Thursday evening, The Black Hotel, London.

This is an expensive five-star hotel in the city of London, and in the hotel's VIP suite, four men and two women sit around a round table.

A game of cards is going on, with chips, wine, and snacks in front of the six players.

Aldrich sat Evan on his left, and on his right was an equally elegant beauty, British Airways executive, Ms. Alina.

The other players at the table were Carter of Standard Chartered Bank, Fitz of Legal Insurance, and Rudis of Ladbrokes Gaming.

The six people at this table, except for Evan, all have a cooperative relationship with Millwall.

Millwall has been fighting everywhere and has long become a VIP of British Airways.

Standard Chartered is now the advertising sponsor of Millwall's jersey chest.

The club needs to be involved in the signing of the contract, and the company has also listed Millwall as a key customer.

Ladbrokes Betting is one of the sponsors of the stadium advertising.

Aldridge's leisure activities have increased significantly, and in addition to the club's regular beer nights, he also participates in poker nights like today's, as well as Ms. Rowling's book clubs.

If he has to lead the team to play in the middle of the week, he basically has activities every night for a week.

It's just so that you don't have to worry about staying at home.

He was in good hands tonight, and he had a lot more chips in front of him than others.

Rudis had a very bad hand, and he folded directly, he picked up his wine glass and looked at Aldrich, and asked softly: "I received news that Ronaldinho has a lot of big clubs to buy, and the price is not low." Will Millwall take the risk of keeping him? ”

Young players who are under the age of 20 receive a lot of offers. The club's choice of whether to sell or not to sell is debatable.

Sell it. A lot of transfer fee income is very realistic.

If you don't sell, then you have to take the risk, there are many talented players who end up hurting Zhongyong, and if they don't sell at a high price, it is equivalent to a loss, and it will also drag down the team's record.

Aldridge deducted the card, threw some chips to the front, turned his head and smiled: "What are the odds that Ladbrokes offers for Ronaldinho's transfer?" I could bet five million pounds on him not to transfer. Do you accept it? ”

Rudiston was speechless, and the others laughed.

After the game was at its worst, it became a duel between Aldrich and the beautiful woman Aliena next to her, Alina smiled lightly, pushed all the chips in front of her, and said to Aldrich: "You shouldn't be disappointed, right?" ”

Aldrich looked at his watch and said, "It's not too early, so let's end it." ”

He pushes the chips, doesn't play mysterious, and directly reveals his hole cards. Alina also opened her hole cards and compared them face to face. Aldridge loses.

Alina laughed and said, "Thank you." ”

Aldrich raised his eyebrows and said: "I guess this has something to do with my recent luck, I always thought it was good at the beginning, but the ending was very bleak, God likes to stage reversal dramas for people." ”

After the game, Evan put on a snow-white coat and waited for Aldridge outside the door, and after greeting the others, Carter stayed behind to talk to Aldrich.

"Three months into the new season, Millwall is on a good momentum, especially with a lot of new players in the squad, which has attracted the attention of European football, and now that the Millwall first team is valued at more than £200 million, people are curious about how many future superstars you still have in your background."

Carter's words left Aldrich scratching his head.

Millwall and Standard Chartered Bank are a business partnership, and there is no communication in the field of football, so what is the use of Carter telling him?

How much is the Millwall first team worth, is Aldridge still unclear?

Larsson alone, Nedved and the two combined are more than £50 million.

Aldridge looked at Carter in bewilderment, and the other party continued: "Now the outside world is not only interested in the Millwall first team, but also your reserve team, the youth team, after all, these lower echelons are also very amazing. ”

Aldrich shrugged, the other man was right.

Millwall's reserve team won the reserve league championship for two consecutive years, and the league started three months this year, and also left the teams behind it, like Vicente, Henry who recovered from injury, Pedreti and others are playing in the reserve team, and the record is guaranteed.

The youth team has dominated the youth league for many years, except for the FA Youth Cup the year before, they have won the Youth FA Cup every other year, and since last season, they have also achieved good results against the best teams in Europe, so it is not surprising that the youth team has attracted attention from the outside world.

And many European giants also want to poach Millwall's youth team players, but the youth team players don't have much to leave, unless the giants personally promise to give them the opportunity to play, but the giants can't give this point.

The middle and lower reaches of the team poach young players, you can give the main force, but the youth team players don't look down on it, they want to stay in Millwall first to see how the competition is, in case they can be in the position of Millwall, this is the best, if not, then transfer away to other teams to develop.

The most popular voice in the sky over Millwall's youth team right now is that such and such a player is Nedved II, Larsson's successor, the next Andrea Pirlo

"Can I not understand what you're talking about? But what exactly do you want to say? ”

Carter faced Aldrich's question and said softly, "Umbro has my friends over there, and they want to test your reaction through me. ”

"Umbro? They want to cooperate? But we just signed a new two-year contract with Puma in the summer, and if we want to work together, we will talk about it in a year and a half. ”

"No, not the first team, they want to sponsor the reserves and the youth team, and even Millwall in all echelons except for the first team!"

Aldrich was deep in thought.

Reserves, youth teams have sponsors, which is a rarity in global football, and there is no precedent in a major European league.

But in the future, Manchester United's reserve team sponsorship contract is higher than the whole team sponsorship income of many middle and lower clubs!

It is also the first club in Europe to allow the reserve team to generate huge revenues as well.

Aldrich didn't think long that he could generate income, and there was nothing to hesitate about.

"It's good. As long as the price is right. Millwall welcomes one more partner. But before that, we have to say hi to Puma first and see what they mean, and if they are not interested in sponsoring the reserve team, the youth team, then we can talk to other sponsors. ”

Carter nodded, what he admired most about Aldrich's career was that the other party respected his partner.

There is no such thing as mercenary.

On the way home by car. Evan sat sideways in the passenger seat, staring at Aldrich quietly.

Of course, she knew about Melanie's pregnancy, and everyone else had sent Aldrich blessings and even a lot of gifts, but she didn't react.

"Let's talk?"

Evan broke the silence.

Aldrich drove the car, knowing what the other party wanted to talk about, and said lightly: "I don't want to talk." ”

Family, friends, colleagues, and many others gave him advice. Liberate him and comfort him. He seems to have become a victim in life, full of grievances, which is not the image he should have, and he is also disgusted to make himself seem to become a helpless person in the eyes of others.

doesn't need anyone's comfort and advice, this is the matter of him and Melanie, if you can talk about it, you can talk about it, and if you can't talk about it, you don't have to get entangled.

"Why don't you give me a chance?"

"Especially now, I don't want to talk about that."

Aldrich turned on the radio and listened to the radio.

Driving to the door of the apartment, Evan got out of the car, Aldrich parked the car in the garage, and then went home to rest.

Just finished the European competition in midweek, to the weekend league, Millwall went to Derby County, the away game played a little ugly, this season Derby County swept the image of the weak team, from the beginning of the season ranked in the upper middle of the list, impressive, play Millwall, they are highly motivated, Millwall is a little unfocused in the game, trying to control the game but was counterattacked by the opponent after consecutive steals, less than 30 minutes after the opening two goals behind, after leading by two goals, Derby County began to defend and strive to pocket three points.

This choice was very wrong, as soon as they contracted, Millwall's disadvantage in continuous combat was reduced, and the rhythm could be controlled calmly, plus the game time was there, Millwall's accumulated strong temperament began to play a role, and he controlled the game unhurriedly, scoring two goals in the 56th and 77th minutes of the second half to equalize the score, when the score came to a draw, Derby County frantically pressed again, Millwall's most reluctant counteroffensive moment broke through the opponent's defense, but unfortunately Van der Meyde's single ball kicked off, and finally shook hands with the opponent.

Aldridge has been really busy lately, except for the team's training and games, he held secret meetings with sponsors, club executives and others, and the discussions were about the same as in the same period last year.

Golden Globe Awards.

Millwall favoured Larsson last season and there hasn't been much discussion this year, with Nedved certainly being the first choice.

Larsson's annual goal tally has declined, and he is recovering from injuries at the start of the new season, and the rest of the main players who helped Millwall win the European Champions League last season, especially the attacking players, Trezeguet and Shevchenko, have left, and Millwall's Ballon d'Or medal contender is bound to be Nedved.

If you take 98 years as the time period, Nedved's club statistics are the highest of all midfielders in Europe!

He has scored 27 goals and 20 assists in all competitions he has participated in as of November, especially in the first half of the year, when Millwall scored key goals in European competitions, and was the main contributor to Millwall's rise to the top of Europe.

His value has been assessed at more than 20 million pounds, which is a comprehensive assessment, not the actual transfer value, if other clubs will sell a player of Nedved's level, at least they will ask for a sky-high price of more than 30 million pounds, and Millwall has always labeled Nedved as not for sale!

In the same vein as the same period last year, Millwall began to build momentum through traditional and emerging media networks, highlighting Nedved's annual performances and getting critics to talk about Nedved's performances and contributions, putting Nedved in the spotlight in Europe.

In the thirteenth round of the Premier League, Millwall hosted a strong Leicester City at home, and he once again spoke directly with Martin O'Neill's side.

This match made Aldridge feel very painful, because Martin O'Neal has Tony + Goodjohnsen, and the tactics of playing a strong team are simpler.

7-man defense + 3-man offense.

Leicester City's performance for two consecutive years has attracted the attention of the middle and lower teams, so Martin O'Neal began to have a headache when playing a weak team, but he played a strong team, but he was more calm, his team was weak in attack, and the counterattack was vigorous.

After 90 minutes, the two teams were tied 1:1.

Aldridge is really starting to miss Pirlo who watched the playmaking in midfield (to be continued......