The youth team's expansion of players will never be published on the club's official website, and no news will come out. The media is not interested in reporting it. The club also wants to keep a low profile and does not want young players to become famous prematurely and enter the public eye. On the one hand, it is worried that it will
It brings mental pressure to the players, and on the other hand, it also prevents the mentality of young players from being unbalanced due to attention.
Due to being distracted by player transfers some time ago, the progress of the signing work this summer was unsatisfactory. By the time the signings ended, Millwall had only introduced four young players in addition to the players introduced through local trials.
Franck Ribery of France was the first, and Reyes, who finally chose Millwall between Sevilla and Millwall, was the second. McFadden and Richardson also joined one after another. They are both 16 years old.
Aged 11, he may not be able to make any contribution to Millwall's first team for at least three years.
Millwall sold 11 players in the summer, 4 of whom were first-team players and 7 were U20 players. The departure of 4 of the first-team players had a certain impact on the club, while the departure of 7 U20 players had an impact on the other.
The people and the club made a huge impact.
That man came to Liverpool with a grimace on behalf of his club.
Aldridge spent the summer working remotely at Liverpool's club, turning his living room into a studio where he held talks with various personalities.
Today's guest is David Moyes.
Moyes was extremely depressed.
Millwall has sold seven U20 players, at least four of whom he has had a cooperative relationship with in the past two years.
He has led Preston to a firm foothold in English League One and is preparing to make a big splash next season and try to reach the Premier League.
But the strength of his team is really unsightly. It’s not that it’s bad. But no matter how powerful it is, it’s only so strong.
The club is reluctant to spend money to buy people. They don't have Millwall's scouting system all over Europe or even outside Europe.
If they spend money to buy some players who are in their prime but have limited strength, the club feels that this is a loss-making deal. It was just to save money when they let Moyes come on board halfway. They didn't give him a penny, but Moyes took the opportunity.
Aldridge's team got lucky and relied on loan players to bring Preston into League One. In the second year, they were only 6 points away from reaching the promotion play-offs.
The club's top management not only appreciates and values Moyes, but gives him all rights except money. They also support Moyes's policy of continuing to rent out players to help the team work hard. In short, if you don't need money, you can do whatever you want.
Moyes also accepted his fate. His ability to lead the team has been recognized by the English football world. Many first-tier clubs have invited him. But it is not to let him take charge of the team, but to be an assistant coach. Moyes does not want to rely on others, and is determined to do it.
I want to make my own way, even if I am tearfully helping Millwall's young players level up now, I don't care.
No matter how hard and tiring it is, as long as we can lead the team to the Premier League, everything will be different.
Preston's top management also promised Moyes that as long as it reaches the top league, we will definitely give you a large transfer budget, and then you can build the team as you like.
This has to mention the contradiction between the Premier League and the lower leagues. The prosperity of the Premier League is based on the sacrifice of the interests of the lower leagues. Before the establishment of the Premier League, the broadcast rights of England's fourth-tier leagues were packaged and sold together. The Premier League is independent from the control of the Football Association.
Portals and TV broadcasters have also contributed to this situation behind the scenes. They are willing to pay extremely high broadcast fees to the Premier League, which actually puts the other three leagues at risk.
Broadcasting fees were given to the Premier League, so the lower leagues became orphans. Life became more and more miserable. This phenomenon continued and became worse. It directly led to the value of the Championship play-off final more than ten years later.
One hundred million pounds! It is no exaggeration to say that the English Championship team that has been promoted to the Premier League has become rich overnight. Similarly, the contradiction between the local leagues and the Premier League has become increasingly deep and irreconcilable.
Moyes works hard. For a club without money, there is no special emphasis on the summer transfer period, just tinkering with the lineup.
But Moyes has an ambition. He renewed his contract and retained some key players, and also reserved some positions for the players he had in mind, and these players are the players he has worked with before, such as Cahill, Bresciano,
Dunn...
He likes these players very much. He has developed excellent tactical discipline and professionalism at Millwall. When he comes to the team, he does not make trouble, plays with peace of mind, and cherishes every opportunity to play. His fighting spirit is reflected in his sweat.
But unfortunately, Millwall sold them all to Leeds United in the summer.
Before Moyes came to Aldridge, he called O'Reilly to inquire about whether he could rent those players. O'Reilly rejected him in a relaxed and cheerful tone.
What kind of international joke are you kidding?
Leeds United loan out the guy they just bought?
They will also play in the UEFA Cup in the new season, and O'Reilly still feels that there is not enough manpower.
At the very least, they need to support a 30-man lineup. Who gives them so many young players?
Then O'Reilly communicated with Moyes for a long time, asking about the specific situation of those players when they played under Moyes. O'Reilly had watched their game videos, but apart from the superficial information, of course, the coach's most important
It's clear.
Moyes helped Millwall's young players level up, and then Millwall made money by selling those who had made some progress in leveling up. Moyes also had to exchange experiences with O'Reilly to make them more comfortable to use.
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Thinking about it, Moyes felt so sad that he wanted to cry.
Aldridge can't stand Moyes today. The opponent is often distracted. It seems that Millwall has sold off several young players and Moyes' son.
After Moyes adjusted his condition and managed to squeeze out a smile, he went straight to the topic and explained his purpose.
Players still need to be loaned out.
Millwall selling so many young players directly disrupted Moyes' summer preparation plan.
His frustration is understandable.
If he can continue to rent Cahill, Bresciano and other players, there will be almost no problem with the team's integration.
But now he has to fill the vacancies of these established candidates and then rent players from Millwall. Even if those new players are capable, they still have to start from scratch.
Aldridge discussed loaning players in detail with Moyes.
He thinks he is quite interesting to Moyes.
Knowing that Preston is stingy, Millwall paid the players' wages during their loan spells.
As long as Moyes can help with leveling up, for a little money, we don't care.
Other managers also want to loan Millwall players, but Aldridge is not willing to rent them out yet.
Just prepare it for Moyes, how interesting it is!
Aldridge finally gave Moyes five players. When recommending these five players, Aldridge only said one sentence: Use them well. The English League Championship is just around the corner!
Moyes' heart was bleeding: If you give it to me, I can rest assured.
What he fears most is that he will be loaned out for a season, and next season Millwall will sell all the players, and then give him a new batch of little monsters to train again... Is this infinite loop model the work of humans?
Parker, Carrick, Jeffers, Matthew Taylor, Drogba.
These five players are all midfielders, and Moyes wants to rent a defender to use. Unfortunately, Millwall is still in need of substitutes in the defense, so Aldrich can only say sorry to Moyes.
When Moyes stood up to leave, another guest came to the door. Aldridge happened to open the door and found that it was Klinsmann and Janson.
They looked at Moyes and nodded to say hello, and then Aldrich sent Moyes out of the house, then walked into the living room and smiled at Klinsmann and Janson: "That guy just now was a bit of a loser."
Klinsmann and Jensen didn't care at all. They came to discuss preparation plans for the new season with Aldrich.
"The first team has lost four players, two defenders and two offensive players. The club does not plan to introduce replacements from outside. You will go to the youth team and reserve team in the past two days to find 4 to 6 replacements to join the first team.
As a team, next season’s schedule will be more difficult than we imagined.”
Aldrich doesn't have to play false tricks when talking to his own people.
Klinsmann and Jansson nodded at the same time.
g14 coerced UEFA and demanded a larger profit share of the Champions League. UEFA was quite obedient. Not only did it expand the Champions League and ensure that the giants would basically not miss this feast, but they even arranged the schedule into a two-round group.
race.
The top 32 are divided into 8 groups, with the top two qualifying.
The top 16 are divided into four groups, with the top two qualifying.
After the top 8, there will be a knockout round.
In other words, if you want to reach the top 8, you will have to play 6 more group stage games than in previous years!
Aldridge disagrees with UEFA from the bottom of his heart, but at the G14 summit, Adam came back after participating this year and said that other giants were very much in favor.
If you can play 6 more games, you will earn 3 more tickets, and you will definitely get more broadcast fees.
If you only look at the immediate benefits, then naturally you can calculate it this way.
But how much heavier will this burden be on the team?
How big of an impact will it have on the domestic League Cup?
Most wealthy bosses don't care much about this. Making money is the kingly thing.
The command of the team before the season is temporarily handed over to Klinsmann. As for when Aldridge can return to the team, it depends on when Melanie gives birth to the child, which is probably within a few days.
After Klinsmann and Janson left, the next day, the two came to the Leo training base together. The two found Nagy. The three first had a conversation, and then came to the sidelines to watch the players train.
The past period of time has been a turbulent period for the youth team. So many people left and a group of new ones came.
But these young players are also used to it.
Especially for the lower echelons, old people leave and new people come every year, and those who leave are basically those who have been eliminated in the competition.
Even someone like Vassell who transfers to Leeds United is a kind of elimination in the minds of the remaining players.
Being able to stay at Millwall means that they have the opportunity to put on the Millwall first team jersey, directly step onto the stage of the top arena, and play against the top teams in Europe instead of going to Leeds United to compete in some league.
Top four, show off in the UEFA Cup and so on.
The young players also know that their leader is going to be a father, so he will not be seen in the summer. Photos of Aldridge appearing on the streets of Liverpool can be seen every day in the tabloids.
So when Klinsmann stood on the sidelines with Janssen and Nagy, the young players knew what was going on.
The club has sold so many people and has not introduced any capable stars in the transfer market. There is no doubt that the club is preparing more opportunities for young people like them.
It is this tradition of Millwall that makes more and more young players willing to join Millwall's youth training camp. Here, as long as you have the ability, you can get ahead. This is by no means an empty talk, but something that can be realized in real terms.
promise.
Seeing the young players training and showing themselves harder than usual, Najib and the two assistant coaches on the sidelines showed knowing smiles. (To be continued...)
