On August 10, Millwall officially announced that new CEO Smith Carter would take office.{3w.
After Carter took office, he seemed very low-key and was almost invisible to the media. He took his newly formed team back and forth throughout Europe, including France, Turkey, the Netherlands, Portugal, etc. He was rapidly building Millwall's partner clubs across Europe.
At the same time, it began to focus on rebuilding Millwall's football schools around the world, strengthening publicity, and setting up commercial outlets. At the same time, Millwall's publicity plan with the title of "Ten Years of Legends" was also in full swing.
The club's commercial development projects outside of competitive sports are in full swing, and Aldrich does not need to worry about these.
August 13th.
The new Premier League season is about to start, and Aldridge attended the pre-match press conference.
Reporters from all walks of life on Fleet Street gathered here, and the press hall was overcrowded.
In the opening game, Millwall will go to an away game to challenge Tottenham, a derby in London.
The outside world doesn't care about the game. They are more looking forward to the beginning of the entire season and the beginning of a battle between Millwall and Chelsea.
Aldridge, who was sitting on the stage with a gentle expression, was the first reporter to ask about Ashley Cole's transfer to Chelsea.
When the transfer was completed, Millwall only announced it on the official website. The last time Aldridge attended a press conference was to introduce the return of Glenchard. The reporters were wise and did not spoil Aldridge's interest. Therefore, this question
Postponed until today.
Aldridge laughed when he heard this and replied: "Ashley Cole left Millwall and went to Chelsea in west London. There are 100 reasons why he left Millwall."
The whole hall was shocked!
All reporters were stunned.
Could it be that there are still many intricate factors that have not been explored for Ashley Cole at Millwall? Are there 100 reasons why his departure is so complicated?
Aldrich smiled and stretched out his hand, raised his index finger and said, "The first reason is money."
Then he extended his middle finger, made gestures with his two fingers, and said, "The second reason is money."
Stretch out your ring finger, three fingers, and say: "The third reason. Money."
At this time, the reporters at the scene all laughed.
Aldrich spread his hands and said with a smile: "The hundredth reason is money."
Most reporters knew that Aldridge was taking a dig at Ashley Cole and used this method to attack the other player's image. It can be said that he completely ignored the relationship between master and apprentice.
The two of them parted ways, Ashley Cole betrayed him, and their fate was over.
The reporter who asked the question looked solemn and asked: "Sir Hall, after Ashley Cole has won the World Cup, the European Cup, the League Championship, the UEFA Cup Championship, the Champions League Championship, and so many honors, he hopes that after Ashley Cole has won so many honors,
Is it wrong for Millwall to get top wages?"
Aldridge replied calmly without changing his face: "There is nothing wrong with asking your question to Chelsea, because Chelsea has nothing but money. But what about Millwall? We have always been a united club, a club that values contribution.
, what matters is how much you contribute to this team, not how much ability you have, Veron said
Chelsea’s salary is not low, and his ability is not low either. Why is he called a parallel importer? Because he has no contribution, why is Crespo called not worthy of his salary? Because his contribution is not enough! Ashley Cole only
He has been the main player for Millwall for two seasons, but he expects to earn as much as Nedvěd and Henry. It’s ridiculous. When Henry came to the team
He is also a World Cup champion, but Henry did not make rude demands for wages. When you ask me why Millwall and Ashley Cole broke down on the contract extension, I am also puzzled, really.
In the past ten years, I have never heard of Nedved, Southgate, Larsson, Pirlo, Ronaldinho, Schneider and other players being unhappy with their salaries.
There has been a lot of news, and their contract renewal has never been troublesome. Did Millwall treat them badly? No, they have made a contribution, and the club will reward them. This is what they deserve. Don’t forget, you are just
We talk about what Ashley Cole has achieved, but we don’t say who made him achieve it? Which team allowed him to stand on the podium.”
This reporter from the "Guardian" stalked the issue and continued to speak sharply: "Sir Hall, you have repeatedly emphasized that players should know how to repay and not pay too much attention to financial interests. However, you personally
Isn't it because the players were sent to Chelsea because of Chelsea's high transfer fee?"
Aldridge shrugged and said: "Of course, they just want to go to Chelsea because Chelsea's wages are high. As for the transfer fee, haha, the transfer fee for Ashley Cole, Robben, and Ribery,
The club added half of it to the loyalty clause rewards of all first-team players, and 20% was used as this season's championship bonus. The club retained only 30% to invest in operating costs."
All reporters at the scene looked at each other.
According to the news they had previously received, Millwall sold three players to Chelsea and received approximately 70 million pounds.
If 35 million pounds of it is used to reward first-team players as loyalty rewards, the investment is not small.
Loyalty rewards are definitely not one-time, the focus is on loyalty!
In other words, the longer a player stays, the higher the reward he will receive.
In any case, in a disguised form, Millwall's player wages have increased, but it will not be a permanent increase, because the players will grow older, and many of them may enter the end of their careers in a few years.
20% of the championship bonus is almost 15 million pounds!
It will definitely not be a championship bonus, but the sum of all competitions. The league and the Champions League are definitely the most important!
This is another measure to stimulate players' fighting spirit.
This kind of reward mechanism has a certain connection with the contribution Aldrich mentioned.
The better your grades, the greater your contribution, and the more money you make!
The reporter from the Guardian stopped pestering and stopped.
Reporters present all know that the owners of Millwall are not greedy for profit. Although Millwall makes a lot of money, the salary system itself is actually very large. In terms of self-sufficient management of the club, they have made a lot of money by selling people in the past ten years.
Money, but you must know that earning a new stadium and developing a business chain at the same time require astronomical amounts of money, and
Regarding the player salary system, before Abramovich took over at Chelsea, Millwall had become the club with the largest salary system in the Premier League and among the best in Europe since 2000. They have too many outstanding players, and the top weekly salaries are not among the highest.
But there are loyalty rewards, mainly for mid-level players, and their salaries are obviously much higher than those of players from other clubs.
Clubs that are changing over time cannot escape a situation: that is, changes in the wage system. If you want to help newcomers take over, you must free up wage space. In the past, the main players were unwilling to cut wages and did not accept transfers. This time
The club still has to fulfill the contract and continue to pay, so it is understandable that Millwall's wage system is under great pressure at this stage.
The Sun's Howard raised his hand to ask.
"Sir Hall, who do you think will be Millwall's biggest competitor as the defending champion in the new Premier League season?"
Aldridge looked around at the countless pairs of eyes in the audience. Everyone actually had the answer in mind. He originally wanted to make things difficult for Aldridge, but Aldridge smiled and said: "Of course it's Chelsea. They spent more than 200 million pounds this summer."
Regarding signings, I would feel embarrassed if they were not placed first among competitors. Hahaha, "The Sun" is asking knowingly. I saw the cover of the football section of your newspaper today. Well, I did.
It’s pretty good, but the wording is a little inaccurate.”
The cover of "The Sun" today's newspaper is a full-page PS picture.
On the left is the new Chelsea lineup led by Mourinho, and on the right is the defending champion Millwall led by Aldridge.
Aldridge and Mourinho looked at each other from a distance, in a tit-for-tat posture.
The "Battle of Young Coaches" that was building momentum before last season's Champions League final is finally about to begin.
"The Sun" interspersed the text description in the picture: Wild Lions Team 1 vs. Wild Lions Team 2.
There are too many former Millwall players in Chelsea's squad.
In a detailed season preview, "The Sun" maliciously speculated that Mourinho would not only lead Chelsea to overturn Millwall's dominance, but also use players abandoned by Millwall to further attack Aldridge.
, trying to prove that he knows how to employ people better than Aldrich.
Yes, use a group of players that Aldridge abandoned to defeat Aldridge. If it can be done, there is no need to discuss which one is stronger than Mourinho. There is no dispute.
The atmosphere of today's press conference was relatively relaxed. The reporters did not see Aldridge getting angry or looking ugly. Aldridge's mentality was always relatively good.
Howard asked, "What's wrong with that statement?"
Aldridge chuckled and said: "Although you may think I'm looking for a step down when I say this, I still want to make it clear that when Ferreira left Millwall, there was no dispute about his ability compared to Schneider.
Schneider is definitely better than him, and now I also think Schneider is better. Dro
If Ba and Essien had not left Millwall two years ago, they would not be where they are today. After two years of experience in Ligue 1, they have become stronger and have potential in the future. However, the media should never misrepresent the players' presence in Ligue 1.
The specific abilities of a period are compared to their peak abilities.
Covering the entire career, Drogba just had no place in Millwall's forward line two years ago. I don't think it was a mistake to let them go. Chelsea has money and they can buy many, many players in the world, just like Millwall.
Wall can do the same, although we are a little poorer
, but it is not difficult to spend 100 million pounds to sign players. The question that troubles us is: Who should we buy? We already have the best players in the world, even if some players are still young, but we are patient and can wait
They become top players and that's our tradition."
In fact, reporters all know that the news in newspapers cannot be trusted, and "The Sun" is also used to sensationalism. Howard showed an apologetic expression to Aldrich, and Aldridge laughed it off. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for more novels.
