There has been a lot of excitement in the English football world recently. The soap opera of Manchester United changing ownership is still on the air. Fierce protests from Red Devils fans have filled the city. However, Murdoch's acquisition is nearing completion. It is rumored that the transaction price is about 620 million pounds.
Although Manchester United fans have been verbally criticizing Edwards for many years and believe that his crimes against Manchester United are countless, even if Manchester United fans want Edwards to get out, they cannot accept that Manchester United, with its British tradition, has become the private property of Americans.
In order to appease the fans, Edwards even officially announced that the new owner would retain the club's traditions after taking over. He hoped that the fans would accept the reality rationally and allow the club's transfer transaction to transition peacefully.
Everything seemed to be a done deal, and Manchester United would have a new owner. However, the British government suddenly intervened in the deal, and the Fair Trade Commission prevented the two parties from completing the final transaction procedures on the grounds of reviewing the transaction.
Murdoch has huge properties in the UK. If he did not own properties in the UK, he could have acquired Manchester United with confidence. However, when the British government intervened, he began to have concerns.
One wave has not subsided, and another wave has arisen.
The match between Millwall and Wimbledon caused an uproar after the game. The Football Association of England issued a series of heavy fines to Millwall. The first person to issue a huge reaction was not Millwall. Millwall looked like it was angry.
Bao, the FA fined them, they accepted it and said nothing more.
However, there were first strong objections from within the FA.
Maybe not many people know that Aldridge and Wiseman turned from friends to enemies during a meal, but what happened was that Wiseman's "political opponents" in the football circle were the first to attack, claiming that Millwall had suffered
A very serious injury. That game was a disaster, rising to the exaggerated level of a disaster for the whole Premier League and the whole of England.
This is the same method used by the Premier League to use issues to exaggerate the effects of facts and then use them as leverage to attack opponents.
The chairman of the referee committee even publicly apologized to Millwall, directly admitting that it was the referee's law enforcement that caused the mistakes and damaged Millwall's interests on the field.
When Wiseman made a statement that "the FA is reconsidering whether to loan Wembley to Millwall", Aldridge had already led the team to Italy.
In the city of Milan, before the Champions League press conference officially started, Aldridge was sitting in the audience, with David Miller sitting next to him. He wanted to conduct a brief interview with Aldridge, but Aldridge did not refuse.
"Did the last league game have a big impact on you?"
"I can't say it doesn't happen, but sometimes this kind of thing happens on the football field. Some misjudgments are indeed mistakes, and some misjudgments are premeditated."
David Miller frowned: "Are you accusing Horn of deliberately making it impossible for Millwall to win?"
"I don't know. But people who watched that game have their own judgment standards. In fact, I admire Horn very much. Really, as the referee, he blew off two of our goals and missed one of our penalty kicks."
, haha. Another referee made one of these mistakes and probably couldn't sleep well for a month. He can withstand the pressure of public opinion and his inner strength. I admire him. This is not sarcasm. It is the truth.
"
Aldrich's remarks are sincere. Some people are born to be used as guns, but it is not easy to be effective as a gun.
David Miller sighed: "It is said that the referee committee has deprived Horn of the qualification to officiate in the Premier League. If there is no new opportunity, he will not be able to officiate in the Premier League or important cup games in the future."
Aldrich thought to himself: The rabbit will die and the dog will be cooked.
"Have you heard what FA Chairman Wiseman said?"
"About Wembley? Well, I heard about it. It's nothing. Millwall was originally the loan party. The Football Association has the right to rent to us, and of course it also has the right to refuse. But even if they decide not to rent, then they still have to
Waiting for next season.”
"Aren't you worried? Millwall's new stadium should not be usable next season. If you still compete in the Champions League, where will you play? Spend huge sums of money to upgrade the stadium specifications of the Lion's Den Stadium? To meet the UEFA vs. Champions League competition
Venue requirements.”
Aldridge thought for a moment and smiled: "We don't know yet. Things haven't reached that point yet. There is no need to think about the future now. If the FA does not rent the stadium to us, Millwall will definitely not be in the Lions team."
It’s a big change to the hole courts, especially as we anticipate moving into a new golf course in the next 20 years.”
Miller hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "Aren't you friends with FA Chairman Wiseman? Why would he bring up this matter at this time?"
Aldridge nodded and said: "Yes, he and I are friends, and the relationship has always been very good, and it remains the same now. But work is work, and personal relationships are personal relationships. Wembley is not Wiseman's, but the FA's.
In England, when Arsenal also wants to rent Wembley, maybe the Football Association will consider
Considering the rental income, I will reconsider this matter. I think this is normal. If I were Wiseman, I would also think about it and listen to Arsenal's loan quotation to see if I can help the British.
The FA brings more revenue, and everyone knows that the FA's finances have not been very optimistic."
David Miller looked at Aldrich with deep eyes, and after finding that there was nothing unusual about the other person's expression, he threw away the thoughts he had just had in his heart.
At that moment, he had an idea: Aldrich's words contained murderous intent.
Yes, everyone knows that the Football Association has financial problems. Since the Premier League broke away from the control of the Football Association, the Football Association's revenue has declined year after year. In the past, it relied on the fourth-level professional league to maintain its livelihood. Later, the English League One restructured the Premier League.
Not only did it set up its own business, but it also sacrificed the interests of the three-level professional leagues below. The Football Association went from being relatively well-off to having enough food and clothing, and then to being heavily in debt and unable to make ends meet.
Everyone in the English football circle knows this kind of thing, but Aldridge suddenly mentioned the financial problems of the Football Association at this time, especially in the context of factional confrontations within the Football Association. Aldridge was not exposing his friends.
Wiseman's scar?
After thinking about it, David Miller thought it might be because Aldridge was young and inexperienced. He spoke straightforwardly and was not very knowledgeable. Otherwise, such taboo questions should never come out of his mouth.
Reporters from other media arrived one after another, and Aldridge walked back to the stage. He came early today, so he chatted a few more words with Miller and accepted a simple interview. Next, there was the official press conference of the Champions League.
Everyone knows the news that Millwall has been severely punished in the Premier League. But no one cares. What everyone is looking forward to is tomorrow's game, Millwall's away game against Inter Milan.
The newspaper with the largest circulation in Europe is "Gazzetta dello Sport". Giancarlo began to follow the Premier League this season. He was very happy to see Millwall visit Italy again in the Champions League.
Here, he felt like he was back home, and Aldrich gave him face and answered his questions first.
"As the defending champion, what is your goal in the first round of the group stage?"
Aldridge said without hesitation: "Of course it is to win! I have good memories in Italy. Inter Milan is very powerful. They have the best forwards recognized in the world, plus talented players such as Baggio, Djorkaeff and so on.
Millwall likes strong opponents, and only by defeating strong opponents can we experience a special pleasure."
There were many reporters from the Italian media at the scene. When they heard Aldrich's words, they immediately felt that this man was speaking arrogantly!
Millwall is the defending champion. But comparing the strength of the two teams, Inter Milan is not weaker than Millwall in terms of the strength of the starting players and the thickness of the team's lineup.
Giancarlo smiled slightly when he heard this and said: "Is this your psychological warfare? You want people in Inter Milan to hear your arrogance, and then tomorrow at Meazza, Inter Milan will press hard. Your team can
Use your speed advantage to counterattack your opponent, and you can easily win the victory, right?"
It has to be said that in Italy, a country that is a paradise for academic tactics, professional reporters have richer tactical knowledge than reporters from other countries.
This doesn't mean that other reporters didn't think of this, but not so quickly, especially since they don't understand Aldridge's style as well as Giancarlo.
Even if Aldrich's wishful thinking was revealed to his face, he still had a calm smile.
"Psychological warfare? Haha, think about it from another angle, won't Inter Milan focus on attacking at Meazza? Will they be conservative when facing the young Millwall? Mr. Giancarlo, I just told the truth,
I can’t always say that Millwall will be happy if they come to the away game and get a draw, we are the defending champions.”
Giancarlo smiled and asked: "Even when Millwall's lineup is incomplete, you still insist that the team must win tomorrow?"
"I rarely give hard orders to the team, requiring them to win a certain game and win a certain championship. My requirements for the players are different for everyone. My standards are based on their performance. Some
People can achieve 90 points, but only 60 points in the game. Even if we win, I will not be satisfied. Therefore, in tomorrow's game, I will only ask the players to perform better than usual. As for victory,
I believe that as long as they do what I ask, the final result will be what we want to see."
Aldrich was talking calmly, but a reporter in the audience asked him a question that made him feel helpless.
"After Inter Milan's former coach Simeone was dismissed from get out of class, he said that the reason for his dismissal was your suggestion to Moratti to invite Hodgson to coach again. Is this true?"
Aldrich sighed inwardly.
He felt very innocent.
Moratti has invested heavily in recent years, but the league title he wants most cannot be found. Even though Simeone led the team to win the UEFA Cup last season, he was still dissatisfied. At the same time, Millwall climbed to the top of Europe.
Ratti didn't know what was going on, but he seemed to think England's coaches were awesome, so he thought of Hodgson, who had coached Inter Milan.
To be honest, when Hodgson coached Inter Milan for the first time, the cards in his hand were not as good as they are now, but he was able to lead Inter Milan to third place in the league and second place in the UEFA Cup, but unfortunately missed the championship with a penalty kick. When Moratti thought about it, he felt that if
If Hodgson takes over the current team, it will definitely be better than Simeone.
So, Moratti called Aldrich in the summer to ask for his advice. At that time, Aldridge felt strange. He didn't know why the other party came to ask him. He couldn't say that Hodgson was not good, so he could only follow Moratti's advice.
Wanting to reply to the other party, Moratti finally made up his mind and directly invited Hodgson back in the summer. Therefore, during the Champions League draw, Hodgson had a warm conversation with Aldridge as soon as he came up...
"Who Inter Milan chooses to be their coach has nothing to do with me."
When facing the media, Aldrich could only deal with it perfunctorily.
There are many mistakes to be made, just clarify the relationship simply and clearly.
