Millwall's recruitment job is now much easier than before.
As for the wealthy clubs, as long as they are not poaching the pillars of the wealthy clubs of the same level, but the main players of the first-tier clubs, and they are serious about poaching them, it is not too difficult.
Not only is there less resistance to actively recruiting people, there are always countless recommendations from the outside.
Strong teams in the second-tier leagues will also recommend their top stars. For example, Porto recommended Jardel for a price of 25 million pounds. This striker, who was second only to Henry in goals in the Champions League last season, is worth the price. Another question.
, there is no place for him in Millwall's forward line anyway.
Aldridge likes young players. This is no secret. Not only European football, but also South America will recommend players, but the number is not large because there are labor certification obstacles.
But today, Aldrich had a list of players deleted by the transfer department and handed it to him at the club.
Flamengo has recommended a player to Millwall, asking for £8 million.
This player is 18 years old, Brazilian, and plays as a forward.
The coaching staff, whose training tasks are light, will also watch the player videos sent by agents or clubs in their spare time.
Just watching the video of this player, everyone has an intuitive evaluation: 8 million pounds may be a good deal.
This man's name is Adriano, the future King of Meazza!
Ade just joined Flamengo this year and quickly made a name for himself in Flamengo. The Brazilian Liga started in April and is now almost halfway through. This kid has scored 7 goals in the league. For an 18-year-old who debuted in the country
For players in the top leagues, this is enough capital to make a splash.
His physical talent ensures that he has sufficient confrontation capital. Based on the hard indicators of the Premier League, he reached the standard at the age of 18.
And watching his videotape, his technical level is also satisfactory.
Aldrich sighed softly in his heart and rejected Flamenco's recommendation.
Is it worth buying Ade for 8 million pounds? Super value!
But he doesn't want it. He doesn't want to add more South American players, especially Brazilian players, to the team. After all, there is already Ronaldinho in the team. He is really afraid that when Adelaide comes here, he will get involved with Ronaldinho and become a
Good guy, that's not a good sign.
Ten years later, Ade has fallen and been forgotten.
But six years later in the original history, just after the World Cup, Manchester United had a secret contact with Inter Milan. The content of this negotiation was player transfer. The buyer was Manchester United, and the buyer's target was Inter Milan's Adriano.
What are the conditions proposed by Manchester United? 60 million in cash, plus one of the team’s stars, Cristiano Ronaldo!
Moratti refused...
It cannot be said that Adriano at that time completely destroyed Ronaldo and was worth over 60 million. After all, Ronaldo became the public enemy of the whole UK at that time.
If there is any player in Brazil that he wants most right now, then there is only one person.
Son of God! Kaka!
It's a pity that even though Andrew established contact with Kaka under Aldrich's instruction, Kaka's family was not enthusiastic. They were middle class and lived a comfortable life. There was no rush for Kaka to land in Europe, even if it was a South American star who landed in Europe.
It is the inevitable path of the times. However, Millwall cannot guarantee the main position. Various factors make Aldridge sigh in his heart.
Most of the players recommended by other clubs were directly rejected by Aldridge, but some were negotiated.
Groningen also signed a talented young player this summer.
16-year-old Arjen Robben.
Robben did not enter the youth training system of the three mainstream Dutch giants. Therefore, he was a bit of a wild football player. He honed his skills by himself. This is how he came out. After that, he joined the Groningen youth training camp. Due to his
His talent is different, and his teammates are not at the same speed and level as him, so he will naturally become more unique!
Football is no set of player development standards defined as truth.
Teams are the mainstream, but there are just some people who can compete with a team on their own. There are countless heroes who fight alone. They become famous all over the world, but they fail and are laughed at and then forgotten.
Robben is playing alone in the same age group. When he can score 10 or 20 goals in a game by himself, what is the reaction from the outside world?
genius!
It's that simple, but no one will accuse him of being too independent, having no tactical discipline, no sense of teamwork, etc.
Robben entered the club's first team from the Groningen youth academy. Before he played an official game, the Groningen club realized that they would definitely not be able to keep this talent.
In order to avoid what happened when Millwall took van der Meyde away from Ajax for free, the Groningen club was smart enough to directly recommend the player to Millwall.
Robben himself is not resisting the transfer. Should he stick to Groningen? Don't be ridiculous. The goal of a Dutch genius is to conquer the entire Europe, not to dominate the Netherlands. If a Dutch genius cannot leave the Netherlands, it only means that
One fact: this genius ended up hurting Zhongyong.
Groningen made the matter public. Robben has a contract and is temporarily safe. In this way, other clubs who want Robben will have to fight for it. If someone contacts the player privately, it will definitely lose face, and Groningen
He also has the confidence to bring the matter to UEFA and even FIFA.
With Robben not playing a single official game, other clubs must be waiting and watching.
Are there few geniuses in the Netherlands? Quite a few.
But will a 16-year-old genius still be a genius 10 years later?
Who knows.
No club would easily bet on a 16-year-old player, especially one who has not been experienced in the top league.
Millwall dares.
Groningen's asking price at the time of recommendation was £10 million.
Millwall paid 2 million pounds, with the proviso that Robben would continue playing for Groningen for two years. Two years later, when he was 18, he transferred to Millwall. At that time, Millwall paid another 6 million pounds.
Groningen signed an agreement with Millwall that is quite bizarre in European football.
When Millwall buys players, do they still pay a deposit first?
The person who was most enthusiastic about this deal was not the Groningen club. It was Robben's father, Hans. He was Robben's agent and came to London specially.
Initially, Millwall proposed to buy out Robben and then loan him back to Groningen for two years.
The direct reason for the collapse of the talks was that Hans was dissatisfied with the contract offered to Robben by Millwall.
The salaries of Millwall's first-team main players have skyrocketed in recent years, but the salaries of the youth team have been declining. This does not mean that a player who once had a weekly salary of 500 and renewed his contract in the second year has become
300, but when Aldrich first waved the pound to win over talents, he could give at least 2000, 3000 or even more weekly salary.
Now, Millwall's summer youth echelon, 16-year-old players, the lowest weekly salary is 50 pounds, the highest is only 300 pounds.
Millwall's weekly salary for Robben is 600 pounds, which is considered a high salary compared to the entire 16-year-old echelon.
It is impossible for a club to pay a high salary to a player who has never even played in a professional league. This is a professional league, not specifically the top league.
There weren't many people in Millwall in the past, just a few people, and everyone was treated about the same, so it didn't matter.
It's different now. There are more than 100 people in the youth echelon. This is related to a salary system issue, which reflects the status of the team.
The rule in the football circle is to prove yourself first and then get rewards consistent with your performance.
Hans rejected the Millwall contract. But he still hopes that Robben can play for Millwall in the future, at least in Millwall. It is faster to become famous and make more money. Who makes Millwall the most eye-catching in Europe?
One of the teams.
Therefore, there is an agreement of deposit plus buyout.
Hans's idea is to let Robben work hard in Groningen for two years and achieve certain results in the professional league. After two years, he will have enough confidence to negotiate with Millwall again. By then, Millwall will be willing to return the weekly fee of 600 pounds.
Salary?
If Groningen wants to earn the next 6 million pounds and not return the 2 million pounds that Millwall paid in advance, then their work in the next two years must first ensure the improvement of Robben so as to keep Millwall interested.
, but if Millwall voluntarily gives up after two years, the deposit of 2 million pounds will be equivalent to giving it to Groningen for free.
Second, if Millwall maintains interest, it is guaranteed that Robben will transfer to Millwall in two years, or other clubs are willing to offer more than 10 million pounds, so Groningen can use 2 million of it.
Return it to Millwall, and they can still earn 8 million pounds, otherwise they will suffer intangible losses in this transaction.
The night before Millwall was about to leave for Asia for training, Aldridge had finalized the list of summer signings and handed it over to the club's transfer department.
13-year-old Joe Hart, 15-year-old Glen Johnson and Leighton Baines were discovered in the Millwall Charity Cup.
In addition, Aldridge asked the club to go to Merseyside to recruit an Everton youth training player who was not yet 15 years old. He was a little fat man. His family was poor and his whole family were die-hard Everton fans. Aldridge
The contract package drawn up by the club included a weekly salary of 500 pounds. When he reaches 16 years old, the professional contract can provide 1,000 pounds.
In the eyes of middle-class families, this amount of money may be looked down upon with disdain.
But for poor families, an income of tens of thousands of pounds a year is undoubtedly very important and can change a lot, a lot.
This little fat guy's name is Wayne Rooney.
At the same time, the club also quickly finalized the transfer of Pongler with Le Hafer of the French Second League. Since Pongler is less than 16 years old, Millwall and Le Hafer's buyout fee of 2 million pounds.
Pangler continued to play for Lehafer, and the transfer time was when the first transfer window opened after reaching adulthood.
In the dead of night, Aldrich was ready to rest. The new home was still being renovated. He still lived in a community apartment and would probably be able to move into his new home in September.
Ding dong
The doorbell rings.
He came down from upstairs to open the door and found that the person standing outside was Henry.
"Boss, I'm sorry to bother you so late."
Henry originally wanted to come to Aldrich two days ago, but Andrew suggested that he wait a few days. After all, there was too much news surrounding him two days ago. It was best to try not to show up at the cusp of the storm, which would only amplify the negative impact.
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Millwall will leave for Asia tomorrow, and Henry took the initiative to visit tonight, hoping to clear up the misunderstanding with Aldridge.
Aldrich invited him into the house, and while walking to pour water, he said lightly: "I already understand the matter, Thierry, I am very happy that you are willing to stay."
When Aldrich came back with the water glass, Henry said bitterly: "Boss, you are wrong. It's not that I want to stay, but that I never thought of leaving."
Aldrich placed the water glass on the coffee table in front of the other party, sat down on the sofa and nodded heavily.
I have to say that Henry's words made him both gratified and excited.
"Thierry, did you hate me? When I said those words."
Aldrich wanted to get everything out of the way and didn't want to leave any grudge behind.
Henry picked up the water glass and said frankly: "I had a brief moment of anger and panic, but after calming down and understanding the truth of the matter, I think I can understand the boss's mood. Boss, I'm sorry, my agent brought trouble to the club.
It's a big trouble, I take responsibility, please accept my apology."
Aldrich raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Then do you need me to apologize to you?"
Henry also smiled when he heard this and said, "Whatever you like."
Aldrich straightened up and approached Henry, smiling: "Thierry, I will not apologize to you, because what I said is the truth. If you go to Juventus, you will rot in Turin.
You are destroying yourself, and if you must do this, I would rather I destroy you."
Aldridge stretched out his hand and gently poked Henry's chest, and continued to chuckle: "You have never thought about leaving, which is good, because you here know very well that if you stay in Millwall and join me, we can create a new world."
What kind of history? You don’t know, and neither do I, because it may be so great that you can’t even dream of it!”
Henry put a hand on his forehead and couldn't help but lower his head and laugh. Aldrich also laughed.
Two men, a pair of master and apprentice, settled their differences.
