In English football, there are only three giants that have dominated football in the traditional sense: Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal.
Teams like Everton, Tottenham, etc. can only be regarded as important teams in football, but they are definitely not considered to be wealthy teams. As for Chelsea, which later emerged, two thousand years ago, they were not even considered to be established powerhouses.
Not on.
Aldridge is looking for a significant figure in contemporary football, and Arsenal has too much to take care of. Horston, who took over the team halfway through last season, has resigned, and his successor is Bruce Rioch. As for Liverpool, Aldridge and the other coach
Roy Evans has no friendship, and his poaching of three Liverpool youth team players in Merseyside was deliberately revealed by Gerrard. Obviously, Liverpool will not welcome Aldridge's visit.
The only person left who can speak with great weight is naturally the Manchester United coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, who is about to enter his tenth year as coach of Manchester United.
When Aldridge called Ferguson's home and briefly explained the matter, Ferguson agreed without saying a word, and then chatted with Aldridge about Shevchenko with great interest.
Although the transfer has not been completed and Manchester United may intercept him, Aldridge does not think Ferguson will directly pay a transfer fee of nearly 2 million pounds for a player that Manchester United has not inspected, even though there are many players in Aldridge's team.
My dear, there is no guarantee that he will not make mistakes sometimes. This kind of thing is common in football. A famous coach with a sharp eye must also have a "thousand-mile horse" in his hand.
As for the reward for completing this matter, Ferguson, who has become a mature man, did not even mention it. They are smart people and it is tacitly understood that Aldridge owes Ferguson a favor. There will be a long time to come, and there will always be a time when Manchester United needs Aldridge to make concessions.
With Ferguson as a guarantee, Aldridge no longer has any worries about Shevchenko's transfer.
And in early July, after Andrew called him, Aldridge originally planned to suspend the transfer, but he got busy again.
In the hotel where the team stayed during training, Aldridge pushed open the conference room, closed the door gently, and then walked slowly to the table, where Andrew was sitting.
"Really? Does his whole family agree?"
Aldrich spoke in a low voice, because from a legal perspective, this matter may be illegal to operate. Although the consequences will not be too serious, it will be a huge blow to the reputation.
Andrew touched his chin and whispered: "Agree? They can't wait to move out of the slums immediately! I've been to Brazil, Aldridge, you don't know, it was only after I saw the slums in Brazil that I discovered that the children in East London have
How lucky you are. In the slums of Brazil, those children either become famous and leave there, or become drug dealers or pawns of gangsters. In comparison, East London is simply paradise. Can you imagine being woken up by the sound of gunshots when you sleep at midnight?
Is this a normal thing?"
Aldrich had some understanding of the chaos in South America during this period, but after all, he had not been there personally, so it was difficult for him to comment subjectively.
After unbuttoning his suit and putting his hands on his hips, Aldrich closed his eyes and thought for a moment before saying, "How much does it cost?"
"It will cost 1.05 million pounds to hand over to the UK. In addition, to provide them with living security and job opportunities, I estimate that you will have to invest more than 2 million pounds in this family in the next five years. Uh, Aldrich, to be honest
, I think it’s a bit of a risk and it’s not worth it.”
Andrew cautiously expressed his inner thoughts.
Aldrich gasped sharply.
The mind is racing.
Two million pounds?
Is it worth the risk?
That family of Brazilians had a child named Ronaldo de Assis Moreira.
Or: Ronaldinho!
He is only fifteen years old this year, but he was accidentally discovered by Andrew's scouts in Brazil.
After learning about Ronaldinho's family situation, Andrew asked the scouts to make tentative contacts.
The family relies almost entirely on their mother and brother for their livelihood, but the money his brother can earn at Gremio is simply negligible. The Brazilian football market is far from as prosperous as it was a dozen years later, otherwise there would not be Brazil every year.
Stars landed in Europe, unlike almost twenty years later, Brazilian stars preferred to stay in their home country, at least not inferior to those in Europe in terms of earning money.
His father died young and he still has an older sister at home. This kind of story is very familiar to him. Almost half of the Brazilian football stars have similar tragic childhoods.
Aldrich only wanted Ronaldinho, but it was simply impossible.
If you want to strike first, you have to bring the whole family to the UK, leaving out the elder brother who is already able to support himself.
"Can the immigration office handle it?"
"The problem is not big. Follow the regulations. It is just a matter of time and review process. Let the lawyers deal with it."
"Then you help me facilitate this. I can't give you the money from the club's account. I will give you another two million pounds in any other way privately. I only need to confirm two things. First,
After he immigrates here, there will be no problems in his family life, his sister's schooling or work, his mother's arrangements, etc. Don't have any problems. Secondly, he will join the Millwall youth team. Don't work for a long time and end up running away with someone else.
"
Aldrich thought about it for a long time and finally made up his mind. At this time, he was a bit "no poison and no husband".
If he didn't find Ronaldinho, it would be fine. If he really found Ronaldinho, how could he hesitate?
Even if we spend a lot of money, we still have to get him here.
Andrew stood up, looked at Aldrich solemnly, and asked: "Have you thought clearly? This is an investment of two million pounds!"
Who wouldn’t feel sad if it was all in vain?!
Aldrich was silent for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and nodded his head.
Andrew said no more, picked up his phone and started working.
To operate such immigration, the Hall family is no different from sending money, but it is also guaranteed.
The money will not be given directly to Ronaldinho, but one million pounds will be used to purchase British bonds, which cannot be exchanged or traded within a certain period of time.
The rest of the residence, job, etc. are all in the UK. What is really in the other party's hands is the British household registration book and the good identity that is whitewashed, as well as the arranged job and a small amount of bank savings.
But for the Brazilians living in the slums, it is like a dream come true. Walking out of the slums directly to the international metropolis of London is a step forward.
It will take half a year at the fastest to complete the whole thing. Aldridge is not in a hurry. Ronaldinho is only 15 years old. As long as he can get it, he will have a lot of time to train him to become a talent. As for whether the investment will be in vain, it depends on Ronaldinho.
He won't be ungrateful. If he doesn't sign a full-time contract with Millwall and switches to another team when he reaches adulthood, then Aldridge will have nothing to do.
From the end of May to the end of June, for a whole month, Aldridge rushed here and there, completing the summer signings at lightning speed. As soon as the transfer window opened, Millwall officially announced several
At the same time, Villa's family moved to London, and 14-year-old David Villa entered the Millwall youth team.
In mid-July, after the FA hearing was held, the formal Shevchenko transfer matter also came to an end.
While other teams were still wandering around in the transfer market, Aldridge held an official press conference. While several new players appeared together, he also announced the end of summer transfers.
Joe Cole, Ashley Cole, Juan Capdevila, and David Villa, these four players have all entered Millwall's youth echelon, and some of the summer signings have entered the first team.
Six players.
Ivan Helguera, Danny Mills, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, Andrei Shevchenko.
In this way, Millwall's first team in the new season will have a total of 30 players.
The first-team lineup is slightly crowded, but Aldridge doesn't think so. There are many players, such as Lampard, Ferdinand, Shevchenko and other players who are under 20 years old. 20 appearances in a season is enough for training.
, no matter how much, it may not be beneficial.
At the Lion's Cave Stadium, six rookies who joined the first team put on new jerseys and showed off their skills. Among them, Pirlo and Shevchenko's ball sense received the focus of the reporters attending the meeting.
It was just a press conference, and Aldridge didn't want to make much noise at all. At the subsequent press conference, he expressed that he was very satisfied with the results of this summer's transfer, but he was questioned by reporters.
Let’s not talk about England as a whole, let’s talk about London. Chelsea brought in Gullit, the double European and World Footballer of the Year, and Arsenal brought Bergkamp from Italy.
Why did Millwall, who spent the most money last season, buy a bunch of brats?
Even though players like Lampard and Ferdinand poached from the youth teams of rivals can create some news, who has seen Pirlo and Shevchenko play before?
Not to mention Helguera, who was acquired from Spain, and Mills, who was transferred from the relegated team Norwich City.
"Inadequate recruitment?"
Aldrich folded his arms on the table, shook his head and smiled when asked by reporters.
Gullit, the 33-year-old World Footballer, was bought for what? To open a nursing home?
Bergkamp and Aldridge also wanted him, but Arsenal spent a record transfer fee of more than 7 million pounds.
Even if Millwall can afford the money, will Bergkamp come? Will it have the effect that he happily packed his bags as soon as he heard that Arsenal invited him?
Facing the reporters' difficulties, Aldridge just smiled weirdly and said: "Last summer, I remember the Times commented on Millwall's summer transfer like this: a disaster! This summer, you can also write like this,
It doesn’t matter, at this time next year, we will discuss whether this summer’s transfer is a success or a failure.”
After saying that, Aldrich smiled casually, stood up and left.
The six newly joined players looked at Aldridge's handsome back and smiled in unison.
