In the summer of 2001, the madness in the European football transfer market continued, and it was expected to create the craziest summer in history.
Florentino called Aldridge three times, and the final offer was 50 million pounds. Henry or Ronaldinho, whoever it is, as long as Millwall releases them, please take 50 million pounds.
Aldrich's refusal caused Florentino to immediately cease his activities.
The euro has been promoted and used in European football. If we convert currency units in euros, this summer has been a sensational transfer one after another. All the major giants are having fun, but Millwall, who is the best among them all, is watching from the sidelines.
Zidane from Juventus transferred to Real Madrid for a sky-high price of 73.5 million euros. Zidane became the creator of a new world football transfer record.
Parma's Buffon moved to Juventus for 54.2 million euros, becoming the most expensive goalkeeper in history! At the same time, Thuram also transferred to the Bianconeri for 36.5 million euros.
Valencia sold its leader Mendieta to Lazio, worth 48 million euros, only 2 million short of becoming Mr. Half a Billionaire.
Lazio sent Veron to Old Trafford for 42.6 million euros, and Manchester United set a new record for signings in British football.
AC Milan spent 42 million euros to acquire Rui Costa and 37 million euros to acquire Inzaghi.
Saviola, who won the South American Footballer of the Year at the age of 18, won the World Youth Championship this summer, and won the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards, landed in Europe and joined Barcelona with a worth of 35.9 million euros. He rose to the top in one step. He was only 19 years old.
There are also many other transfers worth more than 20 million euros, such as Cassano, Toldo Amoruso, Salas, Giovanni and other players.
From the perspective of transfer investment, the gap between the Premier League and Serie A is evident, but the Premier League also has many large-scale transfers. For example, Robbie Keane and Robbie Fowler joined Leeds United, both worth close to 20 million euros.
Dyer's big gamble continues...
The craziest transfer storm in history was naturally caused by Serie A. Although there were some top stars leaving, it was mainly due to the internal reshuffle of Serie A teams. Strong teams such as Parma and Fiorentina were dismembered by giants. Lazio fell into a financial crisis and could not protect itself. The once small
The World Cup will no longer have the glory of seven sisters competing for supremacy.
This is another way to beat your opponent in the football world.
It is also a way for other giants in Europe to try to weaken Millwall. Three years ago, half of the main players of Millwall's team were poached. I thought that Millwall would sink, but I didn't expect that Millwall only lasted one season.
Returned to the top of Europe, and also completed the enviable and crazy defending of the Champions League!
There are shocking news in the transfer market every day. On the other hand, Millwall has caused a sensation. They are selling people, selling people, and keep selling people!
12 non-main players left one after another. Some players from the reserve team who were too old to join the first team were taken away by second-tier league teams in exchange for transfer income of about 3 million.
Millwall didn't spend a penny and made another 80 million pounds first!
As for Millwall's only signing of the summer, the process was quite bumpy.
Kaka's transfer will take some time, which Aldridge expected.
Otherwise?
Millwall introduces a non-European player, submits the transfer to the FA today, and the FA approves it tomorrow. If you do this, all fools know that the FA has opened a back door.
The longer delay shows that it is difficult for Millwall to recruit players. The Football Association has done a careful job in the review, and it requires a "painstaking" process before it can make a final conclusion.
Every team in the Premier League is accelerating the pace of signings. Manchester United signed Veron (who signed Forlan half a year later), and Chelsea's record dropped significantly last season. This season, they have purged a number of veteran players, such as Wise.
Leboeuf, Poyet and others, some youth training products have also received meager incomes in the transfer market.
They changed their strategy and focused on being more refined than too much. The arrival of Gallas, Zenden and Petit only cost about 20 million pounds. Leeds United strengthened their forward line, Fowler and Keane both arrived at Elland Road, and Liverpool introduced Riise
, Baros, Dudek and other generals, the three cup winners last season gave the Red Army hope of revival.
Arsene Wenger, who has been very proud of himself recently, has also found Aldridge. Although Arsenal is burdened with huge debts for the new stadium, their stable Premier League record and Champions League qualifications allow the Gunners to make limited signings. Wenger also waived the signing of Campbell in the summer.
If you are a strong general, you will naturally be in a good mood.
Living a life based on careful calculation, the wishful thinking hit Millwall's head.
There is still one month before the start of the new Premier League season, and Millwall's preparations will also begin. As the training day arrives, there are discordant voices within Millwall.
The Daily Mail first broke the news.
"Spanish young genius Reyes expressed his stance: Millwall is ruining me!"
The Star followed up and published the original interview with Reyes, with the headline: Millwall is forcing me out!
Other Fleet Street media outlets quickly followed suit and reported the unexpected incident.
Before it was time for the first team to return, Aldrich naturally would not go to the club every day. He would recharge his batteries at home and carefully tend the newly planted flowers in the back garden with Yiwen.
The club's youth team has returned to training early. After all, their training and competition tasks during the season are not too heavy. On a reasonable basis, they must pay attention to continuity.
After Reyes returned to the youth team and learned that he would not be promoted to the first team in the new season, he was furious and felt unreasonable!
He showed his extraordinary talent when he came to Millwall. Two years later, he has become a main player in the Millwall youth team.
The dominance of the Millwall youth team in the English Youth League and the FA Youth Cup is nothing new, but last season, in Europe's "next generation" Youth Champions League, Reyes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ribery, and Lesco
The youth team dominated by players such as Te and De Rossi won the championship with a brilliant record of victory, especially the offensive firepower, which made other powerful youth teams in major leagues shed tears. The most glorious player is
Cristiano Ronaldo, even though he was only 16 years old in the second half of last season, maybe it was because of his young age that opponents despised him. Cristiano Ronaldo, who was assigned to play as a forward, showed his prowess. Behind Cristiano Ronaldo, the wingers were Ribery and Ray.
Reyes and Franck Ribery still didn't feel like they were enlightened at this time, and they performed quite well, while Reyes' technical talent was particularly dazzling on the court. He won the best player award of the tournament.
With the award, the media naturally followed him, and Reyes shined brightly. After seeing the club sell off Glenciare, Vicente, Joaquin and others, he thought that after returning to the club at the age of 18, he would
If you don't want to be the main player this season, you should be fine if you join the first team as a substitute.
However, youth team director Nagy asked him to play in the reserve league next season. Of the key players last season, only De Rossi was promoted to the first team.
Reyes couldn't accept it now and directly confronted Najib, demanding to be promoted to the first team.
When these players came to Millwall when they were young, they were naturally well-behaved, but their sights were set on the first team, and the youth team must have been excessive. Therefore, when they got older and gained a certain level of strength, they dared to talk to the youth team head coach.
Challenge.
Najib ignored Reyes and chose to treat it coldly.
As a result, the matter became more and more serious. Reyes spoke to the media, and his family members also came to ask for an explanation.
When Aldridge came to the training base after hearing the news, he saw an ugly scene.
Reyes and his family had a verbal confrontation with Najib on the sidelines, and the young players at the training ground stopped training and were all watching.
"Why not let me go to the first team? Am I not even good enough as a substitute at Millwall?"
"That's right, I don't know how many clubs want to sign him now!"
"Coach Nagy, if you can't give me a reasonable explanation, I will go to Coach Hall!"
"If Mr. Hall hadn't called him in person, we wouldn't have let him come to this wretched place in London!"
Najib didn't know whether the people in front of him were Reyes' relatives or parents. They didn't introduce themselves at all and looked like they were collecting debts.
He sighed softly. He wasn't good at dealing with this kind of thing. It wasn't because he didn't have a reasonable explanation. It was because he felt that speaking out would only make things worse.
I smiled bitterly in my heart.
Does Reyes think being popular in the "next generation" Champions League means anything?
Standing out among a group of young players with an average age of around 18, do you think you can gain a foothold in the cruel professional arena?
The football field is inherently an unequal arena. A 30-year-old competes with a 20-year-old on the same field. Having technical talent does not mean that you have everything.
Nagy does not deny Reyes' talent, but still wants to cultivate him step by step.
The problem with Reyes is one thing: confrontation!
If he goes directly to the Premier League and undergoes the most intense confrontation, it will destroy him if he doesn't make a mistake, especially for a technical player like him.
According to the intensity of the confrontation, the youth team, reserve team, and Premier League will let him go up step by step. Najib firmly believes that this is the right path. Even if he encounters setbacks, his confidence will not be shattered all of a sudden.
When Larmour came out of the shadow of a serious injury, he also walked through it step by step.
This is not to say that confrontation in the Premier League is a scourge. The problem lies with Reyes himself. The coaching staff found that he has a tendency to actively avoid confrontation. This is a special case among players. Other players do not say how good their confrontation ability is, but at least they will not avoid confrontation.
Therefore, Najib hopes that Reyes can go to the reserve team first to overcome and solve this problem.
Cristiano Ronaldo stepped on the ball in the training ground and couldn't stand it. He trained hard at Millwall and didn't have many friends. He only had a few friends. The most people he came into contact with on weekdays were Nagy and
Meulensteen, the former was his coach in the youth team, and the latter was the coach who taught him technical skills based on his personal characteristics. Seeing that Najib seemed to be "bullied", this kid wanted to go over and help and support Najib.
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As soon as he took a step, his arm was grabbed by someone. He turned around and saw that it was De Rossi. He frowned and said, "What are you doing? Are you scared?"
De Rossi smiled and didn't care. Scared? What's so scary?
He pointed to the distance on the roadside. Ronaldo looked and saw Aldridge walking towards him, his expression looking very serious.
Even though Aldrich is only 25 years old, he is really calm and confident now.
When Reyes and the family around him noticed Aldrich approaching, everyone shut their mouths. Their momentum was completely different from before. It was not only three points weaker, but they simply hit rock bottom.
Aldrich didn't know what they were talking about earlier, but judging from the news in the newspaper, he roughly understood everything.
"Boss."
Reyes's greeting voice was soft and soft, and he immediately became timid.
"Hello, Mr. Hall."
His family members tried to calm down and greeted him in a normal tone.
Aldridge smiled and nodded to Reyes' family, then he turned to look at the training field and pointed at the young players who were watching.
The players immediately avoided Aldridge's sight and continued training, and the training ground returned to its proper scene and order.
Aldrich looked away and said calmly: "Let's go to the office and have a good talk. No matter what the problem is, I believe that calm communication can solve the problem."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the office building of the training base.
