Aldridge received the award for League One's Coach of the Season award at a dinner of the Football Coaches Association of England and was second only to Nottingham Forest manager Frank Clarke in the evening.

Nottingham Forest were promoted to the Premier League last season and finished third under the leadership of Frank Clarke, a Brian Clough disciple, in another Nottingham Forest miracle.

In the course of the party, Aldridge also had a brief exchange with several Premier League managers, in fact, many Premier League clubs want to bring in players from Millwall, so they first came to explore Aldridge's tone, for those teams who do not have a rich background, Aldridge directly declared that any player in the team is not for sale.

When the season came to an end, Middlesbrough successfully secured the last Premier League ticket, and the season was completely over.

Aldridge began the summer transfer market.

The sponsorship was left to Adam, and the sponsorship from Barchung Bank, the sponsorship from Puma, and the advertising in the stadium were expected to bring in around £3 million in revenue for the team at the start of the season.

Early in the morning, Aldrich called Andrew at home after breakfast and asked him to meet at the intersection of the block.

At ten o'clock in the morning, a white BMW stopped on the side of the street, Aldrich saw Andrew sitting in the driver's seat, and in the passenger seat sat a beautiful girl in a thin dress, he did not know, and said hello with a smile.

"Ah~ what are you doing with me in the morning?"

Andrew, dressed casually, with his shirt tucked into his trousers, got out of the car, took out his cigarette, leaned against the door and lit one, and then handed one to Aldridge as well.

Aldrich lit a cigarette and said with a smile: "Originally, I asked you for help with some transfer matters, and you seem to be very busy, forget it, you can introduce an assistant in the company to help me, in the next month or two, I may have to go abroad, but I will run around the country first, in short, I need intelligence officers." ”

Spit out a smoke ring, Andrew turned to the car and said, "Baby, you get out of the car and go home, I'm going to get down to business." ”

"Huh? Didn't you say that it was good to go on vacation to France? ”

"Good, I want to work, you go home first, you can go on vacation whenever you want."

"Andrew! Your promises are shit! ”

"Hehe, maybe, you can drive away, by the way, don't contact me again in the future, bye."

Andrew didn't have any grace in the face of the angry beauty, he directly put his arm around Aldrich's shoulder and walked forward, he took out the phone from his pocket and asked someone to drive another car.

Aldrich laughed dumbly and asked rhetorically, "Is this blowing?" ”

Andrew squatted on the side of the road and smoked, and said nonchalantly: "Well, blow, she thinks she is a princess, I can only apologize, it is not me who will accommodate her prince." ”

Aldrich admires this second brother a little, although he usually looks like a playboy, but he has always prioritized things.

Thinking that he just needed some intelligence information, and it was not necessary for Andrew to accompany him throughout the whole process, he also squatted on the side of the road and said, "You really don't have to go on vacation with me." ”

Andrew flicked the cigarette butt in his hand, turned his head and laughed: "What are you kidding, our family's money is not blown by the wind, I don't care about making money, what's the point of me living?" You're looking for me to buy players, right? I go with me as the owner of the brokerage company, this is sincerity, and the money will not take the initiative to go into my pocket. ”

Aldrich smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's go together." ”

Not long after, Andrew's assistant drove an Audi and parked on the side of the road, Andrew took a tie from the assistant's hand and tied it around his neck, loosened the belt and stuffed his shirt into it on the side of the street, combed his hair again, stepped on the tires of the car and polished his shoes, and in less than three minutes, the well-dressed and impeccably handsome guy pulled the car door and sat in, and the new speed made Aldrich simply open his eyes.

"Say, where are you going?"

"Help me look up the information of four people in your company's database, Josepe John Cole, Ashley Cole, Leo Ferdinand, Frank Lampard."

Aldrich waited quietly after looking out the window.

Andrew picked up his mobile phone and called back to the company, the intelligence information is stored in the company, and it is updated regularly, there are no fewer scouts in his company than those in the top clubs, no, or more like detectives in his company.

Every year in England, there are geniuses who are touted by the media, but there are not many who can actually end up on the big stage, and the first name Aldrich mentions is one, and perhaps it would be better to call another name that will be even louder in later generations: Joe Cole.

Joe Cole is a genius and his footballing talent from a young age is one that can attract attention from all sides.

Aldridge doesn't have a lot of chips now, it's nothing more than money, but for many players, this is a temptation in itself, and there are not no people in this world who can resist the temptation of money, and most of them are just the amount of money.

Andrew put down the phone, Mo said that these four people were all in London, even if it was other places, he could find out the movement, after all, it was his potential customer.

'Neither of Kerr has joined any club yet, and as for Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard, it's a bit of a hassle and the latest news I've gotten is that West Ham are ready to offer them a senior contract this summer.'

Aldrich closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Then go to the two of them first, it's interesting, dig the foot of the wall from the sworn enemy, why not?" How much do West Ham United pay them a week? ”

"Hold on to £600, or £60."

"I'll give 3000."

"Ha Luha, you're going to be an idiot with a lot of money again!"

"Time will tell who is the fool."

Andrew drove Aldrich straight to Leo Ferdinand's home.

Aldridge came to the door in person, he didn't think it was a self-surrendering identity, and some transfers just needed the head coach to come forward in person to impress the players.

The Manchester City manager waited in the office for Ryan Giggs to sign, but no one was seen until dark, and the next day, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson visited Giggs and directly poached the left-sided Tianzun who had been in English football for 20 years

In this acre of three-point land in London, Aldridge obviously has a lot of fame, first, he is the most glorious League One coach last season, and secondly, Millwall will be in the Premier League next season, and the media will naturally warm up in advance, and the news about him and Millwall has long been around for people in the football circle.

Therefore, Aldridge and Andrew's visit to Ferdinand together attracted the attention of the Ferdinand family, and even his relatives came, Aldridge impressed Ferdinand through his sincerity and the weekly salary on the contract.

Frank Lampard's move was a little more complicated as his father held a position at West Ham United but had a bad relationship with the club, so Aldridge also promised Frank Lampard a role at Millwall and then took Lampard with what they saw as a high weekly salary.

West Ham, who had been set to offer Frank Lampard and Rio Ferdinand contracts in July, were only disappointed to find that their star of hope had been lured away by arch-rivals Millwall with a high salary.

The youth storm at Millwall last season was the biggest attraction for Aldridge to sign players, and he may not have achieved anything in the Premier League, but in terms of tweaking young players, every young player in his squad seems to have a lot of potential and has done amazing work under him.

When night fell, Aldridge and Andrew drove to the suburbs, eating packed junk fast food, drinking beer, and chatting in an Audi, in which Aldridge signed four young players for the club.

Even though Joe Cole is only 13 years old, Ashley Cole is also only 15 years old.

But Frank Lampard and Ferdinand are already 17 years old, and after two or three years of training, they are definitely good pawns that can be used very well.

Aldridge's success on the first day gave Aldridge some confidence and the next day he and Andrew went to Merseyside in the north-west of England, where they were met with a series of encounters.

Manchester United has a class of 92, and Liverpool, which is also a traditional giant of England, also has a class of 96, and the most dazzling in this 96 class are three players.

Aldridge first met with rejection at Carragher's home one morning, and was sent off directly by Owen's parents.

There was only one left, Gerald, and Aldrich met the future Red Army spirit in a café.

The young, slightly youthful Gerald wears casual clothes, and although he disguises himself as an old man, the rolling of his eyes betrays the elven eccentricity in his heart.

"Refusal? For what? Steven, do you have anything you don't like to bring up, weekly salary? Two thousand is too little, I can give two thousand five, if you are worried about accommodation, the club can provide an apartment"

"Uh, sir, thank you for your kindness, but I don't want to sign with a team other than Liverpool."

Gerald lowered his head a little evasively.

Aldrich scratched his head and asked strangely, "Huh?" So why do you go around trying out at other clubs? And agree to come out and meet me? You can just reject me on the phone. ”

Aldridge had great expectations before he came, especially when he heard that Gerrard was looking for a trial with the club, but no club could sign him, and Aldridge thought that everyone else was blind and couldn't see that this was a treasure.

Gerrard whispered apologetically: "That's right, I'm trying to put pressure on Liverpool FC in this way to get them to give me a contract as soon as possible. ”

Aldrich was dumbfounded.

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I've been tricked by this kid!

It also served as a stepping stone for him!

Needless to say, the news of Millwall's digging of Gerrard will soon get out, and even if no reporter finds out, Gerrard's kid will be shouted to the outside world so that it can reach the ears of Liverpool FC.

Aldridge left Merseyside in a huff, and his business was devastated.

On the way back to London, Aldridge smiled bitterly in his heart, he should have had such an awareness a long time ago, where are the hope stars of those wealthy families so easy to dig? The children of wealthy families who are in the red, why bother to wander outside?

Only a team like West Ham that has neither pursuit nor heritage can be easily poached players, think of Paul Ince back then

Aldrich lamented, re-energized, and continued to dig a corner according to his own plan, and it is not only the wealthy who have good seedlings, it is nothing more than a big wave of sand, we know better than others where there is gold.