The Young Lion

All the forty-six rounds of the League One League had come to an end, and it was only waiting for the four teams to fight each other and decide a play-off champion to enter the Premier League. On the night after the league ended, Aldrich called a meeting in the team training hotel. all players.

In the usually serious tactical conference room, Aldrich, like his colleagues on the coaching staff, talked and laughed relaxedly in suits and ties.

The players who came one after another have different clothes. After all, in summer, everyone wears casual clothes. Only slightly older players like Southgate and Nedved will wear more formal clothes.

Except for Ruud van Nistelrooy and Luca Toni who played very few games last season, most of the other players have integrated into the life of the Millwall club and can sincerely regard themselves as a part of it.

After the players sat down in the conference room, Aldridge pressed his hands down, and the scene immediately became quiet. The players stared at Aldridge with smiles on their faces. A season has passed, and even they themselves thought it was incredible. Wall will have such a good time.

Playing football, winning is the source of happiness. At the same time, self-improvement also means career advancement. Coupled with their current income level, they cannot be said to be comparable to superstars, but overall they are 20% higher than ordinary top league players. Above.

Originally I planned to do a season summary at today's meeting, but looking at it now, it is not necessary at all. We won the championship. This is the reward for our hard work in the past season, isn't it?

After Aldrich finished speaking, applause and cheers erupted from the audience.

You must be anxious to go on vacation, hehe, I am the same, so, let me make a long story short, first, based on your performance last season, I and other coaches wrote a recommendation letter to the Football Association of your country, recommending you to enter the national team, Of course, many of you are still young, and it is also an honor to enter the national echelon of the lower age group.

Speaking of this, many young players' eyes lit up in the audience, and they were extremely happy.

They did not expect that Aldridge would actually do this.

The club and the national team have always had many conflicts, but it cannot be said to be a hostile relationship. After all, the more international players the club has, the greater the club's reputation, but the national team does not pay the players. Risk of player injury and fatigue.

Aldridge did this, to put it bluntly, to please the players. His team will be on the bigger stage of the Premier League next season. Why not make a good impression on them, enhance the relationship, and make the boat go smoothly?

In this regard, he is really not hypocritical. In the recommendation letters of many players, he wrote very detailed, including the characteristics of the players themselves and the role of different positions to adapt to the game tactics, plus game performance data and video highlights, etc. As for whether his recommendation letter will be taken seriously when sent to the national football associations, Aldridge doesn't care, he does his best to obey the destiny, and he has a clear conscience if he does his job well.

Aldridge continued with a smile: Next season, I think, we can challenge for the championship trophy, but that is too far away, you can go now, take your family to have a pleasant holiday. Oh, yes Larson, if you don't mind, the club will send someone to collect the award for the best player in League One for you. Of course, if you are willing to stay in London for a few more days, you can be my company.

Larson shook his head with a smile. That award was selected by the English Professional Sports Football Association, and there are leagues at all levels, while other awards in England,

Millwall is definitely out.

The players got up one after another, and before walking out of the conference room, some waved to Aldridge, some made a joke, some gave a warm hug and so on.

After waiting for the players to leave, Aldridge turned to Jenson and said, When are you leaving?

This summer, Aldridge still has to continue the business of poaching. In order to enrich the coaching staff of each echelon and implement his tactical philosophy, new coaches, coaches with offensive factors are essential.

Jenson went back to Holland for vacation with a mission. He was going to Ajax to recruit a group of new coaches to Millwall.

The day after tomorrow, the club's summer training is on July 18th, and I promise that the newly promoted coaches will report in the first week of July.

Okay, have a great holiday!

Aldridge shook hands with the coaching staff one by one, and then he walked to his office alone.

Most of the other staff in the hotel were also on vacation, and the sound of his footsteps echoed in the empty corridor, and Aldrich was thinking while walking.

The importance of coaches is self-evident, especially in England, a football soil full of examination-oriented education system, it is difficult for England to produce the kind of talented players who shock the world. Even if they are famous for a while, most of them are young When he entered the first team, he gradually became mediocre.

A big factor is England's training mode and teaching philosophy. Even after ten years of the Premier League's dominance in the European arena, fans rarely see English players with distinctive characteristics. There are only a handful of outstanding players. At the peak of their careers, talented youngsters are mostly praised as comprehensive by the outside world. In fact, no top technical characteristics can be found from these players, but the familiar stories are one after another that hurt Zhongyong.

Aldridge doesn’t like English coaches. He prefers to build Dutch coaches who can guide players to show their talents. It takes ten years to cultivate people and a hundred years to cultivate people. Football coaches are the group of people who establish the tradition and genes of the team. This is far more important than the transfer market. It is more important to be wise and discerning. Otherwise, even if Aldridge can buy a football genius, he will be taught to be a mediocrity in the end, it will be a great regret and pain.

Pushing open the door of the office, Aldrich walked in.

There are two people sitting across the desk, club CEO Adam and medical director Thompson.

The two got up one after another, and Aldrich waved his hand and said: We are all acquaintances, there is no need to be polite. I am looking for you two today, and there is something that needs your cooperation.

Aldridge went around and sat down behind the desk, and said straight to the point: Dr. Thompson, the discipline of sports medicine only emerged in the UK in the early 1990s. Medical talents in this field must be rare, and now the club only has five winners. I don't think there are enough doctors with professional licenses, far from enough.

Dr. Thompson, who is in his thirties, is handsome and looks like a scholar. He stroked his glasses and said, Sir, I want to know what is your basis? In the past season, the club's players did not show any major problems. Injuries, and the injured players are treated with the best care, and the recovery is always better than expected.

Aldrich nodded, pondered for a moment and said: Doctor Thompson, I am not a professional medical student. I have spent some time in the past to understand this knowledge. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Thompson nodded. He respected the young boss opposite. His status in the club was much higher than that of his peers. In some other big clubs, doctors specializing in sports medicine were excluded. Even if they were hired by the club, they had to work a lot part-time Work, such as carrying luggage for players, placing sports equipment, etc., to put it bluntly, is actually the distrust of emerging science by traditional clubs, especially for many old and stubborn coaches. Doctors put forward many professional medical explanations, but the head coach can’t understand them at all. Aldridge respects Thompson's professional opinion very much. In the past season, Thompson had a very happy time at Millwall.

Aldridge said slowly: Doctors have been able to judge the sports that an athlete is engaged in based on the injured part and the injury - if a person's spine cannot bend, he may be a snooker player. It is caused by maintaining an upright and bent posture at the end of the bar for a long time. After long-term training and competitions, the ears of wrestlers are swollen like fungus; lumbar disc herniation is an occupational disease of sand volleyball players; retinal damage has always troubled divers and swimmers Marfan's syndrome, stress fractures in long-distance runners, yellow heart in shooters, dissociative disorder in sumo wrestlers, cervical spondylitis in gymnasts, tenosynovitis in tennis players, if one suffers from the above All the symptoms mentioned, then he is probably a footballer. Right?

Dr. Thompson opened his eyes slightly, and nodded after a long silence.

Football players have a high probability of being injured, and the injuries are difficult to predict. It can even be said that football has promoted the development of medical science, and let more people know that the meniscus, metatarsal bone, soleus muscle, and cruciate ligament all grow in the human body. The location of the toe fracture, groin strain, thigh tear, abdominal muscle spasm, calf muscle strain, knee ligament strain, hip injury, right (left) spinal muscle strain, etc. Encyclopedia Britannica can not fit technical terms.

Aldridge asked calmly: There are so many names of injuries that make one's scalp tingle, my question is very simple, can our medical department fully cope with these injuries? Can my players receive the best medical treatment? treatment?

Thompson's face darkened, and he shook his head feebly.

The sub-disciplines of modern medicine are becoming more and more detailed, one of which is proficient is an expert. Almost every bone and every piece of flesh in the football player's body, including nerves, ligaments and other places that cannot be seen by the eyes, will be injured. A doctor seems to do all of this, it is simply whimsical.

Aldrich spread his hands, and said lightly: Look, what I want to express is this. We must expand the scale of the medical department and do everything possible to avoid misdiagnosis and incorrect treatment in the future. My players are healthy. So, I plan to add fifteen more doctors who specialize in sports medicine.

Boss, this budget!

Adam immediately objected. He felt that Aldrich wanted to build a hospital for the club, which was a bit exaggerated.

Aldridge turned his head to look at Adam, and said softly, Adam, do you know how much a star will be worth in the future?

Adam shook his head.

Let me tell you, 10 million pounds can only be regarded as the transfer value of ordinary players in England. For real stars, the transfer value will be between 25 million pounds and 50 million pounds. So, I am not talking to you. Discuss the importance of the medical department. From a commercial point of view, if a player is destroyed by an injury, we will lose tens of millions of pounds virtually. If many players fall in front of the injury, then our The loss is astronomical! Keep your doubts about the player's worth hidden in your heart, we will wait and see, time will give the answer.

PS: Thank you Nanxi Old Man for your tip!