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At the end of the interview, probably as usual, Huang Jianxiang hoped that Aldridge would provide suggestions for the development of Chinese football and express his opinions.
Aldrich bluntly said: "I would not say that the most important thing for the development of football in a country or region is football style. Each football style has its uniqueness, advantages and disadvantages. When you can interpret this style to
At the extreme, the strength will be very strong, so there is no football school or style that can be successful by imitating it. The law of football development is the same as the law of the development of the entire human society, competition mechanism."
Huang Jianxiang feels from the bottom of his heart that he gained a lot from interviewing this famous European coach today. In fact, what is the most controversial focus in the development process of Chinese football? What kind of master is he looking for!
Learn from Brazil? Learn from France? Learn from Italy?
Is it important to learn from whom?
"Mr. Hall, can you talk in detail?"
Aldridge nodded and said: "For example, Millwall was in London the summer before last. 158 young players came to try out and wanted to join our club. There were 223 last year and 379 this summer. We are only in the fourth tier of England.
One of the nearly 100 clubs in the league, we are not the only one with a complete youth training system. Manchester United's 95 golden generation is no stranger to the entire world of football. They also have huge influence and attraction in the areas radiated by Manchester.
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Every summer in England, more than 5,000 young players undergo trials of survival of the fittest in professional clubs, year after year. This is the result of layers of selection and competitive elimination. Although England's young generation lacks talent, the Football Association
I am very worried, but this is also relative to the competition between the world's top national teams. At this point, the Premier League has an unshirkable responsibility. More and more high-level foreign players are coming to the Premier League to allow those local English players to gain a foothold at the top level.
The league is more difficult."
The England national team is in decline, and will even be dubbed the European and Chinese team by Chinese fans in the future. But the fact is that no matter how much England's world ranking drops, it will not fall out of the group of strong teams in Guangdong, and it will not be able to achieve good results in international competitions.
The reasons are very complicated. Leaving aside the technical and tactical aspects, it is related to the English league itself, as Platini said. Even if Pele plays for England, he cannot be expected to perform well in major competitions, and his energy is consumed in the dense schedule.
Clean.
"You mean that China should pay attention to youth football? This idea has been proposed by our country's leaders a long time ago. Football should start from childhood."
"I don't know about this. I only know that saying it and doing it are two different things. How many children of each age group are playing football? How to play? Are there professional coaches to guide them? Is there a stadium for them to train? How many games per week?
?Of course, you can refute me and say that there is a lot of football in Africa
Countries with good level do not have these, but the situation in Africa and China is different. Their football development strategy is to send children with football talents to European professional leagues for training at a very young age, and then return to the motherland when they are successful.
serve the country, so African countries
The level of professional leagues is very low. But some national teams are very strong. I noticed that China is also actively recruiting players to play overseas, hoping that they will further improve and then contribute to the national team. I don’t want to pour cold water on it, but as I said before
As I said, when you send a player over 25 years old to Europe, there is only one thing he can do in Europe, to prove himself, and that's it. It's difficult to improve significantly, and experience is only part of it.
, without good technical ability as a guarantee, experience cannot be turned into very intuitive strength."
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After this interview was broadcast in mainland China, it attracted widespread attention from fans. Aldridge and Millwall's popularity in China increased dramatically. His views in the interview were also commented on by Chinese national team coach Milu.
Aldrich got on a plane back to London that afternoon after the interview.
This trip to Asia was a great success. In addition to friendly match appearance fees, commercial activities and other income, the club also took away 23 commercial contracts.
The earlier you do the work of developing markets, the greater the rewards will be in the future, especially in this era of media explosion.
Aldridge was thinking about the interview on the plane, and there was one topic that lingered in his mind for a long time, and that was the introduction of Chinese players.
He didn't have this idea before because of the labor certification system and the age of the most powerful figures in China during this period no longer met Millwall's recruitment standards.
It's not that they are too old, but that they are in their age group. Their technical ability is finalized. No matter how hard they work to improve their strength, it will just be like that. If you want to get a chance at Millwall, it will be difficult to reach the sky. Maybe there may be some in the lower reaches of the Premier League.
Chance.
During the interview, he mentioned young players, which reminded him of a person.
A young genius who is not the one the Chinese media and football circles boast about.
A Chinese teenager who shines at next year's World Youth Championship and is listed as one of the eight rising stars.
Qubo.
To be able to participate in the World Youth Championship, I am definitely not too old and there is still room for shaping.
Aldrich thought of this not just for competitive reasons, but also for commercial reasons.
During this trip to Asia, many Chinese sponsors proposed that Millwall introduce Chinese players, and they could even pay the transfer fees privately.
If a Chinese player can appear in the lineup of the strongest club in Europe today, can you imagine how crazy China's hundreds of millions of fans will be?
What astronomical figures will be the economic benefits derived from this?
Of course, it is impossible for Millwall to benefit directly, because perhaps not even 1% of Chinese fans will buy authentic Millwall jerseys, go to watch games on site, or consume the Millwall club brand.
But this kind of attention will invisibly increase the value of Millwall's brand, and it can also allow other Millwall sponsors to pay more sponsorship fees to promote their brands in the Chinese market!
Is the "King Dong" that Manchester United introduced a few years later really worth millions of pounds? The competitive value is not worth it, but the commercial value is worth it!
Aldridge called Adam as soon as he got off the plane back in London and asked him to contact the transfer department and Chinese sponsors to see if several parties could cooperate to win Qu Bo. Such a transfer really does not need to be kept secret.
Instead, be high-profile and create influence.
Millwall's transfer work has not yet been completed. The transfer work of three players, Joe Hart and Baines Johnson, has been completed and they have successfully joined Millwall's youth team.
But another transfer caused huge waves in English football.
"Millwall Bandits!"
"The lions are sacking Everton!"
Aldridge had his first angry outburst with Andrew over player issues.
He rushed directly to Andrew's office with the newspaper, threw it on Andrew's desk, and said coldly: "You did a good job!"
The female secretary who couldn't stop Aldrich stood hurriedly at the door. After Andrew stood up and waved, he withdrew and closed the door.
Andrew picked up the newspaper, glanced at it twice, and then threw it away. These news had spread throughout England in the past few days.
There are four parties involved.
Millwall, Everton, Lu Xiaopang, Andrew.
What happened was that Millwall wanted to poach Lu Xiaopang. After receiving the news, Andrew came to the door and recommended himself to become Lu Xiaopang's agent.
The famous Andrew didn't use sweet words, he just made a promise to Lu Xiaopang's family. By taking them out of poverty and becoming rich, they would first be able to own a house of their own instead of renting from the city government.
The Rooneys are die-hard Everton fans, but they have to live and eat. They want to live a more relaxed and unrestrained life. This is human nature.
Andrew easily won Rooney as an agent.
Rooney's contract with Everton was originally just an apprenticeship. Without the guarantee of a professional contract, he was not old enough to sign a professional contract, but Everton had high hopes.
Millwall originally planned to take things slowly. Rooney only turned 15 in October and has plenty of time to operate.
However, the media exposed Andrew's contact with Rooney's family, and Rooney suddenly said in an interview that Millwall was attractive, which triggered the entire English football world to condemn Millwall.
Think Millwall are using dirty tricks to seduce other club's hopefuls.
Players over the age of 16 are considered adults in the UK. They have the ability to make independent decisions. It is their freedom to sign a professional contract. If Rooney does not sign with Everton when he is 16 and chooses to leave, he will be criticized by Everton at best.
There was immediate condemnation, but the public thought it was nothing to make a fuss about.
However, Rooney is only 14 years old now, and Millwall is interested in him. There is no problem. What is wrong with being optimistic about a genius?
But Aldridge's brother appeared, and Rooney's remarks, combined, could easily turn into a moral issue, inciting a 14-year-old child to betray!
This has to be linked to the Everton background of the Rooney family.
For example, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, and the struggling West Ham United, their coaches unanimously criticized Millwall, calling on the Football Association to introduce a young player protection mechanism as soon as possible, and to impose heavy penalties on Millwall!
Historically, the English Football Association introduced a ban on the transfer of young players after ten years or so, just to prevent the wealthy clubs from taking away the outstanding youth training players of the weak teams for almost free.
But Aldrich, a little butterfly, has changed a lot, especially since Brazil early introduced a policy prohibiting U18 players from transferring overseas to protect local interests. Now, it is possible to accelerate the change of the transfer policy for young players in England.
Aldrich doesn't care what the policy is, the rules of the game are the same and everyone is playing the same game.
What he cares about is the negative impact on the club caused by this incident.
This is a moral condemnation!
Moral condemnation is sometimes more cruel than the law. You don't even have the right to argue, and it will be mentioned and talked about for a long time, with no chance to turn around.
Because of this, Aldrich was rarely cold-faced towards Andrew.
Andrew has been a little too complacent recently. He went to find Rooney personally when he had nothing to do. As a result, he got into trouble. He has been hiding in the company recently, avoiding countless reporters from the outside who want to interview him. He knows that nothing will help, as long as
If you avoid the limelight, this matter will soon disappear. There is a colorful world outside, and fresh news is everywhere.
"I'm sorry, I can only say I'm sorry."
Andrew sat behind his desk, feeling ashamed and not daring to look Aldrich in the eye.
Aldrich pointed at him and finally sighed and said, "Forget it."
He hoped that Andrew would have a quarrel with him, so that he could vent his anger. It would be better if the other party apologized directly, and Aldrich's anger disappeared in an instant.
Andrew threw a cigarette to Aldrich and said with a wry smile: "I didn't think about this matter. What are you going to do now?"
Aldridge lit up his cigarette and smiled bitterly: "What else can I do? Give Everton money."
