Ten years ago, Aldridge relied on his innate advantages to attract a group of "thousand-mile horses". Ten years later, faced with the leakage of Millwall's internal intelligence data, Chelsea went on a spree in the transfer market. He was angry at the leakage of internal intelligence.
leaked, but not worried about the current situation.
With Millwall's current status in football and the financial resources he possesses, there are only a handful of stars in the world that cannot be bought. It's just a matter of cost. As for being taken advantage of by others, he is not worried.
Millwall itself is very mature and not without everything. The situation of tearing down and rebuilding will not happen in the next ten years. They are in a virtuous cycle of development system. Just like Southgate is seriously injured, it is almost certain that he will quit playing in the new season.
team, Larson has been transferred to a stable substitute. There is already a successor in the same position, so there is no need to worry about it in the next few years.
Lunch was a working meal in the office. Yiwen took Bonnie to the hospital for a physical examination today and would go back to her parents' house for a gathering at noon. Bert and Earl were also taken on a trip by Arthur during their vacation.
Just after lunch, the door to the office was pushed open. Aldrich raised his head curiously and was surprised that the person didn't knock on the door.
The visitor was Adam, a man in a suit and tie who was approaching middle age. The look on his face today made Aldrich feel strange.
The other party had a numb expression and held an envelope in his hand. When he came to Aldrich's desk, he put the envelope down and said coldly: "I resign."
Aldrich puffed out his chest and leaned back in the boss's chair, his expression slightly thoughtful.
Adam turned around to leave, but after taking two steps, he turned around again and asked expressionlessly: "Why don't you speak?"
bite.
Aldrich lit a cigarette, then lit the resignation letter. He threw the burning resignation letter into the trash can. When it was almost burned, he poured the water from the tea cup into the trash can.
"How much did Chelsea pay you?"
Aldrich blew out a puff of smoke and handed over Adam's resignation letter, and he figured it out.
There is nothing strange or surprising. Business wars are like battlefields. Football itself has already entered commercialization. Just like Abramovich pried Kenyon from Manchester United, in addition to the other party's ability, there is also the reputation established by his position at Manchester United.
Human networks in football circles are all commodities of very high value invisibly.
Adam replied without changing his face: "8 million pounds is enough to buy my soul, so what can't be sold?"
Aldrich shrugged and said: "It's normal for people to die for money and birds to eat for food. If I didn't have the current fortune, 8 million pounds might allow me to sell my soul."
"You haven't realized what I sold to Chelsea."
"It's nothing more than Millwall's internal intelligence, and instigating some players to move to Chelsea and arranging connections for them. To be honest, Adam, ten years later, today, ten years later, you have reason to be dissatisfied, just like the players' salaries are compared to
It has increased 10 times that year, but your salary has not increased much compared to that year, and you only earn less than one million
annual salary, I don’t think I am a stingy boss, but every time someone suggests that I give you a salary increase, I always give up the idea, why? Because you have never brought me surprises, you are just at Millwall
Handyman, why should I give you a high salary? If you hadn't missed your old relationship, you might have been unemployed long ago."
Money is at the core of everything happening now.
Adam lowered his head and showed a sinister smile, then raised his head and pointed at Aldrich, saying: "Aldrich Hall, I'm fed up with your arrogant and domineering style. I didn't give you any surprises? Maybe, but you gave me
You have caused me a lot of trouble and embarrassed me many times! Do you know how many planned items on the schedule have been dismissed by you in an understatement? I wake up just because I received a call from you, or you asked someone to transfer it.
With just one word from Da, my preparations for a week, a month, or even longer were in vain. Then, I had to rush to implement your request and complete the work you ordered! f! You are the king here.
, all the success here makes you shine incomparably, and for the problems exposed here, I will take the blame. I’m fed up with others’ ridicule, and I’m fed up even more with being like a puppet at your mercy!”
Seeing Adam's rude words and deeds, Aldrich laughed and asked: "Of course I am the king here, every plant and tree here belongs to me, why shouldn't I be the king? Hahaha, Adam, don't be like being pampered here.
What are bad children venting about? Being manipulated? Being used as puppets? What if?
I will give you an annual salary of 3 million pounds? An annual salary of 5 million pounds? Will you be bought by Chelsea? Will you still stand here and straighten your spine and speak to me forcefully? Do you dare? After handing in your resignation letter, you will
This is an opportunity to act like a tough guy, so stop being ridiculous and get out of here."
Adam looked pale and hesitated to speak. He originally thought that coming here today would make Aldrich "shocked", and then he could express his unhappiness. Even if it only gave him a moment of pleasure, he felt it was worth it. Unfortunately, Aldrich
Qi didn't let him get what he wanted.
With years of savings and the windfall he made from Chelsea's acquisition of him, multi-millionaire Adam left England and went to the United States to pursue his old profession of financial investment.
A few years later, during the subprime mortgage crisis, Adam lost all his money. As a middle-aged man, he was not only unemployed but also heavily in debt. He never knew that in the upper echelons of the American financial pyramid, there was a pair of eyes from the Hall family that had been watching him.
And the person who set him up to be penniless was his boss before 1994, Barnett Hall.
In the afternoon, Aldrich was sitting in the boss's chair in the office, looking up at the ceiling, kicking his feet rhythmically to make the chair spin.
The world is very real. Things like what Adam did exist in all walks of life. However, although football clubs are like businesses, they are not exactly the same. Just like corporate executives will sign confidentiality agreements, the rules and regulations of the football industry have very little binding force.
, where are there any secrets, and what secrets need to be protected? The so-called transfer market secrets are just a few names.
If Adam can leave a clue, then he is as stupid as a pig. The money Chelsea gave him must have been in offshore financial centers and tax havens. There is no evidence in the lawsuit. It cannot be said that Chelsea is following Millwall.
Player, right? That's a big joke. It's not like Chelsea doesn't have a scouting network. Why can't Chelsea like the person Millwall likes?
Adam's position as CEO at Millwall was actually a handyman, and his business operations were naturally not without success, but he was mediocre and did not show any extraordinary abilities that could make people marvel.
But Millwall still needs a CEO after all, and what Aldridge is worried about is that he still has to spend some time looking for a qualified candidate.
As for the internal information Adam sold to Chelsea, it’s hard to say how valuable it is.
Millwall has "cultivated" or "processed" countless talents in the past ten years, and the talents have been distributed all over Europe's top leagues. In recent years, the reason why Millwall has made less efforts to introduce young talents is inseparable from their great reputation.
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If you are competing for a world-class player like Nesta, that is normal.
But if you buy a 17-year-old Moutinho or Veloso, those clubs will be very wary, and they are afraid of letting go of a "Pirlo" or "Nedved".
So buying young talent will get you ripped off.
So what if I buy it?
This is the second point. Owning player ownership does not mean owning a superstar at the peak of his strength. He still needs to cultivate, shape and wait for the players to grow. Unless the team really needs it, Millwall rarely takes action in advance. It is like letting
He has now brought Pepe, Neuer, Alves and other players to the team. In addition to letting them play in the reserve league, I am afraid that they will even have very few first-team substitute opportunities. In a few years, they will be wasted.
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Other clubs have the space to develop players and the financial resources. If they hope that their team can cultivate a superstar instead of buying one, they will be interested in poaching the players Millwall has set their sights on.
Chelsea's big signings also have another potential purpose. Aldridge guessed that maybe Abramovich figured out that having money and having players are two different things, just like he was willing to offer Ronaldinho a 100 million pound offer, but Ronaldinho didn't
On transfer, he spent 100 million pounds elsewhere, but he couldn't buy a player equal to Ronaldinho.
The number of geniuses is rare. Being able to have a certain number of geniuses within a certain period of time is equivalent to suppressing the opponent.
If you carve up rare resources early, you will face the dilemma of "talent shortage" when other powerful players are replaced in the future.
What Aldridge can comfort himself is that Millwall now has the top talents for the next five years, and five years later, when a new batch of talents emerge, they can still take action, and those players
, haven't entered Millwall's database yet, after all, they are too young, such as Bell.
While Aldrich was thinking, someone walked into his office. Adam did not close the door when he left, nor did he get up to close the door.
The person who walked in was Andrew, who was also dressed formally. He walked to Aldrich's desk and saw Aldrich spinning around on his chair. He asked curiously: "So leisurely?"
Aldrich stopped moving, his head was a little dizzy. After a few seconds, he returned to normal and smiled: "Adam just handed me his resignation letter and then scolded me. Hahaha, I'm wondering where to find a new one."
Where are the CEO? Where have you been? You came here so late."
Andrew frowned slightly after hearing the news of Adam's resignation. He knew what kind of role Adam played in Millwall. Although it would not cause Aldridge to break his arm, no matter who was involved in such a thing, he would be a little troubled.
Bar.
As he sat down, Aldrich got up and poured two glasses of red wine. He stood in front of the desk and leaned back against it.
Andrew took a sip of wine and said softly: "I just came back from Liverpool."
Aldrich was silent while holding the wine glass.
Liverpool?
Rooney's hometown?
"What did you come to me to talk about?"
"Talk about your players, Ribery, Ashley Cole, Rooney."
Aldridge did not mention Robben because Robben's agent is not Andrew.
As for Robben, Aldridge doesn't want to waste time.
During Robben's European Cup campaign, Dutch coach Advocaat criticized Aldridge, claiming that Aldridge didn't trust Robben enough.
Aldrich didn't bother to respond.
In this world, it is often the case that your thoughts will always be regarded as stupid.
Robben's style of play needs to change to integrate into Millwall. Robben's physique requires him to pay special attention to strengthening training at this age.
He was 18 when he came to Millwall last season and was 19 last season.
What does the Dutch coach think of the Premier League?
He doesn't want Robben to become a glass man, he needs a better Robben.
But since the player himself doesn't appreciate it, and the player's family doesn't appreciate it either, and he's going to be criticized by others, Aldrich doesn't want to make himself uncomfortable by not trying to please both sides.
Chelsea wanted to buy an unstable glass man, and Aldrich kicked him out of his future plans. There was nothing to regret. Robben had not contributed anything to Millwall, and he felt unhappy here.
