than him, Hey, I'm afraid I will never forget today in my life.

Schneider winked and said: I didn't even know that I had the talent to become a top star.

He is already 21 years old and previously played for the German second division team.

For them, the first official meeting with Aldridge on the training ground has become an indelible fragment in their memories.

Aldridge naturally inspired them, but also knew the fact that a future must become a reality.

England can't keep these people!

Even in the 1970s, since Tottenham won the UEFA Cup, Europe has entered the era of England's dominance. Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, and Aston Villa have reached the top of Europe seven times in total, and this is not counting the other two major cups. , but in the five years after the Heysel tragedy, English football suffered a heavy blow. Liverpool, which returned to the Champions League for the first time after the ban was lifted in 1991, failed to even pass the qualifiers. The investment in the transfer market has been reduced due to the reduction of investment in the transfer market, which has greatly reduced the competitiveness of English clubs.

In the era when English clubs failed to qualify for the three major European cups, Serie A flourished and gradually became the well-deserved first league in Europe. In this era when Serie A ruled the roost of Europa, it happened to be the age when Aldridge's players grew up. For many aspiring players among them, Serie A is the highest league they are yearning for, not England, which seems to be struggling. Even the Premier League is not attractive enough.

Like Pavel Nedved, if it weren't for his lack of an EU passport and Italy's restrictions on the transfer of non-European players, he might not even consider joining Aldridge. Even in the time and space that Aldridge has experienced, Ned Wade still took the risk of going to court with a fake passport to land in Serie A. For players of their era, Serie A is the highest stage where masters gather.

Aldridge was standing on the sidelines, and Jansen teased him, I didn't even know your words were so deceptive.

Aldrich said without changing his face: I'm telling the truth, the truth!

After Janson smiled, he suddenly said solemnly: Next season, it will be difficult. The Premier League announced that there will only be 20 places in the Super League next season, so next season, four teams in the Premier League will be relegated, and we are in In League One, there are only two places for promotion, so the competition will be more intense than before.

Thinking of this, Aldrich also felt a little unlucky, it can be said that his luck was bad.

Since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992, it has been planning to reduce the number of Premier League places from 22 teams to 20, but damn it, it happened not last year, nor the year after, but next season. Aldridge just caught up .

This makes the competition in League One next season very fierce. When Aldrich roughly analyzed the competition situation next season yesterday, he found that there are quite a few competitors.

The three teams relegated from the Premier League last season: Sheffield United, Oldham, Swindon.

I am afraid that Swindon's embarrassing record of conceding 100 goals in the Premier League last season will make it difficult for this team to be competitive in League One. The other two teams should not be underestimated.

In addition, there are not many players with super strength in the first division: Middlesbrough, Reading, Bolton, Wolves, Derby County, Watford and so on.

And there are only two places for promotion next season, so it will not be easy to break out of the encirclement.