It seems that all the players have a haze in their hearts.
For such a club that has had no honors in the past hundred years, what is there to congratulate for coming here? What is there to be happy about?
Aldrich glanced at the players in front of him, and a smile appeared on his handsome face.
He shrugged and said with a smile: "Actually, when I first took over this club, my expression was probably similar to yours. I really want to ask my family, why didn't they buy the damn Manchester United? Isn't Liverpool, England's king of Europe?
Why not let me stand on the turf at Highbury? Why? Yes, why? You, maybe you think so too, you should join Juventus, join Real Madrid, join AC Milan, or join Roma Lazio. Right here.
I spent ten minutes soaking comfortably in the bath and I figured it out."
At this point, Aldridge paused. In front of him, even Beckham and Phil Neville, who had a non-interest attitude, stared at him intently.
All 26 players wanted to know what Aldrich figured out.
Aldridge put away his smile and said seriously: "If I were the head coach of Manchester United, Liverpool, or Arsenal, I think even if I win the Premier League championship next season or the European Champions Cup,
But, so what? People will still talk about the legendary Busby, people will still recall the Red Army built by Shankly, and Chapman’s contribution to leading Europe. Who will dare to compare with him? When I become a championship coach
, I can’t be proud or show off, otherwise someone will definitely tap me on the shoulder and laugh: Aldrich, who do you think you are? Back then, Manchester United rebuilt their dynasty from the Munich air crash, and Paisley led Liverpool to win nearly 20 championships in 9 years.
Trophies, reaching the top of Europe three times, even Arsenal, Graham deserves praise in recent years, and Aldrich, you kid is so proud! Haha, if we were in a rich club, we would be so sad, we would never be able to
Surpassing our predecessors, our miracles and our brilliance have been more or less scattered by the past history. Therefore, I want to congratulate you for coming to a club that has not won a championship for a century. This is a miracle that you and I create and belong to ourselves.
The perfect place for a legend!”
Seeing Aldridge with his head held high and fighting spirit high, the players looked at each other, as if there was a burning flame in everyone's eyes.
Who doesn’t want to have his or her own legend?
Aldridge continued to say eloquently: "Coming to Millwall is the right choice for you. If I were a talented player like you, I wouldn't be licking my face and begging to join a wealthy club. What are I going to do there? Look at the people.
Looking down and down? Sitting on the cold bench? Fighting alone in garbage time when the morale of your teammates has dropped? Then at the end of the season, like a clown in the corner watching the main players lift the championship trophy? Such a championship is coming.
What’s the point? I don’t care about the champions who give alms and the champions who come by accident! I just want to pick up the trophy with my own hands, and then show off the medal openly and honestly!”
Hearing this, the 26 players already resonated with it, and many of them nodded their heads involuntarily!
Aldridge suddenly smiled, his demeanor became relaxed, paced in front of the players, and said scornfully: "The outside world is laughing at me for spending more than 10 million pounds to buy a circus. Haha, I don't mind, not at all.
Don't mind, because soon, your performance on the court will tell the world that you are the best players, no, stars, superstars! Forget Maradona, Platini, Matthaus, Zico, Fan
Basten, in the next ten or twenty years, you will be the protagonists in European football and world football! You are the superstars that everyone knows and everyone knows! At that time, you must be rich and wealthy fans.
There may even be more than one enviable beauties around you. Later on, you will be legends that people talk about. Of course, I may be wrong sometimes, but I think, you two
It shouldn't be difficult to produce at least a dozen like this among more than ten people. After all, talent is unique, and the remaining ones who are eliminated can only look back on their past decades later and look in the mirror with endless regrets, but don't blame others.
, who let such a loser live up to his God-given talent? Ninety-nine percent of it is sweat, and anyone with perseverance can do it, but there are too many people who are willing to work hard, but they don’t have your one percent.
Talent, so if you fail to leave a glorious figure on the green field because of slacking off, it will really make people sigh, oh, no, there is nothing to sigh about. People who give up on themselves and do not want to make progress are worse than shit."
These words surprised more than 20 players.
They never expected that Aldridge would praise them so much. Maybe players in their twenties like Nedved and Larsson would not be beguiled by Aldridge's rhetoric, but other players aged 17 or 18, they
But they are still young players with dreams. Naturally, they are very excited. They can't wait to start training now, and then play football until the World Cup finals to win the championship...
"From now on, you will call me boss, Gareth."
As soon as Aldridge called Southgate, the other party immediately shouted: "Boss, what's going on?"
Aldridge threw the captain's armband to him from his pocket. After Southgate was stunned for a moment, he only heard Aldridge say: "Gareth is the captain of the team, Henrik."
Larson asked in confusion: "Boss?"
Aldrich pointed at him and said: "Henrik is the vice-captain. Then, Pavel, you are the third captain."
Nedved seemed a little surprised, but he nodded solemnly.
Aldrich's face suddenly became solemn again, and he said in a deep voice: "My requirements for the team are very simple, first, discipline, and second, unity. There are no privileged players in the team, now and in the future, no matter what
If you encounter any difficulties on or off the court, you can come to me. One thing you need to remember is that no matter what problems the team has, they can only be solved within the team. Playing football is your career, and it not only requires your technical ability,
We also need your professionalism and ethics. Do you understand?"
All the players said in unison: "Understood!"
Aldridge turned sideways, waved to the coaches behind him, and then introduced to the players: "Let's meet the members of the coaching staff. This is Jason Bernard, my assistant coach. These four are in order.
It's Barb, Craig, Tolop, and Leo who are the coaches of the first team. You will get to know the other coaches one by one in different training programs later. Don't underestimate them because they look young. I can
Let me tell you, they come from Ajax and have been coaches there for four years or more. They will train you to become the top stars in the world, don't doubt it."
The 26 players were in awe when they heard that these young coaches were all from Ajax. In any case, Ajax's training standards are among the best in Europe.
After the official meeting ended, Aldrich gave the order and the team started training. First they jogged around the field to warm up, while he stood aside to watch the players' performance.
Under the leadership of the three captains, other players did not dare to be lazy, and the 26 people jogged around the field in an orderly manner.
As if he were in the clouds, the young Ballack whispered to Schneider, who was slightly smaller than him, "Hey, I'm afraid I'll never forget today."
Schneider winked and said: "I didn't even know I had the talent to become a top star."
He is already 21 years old and previously played for a German second division team.
For them, meeting Aldridge officially at the training ground for the first time has become an episode that will never be forgotten in their memories.
Aldrich naturally encouraged them, but at the same time he also knew that a fact would inevitably become a reality in the future.
England cannot keep these people!
Even in the 1970s, since Tottenham won the UEFA Cup, Europe has entered an era of English dominance. Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, and Aston Villa have reached the top of Europe seven times in total, not counting the champions of the other two major cups.
, but five years after the Heysel tragedy, English football suffered a heavy blow. Liverpool, which returned to the Champions League for the first time after the lifting of the ban in 1991, failed to even pass the qualifying rounds. In addition, the Taylor Report made English football clubs in order to rebuild.
The stadium and reduced investment in the transfer market have greatly reduced the competitiveness of English clubs.
In an era when English clubs failed to qualify for the three major European Cups, Serie A rose to prominence and gradually became the well-deserved first league in Europe. This era when Serie A dominated Europa League happened to be the era when Aldrich's current players grew up.
For many of their ambitious players, Serie A is the highest league they are attracted to, rather than England, which seems to be in a state of decline. Even the Premier League is not attractive enough.
Take Nedved, if it weren't for his lack of an EU passport and Italy's restrictions on the transfer of non-European players, he might not even consider coming to Aldridge. Even in the time and space Aldrich has experienced, Nedved
Wade also risked going to court with a fake passport to land in Serie A. For players of their era, Serie A is the highest stage where masters gather.
Aldrich was standing on the sidelines, and Jensen teased him: "I didn't know you were so seductive."
Aldrich said without changing his expression: "I'm telling the truth, the absolute truth!"
Jenson smiled and suddenly said solemnly: "Next season will be difficult. The Premier League announced that there will only be 20 places in the Super League next season, so next season, four teams in the Premier League will be relegated, and we are in a
There are only two promotion places in League One, so the competition will be more intense than before."
Thinking of this, Aldrich also felt a little unlucky, which could be said to be bad luck.
The Premier League has been planning to reduce the Premier League quota from 22 teams to 20 since its establishment in 1992, but damn, it happened to be either last year, the year after next, or next season, and Aldridge was just in time.
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This makes the competition in the English League One next season very fierce. When Aldrich roughly analyzed the competition situation next season yesterday, he found that there are many competitors.
Three teams were relegated from the Premier League last season: Sheffield United, Oldham and Swindon.
I am afraid that Swindon's embarrassing record of conceding 100 goals in the Premier League last season will make it difficult for this team to be competitive in League One. The other two teams should not be underestimated.
In addition, there are many players in the First Division who are capable of reaching the Premier League: Middlesbrough, Reading, Bolton Wanderers, Wolves, Derby County, Watford, etc.
There are only two promotion places for next season, so it will not be easy to break out of the tight encirclement.
