After leaving for the United States, Millwall officially announced that the transfer market was closed.?
No more players will come, and no more players will leave.
Three players left and three players came in. The entry and exit are balanced. After Millwall returned to Aldridge to take charge as the coach, it also returned to its previous state of buying players for the future. Unlike last summer,
Aldridge will spend a lot of money to bring a world-class star like Nesta to the team.
The lineup left over from last season is not a temporary lineup, but one with huge potential. This summer will focus on stability and transition.
The topic of reconstruction has been talked about since last summer, and now we are down-to-earth to achieve the goal. The team has not changed significantly, and there is no big turmoil, which is reasonable.
Millwall has most of the veterans as the backbone, and the new generation of third-line successors are also ready. Cristiano Ronaldo, Robben, Villa, Rooney, Ribery on the front line, and Alonso and DeRoro in the midfield.
West, Kaka, and Silva, Lahm, Baines, and Ramos are also on the back line. If I insist on being picky, at the goalkeeper position, there is also Joe Hart in the youth team.
This trip to the United States, in addition to the warm-up matches, also included cooperation and exchanges between Millwall and several NBA clubs in the United States. It can be called keeping pace with the times and learning and communicating, especially professional knowledge in physical training.
Just when Millwall's North American training camp started as scheduled, in the city of Milan, Moratti's mansion welcomed the arrival of a famous figure in English football.
Abramovich and Moratti also know each other. This time he came to Milan to ask Moratti for knowledge on running the club.
At least in Abramovich's view, Moratti is the person with the closest position to him.
Abramovich doesn't like the Premier League's management model.
In Italy, the coach is the coach. The power lies in the locker room. The role of the manager is filled by others and is controlled by the boss. In the Premier League, the coach and manager most of the time have the same role. The more traditional a club is, the more important it is for this.
The divisions become clearer.
Like Ferguson, Wenger, and other traditional British clubs. The club provides the budget and the head coach makes the decision. For example, when Liverpool was later acquired by foreign owners, a "palace fight" similar to that in Italy and Spain began.
Now the outside world is waiting for the failure of Chelsea and the disgrace of Abramovich in the Premier League. Just as the owner of Newcastle United said: We have invested more than 200 million pounds in the past few seasons, but our honor room is still empty. Abramovich
You will soon understand that money cannot buy championships.
Abramovich seemed disapproving. He even ignored the old traditions of England.
I can understand his psychology.
He spent almost 300 million pounds on buying the club, paying off debts, repairing the stadium and revamping the youth training system.
He saved a club.
He will devote a huge transfer budget to the team.
Then, he is not allowed to intervene in the team's transfer operations?
What's the point?
Tradition?
To hell with tradition!
In this regard, Moratti is actually very similar to him. However, in Italy, Moratti is ridiculed at best for spending money unjustly, but no one will accuse him of spending money to buy the players he selected. This is Italy.
Traditionally, if Pei of AC Milan specifies who to buy, and ends up buying a parallel import, the unlucky person will definitely be the head coach who is not good at the job, and no one will accuse Pei of spending money to force a burden on the team.
Moratti warmly entertained Abramovich and unreservedly shared his experience in managing Inter Milan over the years.
At the end of the conversation, Abramovich, who was holding a tea cup, suddenly asked: "Sir, there is something I don't quite understand. In my eyes, the mutual hatred between AC Milan and Inter Milan should far exceed that between Chelsea and Millwall."
, However, AC Milan and Inter Milan have not blocked club transactions in recent years, and even seem to be very frequent. However, in English football, if Chelsea wants to get Millwall players, the probability is very low.
things."
Abramovich specifically used the word "frequent" because the club itself has two transfer periods in a season. The summer is the main one and the winter is the tinkering. It is impossible for a team to buy and sell 10 people this year and 10 more next year.
Personally, on average, 2-4 transactions per season are enough. Any more will only mean that this team is unstable in the long term!
It is against this background that any transaction that can be carried out three times within five years can be called frequent. After all, there are too many teams in European football. Even if the top teams can count them, in the end, this market
It is huge and has a global scope.
Moratti chuckled and said, "Didn't Chelsea just get a Millwall player?"
Abu frowned lightly and said calmly: "To be honest, with this deal, I just cast stone to ask for directions and make a try to see if things are absolute."
Abramovich was ridiculed by the outside world as being taken advantage of, but the outside world did not understand Abramovich's attitude towards Millwall.
He wants Henry, Ronaldinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nedved, Nesta, Ashley Cole.
But as the agent of most of the players, Andrew directly told him the answer: impossible.
Abramovich originally thought it was a matter of commission. In view of the relationship between friends, he could only ask vaguely, but Andrew told him indifferently: "You can try to make an offer. No matter how much the offer is, Millwall will not agree to it unless you make an offer."
Not only is it crazy, but it will also make you laugh at the price of the whole world for ten or twenty years."
For example, if he offered Henry 200 million pounds and then gave Henry a contract that was absolutely difficult to refuse, then why didn't Millwall sell the player?
The premise is that Henry will be impressed. Secondly, the Millwall club will not be blinded by emotion. 200 million pounds will allow them to build a more solid future. In the eyes of the club, no player is indispensable. The most important thing is profit and loss.
Consider.
At this time, it is basically more than 100 million pounds, plus the contract expenditure. If Chelsea really dares to make such a deal, except for the fans, they will be shocked, admired, despised, etc., but the vast majority of people in the real football circle will laugh at it.
Chelsea.
Why?
What is Chelsea's annual operating income?
They may have owned a player at the cost of three or four years of total income, without considering the impact such a transcendent player will have on the team's locker room. Just the terrible financial deficit makes Chelsea a toy in the hands of the rich.
The impression is even more ingrained.
Abramovich didn't really care about the arrival of Glen Johnson, because this kid was a nobody and was not on his recruitment list at all. It was just that the team really needed a full-back, so he asked for directions and tried to knock on the door of Millwall.
When the offer of 5 million pounds was rejected, Abramovich doubled the offer again. Unexpectedly, Millwall agreed.
But then, he tried to make offers to Cristiano Ronaldo and Nesta, offering 30 million pounds for the former and 40 million pounds for the latter. Without exception, both were directly rejected by Millwall.
Millwall did not publicize it to the outside world because the team had to prepare for the game and did not want its players to appear in the soap opera of transfer news again.
Abu just doesn't understand.
In his opinion, in the football circle, how can there be no mutual contact between clubs?
Real Madrid and Barcelona still have player movements. First, Enrique defected to Camp Nou, and then Figo joined the Santiago Bernabeu. AC Milan and Inter Milan had an honest player transaction, and Millwall also poached players from rival West Ham United.
corner.
When you get to Chelsea, what can't you do?
Moratti saw Abramovich's troubled face and sighed: "What Chelsea bought from Millwall, to explain in cold words, is rubbish in Millwall's eyes. So, you can take that player away, but in a few days
Before, you heard that Klose was negotiating with Bayern Munich and offered 20 million pounds, but did not get any response from Millwall. Why? Because Klose is not garbage, he is a high-quality product. Inter Milan and AC Milan do have
Trading exists, but we will never put our main force
Players, players in the plan are given to the other party, even if they cannot be retained, they will not be given to mortal enemies. But if they are insignificant and unimportant, they will go wherever they like, and their interests will come first. In other words, Millwall sells
To your players, you are elsewhere
It can also be bought, and it may be cheaper. They have made this money, and who suffers? Moreover, they sell you little people and give you 11 such little people. So what if Chelsea has money? In front of Millwall, they have
Is it competitive? Is it the same level?"
After Moratti finished speaking, he sighed again in his heart.
Millwall has a talent pool that is coveted by all the European giants. It would have been difficult for a club like this to survive.
Because the European powers will carve them up and dismember them before they rise completely!
Just like Ajax who claimed to dominate football for the next ten years.
The European giants did the same to Millwall.
In the summer of 1998, half of Millwall's main team was divided up. According to the expected development, even if Millwall would not be in ruins, as long as their results were setback, they would basically be ranked among the top teams in European football, because
They will not be able to continue to have most of the top players for a long time! They will not be able to maintain a stable top lineup!
However, Aldrich, who lost the league title in 1998, managed to regain the league title in the new season after losing half of his team's main players. In the Champions League, he only lost in a penalty shootout in Munich, which was the semi-finals.
That season should be the most critical season for Millwall to truly take off and be at a fork in the road of destiny!
If they failed, there would be no subsequent dynasty.
But they succeeded, gave the players confidence, and the outside world began to redefine them. In the following three seasons, the league and the Champions League were monopolized at the same time, which allowed Millwall to completely secure its position as a giant and difficult to shake.
This is exactly what makes Aldridge great in the eyes of European football people.
Now, world-class players will be interested in Millwall's invitation, and Millwall can have top players in the long term.
In the past, it was impossible to keep people.
Now, it is because the internal competition within the team has eliminated them, or the talents who were "unlucky in time" at the same time have difficulty in getting ahead, they have to leave Millwall.
They are even more confident than ordinary giants, also because of Aldridge's existence, because the players are eager for honors and know that under this young coach, they have the best chance of reaching legendary heights!
Just like Inter Milan just welcomed England international Frank Lampard this summer, if Millwall has room for him to rise, he will never leave the Apennines, although in a sense he has also left, and Millwall hopes to keep him.
Yes, but compared to the previous injuries caused by being poached as the main player, Lampard's departure will not even make Millwall frown.
Abu was still a little unwilling to give up and broke the casserole to ask the truth.
"What if I want to create a sensation? What about a transfer like Figo? Are Millwall indifferent? Do they have many options?"
Moratti smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "You haven't understood Millwall's attitude. Millwall itself despises Chelsea. They don't care if you take away some trash, just like if AC Milan takes away a reserve from here."
I will happily agree to the mediocrity of the team and humiliate them after receiving the check from AC Milan. But if AC Milan wants to compete with Real Madrid for Ronaldo, even if it pays more than Real Madrid, I will not agree because of the outcome.
will be the opposite, after I receive the check
After that moment, AC Milan will laugh at me, and all AC Milan people will take this as a victory to attack Inter Milan. Therefore, no one will discuss whether the money Real Madrid spent on Figo is worth it. Only Real Madrid members will comment on it.
Barcelona’s victory was ridiculed, as well as Barcelona’s humiliation and anger. If you want the next Figo to emerge from Millwall, you must do at least two things. First, Chelsea is worthy of a star of Figo’s level. Second, Chelsea has a better
Millwall’s special appeal.”
Abu thought thoughtfully, the last two points are the key points.
To put it bluntly, Chelsea has substantial competitiveness. As for the special attraction, everyone is in London. It is too far-fetched to insist on geographical location and environment. The only special place may be money. (To be continued, please search Gone with the Wind.
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