Among the three sons of the Hall family, the eldest Barnett is naturally the most promising in the eyes of outsiders. He has single-handedly built up a family fortune of hundreds of millions. The second son, Andrew, was born as a lawyer, which makes the family glorious. But Andrew established the company three years ago.
A brokerage company has only input and no output every year. It seems to be just a window-dressing.
As for the younger son Aldrich, he is away from home all year round and has no chance to meet others. He has never heard of Aldrich's academic achievements, so not many people pay attention to him.
In the study, Aldridge and Andrew discussed the future of Millwall. Andrew established an agency three years ago with one hundred thousand pounds. The business development in the past few years has been almost zero, but Andrew is very patient. He firmly believes that his
The genius brother will not let him down.
Sometimes Europeans are very superstitious.
Lucky colors, clothing, actions, etc. will always be relied upon.
Aldrich made the three brothers earn more than 10,000 pounds when he was ten years old. Since then, Aldrich has not only been the mascot of the Hall family, but also a psychological guarantee of success and victory.
It's only 1994, and Boseman's lawsuit has yet to be finalized, and it won't be finalized until the end of next year.
Before that, players were the weak side, with little income and many restrictions. Even players whose contracts had expired could not be transferred freely. It is conceivable that in such an environment, no matter how big-name players would
Need an agent?
Unless there is another superstar like Best who transcends football, of course, after the 21st century, superstars who transcend the football field are not uncommon, but that is largely due to Bosman.
After the Boseman Act has an impact, it will be a transfer period when players expect higher treatment. After that, the influence of agents will become more and more important. This does not prevent Aldrich from asking Andrew to plan ahead and talk to players first.
Being easy to talk to, building relationships with clubs, and using eldest brother Barnett's business network in Europe and the United States to establish contacts are all key factors in whether an agent can become stronger and bigger in recruiting players in the future.
Therefore, although the twenty-one-year-old Andrew does not have a single client in the company, his employees have traveled to all over the world and established a huge information network.
Over the past few years, Aldrich studied across Europe, while Andrew gathered information and kept in touch with Aldrich.
Aldrich used the dumbest method to help Andrew select players.
Aldrich has reviewed the information of youth team players from clubs around the world, including photos. If Aldrich can name and pay attention to them, Andrew will personally come to establish a relationship. If there are young players who are living in poverty, Andrew will even provide free support. This is also
What Aldrich means is called early investment, because as long as he can later become a player's agent, even if he completes one or two transfers, the return will be thousands of times.
Aldridge wants to clean up Millwall's first team, so the next step is naturally to find players, and they need young and obedient players.
So Andrew first said: "Remember that guy from the north of Brazil? He was currently hesitating whether to sign with Corinthians. He said that other teams had contacted him, and he even asked me for my opinion last month.
I don't have any advice, if you want it, come to him."
Aldridge hasn't paid attention to the players yet, but after listening to Andrew's words, he shook his head and said: "Forget it, he doesn't have a labor certificate to sign him. Besides, he hasn't signed a contract with you yet, but after he signs, you can sign with him
Let’s talk about our intentions in this regard and promise to help him land in Europe so that he can make more money. I will go to the Netherlands tomorrow.”
The Brazilian guy in Andrew's mouth is not a simple character. He is the future World Cup champion, the World Footballer and the Ballon d'Or winner, Rivaldo.
Rivaldo's life was very difficult a few years ago. After the death of his father, his mother supported the family alone. Andrew supported the young Rivaldo at that time, which was only twenty pounds a month. However, the purchasing power of the British pound and the living standard of Brazil were enough.
Let Rivaldo no longer be distracted by family burdens.
Andrew nodded when he heard this and said: "Well, then let him come to Millwall after he can get the labor certificate."
Aldridge looked helpless and denied: "No, you must not have such an idea. If he can go to a wealthy club, let him go to a wealthy club. This is an important time for you to build your reputation and reputation. If you sign a good player
If you just stick it in your brother's club, who would be willing to sign a contract with you?"
Andrew scratched his head, intending to end the topic, and asked: "Why are you going to the Netherlands?"
Aldridge spread his hands and said, "Build a coaching team."
...
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aldridge came to the city's world-famous golf course near Arena in casual attire.
Here, there is Ajax’s unique youth training base. When La Masia had not yet taken advantage of Bosman’s rule to poach people, the most famous youth training base in Europe and even the world had only one
Ajax's De-Toekomst is famous. In Dutch, this means the future.
In the summer of 1994, no one realized that Ajax's future would be destroyed by Bosman.
There are numerous training grounds in this youth training base. Players of all ages are showing their impressive talents under the leadership of coaches. Among the people watching on the sidelines, there are parents of children and players from different clubs.
Explore.
The last time Aldridge came here, it was Ajax's draft day. The scene was crowded and many parents brought their children to participate in the draft. However, there were very few children who met Ajax's TIPS selection criteria.
There were few, and Aldrich sympathized with those children who were not chosen and shed tears.
From a distance, Aldrich stood outside the training ground and shouted to a young man who was directing the players' training: "Jenson!"
Jason Bernard was wearing a relaxed coaching uniform. When he heard someone calling him, he looked back and saw Aldridge in the distance. He laughed and walked outside. When he came out of the training ground and came to meet Aldridge,
Smiling: "It's hot and I'm sweating all over, so I won't hug you. Are you coming to the Netherlands to study again?"
Aldrich lived nearby for a while and shared a house with Jensen Bernard, thus forming a good relationship.
"Are you still a coach? No promotion?"
Aldrich looked at the training ground with a smile in his eyes. Those hard-working children are enviable, and Dutch football is also admirable. 433, eternal offensive football.
Jensen shrugged and said in self-pity: "There are too many talents here, it's not my turn to be promoted."
Aldridge bumped his ribs with his elbow and said with a bad smile: "Haha, why did Janson, who had such a lofty ambition to become the head coach of Ajax, sound like a sissy?"
Jensen-Bernard is a combination of luck and misfortune.
He was spotted by Ajax at a very young age, but after six years of training at Ajax, his talent seemed to have been exhausted. However, he was not expelled from Ajax.
As usual, Janson completed the career change, switching from a player to a coach. Now only 23 years old, Janson is already a veteran coach of the Ajax youth training camp. After all, he has been here for four years.
as long as!
Jensen rubbed his ribs and said with a wry smile: "I can't bear it anymore. I didn't realize it before. I am growing old while facing children every day. This is simply a kind of torture."
Aldridge turned to look at him and whispered: "Come and help me, I will promote you to assistant coach."
Jensen curled his lips and said, "I'm not interested in joking."
"I'm serious. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Aldrich Hall. My home is in London. I own a football club called Millwall. Next season, Millwall will be in England.
Fighting in the First Division.”
Aldrich stared at Jensen sincerely and said solemnly.
He knew Jenson well. During the days when they shared the same apartment, they talked all night long countless times, discussed football tactics, analyzed game videos, and even had their own opinions on the future development of football.
Since Jensen became a coach, he has been unwilling to work in the youth training camp, so he learned a lot of knowledge, including how to be an assistant coach or even a head coach. Of course, it was all on paper without any practical experience.
Aldridge is also inexperienced now. He can hire an experienced assistant coach, but such an assistant coach must be mature and prudent. His authority will be divided in the locker room, and it will be unclear who the players will listen to.
Aldridge wants to purge Millwall's current coaching staff, which does not include ordinary coaches who train daily. Most of those coaches are physical coaches, and the coaching staff related to the team's tactics is the core of the team. Aldridge
Know better than anyone else.
Players in the team can make mistakes, and if one player makes mistakes, another player can make up for it, but if the coaching staff makes mistakes in tactics, there is no room to make amends.
Therefore, he wants to build his own coaching team, the core of which is the key to the team's tactical victory.
The contract of a coach like Jenson usually expires at the end of June, so Aldridge's first step is to go to the Netherlands to recruit people to avoid the difficulty of recruiting people in July.
Jensen saw that Aldridge didn't seem to be joking, so he tentatively asked: "Assistant coach?"
Aldrich nodded.
"salary?"
"The monthly salary is one thousand pounds, and the contract is renewed every year."
"housing?"
"Provided by the club."
"Fucked you!"
Jenson licked his lips and nodded fiercely.
There are too many youth coaches like him in Ajax, and a monthly salary of three hundred pounds is considered a high salary. Aldrich's offer was something he couldn't refuse.
After getting excited, Jensen said again: "Do you need anyone else?"
"I want as much as you can poach. Of course, the maximum age cannot exceed 25. I don't want there to be a generation gap in the internal communication of the coaching staff, and I don't want there to be a situation where some people rely on their elders and neglect their elders."
"Sure, you knew a few of them back then. If I were to become a lobbyist, what would you say about the treatment?"
The salary of assistant coaches is definitely higher than that of other coaches.
"Monthly salary of six hundred pounds, room and board provided by the club."
"Wait for my good news."
Watching Jensen trot away, Aldrich looked up at the sky. Facing the new season in two months, he at least felt confident.
