Melanie's due date is getting closer and closer, and Millwall's pre-season training preparations are also approaching. Aldridge will be absent for some time during the team's summer training.
Club CEO Adam came to Liverpool to meet Aldridge with a guilty look on his face.
"Boss, I'm sorry, I couldn't convince them to stay."
Adam was angry and frustrated when Ferdinand and others left the team.
Almost since June, his focus has been on retaining Ferdinand, Duff and Mills, but his efforts for more than a month have yielded no results.
Aldrich entertained Adam warmly in the living room of his home. Melanie, despite her big belly, treated the guests like a hostess. Both of them liked this feeling, which made them look like an ordinary couple.
Feeling of home.
"Don't worry, our conditions are too different from Leeds United's. They chose to sign a better contract. It's human nature."
Aldridge no longer wants to think about why Ferdinand, Duff and Mills are so determined to transfer.
Maybe it’s because he makes more money, maybe he doesn’t want to play as a substitute at Millwall.
No matter what, just leave.
not give a damn about.
"Boss, it's time for us to make a decision on our preparation plan for the summer."
Holding the tea cup, Adam put his depressed mood behind him and turned to the main topic of the conversation.
"Well, say sorry to Inter Milan, Ajax, and Dortmund. The plan discussed last year has been temporarily canceled, but it can still be carried out in the future. In addition, help the club contact Sporting Lisbon. Feyenoord Lever.
Kusen.Four clubs in Genk,
Invite them to London to play a pre-season warm-up match. The ticket share can be given more. We will move into a new stadium next summer. If we can play a few more games at the Lion's Den Stadium, we should try to make as many arrangements as possible. There are still quite a few fans.
It’s hard to let go of the old golf course.”
Adam remembered every word Aldrich said.
In fact, at the G14 summit last year, Aldrich proposed an idea with the heads of some wealthy clubs. That was for the European giants to form a group to play pre-season friendly matches on other continents. It was originally scheduled a few months ago to play with Inter Milan this summer.
Ajax and Dortmund go to North America for a tour. Although it may not have an immediate market effect, it will always be good for the future to lay a foundation of popularity in advance and become familiar with them.
Before European football has fully entered the capital era, some old concepts and hypocritical arrogance still hang over the heads of many giants. They believe that Europe is the center of the football world and represents the top level in this field. At the club level
, if they are from backward countries or regions and do not send invitations, they will rarely take the initiative to promote their own brands, and even if others come to invite them, they will still ask for invitations.
The need for high appearance fees has made some sponsors or organizers shy away. This concept has caused many quasi-rich clubs with excellent records and some giants to lag behind in market share, especially global international reputation and influence, in the era of rapid development of media consulting.
Among competitors at the same level, it was not until the gap was reflected in commercial operating income ten years later that many giants began to catch up in their global strategies.
Millwall has always paid attention to international publicity. Take the United States as an example. Americans may not care about football. Football is not even ranked among the top five competitive sports in the United States, but there are still football fans in the United States, and these people care about football or love football.
of fan groups, their favorite club
Which one is it? Millwall! Why? Because on the American Internet, among the websites related to football, in the whole of Europe, only Millwall is promoting it, while fans of other teams mostly rely on sports brands such as Nike and Adidas.
Attracted by advertising with football stars.
Because of the rapid development of Millwall's business operations in recent years, other giants heard that Millwall initiated such a business operation proposal and wanted to give it a try. Millwall did not want to go to other continents to engage in pre-season games and turn it into a one-man show.
Like last year's trip to Asia, it was pretty much a carnage all the way, and the influence it created was really limited. If we went with a few wealthy families, the sensation, influence, and attention it would bring would be completely different. Cake
It's so big that one person can't finish it.
Aldridge is unable to escape at this time, and the pre-season preparation plan will have to change.
"Boss, what about the club's summer signing plan?"
Adam is still more concerned about the construction of the club's lineup. The only thing he is criticized in the industry for is that he is not like a football manager, but more like a pure businessman.
It's not that he doesn't want to get involved in the team's construction, but that Aldridge has all the control in this regard. The introduction or transfer of players is all decided by Aldridge. Adam wants to find new players, but so what if he does? It's just a waste of time.
"You don't need to worry about this. I have already called the club's negotiation team and they have started working. What I want to talk to you about is another matter."
Aldrich and Adam talked at length in the living room of their home all afternoon.
Three days later, Millwall officially announced that the Lion's Den Stadium would undergo minor renovations after they moved into the new stadium. It would be used as a competition venue for the youth team and reserve teams in the future and would not be abandoned or auctioned for other uses.
Once the news was announced, die-hard Lions fans, especially local fans, were extremely excited and applauded the club's decision.
They still have feelings for the old stadium. Even though the club is now famous in Europe and has won many honors, the Lion's Den symbolizes the past and is an indelible part of their club's history and the memory of their fans.
Aldridge has never thought about how to deal with the Lion's Den Stadium before. He imagined learning from Arsenal and converting Highbury into a characteristic residential area for sale after moving into the Emirates Stadium... but it seems that he lost hundreds of millions.
Pounds in.
Now that he has money and the club has ample funds, Aldridge hopes to preserve Millwall's historical buildings intact as a inheritance of memory. Ten years later, twenty years later, fifty years later, whether it is
Fans are still tourists. When they come here, they can walk through these buildings, find traces of the past, and explore the historical context, making their club culture more complete and continuous.
At the same time, Millwall is also building new football schools in three regions: Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Each school has ten free learning places every year, and will be awarded to the ten young players with the most outstanding talent evaluations during trials every summer.
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This is not only the club’s strategic plan to expand talent selection channels to promote the club’s brand, but will also expand the club’s influence in various fields of football circles. For example, if they build a football school, they will have more coaches, but not all coaches meet the requirements of Mir
Wall's request, so the coaching materials compiled by Aldrich last year have become a must for Millwall's training coaches. Millwall not only cultivates outstanding young players every year, but also cultivates many young coaches.
They will all be useful in Wall's future global promotion plans.
Fleet Street stunned by Millwall's big move.
David Miller joked in his column: Some people spend huge sums of money just to build a comfortable house, but Hall wants to build a skyscraper.
France, Lille Youth Football Academy
A young man with a scar face walked out of the college dejectedly, carrying his luggage, and reluctantly looked back at the college's signboard.
He was given up.
After spending three years in this academy, he became an "outcast" at the age of 16.
He walked aimlessly on the street, not knowing where the road was. Maybe he should go back to his hometown and start over.
When he passed a street corner, a magnificent car stopped in front of him. A young man in a suit and leather shoes got out of the car and stood in front of him, blocking his way.
Coming from a poor family, he subconsciously stepped out of the way without even raising his head to look at the other party.
"Hey Frank, can we talk?"
The scar-faced boy raised his head in surprise and looked at the well-dressed young man, wondering why he knew me?
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Creighton. I work for the English Football Club Millwall. We have been paying attention to you for a long time. Now we are inviting you. If you are willing, you can come to London with me now," the club coach Mr. Hall said.
However, you don’t need to go through trial training and can directly enter the team’s youth team.”
The scar-faced boy was shocked and speechless.
He had just been abandoned by the Lille Youth Academy, and less than 5 minutes after walking out of the door, Millwall, who had won twelve titles in four years and dominated Europe, took the initiative to invite him to join?!
Is this a prank?
"Frank, oh, maybe I'm too presumptuous, Ribery, can we sit down somewhere and talk? If you need your family to be with you, you can call them now. At the same time, you can also consult Millwall officials.
, to verify my identity, find a computer with Internet access, log on to Millwall’s official website, and you can find it.
The contact information of the club will never be fake. If you are still not convinced, we can contact acquaintances in France to convince you, such as Lille’s new coach Halilhodzic, and Mr. Hall is an old friend with him, but Mr. Hall
I specifically said, try not to alarm Mr. Halilhodzic, otherwise, Lille may block your departure."
Today is the first time that young Creighton has taken on his own role in persuading players to join the club. He doesn't want to screw up and reveal all his cards when he opens his mouth.
If Aldridge were here, he would definitely be scolded.
You put it this way, if the 16-year-old Ribery is a man and doesn't want to leave France, he can go directly to Halilhodzic and tell him: Millwall has taken a fancy to me, do Lille still want me now?
Halilhodzic, who watched the European Cup with Aldrich in 1996, has occasionally chatted with Aldridge on the phone over the years, especially when he led the team to visit France. They are old friends and they are in the same circle again, so it is difficult to keep in touch.
As for not communicating with each other, it is the norm in communication.
Halilhodzic had just taken over Lille, which was in the Ligue 2, and he probably didn't have enough eyes to reach the youth academy. If he found out that Millwall had extended an invitation to Ribery, he would definitely want to keep Ribery.
, and it is a key training.
Fortunately, the 16-year-old Ribery was not too fussy and happily followed Clayton to a nearby coffee shop to learn more about joining Millwall.
What Ribery cares about is money. He can't afford to play abroad, but Millwall will give him a professional contract. The advantages of English football are directly reflected. Although he can't make a lot of money in London, he can still have enough food and clothing. No problem, you can also grow in a better environment.
Creighton was relieved that the invitation to join Ribery was finally out of his hands.
Two days later, he returned to London with Ribery. Club CEO Adam personally signed a contract with Ribery and left a memorable photo. After that, Ribery entered the youth team.
ps: Halilhodzic, the coach who led Algeria to a 4:2 victory over Bangzi a few days ago, is known for his iron fist in running the army. After winning against Bangzi, he had a very tough tone... (To be continued, please search Piao Tianwen, The novel is better and updated faster!
