Before the arrival of the club training day on the 21st, Aldrich received Janson and his team from the Netherlands in London. A total of 13 new coaches will join the Millwall Club.
Aldridge took this group of people to visit the club, and then established a new club coaching team, two new youth team coaches, two reserve team coaches, leaving 9 people. Jensen is Aldridge’s assistant coach, the first-line coach
The team coach left 4 more people, and the remaining 4 people formed an intelligence collection team.
This group specializes in observing the team's league opponents and studying the next opponent, including the status of the opponent's players and the technical and tactical advantages and disadvantages on the field. Aldrich must receive such a report at least three days before the start of the game.
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After settling in the coaching staff, Aldridge went to a renovated hotel not far from the team's training ground, accompanied by Adam and other club staff.
This hotel was purchased in the name of the club and will no longer be open to the public. The interior decoration is simple and has all the facilities Aldrich needs. The team's new medical department and restaurant are all in the hotel.
Even in 1994, it was hard to imagine the disdain for medical treatment in English football. Many traditional and powerful club doctors, or athletic trainers, were mostly a loyalty reward given by clubs to their employees for their long-term work.
Even as a fan, who can imagine that a worker who manages the turf will become the "team doctor" of a top team when he gets older?
This is naturally related to the football club's consistently conservative style.
Later, Redknapp Jr., who played for the Red Army for ten years, was abandoned by the team because he could not stand the team's "quackery" and chose to go out for medical treatment. Such behavior was "deviant" for traditional English football clubs, and also
Therefore, the hero of ten years was abandoned and left sadly.
Aldridge is not as conservative as the English clubs at heart, and he has no intention of integrating into the wrong traditions. He needs the most advanced and professional medical department to ensure the health of players who are worth millions and tens of millions of pounds now and in the future!
It is simply unreasonable to leave players worth millions of pounds to be treated by people who are not even quacks, but it is still a common phenomenon in English football.
After visiting the hotel, Aldrich stayed with Adam and planned to talk about the future construction of the team. Although everything was empty talk before results were achieved, he needed to give Adam a warning.
"I saw the situation of the new stadium that has been put on hold. I have an idea. The stadium has not yet taken shape. It is better to transform it into a new training base. We are looking for a new place for the new stadium, and the construction scale must accommodate at least 50,000 people.
, the surrounding area must be able to drive commercial development..."
Aldrich's words made Adam unable to continue. In the end, he could only helplessly say to the young boss: "Sir, I have made a financial budget. To be honest, at present, we will not carry out any unplanned construction and maintain the ball."
The current operation of the team can only last for two years at most. The current team funds can only sustain the team's operation for two years. Even if we are promoted to the Super League in two years, we will still be unable to operate. Of course, if the Hall family makes subsequent capital injections,
Everything is a different matter.”
After hearing this, Aldrich raised his head and thought deeply. He was still anxious.
The team's current salary level is already that of the top teams in the Premier League.
Although the highest weekly salary in the Premier League is tens of thousands of pounds, more players only earn a few thousand pounds, and most of them are less than a thousand pounds. In general, Aldridge's first-team players, plus those who have not been sold
With the dozen or so players left in the reserve team, the salary burden after one year is probably among the top ten in England, and Millwall's ability to make money is definitely not one-tenth of Manchester United's.
Just by selling tickets, that small stadium may not even earn 3 million pounds a year. As for the sales of football peripherals, how much money can you expect to make with a sales channel that can't even be found in East London?
Television broadcasts and match prize money are pitifully small in the English League One.
So, there was only one way left for Aldrich.
It’s not even like what he said to Barnett before, in three to five years, he only has one year. If he cannot be promoted next season, he will not only lose Makelele, Thuram, Lal with zero return
Top players like Sen and Nedved may not even have the funds to make a comeback.
In the end, Aldrich stopped talking to Adam about any future plans. If he continued to talk about it, it would seem too ambitious. We will wait until this time next year to see everything.
Andrew has been very busy in recent days. He has resigned from Millwall Club and is working exclusively as an agent. He has signed many players in one go. These are also new Millwall players. As an agent,
He is already well versed in the responsibilities of this industry, which is not only to collect player transfer income and salary commissions, but also to provide players with legal obligations, financial management, life, and future planning.
These players are not yet well-known in England. Even Southgate is just a standard capable player. Andrew and his staff are busy in East London. Fortunately, the Hall family has invested here and has some real estate companies.
It is very convenient to deal with businessmen, arrange comfortable apartments for these new players, and provide translators for players who do not understand English. Whenever the players need it, even if it is a call girl, Andrew will help arrange it after warning.
With Andrew's meticulous help, many young players who have made "big money" have begun to feel the benefits of agents.
The World Cup had just ended, but Larson did not return to the team according to the date after Aldrich's extended vacation. On the 21st, this player who was admired and admired by young players appeared on the team's training ground.
Aldridge's team can be said to be newly formed, but no one feels lonely. The German players include Bute, Schneider, and Ballack, and the Dutch players include Ruud van Nistelrooy and Larsson, who transferred from the Eredivisie.
, several young players in Italy will not feel lonely. Only Nedved, who comes from Eastern Europe, may have difficulty integrating into the team. However, because he is already a member of the national team and is gentle, many players surround him.
around him.
Aldridge led the coaching staff toward the training ground. Like the other coaches, he was wearing the club's traditional dark blue sportswear.
Andrew, who is next to Aldridge, is wearing a suit and tie. He is here just to complete some work procedures with Aldridge. Several translators will be arranged to join the coaching staff to help players on the team who do not understand English quickly integrate into the team environment.
"Is everything going well with the FA?"
"Well, Pavel is already a member of the national team, so there is no need to hire famous celebrities to be lobbyists. Just submit the materials and add one hundred thousand pounds, and everything is done. Don't worry, there are no clues left. As long as Pavel performs well, no one will
Check old cases."
Andrew whispered in Aldrich's ear.
Aldridge was relieved. Nedved did not have an EU passport, so he needed a labor certificate to transfer to England. Although he was a member of the national team, his appearance record obviously did not meet the requirements. But in fact, the 75% appearance standard is not rigid.
There is a lot of room for flexibility, and there is still countless tacit black money in English football. Aldridge submitted the materials to the FA at the same time, and let Andrew operate from the side, and it was a matter of course.
If Nedvěd was a youth team player, no matter how much black money he had, it would probably be difficult to transfer. But after all, he is a member of the national team and has a bright future. Even if Czechoslovakia disintegrated two years ago, Aldrich believes that Andrew is still the one.
The 100,000 pounds of black money played a key role. Millwall, a small temple, has a negative reputation for the entire English football world, and there is no attraction at all on the field.
Naturally, no one cares about the introduced players.
Before walking into the training ground, Andrew said a few words to several translators and then waved goodbye to Aldridge.
Seeing Aldridge coming over with a group of people wearing coaching shirts, the players on the training ground automatically stood in two rows. Many of them were still young players aged 17 or 18, full of hope for the future.
Relying on his talent and confidence, everyone respects the young head coach and owner.
It was a bit like a gang fight. Aldridge led the coaches to the players, and the coaches behind him also lined up. Aldridge stood alone in front of him like a leader. His face was calm, and for the first time he interacted with the entire team.
When the team meets together, Aldrich needs a unique opening statement.
Like the leader of the reviewing troops, he walked from the left to the right of the two rows of players, making eye contact with each calm-looking player and nodding slightly.
After completing the circle, Aldrich came directly in front of the players and spoke softly.
"Millwall has 109 years of history, in this 109 years of history.
English top flight titles: nil.
English League Cup: zero.
England FA Cup: zero.
Moreover, he has never participated in the three major European Cups.
Congratulations, you have arrived at a club with a century-old history but zero championships!"
Aldridge spoke very softly and slowly, with only the last sentence spoken in a very solemn tone, and he deliberately described it in the simplest English, so that even the players on the team who had just learned English could understand it.
Among the 26 members of the first team, only Beckham and Phil Neville seemed absent-minded. They were here on loan for training, and they naturally despised this club that had not won a championship for a century and was notorious.
But the other 24 players had different expressions, and the young players looked at each other, as if they had just realized what kind of club Millwall is.
Aldrich suddenly stretched out his hands solemnly and asked: "Aren't you happy?"
