Aldridge took De Rossi on a trip, which made him not lonely during the trip, but also in a happy mood, and his mentality became relaxed. He could dig out as many stars of hope as he wanted, but if he couldn't, there was no need to do so.
If I hold a grudge in my heart, I will be fortunate to gain it, but I will lose my life.
Those big clubs either rejected him, or regarded him as a stupid and rich fish to rip off. When Aldridge came to Florence, he did not visit Viola, but went to Fiesole, a small town here.
,Visit amateur club Rondinella.
Of course he came here to poach someone, and his target was Andrea Barzagli, who was only 16 years old.
Although the weekly salary of Millwall's contracts for young players has shrunk significantly and is not as lavish as it was in the first season, Aldridge is still willing to pay at least 500 pounds a week to some young players who are sure to have potential.
This is definitely an attractive contract for Barzagli, who holds an amateur contract and plays football for almost nothing.
Originally, with the current international transfer rules not yet perfect, Aldrich did not have to pay a penny to the Rondinella Club. They had an amateur contract with Barzagli. In addition to Barzagli's age, in Italy
, the contract between the two has no legal binding at all. However, Aldridge still acted in good conscience and gave the other party a training fee of 100,000 pounds, which allowed him to receive VIP treatment at the Rondinella Club.
After Aldrich talked with Barzagli for two hours, he asked him to go directly to London to report to the team. At that time, someone from the club would directly give him a professional contract. He did not need to worry about other matters at all. The club would
Everything was arranged. He only had to do one thing: get on a plane and fly to London.
After staying in Italy for almost ten days, Aldrich was generally excited. Although a series of obstacles made him feel depressed, he had gained De Rossi and Barzagli, and he should be content.
When taking a car to Florence Airport, De Rossi, who was wearing a peaked cap and holding a camera in his hand, turned to Aldrich and asked: "Are you going to London?"
Aldrich opened the map of Europe in his hand, shook his head and said: "Go back to London? No, it's still early. Take a plane to France."
De Rossi said excitedly: "Okay, I haven't been to France yet."
"Haha. I'll take you around all the major European countries, uh, let's forget about Germany."
In the next month, Aldrich and De Rossi traveled to France together, then went south to Spain, and the last stop was Portugal.
Along the way, Aldrich repeatedly encountered "acquisition rejections" and "black shop lions opening their mouths", but he still gained something.
In Odancourt in eastern France, he signed 16-year-old Benoit Pedretti.
When he contacted Philippe Mexes, who came from a poor family, in Toulouse, he met Auxerre coach Guy Roux. Auxerre was also following and observing Mexes. He was interested in signing, but Millwall offered more favorable conditions.
Guy Roux thought of his friendship with Aldrich, Auxerre withdrew, Millwall took away the 14-year-old Mexes, advanced his apprenticeship contract salary for one year to his family, and went to London.
, Mexes’ food and accommodation will be taken care of by the club, so he can concentrate on training.
I really met a lot of acquaintances during my trip to France. In Toulon, Aldrich negotiated the transfer of 16-year-old Sebastian Squillac with the unknown Toulon club. As a result, Monaco coach Ti
Garner called Aldridge again and claimed that they were already paying attention to this young man. Aldridge was a real gentleman and explained the situation to Squillaci. Monaco or Millwall, you choose.
Squillaci didn't hesitate at all and asked Aldridge directly for the contract.
God knows when Monaco will come to Toulon to take him away. It’s unclear whether Tigana will still be in office by then.
Milvoldo is convinced that the coach has come in person and the contract is ready. It would be a mistake not to sign it.
After leaving France, Aldridge went to Spain. Although he only signed two players, he stayed longer because he almost wore his tongue to convince the other party.
One of them is Xabi Alonso, who is preparing to sign with Spanish low-level team IBA in the summer.
Xabi Alonso, who is less than half a year old and is 16 years old, spent time in Barcelona in his early years and made many friends there, such as Arteta, but there is no Barcelona mark on him because that was before he was 10 years old.
At the same time, there were not even a thousand but hundreds of children who were educated in Barcelona.
The difficulty in convincing Alonso is because he has Basque ancestry. His brother plays for the Basque team. Most of Alonso's family members also believe that he should play for the Basque team like his brother.
Aldridge went through a lot of hard work and showed 300% sincerity before Alonso agreed to go to London.
To put it bluntly, the situation is somewhat similar to De Rossi's.
Alonso, who is less than 16 years old, is not fast and his skills with his feet are not very flexible. If these two indicators are not outstanding, then there will be no amazing talent at this age.
The low-level Iba, or the Premier League champion Millwall, who is famous for its youth team?
In the end Alonso chose the latter.
Signing another Spaniard cost Aldridge a lot of effort.
Vicente, Valencia’s “left winger” in the future!
Vicente, who will turn 16 in mid-July, was considering an invitation from Levante, when Millwall intervened.
Aldridge personally came to convince Vicente to join Millwall.
On the last stop of his travels in Europe, Aldrich arrived in Portugal. It was already mid-July. He sent De Rossi, who was having fun and didn't care about things, to London, and he started shopping for goods in this palm-sized Portugal.
18-year-old Paulo Ferreira cost Millwall £300,000.
Miguel, 17, spent £200,000.
After the two transfer deals were concluded, Aldridge packed his bags and dressed himself very formally, with a suit and tie and a neat hairstyle, to introduce the last player in the plan.
Portugal - the edge of Europe, Madeira - the edge of Portugal. Funchal - the edge of Madeira.
Aldrich arrived with his suitcase in one of the fringe neighborhoods of this fringe island: San Antonio.
Like all glamorous cities, there is a dark and dirty side. San Antonio is a dilapidated, old and neglected neighborhood.
The place was full of drunkards. Every door Aldrich passed was piled with empty bottles.
Aldrich had no regional or racial discrimination in his mind, but the impression given by the people here reminded him directly of a saying: Poor mountains and rivers breed unruly people!
Even teenagers would stare at him with the eyes of a jackal looking at its prey. As long as Aldrich showed any timidity, they would collude to rob him.
But Aldrich's unwavering determination made him look very confident, like a tough guy who traveled all over the world.
Finally, his footsteps stopped in front of an old house.
The roof of the house is slanted, and the paint on the walls and doors has long since peeled off, but the yard in front of the house is filled with a wide variety of flowers and plants.
Aldrich walked into the yard and walked to the door, knocking lightly. After waiting for a while, a middle-aged woman opened the door with a vicissitudes of face, looking older than her actual age.
"Sir, may I ask, who are you looking for?"
When the woman saw Aldrich's outfit, her tone was a little cold and her eyes were full of hostility.
Maybe. In her eyes, Aldridge should be a civil servant.
She has conflicts with the regional government. If she hadn't made a big fuss with the government, I'm afraid she wouldn't have come to shelter the family of six in their dilapidated house.
"Is it Mrs. Dolores?"
"Madam?! Ah, I, I am, who are you?"
Dolores did not expect that the other party would call her so formally. Although she was flattered, she did not feel the arrogance of those powerful people from Aldrich. On the contrary, Aldrich gave people a calm and reliable impression.
Aldridge introduced himself: "I am a head coach from London, England. My team is Millwall. At the same time, I am also the owner of this club. I took the liberty to visit you today because I want to sign you."
's son."
When Dolores heard this, she hurriedly opened the door and asked Aldrich to come in. She started to tidy up the living room in a panic, saying apologetic words again and again. Her home was too simple and she could not provide an environment for welcoming guests, especially in
Aldrich's Armani clothes make him look even more shabby.
After she poured a glass of water, Aldridge had already taken out a hardcover brochure from his briefcase. The cover was a front-facing photograph of the Millwall Club office building.
He handed the brochure to Dolores and said softly: "Please take a look at my club introduction first. I don't know if you have heard of Millwall. If you doubt my identity and the information I provide,
, you can just ask any friend who knows about the football industry, I have plenty of time."
Dolores took the brochure and muttered to herself: "Millwall? Millwall? I seem to have heard of it somewhere..."
She got up and went to a room again, took out a stack of old newspapers and magazines, rummaged through them, took out an old Portuguese newspaper, showed it to Aldrich, and said, "Is this Millwall?"
Aldridge looked up and saw that the newspaper should be from two months ago. In mid-May, the summary report of Millwall's Triple Crown victory used the front page image of the newspaper when they won the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Photography.
Aldrich nodded and said, "Yes. Unfortunately, the cover picture is too big. I'm standing on the far right side of the line, but you can't see clearly."
As expected, Dolores picked up the newspaper and read it, but then she failed to see clearly the young man standing on the far left side of the line who was not wearing a suit jacket and was only wearing a shirt and trousers.
However, after she put down the newspaper, she took out a magazine from a stack of magazines, stared at the person on the cover of the magazine, and finally turned to Aldrich and smiled: "Now I can see clearly, it turns out your name is Aldrich."
Chi-Hall.”
After saying that, she handed the magazine to Aldrich.
This magazine is also an old magazine, published early last month. It is estimated that its circulation in Portugal will not have much influence, so it borrowed the cover of the British magazine "442". This is obviously an infringement, but Aldrich is really grateful for the pirated copy here.
On the cover of the magazine, the lower part shows three trophies, the FA Cup, the Premier League, and the European Cup Winners' Cup, while the upper part shows Aldridge's upper body photo with his arms folded across his chest and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, combining the young marshal's sharp eyes and frivolity. His smile was captured very vividly.
Aldrich put down the magazine. In this way, his identity was confirmed, and at least he didn't have to worry about being alerted as a liar.
"Mr. Hall, which of my sons does your team like?"
Dolores' face became serious and she asked nervously.
Aldrich solemnly said: "Your youngest son, Cristiano Ronaldo!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
