The Young Lion

In English football, there are only three giants that have dominated football in the traditional sense, Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal.

And teams like Everton, Tottenham, etc. can only be regarded as important in football, but they are definitely not rich teams. not on.

Aldridge is looking for a powerful figure in contemporary football, and Arsenal are overwhelmed. Halston, who took over the team halfway through last season, has left, and his successor is Bruce Rioch. As for Liverpool, Aldridge has no friendship with the opposing coach Roy Evans, and Gerrard deliberately poked out the fact that he poached three players from the Liverpool youth team in Merseyside. Obviously, Liverpool Will not welcome Aldridge's door.

The only one left to speak is very important, of course, is the Manchester United coach, Ferguson who is about to usher in the tenth year of coaching Manchester United.

When Aldridge called Ferguson's home and briefly explained the matter, Ferguson agreed without saying a word, and then chatted with Aldridge about Shevchenko with great interest.

Although the transfer has not been completed, Manchester United may cut off the Hu, but Aldridge does not think that Ferguson will directly pay a transfer fee close to 2 million pounds to a player that Manchester United has not investigated, even if there are many players in Aldridge's team. Little baby, it's hard to guarantee that he won't miss the time, this kind of thing is common in football, and the famous coach who knows the pearl must also have the Maxima in his hand.

As for the remuneration for this matter, Ferguson, who is old and sophisticated, didn't mention it. They are both smart people and tacitly understood that Aldridge owes Ferguson a favor.

With Ferguson as a guarantee, Aldridge has no worries about the transfer of Shevchenko.

And just at the beginning of July, after Andrew called him, Aldridge's transfer, which he planned to suspend, became busy again.

In the hotel where the team stayed during training, Aldridge pushed open the conference room, closed the door gently, and walked slowly to the table where Andrew was sitting.

Really? Does his whole family agree?

Aldrich spoke in a low voice, because from a legal point of view, the operation of this matter may be illegal. Although the consequences will not be too serious, it will be a great blow to reputation.

Andrew rubbed his chin and said in a low voice: Agreed? They can't wait to move out of the slums immediately! I have been to Brazil, Aldrich, you don't know, I only found out that the children in East London have children after seeing the slums in Brazil. How lucky, in the slums of Brazil, where the kids either become famous or become pawns of drug dealers or gangsters, East London is heaven in comparison, you can imagine sleeping in the middle of the night and being woken up by gunshots How normal is that?

Aldrich has some understanding of the chaos in South America during this period, but he has not experienced it personally, so he is not good at commenting on it subjectively.

After unbuttoning his suit and putting his hands on his hips, Aldridge closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then said, How much does it cost?

It takes 1.05 million pounds to hand over to the UK. In addition to providing them with living security and job opportunities, I estimate that in the next five years, you will have to invest more than 2 million pounds on this family. Uh, Aldrich, to be honest , I think it's a little risky and not worth it.

Andrew cautiously expressed his inner thoughts.

Aldrich gasped for breath.

Mind racing.

Two million pounds?

Is it worth the risk?

There was a Brazilian in that family, and one of the children was named Ronaldo-De-Assis-Moreira.

Or called: Ronaldinho!

He was only fifteen years old this year, but he was accidentally discovered by Andrew's scouts in Brazil.

After learning about Ronaldinho's family situation, Andrew asked scouts to make tentative contacts.

The life of the family almost depends on the mother and elder brother, but the money his elder brother can earn in Gremio is simply negligible. Brazil's football market is far from as prosperous as it will be more than ten years later, otherwise there would be no Brazilian players every year. Stars landed in Europe, unlike almost twenty years later, Brazilian domestic stars are more willing to stay in their home country, at least in terms of earning money is not inferior to Europe.

The father died early, and there was an older sister in the family. This kind of story is too damn familiar. Almost half of the Brazilian football stars have similar tragic childhoods.

Aldridge only wanted Ronaldinho, but it was impossible.

If you act first, you will have to bring the other party's family to the UK, let alone the elder brother who is already self-reliant.

Can the Immigration Bureau handle it?

It's not a big problem. Follow the regulations. It's nothing more than a matter of time. The review process is left to lawyers to deal with.

Then you can help me facilitate this matter. I can't give you the money from the club account. I will give you another two million pounds in private. I just need to confirm two things. First, After he immigrated, there was no problem with family life, sister's school or work, mother's arrangement, etc. No problems. Second, he would enter the Millwall youth team, don't be busy for a long time, and finally he ran away with others.

After much deliberation, Aldridge finally made up his mind, and he was a bit ruthless at this moment.

It would be fine if he didn't find Xiao Luo, but if he did find him, why would he hesitate?

Even if it costs money, he must be brought here.

Andrew stood up, looked at Aldridge solemnly, and asked, Have you thought it through? This is an investment of two million pounds!

Who doesn't feel bad if it's in vain? !

Aldrich was silent for a while, finally gritted his teeth and nodded heavily.

Andrew stopped talking, picked up his phone and started working.

To operate such immigrants, the Hall family is no different from sending money, but it is also guaranteed.

The money will not be given to Ronaldinho directly, but one million pounds will be used to buy British bonds, which cannot be exchanged and traded within a certain period of time.

The rest of the house, work, etc., are all in the UK, and the only thing that really goes to the other party is the UK household registration book and the good identity that is whitewashed, as well as the arranged job and not much bank savings.

But for the Brazilians living in the slums, this is a dream come true. Walking out of the slums and going directly to the international metropolis of London can be described as a step up to the sky.

It will take half a year for the whole thing to be completed at the earliest. Aldrich is not in a hurry, and Ronaldinho is only 15 years old. As long as he can get it, he will have a lot of time to train and become a talent in the future. As for whether the investment will be in vain, it depends on Ronaldinho. He will not be ungrateful. If he does not sign a full-time contract with Millwall and switch to other teams when he becomes an adult, Aldridge will have nothing to do.

From the end of May to the end of June, for a whole month, Aldridge ran around and completed the summer signings with lightning speed. As soon as the transfer window opened, Millwall officially announced several signings. At the same time, the Villa family moved to London, and the 14-year-old David Villa entered the Millwall youth echelon.

And in mid-July, after the hearing of the FA, the transfer of Shevchenko, which had been through the motions, also came to an end.

While other teams were still wandering around in the transfer market, Aldridge held an official press conference. While several new players appeared together, he also announced the end of the summer transfer.

Joe Cole, Ashley Cole, Joan Capdevila, David Villa, these four players have entered the youth echelon of Millwall, and some of the summer signings entered the first team six players.

Ivan Elguera, Danny Mills, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, Andrei Shevchenko.

In this way, there will be a total of 30 players in the Millwall first team in the new season.

The lineup of the first team is slightly crowded, but Aldridge doesn’t think so. There are many players, such as Lampard, Ferdinand, Shevchenko, etc. who are not yet 20 years old. 20 appearances in a season are enough for training , no matter how much, it may not be beneficial.

At the Lion's Den Stadium, six rookies who joined the first team put on new jerseys together and showed off their skills. Among them, the ball sense of Pirlo and Shevchenko attracted the attention of the participating reporters.

It was just a press conference, and Aldridge didn't want to make much noise at all. At the subsequent press conference, he said that he was very satisfied with the transfer results this summer, but was questioned by the reporters.

Not to mention the whole of England, let's talk about London. Chelsea introduced Gullit, the European and world double player footballer, and Arsenal brought Bergkamp from Italy.

Millwall, who spent the most money last season, bought a bunch of little kids?

Even though players like Lampard and Ferdinand poached from the rival youth team can make some news, but Pirlo and Shevchenko, who has seen them play before?

Not to mention Elguera from Spain and Mills from relegated Norwich.

Ineffective signings?

Aldridge folded his arms on the table, and faced the reporter's questioning, he shook his head and smiled.

Gullit, the 33-year-old World Footballer, why did you buy it? Open a nursing home?

Bergkamp and Aldridge also want it, but Arsenal paid a record transfer fee of more than 7 million pounds.

Even if Millwall can afford the money, will Bergkamp come? Will there be the effect of him happily packing his bags as soon as he hears that Arsenal have invited him?

Facing the difficulties of the reporters, Aldridge just smiled strangely: Last summer, I remember that The Times commented on Millwall's summer transfer like this: Disaster! This summer, you can also write like this, It doesn't matter, at this time next year, we will discuss this summer's transfer, whether it is a success or a failure.

After speaking, Aldrich smiled and got up to leave.

The six newly joined players looked at Aldridge's handsome back and showed a smile at the same time.

Such a leader has a lot of personality.