Aldridge took De Rossi all the way to the mountains and rivers, which made him not lonely during the journey, but also happy, and his mentality became relaxed.

The big clubs either shut him out or treated him like a fool and a fish with a lot of money, and Aldrich came to Fiorentina not to visit the Purple Lily, but to the small town of Fiesole, to visit the amateur club Rondinella.

He certainly came to dig into the wall, targeting Andrea Barzagli, who was only 16 years old.

Although Millwall's contract salary for young players has been greatly reduced, not as expensive as in the first season, Aldridge is still willing to give at least £500 a week to some young players who are sure to have potential, which is definitely a tempting contract for Barzagli, who is on an amateur contract and plays for nothing.

Originally, with the current international transfer rules are not perfect, Aldridge does not have to pay a penny to the Rondinella club, they and Barzagli are amateur contracts, plus Barzagli's age, in Italy, the contract between the two is not legally binding at all, however, Aldridge in good conscience, still gave the other party 100,000 pounds of training fees, which made him receive VIP treatment at the Londinella club.

Aldridge had a two-hour long conversation with Barzagli and asked him to report directly to the team in London, when the club would have someone to give him a professional contract, and he didn't have to worry about other matters at all. The club will take care of everything. He only had one thing to do: get on a plane and go to London.

Spent almost ten days in Italy. Overall, Aldridge was excited, and although a series of hits in the middle made him feel at a low ebb, it was time to be content with the harvest of De Rossi and Barzagli.

When taking the bus to the Florence airport, De Rossi, wearing a peaked cap and holding a camera in his hand, turned his head and asked Aldrich: "Are you going to London?" ”

Aldrich flipped through the map of Europe in his hand, shook his head and said, "Back to London?" No, it's early. Fly to France. ”

De Rossi excitedly said: "Okay, I haven't been to France yet." ”

"Huh. I'll take you around all the big European powers, uh, forget about Germany. ”

Over the next month, Aldridge and De Rossi traveled to France, then south to Spain, with Portugal as their last stop.

Along the way, Aldrich kept repeating the "rejection of the acquisition" and the "big mouth of the lion in the black shop", but he still gained something.

In Odancourt, in eastern France, he signed 16-year-old Benoit Pedreti.

In Toulouse, he came into contact with Philippe Mex, who came from a poor family. Encountering Ausell coach Guy Rooux, Auxerre is also following Mex. Interested in signing, but Millwall offered more favorable terms, coupled with Guy Ruen's friendship with Aldridge, Auxerre withdrew, Millwall took the 14-year-old Mex, and advanced his apprenticeship salary to his family for a year, and went to London, Mex's food and accommodation are taken care of by the club, so that he can concentrate on training.

In Toulon, Aldridge negotiated the transfer of 16-year-old Sebastian Squeiraci with the little-known Toulon club, but Monaco coach Tigana called Aldridge again, claiming that the young man they were already paying attention to, Aldridge was really a gentleman, explaining the situation to Squeerage, Monaco and Millwall, you choose.

Squeiraci did not hesitate at all and asked Aldridge for a contract directly.

God knows when Monaco will come to Toulon to take him away, and when Tigana will not be in power, it will not be a matter of whether Tigana will be in power.

Millwall is real, the manager is here in person, the contract is ready, it would be a shame not to sign.

After leaving France, Aldridge moved on to Spain, where he only signed two players but stayed longer because he almost wore out his tongue to convince them.

One of them is Xavi Alonso, who is preparing to sign for lower Spanish side Eibar in the summer.

Xavi Alonso, who is less than half a year away, spent his early years in Barcelona and made many friends there, such as Arteta, but he does not have the Barcelona imprint on him, because it was only before the age of 10, and the children who were taught in Barcelona during the same period were not a thousand but hundreds.

The difficulty of convincing Alonso is that he is of Basque descent, his brother plays for the Basque Country, and most of Alonso's family believe that he should play for the same team as his brother.

Aldridge struggled with 300 per cent sincerity to get Alonso to agree to go to London.

To put it bluntly, the situation is somewhat similar to De Rossi.

Alonso, who is less than 16 years old, is not fast and does not necessarily have a lot of flexibility at his feet, and once these two indicators are not outstanding, then there is no amazing talent at this age.

Eiba, the lower divisions, or Millwall, the Premier League champions known for their youth team?

In the end, Alonso chose the latter.

The signing of another Spaniard was a huge effort for Aldridge.

The future Valencia's "Left Side" Vicente!

Vicente, who turned 16 in mid-July, was considering an offer from Levante when Millwall stepped in forcefully.

Aldridge personally came to the door to convince Vicente to join Millwall.

On the last leg of his journey in Europe, Aldridge arrived in Portugal, and in mid-July, he sent the fun-loving De Rossi to London, where he began to sweep the goods in Portugal.

18-year-old Paul Ferreira cost Millwall £300,000.

The 17-year-old spent £200,000.

After these two transfer deals were made, Aldridge packed his bags, dressed himself very formally, with a suit and leather shoes and a neat hairstyle, and carried out the plan to bring in the last player in the plan.

Portugal - the edge of Europe, Madeira - the edge of Portugal. Funchal - the edge of Madeira.

Aldridge arrived at the edge of the island in the fringe neighborhood of San Antonio, where he carried his suitcase.

Like all glamorous cities, there is a dark and dirty side. The San Antonio district is a run-down, old-fashioned neighborhood that no one cares about.

It's full of drunkards. Empty bottles were piled up in front of every house Aldrich walked by.

Aldrich has no regional discrimination or racial discrimination in his heart, but the impression given by the people here reminds him of a sentence directly: Poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people!

Even the teenage boy would stare at him with the eyes of a jackal seeing his prey, and if Aldrich showed the slightest hint of timidity, they would collude to rob him.

But Aldrich's unchanging spirit makes him look very confident, like a tough guy who goes from south to north.

Ultimately. His footsteps stopped in front of an old house.

The roof of the house is crooked, and the paint on the walls and doors has long since peeled off, but the yard in front of the door is full of flowers and plants.

Aldrich went into the courtyard to the door, knocked lightly, and after a while, a middle-aged woman opened the door, looking older than her actual age.

"Sir, who are you looking for?"

The woman saw Aldrich dressed like this. His tone was a little cold, and his eyes were full of hostility.

Maybe. In her eyes, Aldrich should be a civil servant.

She has a conflict with the local government, if it weren't for her making a big fuss about the government, I'm afraid she wouldn't have come to shelter this family of six from the wind and rain.

"Is it Mrs. Dolores?"

"Madame?! Ah, I, I am, may I ask who you are? ”

Dolores didn't expect the other party to call herself so formally, and she was flattered, she didn't feel the arrogance of those powerful people from Aldrich, on the contrary, Aldrich gave the impression of calm and reliable.

Aldridge reported to himself: "I am a head coach from London, England, my team is Millwall, and at the same time, I am also the owner of this club, and I took the liberty to visit today because I want to sign your son. ”

When Dolores heard this, she hurriedly opened the door and invited Aldrich in, she began to clean up the living room in a little panic, saying sorry again and again, her home was too simple to show the environment for greeting guests, especially under Aldrich's Armani clothes, it looked even more shabby.

By the time she had poured a glass of water, Aldrich had pulled out a hardcover brochure from her briefcase, with a frontal photograph of the Millwall club's office building on the cover.

He handed the brochure to Dolores and said softly: "Please take a look at my club introduction first, I don't know if you have heard of Millwall, if you doubt my identity and the information I provide, you can ask any friend who knows about the football industry, I have a lot of time." ”

Dolores took the pamphlet and muttered, "Millwall? Millwall? Seems to have heard it somewhere."

She got up again and went to a room, took out a stack of old newspapers and magazines, rummaged through them, took out an old Portuguese newspaper and showed it to Aldrich, and said, "Is this Millwall?" ”

Aldridge looked up at the newspaper two months ago, and in mid-May, Millwall's treble win was a front-page image of the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Aldrich nodded and said, "Yes, it's a pity that this cover is too big, and I'm standing on the far right side of the line, but you shouldn't be able to see it clearly." ”

Dolores picked up the newspaper and looked at it, but couldn't make out the young man standing on the far left side of the line, wearing no blazer, only a shirt and trousers.

However, after she put down the newspaper, she pulled out a copy of the magazine, stared at the person on the cover of the magazine, and then turned her head to Aldrich and smiled: "Now you can see clearly, it turns out that your name is Aldrich-Hall." ”

With that, she handed the magazine to Aldrich.

This magazine is also an old magazine, published at the beginning of last month, and it is estimated that it has little influence in Portugal, so it borrowed the cover of the British magazine "442", which is obviously an infringement, but Aldrich really appreciates the piracy here.

On the cover of the magazine, the lower half is the three trophies, the FA Cup, the Premier League, and the European Cup Winners' Cup, while the upper part is a photo of Aldridge with his arms around his chest and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, which takes a very vivid picture of the young marshal's sharp eyes and frivolous smile.

Aldridge put down the magazine, so that his identity was confirmed, and at least he didn't have to worry about being warned of being a liar.

"Mr. Hall, which of my sons does your team fancy me?"

Dolores' face turned solemn and asked nervously.

Aldrich said in a serious voice: "Your youngest son, Cristiano Ronaldo! (To be continued......)