Thanks for the reward of "Death of the Thief"! ——

Some people hit it off at first sight, and some people knew at first sight that they didn't agree with themselves, and Aldrich quickly fell in love with the guy opposite him during the conversation with Carter.

Because the two of them talk straightforwardly, they are not the kind of feminine characters who are scheming and calculating.

"No, no, no, impossible, six years long? I wouldn't be willing for four years unless you give me £5 million a year in sponsorship. ”

"£2.3 million a year in sponsorship, that's a lot of money."

"Yes, six years ago, £300,000 was a huge sponsorship, but now?"

"Do you think the commercial value of football clubs will increase?"

"Absolutely! Broadcasting technology is becoming more and more developed, and for football clubs, this is just getting started, not to mention that the Premier League broadcast contract has more than tripled this year, and the next contract will be doubled. You have confidence in Millwall's future, but you ignore the prospects of this market. ”

Although Aldridge also felt that Carter was a friend to make for a short time, at least comfortable chatting, he would not sell the club's future interests cheaply.

Carter's sponsorship fee seems to be super high in this year, and he also proposed that the two parties sign a long-term contract for six years!

In this way, from a conservative point of view, Millwall's long-term interests are safeguarded, but if a situation arises, then Millwall's interests are obviously at a loss.

Here's what happened: Millwall are in the Champions League every year, in other words, to remain in the Premier League's top group for the next six years.

Aldridge does not want to be greedy for the short-term and ignore the long-term. This loss. Arsenal have suffered the heaviest losses in history.

When moving into a new stadium. Arsenal signed an eight-year contract for chest advertising, and at the time, the £5.5 million sponsorship contract was considered to be in line with Arsenal's value and economic circumstances, and with the collapse of the football bubble, it was thought that the market was saturated.

However, in those eight years, Chelsea, Manchester United. Liverpool, the number of chest advertising sponsorship contracts has soared, ranging from about 20 million to more than 30 million.

Arsenal felt like they didn't lose money in the first year of signing such a contract, but the more time passed, the more they lost ridiculously, and the cumulative amount of money before and after decreased by about 100 million pounds compared to other teams in the same level.

Although Aldridge wouldn't have lost that much if he signed a six-year contract in this era, he is such a person. When you run the club with your own budget, and when you change from a head coach to a boss role. It's a bit stingy.

At this point, he also reminded Adam that the club's sponsorship contract is limited to three seasons for a maximum of three seasons when moving into the new stadium.

When they moved into the new stadium, all sponsorship fees had to be renegotiated at the new price.

Carter held out for a while and found Aldridge unconvinced, or tempted, to admit that Aldridge also possessed extraordinary vision.

The specific contract details, when Carter returns to London, will negotiate with Adam again, Aldridge did not give a commitment, in case other competitors offer higher prices, Millwall will of course choose the option with more income.

There was still a short time before the plane landed, the two put aside their work and began to chat like friends, to Aldrich's surprise, the other party, as an Englishman, was actually a fan of Maradona, Aldrich was just dressed in the appearance of an Englishman, so he never felt that he had been hurt by Maradona.

When it comes to Maradona, the two are embarrassed.

Because just in the past two days, Maradona has been the focus of the entire world of football.

The Argentine generation of football kings officially bid farewell to the green field and announced his retirement from the player.

Aldrich really feels like I've made a good friend today.

At least he, like Carter, is a rational fan.

worships Maradona, just worships Maradona on the court, as for Maradona off the court, the two of them talk about a wry smile and shake their heads.

It is estimated that there is no longer such a great figure of a combination of angels and devils in the world of football.

Aldridge parted ways with Carter when the plane landed in Barcelona, and before leaving, Carter wished Millwall good luck at Camp Nou.

Aldrich looked up outside the airport at the clear skies of Spain in the cold autumn, good luck? Who can put their hopes in luck?

After arriving in Barcelona, Millwall went into a complete low-key, staying in a hotel further away from Camp Nou, training behind closed doors, and Aldridge refused all interviews except for a pre-match press conference arranged by UEFA.

This battle of focus has been pursued by the media of various countries.

Van Gaal's rhetoric has been released.

Aldrich didn't say a word.

At the press conference, when Aldridge attended, the lights flashed all over the room, and everyone wanted to take a picture of Aldridge's first visit to Camp Nou.

What kind of attitude will he be here?

And how will Van Gaal's contempt be countered?

When Aldrich sat down, he was calm and opened by saying the same thing in Spanish and English.

"I'm only going to answer questions about today's game, not questions about the game, and I'm going to be silent."

The journalists were depressed.

We're here to see you and Van Gaal fighting!

Last season, Aldridge had a particularly stiff relationship with the Spanish media, especially the Catalan press.

It started with the controversy over the Ballon d'Or, and then the European Cup Winners' Cup Millwall won the conflict.

It's just that to the irony of the outside world, the Catalan media has a conflict with Aldridge over whether Ronaldo deserves to be on the Ballon d'Or list, but Ronaldo only stayed at Camp Nou for one season before flying to Meazza.

The source of the contradiction is gone, but the contradiction continues.

Now, they are on Van Gaal's side, belittling Millwall and Aldridge.

When reporters asked what Van Gaal thought of Aldridge's remarks, Aldridge didn't say a word.

As he said. It's not a question that has anything to do with the game. He didn't answer any of them.

Until someone asked: "Barcelona have one draw and one loss in their first two games." Are they out of the charts? ”

Aldridge said calmly: "Of course they have hope, a two-legged win over Millwall, and then Dynamo Kyiv and PSV Eindhoven don't win two games in a row in the two simultaneous matches, then Barcelona will have their own destiny to qualify, and with two rounds left in the bottom, they will have the advantage." ”

The corners of the Catalan journalists' mouths curled, and they felt that the young marshal had finally said something.

Well. Sounds right.

Barcelona just came close to falling into the abyss.

With all four wins in the next four games, they will have 13 points and will definitely qualify for the top spot.

It was also thanks to Millwall's away sniping of Dynamo Kyiv that minimised the disadvantage of Barcelona dropping points on them, and the situation in the group became extremely delicate.

"Listening to your tone, it seems pessimistic about the two games against Barcelona? Don't you have the confidence to score points against Barcelona? ”

Aldrich let out a long sigh, turned to the press officer, and said, "Can I leave?" I don't want to waste time here with some idiots. ”

As soon as he said this, he immediately angered the person who asked the question just now, who was a reporter from the "World Sports News".

"Mr. Hall, are you humiliating me in public?"

Aldrich ignored the man. Just looking at the press officer, the other party looked at the time and shook his head. Indicate that the allotted time has not yet arrived.

Aldridge had to turn around and say lightly: "I don't know what the public thinks of the Barcelona and Millwall match, but I think some people think that Millwall should give Barcelona 6 points directly, and then Millwall accepts the defeat convincingly, kneeling in front of Barcelona to flatter him." I'm sorry, the reality is cruel, Barcelona is the giant of Catalonia, it is the flag here, it not only represents football, but also represents the spirit and fighting spirit of Catalonia, but this does not make Barcelona special in the arena, it must be able to overwhelm all opponents, it can become arrogant and rude, it can lack the most basic respect for foreign teams, one person is arrogant, but a group of people are arrogant, I think this psychology is pathological. ”

Except for the Catalan journalists, everyone else at the scene laughed.

Hehe, just a few minutes after I was lost, the surprise came.

"Who is that arrogant man of your mouth? Is it an allusion to Van Gaal? Mr. Hall, when you first appeared in public, you seemed very arrogant, didn't you? Claim that Millwall will enter a new era, hehe, but in Europe, you are nothing. ”

Journalists in Catalonia are mad.

I don't know what the road is for, they just don't like Aldrich.

At a young age, he dared to bombard the Ballon d'Or, questioned Ronaldo's appearance, and snatched the trophy from Barcelona.

He came here today, and he appeared to be in a low posture, but in fact he felt that he was despising them with silence.

No matter what questions the reporters asked, Aldrich did not answer, and some reporters left the table angrily, while Aldrich glanced at the press officer from time to time, and after the other party signaled that he could leave, Aldrich got up and left.

It's only the Catalan media that doesn't like him, and the rest of the media likes him because he has news, or rather, where the 21-year-old manager goes, it's news in itself.

On the night of the game, the players sat in the dressing room and stared at Aldridge.

The atmosphere in the dressing room today was very strange.

Aldrich couldn't stand it.

Half of the players stared at Aldridge with a scrappy look, and half of the players stared at him with a comforting gaze.

They all know what is in the news.

Some of the players also have anger in their hearts.

They worked hard and fought hard to get back the championship achievements, and they were trampled on by others, who can turn a blind eye?

It is normal to have fire in their hearts, while some psychologically mature players are more calm and more worried about Aldridge's condition.

From the start of the preparation to the twenty-five minutes left in the game, Aldridge was too calm.

It's a bit like being bullied and unreasonable, so you can only hide your grievances in your heart.

Thinking about it, it is normal for me to feel hurt when he is already a young marshal who has gone down in history, but he is easily denied by others.

Aldrich just felt that it was unwise to insist on a counterattack.

The game was not played, and the pre-match verbal fight was also divided into situations, and in the current situation, Aldridge did not think it was necessary to pay attention to the other party.

Unexpectedly, his failure to fight back was misunderstood by the players as "injury", and when he was about to give the players a pre-match lecture, there was a scene in the dressing room that made Aldridge feel like he was dreaming. (To be continued......)