This is an expensive five-star hotel in London. In the VIP suite of the hotel, four men and two women are sitting around a round table.
A card game was going on, with chips, wine, and snacks placed in front of the six people.
Sitting on Aldrich's left is Yiwen, and on his right is an equally elegant beauty, Ms. Alina, a senior executive of British Airways.
The other poker players at the same table were Carter from Standard Chartered Bank, Fitz from Legal Access Insurance, and Rudis from Ladbrokes.
There are six people at this table, except for Yiwen, all of them have cooperative relationships with Millwall.
Millwall has been fighting all over the place and has already become a VIP of British Airways.
Standard Chartered Bank is the current sponsor of Millwall's shirt chest advertising.
When the club signs a contract, an insurance company needs to be involved, and Fatong Insurance also lists Millwall as a key customer.
Ladbrokes bookmakers are one of the stadium's advertising sponsors.
Aldrich's spare time activities have increased significantly. In addition to the regular beer nights at the club, he will also participate in poker nights like today, as well as reading groups organized by Ms. Rowling.
If he has to lead the team to play a game in the middle of the week, he will basically be active every night for a week.
I just do this so that I don't have to stay at home and think about things.
He was very lucky tonight, and the chips piled up in front of him were obviously much more than others.
Rudis's hand was very poor and he folded it directly. He picked up his glass and looked at Aldridge and asked softly: "I received news that Ronaldinho is wanted by many wealthy clubs. The asking prices are not low, Mir."
Will Wall take the risk to keep him?"
Young players who are less than 20 years old have received high offers. The club's choice of selling or not selling is questionable.
If you sell it, it is very realistic to earn a lot of transfer fees.
If you don't sell them, you have to bear the risk. There are many talented players who end up hurting Zhongyong. If they are not sold at a high price, it will be a loss and it will also drag down the team's record.
Aldridge withdrew the cards, threw some chips and went to the front. He turned around and smiled and said: "What are the odds that Ladbrokes offer for Ronaldinho's transfer? I can bet five million pounds on him not to transfer."
Yes, do you accept it?"
Rudis was speechless for a moment, and others laughed.
At the end of the game, it turned into a duel between Aldrich and the beautiful girl Alina beside him. With a slight smile on his face, Alina pushed all the chips in front of her and said to Aldrich: "Should you
Wouldn’t it be a spoiler?”
Aldrich looked at his watch and said, "It's getting late, let's end it."
He pushed his chips and showed his hole cards directly without playing any mystery. Alina also revealed her hole cards, and the cards were compared. Aldrich lost.
Alina chuckled and said, "Thank you."
Aldrich raised his eyebrows and said: "I guess this has something to do with my recent luck. I always thought that the beginning was good, but the ending was bleak. God likes to stage reversal dramas for people."
After the card game was over, Yiwen put on his snow-white coat and waited for Aldrich outside the door. After greeting the others, Carter stayed at the end to talk to Aldrich.
"It's been three months since the new season started. Millwall's momentum is good, especially with many newcomers in the team, which has attracted the attention of European football. Now Millwall's first team is estimated to be worth more than 200 million pounds. People are curious about you.
How many future superstars are still hidden?"
Carter's words left Aldridge confused.
Millwall and Standard Chartered Bank are a commercial cooperation, and there is no exchange in the field of football. What is the use of Carter telling him this?
How much is Millwall's first team worth, doesn't Aldridge know yet?
Larsson and Nedvěd alone have a combined income of over 50 million pounds.
Aldridge looked at Carter in confusion, and the other party continued: "Now the outside world is not only paying attention to Millwall's first team, but also your reserve team and youth team. After all, the performance of these lower echelons is also amazing."
Aldrich shrugged, the other person was right.
Millwall's reserve team has won the reserve league championship for two consecutive years. In the first three months of this year's league, it has also left behind teams far behind, such as Vicente, the injured Henry, Pedretti and others.
They are all playing in the reserve team and their record is guaranteed.
The youth team has dominated the youth league for many consecutive years. Except for missing the FA Youth Cup the year before last, it has won the FA Youth Cup in other years. In addition, starting from last season, it has competed with the youth teams of various European strong teams.
It has also achieved good results, and it is no surprise that the youth team has attracted attention from the outside world.
Many European giants also want to poach Millwall's youth team players, but not many youth team players want to leave unless the giants personally promise to give them a chance to play, but the giants cannot give them this.
Teams in the middle and lower reaches poach young players and can give them to the main force, but the youth team players look down on them. They all want to stay in Millwall first to see how the competition is. If they can get a position in Millwall, this is the best thing.
If it doesn't work, then transfer and leave to develop in other teams.
The most common voice lingering over Millwall's youth team now is: Such and such player is Nedved II, Larsson's successor, and the next Pirlo...
"Can I not understand what you are saying? But what exactly do you want to say?"
Carter faced Aldrich's question and said softly: "I have friends over at Umbro, and they want to test your reaction through me."
"Umbro? They want to cooperate? But we just signed a new contract with Puma in the summer for two years. If we want to cooperate, we will talk about it in a year and a half."
"No, not the first team, they want to sponsor the reserve team and youth team, and even all the echelons of Millwall except the first team!"
Aldrich fell into deep thought after hearing this.
Reserve teams and youth teams have sponsors, which is rare in global football, and there is no precedent in mainstream European leagues.
But in the future, Manchester United’s reserve team sponsorship contract will be higher than the full team sponsorship income of many mid- and lower-tier clubs!
It is also the first club in Europe that allows its reserve team to also generate huge revenue.
It didn't take long for Aldrich to generate income. There was nothing to hesitate about.
"It's good, as long as the price is right. Millwall welcomes another partner, but before that, we first have to say hello to Puma and see what they mean.
If you are not interested in sponsoring, then we can negotiate with other sponsors.”
Carter nodded when he heard this. What he admires most about Aldrich in his career is that he respects his partners.
There is no such thing as a profit-seeking attitude.
On the way home, Yiwen sat sideways in the passenger seat and stared at Aldrich quietly.
Of course she knew about Melanie's pregnancy. Others sent Aldrich their blessings and even a lot of gifts, but she had no reaction at all.
"Want to chat?"
Yiwen broke the silence.
Aldrich drove the car and knew what the other party wanted to talk about. He said calmly: "I don't want to talk."
Family, friends, colleagues, and many people gave him advice, comforted him, and comforted him. He seemed to have become a victim in life, full of grievances. This was not the image he should have, and he also resented making himself look like this in the eyes of others.
Became a helpless person.
He doesn't need anyone's comfort or advice. This is just a matter between him and Melanie. If they can reach an agreement, they can reach an agreement. If they can't, there's no need to dwell on it.
"Why don't you give me a chance?"
"Especially now. I don't want to talk about this aspect."
Aldrich turned on the radio and listened to the broadcast.
After driving to the door of the apartment, Yiwen got off the car, Aldrich parked the car in the garage, and then went home to rest.
We just finished the European war in the middle of the week, and on the weekend of the league, Millwall went to Derby County. The away game was a bit ugly. This season, Derby County has wiped out the image of an underdog. It has been ranked in the middle and upper reaches since the beginning of the season, which is impressive.
Beat Millwall, they
While Millwall was full of fighting spirit, Millwall was a little unfocused during the game. They tried to control the game but were counterattacked by the opponent after consecutive steals. They fell behind by two goals in less than 30 minutes. After leading by two goals, Derby County began to defend and tried to make it 3.
Put it into your pocket.
This choice was a big mistake. As soon as they contracted, Millwall's disadvantage of continuous battles was reduced, and they could control the rhythm calmly. In addition, there was plenty of game time, and the strong temperament accumulated by Millwall began to take effect. They were not in a hurry.
control the game, next
Two goals were scored in the 56th and 77th minutes of the half to equalize the score. When the score came to a tie, Derby County went crazy and pressed hard. Millwall's final counterattack moment penetrated the opponent's defense, but it was a pity that Van der Meyde's single-handed kick
He flew away and finally made peace with his opponent.
Aldridge has been really busy with work recently. In addition to the team's training and games, he held secret meetings with sponsors, club executives and others. The content of the discussions at the same time last year was roughly the same.
Golden Globe Awards.
Millwall strongly favored Larsson last season, but this year there are not many discussions and differences. The first choice is definitely Nedved.
Larsson's annual goal number has declined, and he has been recovering from injuries at the beginning of the new season. The other main players who helped Millwall win the European Champions Cup last season, especially the offensive players, Trezeguet and Shevchenko are both
Having left the team, the Ballon d'Or contender that Millwall will put all their efforts into packaging will definitely be Nedvěd.
If we take 1998 as a time period, Nedvěd’s club statistics top all midfielders in Europe!
In all the competitions he has participated in, he has scored 27 goals and 20 assists as of November. Especially in the first half of the year, Millwall scored key goals in the European competition.
The number one contributor to Wall's rise to the top of Europe.
His worth has been assessed at more than 20 million pounds. This is a comprehensive assessment, not the actual transfer value. If other clubs were to sell a player of Nedved's level, they would at least ask for more than 30 million pounds.
The price is astronomical, and Millwall has always labeled Nedved as not for sale!
Exactly the same as the operation at the same time last year, Millwall began to publicize and build momentum through traditional and emerging media networks, making a highlight of Nedvěd's annual performance, and then letting football critics talk about Nedvěd's performance and contribution, which made Nedvěd
Devide becomes the focus of Europe.
In the thirteenth round of the Premier League, Millwall welcomed the strong Leicester City at home, and he had another direct dialogue with Martin O'Neill's team.
This game made Aldridge feel very painful, because after Martin O'Neal had Tony + Gudjohnsen, the tactics of playing a strong team became simpler.
7-man defense + 3-man offense.
Leicester City has performed well for two consecutive years, attracting the attention of mid-to-lower teams, so Martin O'Neill started to have headaches when playing against weak teams, but when he played against strong teams, he became more calm and leisurely, and his team was unable to attack difficult situations.
The counterattack was vigorous.
After 90 minutes, the two teams were tied 1:1.
Aldridge really began to miss Pirlo, who was very knowledgeable in organizing and dispatching in the midfield...
