The Young Lion

After finishing the business, Dr. Thompson got up and left, but Adam still sat in his seat.

Adam, if it's still the topic just now, I'm not going to discuss it with you. Some money can be saved if it can be saved, and some money can't be saved at all.

Aldridge's position on the construction of the medical department will not be shaken by money, let alone take half a step back.

Adam shook his head and said: No, boss, the builder Rodel has been coming to our door every day since the day before yesterday, urging us to fulfill the new stadium contract. He claimed that if we delay any longer, he will sue us for breach of contract.

Aldrich suddenly realized, he leaned on the boss chair and pondered for a while, then took out a document from the drawer and handed it to Adam, saying: This is a design book I asked Andrew to do a few months ago, I plan to put it in The land of the new stadium is used to build a youth training base, and after it is completed, it will be listed as a youth academy, named Leo.

Adam took the plan and flipped through it. There was a bird's-eye view in it. Except for the training ground, other building facilities were marked.

He murmured: Leo, Leo. Lions youth training base? It's in line with Millwall's tradition.

After closing the proposal, he looked up at Aldridge, shook his head and said, Boss, the land was originally used to build a stadium, and the total project including the land was close to 20 million pounds. Now you say it will be converted into a youth training base. Contractors would disagree, it's clearly not in the interest of building the stadium, and they'd see it as prevarication.

Aldrich knew about the plans for the new stadium. Except that the land belonged to the Millwall club, the payment for other engineering projects was not paid, but the contract was signed, so the project has been delayed.

Now it seems that those contractors are in a hurry. If the delay continues, their profits will become less and less, and they will lose money if things go wrong, because the cost is soaring over time.

Aldrich took out another document from the drawer, handed it to Adam and said: This is a design drawing of the new stadium, which is not yet mature, but the approximate scale will not change. Go and tell those contractors. Help us build a youth training base and a new stadium. Millwall will definitely build it in the future. It will be a bigger project than originally planned. We can sign a contract with them first, and continue to cooperate with them when we have funds. That way, they’re going to make a lot of money.”

Adam took the file and opened it, which surprised him again. The magnificent renderings showed a modern stadium, and the marked information clearly stated: capacity 65,000 people.

Adam thought that the balance in the club's account was less than 20 million pounds. It would be impossible to build such a stadium without 100 million pounds. No one can tell how much the cost will rise in the future.

Aldrich is the boss, and he doesn't need to hold a shareholder meeting to deal with the board of directors. Adam, a part-time worker, is also relatively relaxed, and he will do whatever the boss asks him to do.

Taking two plans, Adam left. Before leaving, he reminded Aldrich that according to Millwall’s influence only in East London, even if a stadium with more than 60,000 people is built, the attendance rate may reach 50% at most. .

Aldridge is not going to build a new stadium soon, just plan for a rainy day.

After finalizing the construction of the club's coaching staff and medical system, Aldridge continued to stay in London. He was going to participate in the evening party held by the English Football Coaches Association at the end of the season. After all, he was going to receive the award.

In the new weekend, Aldridge had no interest in the news of the League One play-offs, but just followed up and paid attention. Middlesbrough and Bolton broke into the play-off finals, and the final game of the Premier League staged a thrilling scene.

Blackburn led the next game at Anfield under the leadership of Dalglish. In the case of a one-goal lead, Blackburn was reversed by the Red Army before the end of the game. Liverpool did not deliberately release water in order to fulfill Dalglish, and Blackburn Anxiously awaiting the outcome of the Manchester United game at Anfield, with the trophy slipping through their fingers if United win.

The Red Devils came to East London in the final game to challenge the desperate Hammers. Ferguson's team failed to rewrite the score of 1:1 in 90 minutes, and watched the Premier League title being won by Blackburn. , while West Ham United was joyful up and down, preventing Manchester United from winning the championship. It cannot be said that they are more excited than they won the championship themselves, but they are so excited that they cannot extricate themselves.

The curtain fell on the Premier League, Blackburn won the Premier League title in history, the meritorious coach Dalglish retired, and Blackburn owner Jack Walker uttered a famous saying after winning the championship: This championship, let people find it on the map of the UK. Blackburn.

Blackburn's Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton's SAS striker performed impeccably this season. Shearer scored 34 goals to win the top scorer, and Sutton also proved it with 15 goals. own worth.

And Manchester United obviously lost the league championship because of the inability of the striker in a key battle. After the game, the Manchester media all lamented that if they had Cantona and a better striker, how could the little West Ham United be able to stop it? The Red Devils countdown to reverse and win the championship?

In the FA Cup final, Manchester United lost to Everton. After dominating the Premier League for two consecutive years, the Red Devils have lost all four players this season!

The Premier League has passed, and the curtain has fallen on the European arena.

Arsenal, which changed coaches in the middle, slipped down the standings in the league, but they made great strides in the European arena. However, in the final battle of defending the European Cup Winners Cup, they lost to Zaragoza from La Liga in overtime and unfortunately won the runner-up.

The Italian team continued to perform strongly, Parma won the UEFA Cup, AC Milan also broke into the Champions League final, but unfortunately lost to another young team: Ajax!

When Ajax ascended the throne of the king of Europe, the whole world was exclaiming that the era of the Ajax dynasty was coming.

Just look at this team's roster.

Van der Sar, 25.

Rezig, 22.

The 25-year-old De Boer brothers.

19-year-old Seedorf.

Davis, 22.

22-year-old Peter Pan Overmars.

Litmanen, 24.

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People are guessing how long such a team of Ajax will rule European football, plus Dutch players are regarded as a reliable guarantee of hard currency in the transfer market, Ajax has a steady stream of excellent hematopoietic ability, Ajax The dynastic era seems inevitable.

Rome wasn't built in a day, but it can be destroyed in a day.

Ajax never imagined that just one year later, their dynasty foundation fell apart. The Bosman rule ended the closed era of the European football transfer market, and the era of spewing player circulation is coming.

At the dinner of the English Football Coaches Association, Aldridge appeared in a suit and leather shoes. Before the awards began, Aldridge received the most interviews compared to other League One coaches.

Among them, Richard of the Daily Mail chased him even more fiercely, and he was about to ask a summer signing target, while Thomson of the Sun asked a lot of questions outside the topic, such as Some paparazzi discovered that he was dating a young and beautiful girl on the street hand in hand. When will the club's new stadium plan that was shelved be restarted.

But there was one question that surprised Aldrich.

Mr. Hall, Millwall's outstanding performance last season also earned you a nickname: the coach killer. What do you think about this?

Coach killer? What do you mean?

According to statistics, last season you led the team to play against 28 different head coaches, and after fighting with you, four head coaches were dismissed, namely Derby County, Watford, Arsenal, and Swindon. The coach of the team.

Aldridge laughed dumbfounded.

Derby County got off to a bad start, suffered a big defeat at the Lions Den Stadium, and the team coach was fired.

Watford completely missed the promotion to the play-offs after their confrontation with Millwall at the end of the season, and the coach was fired for this.

Arsenal has nothing to do with the record. Although Aldridge's Millwall stopped Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup, if George Graham hadn't been dismissed because of the black gold scandal, I'm afraid it was a coincidence. After all, Graham was banned from coaching the team by the FA for one year.

Swindon was relegated two grades in a row and there was an intra-team conflict scandal in the last round of the game. It is understandable that the coach was fired.

Aldrich got the nickname of Coach Killer, which made him dumbfounded.

After low-key saying that everything was just a coincidence, Aldrich walked into the venue of the dinner.

He was not the focus, but he became the focus because of the approach of an old man.

Ferguson came over with a dark face, Aldridge was a little helpless, it was Dalglish who stole your championship, no, it should be said that Manchester United did not live up to it, and in the end they won the championship and lost the championship. What is there to complain about?

But Ferguson's black face was placed in front of Aldridge.

Look at them, sycophant.

Ferguson glanced at Dalglish, who was surrounded by stars, and was also mixed with Kevin Keegan, who also had Liverpool blood.

Aldridge rubbed his nose to hold back a laugh.

If the championship trophy is in your arms, you will not be short of sycophants.

Ferguson pulled Aldrich aside, and said straight to the point: Larson, make an offer, Aldrich, I have always regarded you as a friend.

How much can Manchester United pay?

Aldridge did not refuse.

Ferguson's eyes lit up. The Red Devils will have a big change this summer, and the transfer fee is not a big problem. He is ready to sell Mark Hughes, Paul Ince, Kanchelski and others.

Five million pounds. You can earn almost four million pounds a year. You should be satisfied. After all, Larson has not passed the test of the Premier League.

Aldridge waved his hand and said, I'm not talking about the transfer fee, but the weekly salary. How much weekly salary can Manchester United give Larson?

Ferguson was slightly stunned, narrowed his eyes after pondering for a few seconds and said, Ten thousand pounds.

Aldridge shrugged and said, Then you can persuade Larson to cut his salary and join.

Huh? How much does he make at Millwall?

The maximum salary in the team is 15,000 pounds.

Ferguson widened his eyes in disbelief and said, You're crazy!

Who is Manchester United's highest paid player?

Cantona, with a weekly salary of 20,000 pounds.

And next, Schmeichel, 18,000 pounds, and the next level is 13,000 pounds. Young players like Beckham, Scholes, Giggs, etc., never exceed 4,000 pounds. Roy Keane and Andy Cole, who were bought at a high price, were only paid a weekly salary of 10,000 pounds.

It’s not that Manchester United can’t afford to offer Larsson a contract of 15,000 yuan or more, but the status of the team has always been linked to salary. If Larsson can get 15,000 yuan at Manchester United, it will definitely break the salary balance. It's not just one or two players who will have their salaries raised by then.

Ferguson understood, Aldridge never refused him, but directly blocked the possibility of transfer.

He was a little confused, this handsome young man in front of him, he or him, who is the most cunning and cunning?

Aldridge, can you tell me Millwall's salary budget for next season?

Aldridge smiled slightly and said, I'll just tell you the exact figures. Next season, the team's salary expenditure should be between £10 million and £15 million.

Ferguson's eyes widened. Even the top teams in the Premier League couldn't compare to such a level of expenditure.

How many players in your team earn more than 10,000 a week?

Not many, almost the main lineup is more than 10,000 pounds.

Millwall is rich! Do you make £10m a season?

I don't know. Last season's net income was probably less than 10 million pounds. This season should be more. Alas, this season must be losing money. It doesn't matter, I don't care.

Ferguson backed down. He was not only interested in Larson. Several players wanted to take over Manchester United. Unfortunately, the wages were too high. As a wealthy Manchester United, it would be too embarrassing if they asked the players to cut their salaries to join. up.

But he didn't care about Aldridge in his heart. According to the opponent's way of doing things, the club would collapse sooner or later!