The Young Lion

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When the lights came on, Aldrich drove Ivan to the Maxim's restaurant in the city. Brady and his long-lost friend Saul waited for them in the restaurant one step ahead of time.

Sol held the order list and pretended to have lingering fear, and said, If you don't come, the two of us will have to pee and leave. It's too expensive here.

Aldridge and Ivan sat down side by side, and he asked curiously, What have you been up to lately?

Saul took out a business card and handed it to Aldrich, and said with a smile, I'm doing an internship.

Aldridge took a look, the photojournalist.

Very well, these friends have also reached the age of starting a family and starting a business, and he is very happy about it.

After ordering, the four chatted with each other about the current situation.

Brady's website is already online, the cost is not large, the website is not large, and he is not well-known. He has been very busy recently. I can’t afford advertisements, but the British tabloid culture is deeply rooted. When commuters take the subway, even if they don’t pay for newspapers, they will get a free tabloid. Brady’s promotion is to make good friends with some staff who distribute tabloids Relationships, or tips, clip their flyers in the newspaper and give them out.

Aldrich discussed with him a lot about his website construction content, in fact, he just told him some successful football network media templates.

Brady nodded frequently, and even took out his notebook halfway to write down the development suggestions Aldrich said.

Originally, he just wanted to integrate traditional media resources to create an online football media information platform, but under the inspiration of Aldrich's whimsy, he gradually had a prototype of a football portal in his mind, not just a one-way one. Information publishing platform.

In the end, Brady asked Aldrich to write him exclusive game reviews on a regular basis through their friendship. Among friends, Aldridge will certainly not refuse, anyway, his own profession requires him to read a lot of games every week. If he has time, he will be involved in many top competitions in mainstream European leagues. He can also watch live broadcasts. If the distance is close, he will also go to watch the game, such as the England Derby, North London Derby and other games. It is not difficult to write some watching notes by the way.

After a pleasant dinner. Aldridge drove Yiwen home, but halfway he learned that Yiwen had become neighbors with him,

Because of her employment at Millwall Club, her position as a department manager is enough to make her an executive. So she got an apartment in the club complex, which was just across from Aldrich's house.

Perhaps the players are in awe of Aldridge, so the apartment opposite his house has always been empty. No player chooses there when choosing an apartment, and now there is an owner.

the following days. Millwall's focus began to shift, and the league was dominated by youth teams, but Aldridge insisted on letting Larsson start, and the frontcourt offense revolved around him, trying to create more scoring opportunities for him. The main lineup will mainly deal with the strong dialogue and the FA Cup. When the European Cup Winners Cup quarterfinals rekindle in March, they will enter the final sprint stage of the season.

After starting in February, Yiwen officially started working, because the club’s official website is not an entertainment website after all, so the content is all about the club and football topics, the workload is not heavy, and she also needs to serve as the first host of Millwall TV People, as for when to step down, it depends on the workload and the development scale of the club.

Therefore, starting from February, the club will gather materials for publicity, and will take time to interview the staff in the club after team training. To promote the culture of this club.

Even in the era of no championship for a hundred years, including the dark age when football hooligans were in full swing, the introduction will not be evasive, because it is part of the English football culture, and it is impossible for you to beautify or justify it forever. recognized by the outside world.

At the beginning of February, the team ushered in a big victory after suffering two consecutive draws in the league. Now the Premier League teams face Millwall, most of them will use defensive counterattack tactics, which makes Millwall send young players to play. Encountered a lot of trouble, the tough battle was extremely hard, and if you don’t pay attention, you will be attacked by your opponent. Fortunately, Larson supported the offensive scene and helped the team not to lose. After two consecutive draws, The psychological pressure on the young players began to increase, and Aldridge would let the strongest team attack to win a victory, relieve the psychological pressure of the players, protect the players' psychology to the greatest extent, and also make the young players full of fighting spirit and realize The gap between them and the main players, try to catch up.

After one day of training, Aldridge, who was wearing the club's dark blue training uniform, had just returned to the office. Ivan walked in with a group of staff. He had made an appointment to do an interview this evening, which would be broadcast on the club's TV station. It will be published on the club's official website.

This kind of interview naturally starts with the head coach.

Aldrich looked at Ivan, who was neatly dressed in office underwear, and had a strange sense of vision. He lamented that time flies, and that little girl back then has a bit of mature femininity.

The camera lens was placed in the corner and aimed at Aldrich, and Aldrich sat in front of the desk with a chair, without changing clothes or makeup, and naturally sat opposite to Ivan.

Both of them felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange at first, but soon they chatted and there was no embarrassment, and they quickly entered the state.

Aldrich begins with the story of the Hall family's support for Millwall from their grandfather's generation, some of which existed in his memory and some of which he heard from Arthur's mouth. Wall has formed a relationship with this club since the day he was born, and this feeling has been passed down from generation to generation. In Aldridge's generation, he did not talk about his feelings for the club, and the topic came to an end when he came to him.

From taking over the club to having the opportunity to aspire to the first top league championship in the club's history two and a half years later, looking back on this journey, Aldridge has a lot of emotion, and will openly talk about some troubles he encountered.

What's the biggest problem?

In every transfer period, Manchester United will take the trouble to send Larson an offer approaching the transfer record.

The loss of four key players was a blow to Millwall last summer.

Even now that the team is performing so well, Aldridge still firmly believes that if the four did not leave. Millwall will be stronger.

At least on the front line, although Pires has Shevchenko on top, he can glance at the bench. Phillips, Tony. Van Nistelrooy, Glenshire, these players are either immature, or have limited positions and technical characteristics on the field.

Thankfully for Millwall, there have been no major injuries to players up front this season.

But Millwall had a transfer income of 30 million pounds last summer. This money is enough for the club to introduce two or three top players, even if some of them are used to invest in the construction of the new stadium. But the introduction of one or two players is supplementary. The lineup should be fine, why didn't you do that?

Facing Ivan’s question, Aldridge was silent for a moment and then said: “In the past, football clubs were like public welfare organizations. They symbolized honor and the spirit of different cultures, but now, football clubs have begun to become enterprises, and many clubs have chosen IPO, of course. These clubs will defend themselves that it is for financing, so that they have money to buy better players and make the team more competitive, but in the stock market, there is no such thing as a non-profit organization Representative. Those bosses tell the outside world with their actions that football has become an investment and a money-making machine just like real estate. But this is not what I am after. I do not deny the importance of money to football, but I do not agree with this This kind of development model, especially for clubs like Millwall who do not have strong capital, we have already incurred a debt of nearly 200 million yuan, which we plan to pay off within 15 years, which makes us unable to shake the foundation of the club hastily.

Yiwen immediately asked: What do you think is the foundation of Millwall?

Aldridge said in a deep voice: The development model of self-cultivation of talents. The outside world is saying that Millwall lacks experience, and I think so too. Many players in the team have no experience in European competitions, but the national team's experience in major competitions will make up for it. Now, we have a very good lineup, Southgate, Makelele, Nedved, Larsson, there are top players on every line, they are an important pillar of the club's development, I hope they can last for a long time Staying here will not only keep the team competitive, but also serve as a role model for young players and help young players grow. I think in three to five years, Millwall will be on the right track. We can Keep cultivating one or two outstanding players into the first team every season to form a virtuous circle. Therefore, our foundation is youth training, rather than going to the transfer market for big gambles. Once a club like us pays more than a thousand £10,000 transfer fee, buying one or two players who don't fit into the team, would hit the club hard, not just financially, but for the team as a whole, as it would limit young players' chances to play , Compress their team space, instead of gambling, I would rather believe in the players we have carefully cultivated, give them opportunities, let them see hope here, and have the ideal of always playing for the club and achieving glory here, forever Stay here.

Aldridge focused on explaining the development policy of the club, and also wanted to play a youth training sign for Millwall. In the future, many young players will not be able to succeed in the original club. Most of them are caused by the original club's strong signings. A signal: Millwall will give young players more chances.

And at the same time, this signal must be based on their achievements.

A better phenomenon is that young players like Pirlo, Shevchenko, Capdevila, Bout and other young players can succeed here, which is the best advertisement, while Lampard, Ferdinand and others who have not yet made their debut , will also have the same effect, because they will have more and more opportunities to play in the future.

In addition to youth training, Aldridge also talked about management and constraints on players, training plans, club prospects and other topics.

Whether as the coach or the owner, he must be the most important figure who has the most thoughts and directly affects the development of the club. The interview lasted for almost four hours and did not end until dark.

When the camera was turned off, Yiwen also showed a trace of tiredness. She looked at the time and smiled at Aldrich: Shall I treat you to dinner tonight?

Aldrich declined with a smile. He has a date with Melanie tonight. Fortunately, she got off work late, otherwise he would miss the appointment.

Knowing that Aldrich was going on a date with Melanie, Ivan left with a smile, but showed a sad face after walking out of the office. (m)