At the beginning of May, Millwall was at home and ushered in the final round of English League One opponent: Swindon Town.
In the past two months, Millwall has had a brilliant record, with eight wins, four draws and one loss in 13 league rounds. It has locked in the English League One championship six rounds ahead of schedule, with a record-breaking 104 points. If they win again in the final game
, then the points record will be refreshed to 107 points.
The top scorer in English League One has undoubtedly fallen on Larsson. He has scored a terrifying 38 goals in 39 English League One games. His scoring efficiency is close to one goal per game, and he ranks second in the scorer list.
Trezeguet's goal number also reached an astonishing 28, and the assist leader was Schneider. 21 assists also set a new record in English League One.
This is not just a season of rebirth for Millwall, it is an extraordinary season.
The opponent in the final game, Swindon, this season can be considered an extraordinary season.
After being relegated from the Premier League to the First Division last season, Swindon was ranked fourth from the bottom in English League One before the final round, only 2 points behind Sunderland, which was fifth from the bottom. If they want to avoid relegation, Swindon must not only survive in the Lion's Den
The stadium defeated Millwall, which had an unbeaten record of 19 wins and 3 draws in the first 22 home games this season. It also pinned its hopes on West Brom, who visited Black Cat Sunderland, to defeat Sunderland, even if West Brom forced
A draw with Sunderland and a win by Swindon are meaningless because the goal difference between them and Sunderland is too big, 15.
With the league championship already in his pocket, Aldrich faced the final game with the same strategy as he had in the past two months: sending substitute players on the field for training as much as possible.
In the past two months, Aldridge, who has been very prosperous, not only has a prosperous career, but also seems to have a spring in love. Since he met the sports hottie Melanie, he would date her after work and talk on the phone every day before going to bed.
It's like paint and glue.
Recently, the Spice Girls were filming their first single in London and preparing for their official debut in the UK. Naturally, there were fewer opportunities for the two to meet. Aldrich didn't care. Although the league was about to end, for him as the boss and coach,
That being said, the really busy period will be the summer transfer period.
The Premier League ended the penultimate round of the league earlier. Leader Blackburn and second-placed Manchester United both won by one goal at home. In the standings, Manchester United is 2 points behind Blackburn. The final game will be in the middle of the month.
In progress, Manchester United challenged the Hammers West Ham United away, and Blackburn Rovers visited the Red Army Liverpool. The situation is not too bad for Manchester United. After all, they are far better than Blackburn on goal difference. Once Blackburn cannot conquer Anfield, even if they win
In the event of a draw, as long as Manchester United wins away from home, they will stage a comeback and win the championship.
The championship competition has reached the final round, and the suspense of the Premier League championship has made the outside world full of expectations.
At this time, the media's attention is naturally attracted by the Premier League championship, especially Dalglish's return to Anfield with his team, and the possibility of winning Liverpool's league championship trophy here after five years.
The unscrupulous media even claimed that the Red Army would let Dalglish defeat his arch-enemy Ferguson to win the title due to old friendship.
At the same time, Manchester United has also aroused criticism and speculation from the media. After Cantona was suspended, Manchester United repeatedly missed opportunities to overtake Blackburn in key battles. The away game at Anfield was just a defeat. The Red Army was very motivated to beat Manchester United. Britain
Everyone knows that, but they couldn't beat Leeds United, Tottenham, or even mediocre Chelsea at home, and they didn't even score a goal. This made the outside world focus on Manchester United's striker.
Don't look at the fact that Manchester United leads the Premier League in goals scored. In fact, it has a lot of success. It only scored 11 goals in two rounds against Ipswich, which was relegated early, and lost the other game 2:3 away from home.
Nine goals at home created a record-breaking massacre, but they only got 3 points.
Therefore, when Ferguson was repeatedly asked how to change the weakness of the front line, especially the weakness of the front line in key battles, Ferguson mentioned a name familiar to the media: Henrik Larsson.
The old fox greatly praised Larsson and believed that Larsson should go to Old Trafford and put on the Red Devils jersey. His technical characteristics are completely in line with Manchester United's tactical system. At Manchester United, Larsson can create great achievements.
Therefore, when Aldridge attended the press conference for the final game of the League One as usual, reporters from more than 30 media outlets raised their hands. As soon as Aldridge sat down, someone directly asked: "Hall
Sir, Manchester United are very interested in Larsson, will Millwall sell Larsson in the summer?"
The press conference instantly became quiet. Dozens of pairs of eyes were fixed on Aldrich. The reporters had pens in their hands, ready to write down every word Aldrich said.
It was obviously the final game of League One, but no one cared.
Almost all reporters secretly cursed in their hearts: F-uck! English League One has ended a long time ago! The only suspense is who will be relegated, Swindon or Sunderland, and who will fight through the playoffs to get the last spot in the Premier League.
A ticket!
What they are more interested in now is whether Larsson will put on the Red Devils jersey!
Larsson, that is a super forward who can score nearly 40 goals in a single season in English League One. Even though there is a huge gap between English League One and the Premier League, Larsson is still young. If he goes to Manchester United, he can play in a single season.
If he scores more than 15 goals, he will definitely become a big star in the future.
The crux of the matter is: should Millwall sell?
But can they keep it?
Will this young marshal lose his temper because he was poached?
News, it’s all news!
At the silent press conference, Aldrich glanced back and forth with a calm face, and found that the reporters sitting in the audience were like good students who were listening attentively, preparing to record his words in their notebooks. Every pair of eyes looking at him turned green.
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Aldrich pondered for a moment, then Youyou said: "Ferguson said he likes Larsson? Really?"
"true love!"
The reporters in the audience shouted in unison.
Damn it, tell me now whether you want to sell it or not!
Aldrich blinked and said slowly and in a low and magnetic voice: "Love is a kind of sweet pain, and sincere love is never a smooth road."
After saying this, Aldrich stood up from his seat calmly and strode away from the scene.
More than 30 reporters in the audience were as if struck by a bolt from the blue and fell into petrification.
Two sentences were running through their minds in unison.
First sentence: what-the-f-uck!
Second sentence: what-the-hell?
What the hell are you doing?!
At the press conference, all the reporters were stunned.
Thomson from "The Sun" is definitely a liberal arts student. He was the first to react and shouted: "Shakespeare!"
Everyone turned to look at Thomson, staring at him like daggers, as if they were asking: What do you mean?!
"What Mr. Hall just said was a famous quote from Shakespeare."
The press conference was a blast!
The reporters whispered among themselves and asked their colleagues if they understood what it meant.
The reporter who had thought about it frowned, unable to decipher the mystery behind Aldrich's words.
Is the love between Millwall and Larsson just being tested, or is it that the third man from Manchester United will not have an easy time winning someone's love?
Some reporters are scratching their heads thinking about it, but this is just an ambiguous speculation. It can be interpreted in any way. I guess to know the answer, I have to split Aldrich's head open.
Aldridge left the press conference holding back a smile. He had learned how to deal with the media.
He must not be led by the media. In the past, interviews or press conferences were all in the form of questions and answers. If he was passive, he would only be led by the media. Now he must take the initiative.
As for the players.
Just in the first week of May, the club has renewed the contracts of all first-team players. Based on their performance last season, all players received a salary increase ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 pounds!
This is a substantial salary increase and comes with a signing fee of 20,000 to 50,000.
Aldridge has really spent a lot of money. Although the season is not over yet, the club's income has generally been calculated.
Throughout the season, jersey sales surged, earning almost half a million pounds. The home attendance rate was close to a full house every game, with an income of just over 200,000 pounds per game. After one season, the revenue was close to 5 million pounds, plus broadcast fees.
Although it is not much, combined with the competition prize money, it is more than 400,000 pounds.
After factoring out the costs, Aldridge discovered that of the 30 million pounds he injected last year, in addition to spending nearly 13 million pounds on summer transfers, the club still had a balance of nearly 20 million pounds on its books. This was unexpected by him, so he quickly finalized the players' contracts.
He is not worried about the contract or the substantial salary increase. If he can extend the player's contract for one year, the long-term benefits are immeasurable.
Coupled with new sponsorship fees in the summer and the arrival of fixed revenue sharing from Premier League broadcasts next season, Aldridge can even come up with a transfer budget of 5 million pounds in the summer.
For this summer, Aldridge is equally ambitious and needs to lay a stronger foundation for the future.
