Who is the biggest name in Millwall Club?

Even when Aldridge faces the public, he pushes the team's achievements onto the players, putting himself in the position of a humble beneficiary.

But all the fans who love Millwall think that the most important person in the team is the young coach.

This probably has something to do with the team's rebuilding policy that began two and a half years ago, Millwall never brought in big names, and they didn't have that kind of attraction in the first place, but under Aldridge's careful tutelage, the team became star-studded, and they came together from different countries to play a ball like mercury, with a rhythmic beauty like poetry.

Aldrich spent almost every month on the phone with Andrew relentlessly turning down a series of tempting advertisements and commercial contracts.

Luxury, fashion brands, from luxury cars to watches, mobile phones, sportswear to video games and more, Aldrich's loyalty to Armani is beyond the imagination of all commercial companies interested in working with him.

In fact, Aldrich just doesn't want to appear excessively in commercial publicity, how can he be full of copper stench if he has not achieved great things?

Even Armani's contract, he regretted it a little, but he felt that the work required it, he had to wear a suit anyway, and there was nothing wrong with wearing a decent one, but what followed was the persuasion of advertisers: Brother, you can wear a watch, wear a pair of our brand leather shoes, belts, ties, and glasses!

Aldridge has dropped all contracts, at least he feels that he should be focusing all his attention on the pitch now, and he can't lead the players to think in other directions.

If so, he is an advertising endorsement sign all over his body. Then after his players saw it, they did the same, and Aldridge was not even qualified to preach.

However, the players were offered contracts. He has no objection, as long as there are no violations of team discipline, late training, lack of serious training, etc., then players can earn some off-field income through on-field achievements, which is also popular with the club, like Larsson. Nedved, Schneider is a player like him who is favored by advertisers in their respective countries, so his commercial influence. It will also be partially passed on to Millwall's influence.

The reason why Aldrich is more popular than the players is also because he has a singer girlfriend.

The hot girl group has become popular in Europe and is about to hit the North American market, and they will set off an entertainment storm everywhere they go. It is against this backdrop. Once Melanie has a topic with Aldrich in an interview or performance, it will make Aldridge and her popularity increase sharply, and this mutual influence effect is exactly what Victoria and Beckham are imitating today, especially after Beckham was promoted by England coach Childlet Hoddle and became the new England international, and because Victoria and Melanie are in the same group, Beckham and Aldridge are in the Premier League. Although the four of them will not appear in public together, the entertainment chemistry generated by the delicate relationship is truly earth-shattering. There is no doubt that the popularity of the four has skyrocketed.

But Aldridge doesn't care about anything other than football, refuses all entertainment interviews, and when he appears at the press conference, he responds with silence on any topic outside of football, and because of this, the topics he and Melanie can create are becoming scarcer, and the stories between Becky and Victoria are increasing.

Compared to Aldridge's spring breeze, Millwall's next replay opponent, their manager's life in London is not very good, and it is even difficult to explain.

A local derby in Millwall's league league was rescheduled against north London neighbours Arsenal due to cup ties.

The make-up was played in midweek evening, and Aldridge's press conference was the evening before, when he finished training his players and held a pre-match meeting in the hotel's tactical room, wearing a blue tracksuit without changing his clothes.

Every time Millwall press conference is now held to a full house, they have even received more attention than Manchester United, and of course, this is limited to the Premier League.

After sitting down, drink saliva to moisten his throat, Aldridge just said a lot to the players in the meeting, because he attaches great importance to this make-up match with Arsenal, unlike other teams' main change tactics but little change, Arsenal can be said to be the only team in Aldridge's research Premier League opponents whose main structure has not changed much, but the style of play has been turned upside down, therefore, he must make the players realize that Arsenal is no longer the "stuffy Arsenal" in the impression.

The reporters in the audience stared at Aldrich with intense eyes, and after he finished drinking water, someone raised his hand to ask questions.

Steve Howard, a columnist for The Sun, who likes to create eyeballs, raised his hand and asked: "Mr Hall, what do you think about whether an FA Cup draw will require a replay?" Do you have any ideas for reform to the FA? ”

When fellow reporters heard his question, they immediately showed a tacit evil smile.

Aldridge sighed lightly and said lightly: "If you are here today to mock Arsène Wenger, then the press conference is over, I am not interested in evaluating the remarks of my peers, after all, it is not against Millwall, I respect the right of other managers to express their opinions." ”

Steve Howard shrugged his shoulders boringly and stopped asking.

Arsene Wenger has recently been in the spotlight of the Premier League news as he complained about the Premier League's fixtures and slammed the FA Cup tie system for replays, and Ferguson has been unsparing in his cynicism as a foreigner who has come here before his ass is hot.

The media's pursuit of the media also made Wenger deeply aware that Fleet Street is not an easy person, and he naturally became cautious in his words and deeds, and even this excessive caution made Fleet Street very dissatisfied with him.

David Miller, a professional reporter for The Times, didn't come here to listen to Aldrich's insight, so he calmly raised his hand and asked, "Mr. Hall, I heard that you have a good personal relationship with Arsene Wenger?" You're still on holiday in France together in the summer? ”

Presumably, there was ambiguity in his question. What does Aldridge get on holiday with Arsene Wenger?

The strange smiles on the faces of the other reporters did not diminish in the slightest.

Aldrich nodded, "Yes, I went to France in the summer, but." I got to know a lot of great managers in France through Mr Arsene Wenger's introduction, and we watched football games together and talked about football, and I don't think there's anything worth putting on that weird smile on your face. ”

David Miller glanced with disgust at his fellow tabloid peers, and he wanted to know that he was talking about football, not the off-topic frieze of selling dog meat on the head of a sheep. He continued: "In that case, can you make an objective assessment of Wenger based on what you know about him? ”

Aldrich touched his nose and smiled. Say: "Evaluation? Who am I qualified to judge others? Besides, he is one of my seniors, and I will judge him? That's just rude. But I can briefly state some facts, Graham took charge of Arsenal 10 years ago, and Arsenal have achieved a period of glory in 10 years. But what do fans say about Arsenal? Library. It took only one month for Arsene Wenger to take charge of Arsenal and transform Arsenal's style of football. Paying attention to what you call European ground coordination, he has changed Arsenal's training management and the spirit of the team has been renewed, from what used to be a stagnant pool of football, playing static football on the pitch, now their football is more dynamic and aesthetically pleasing. Arsene Wenger is a manager with a lot of football knowledge, do you know that? He has spent 25 years researching and experimenting with football concepts. He had success at Monaco and I don't think anyone in England is qualified to judge him and judge him. ”

The reporters looked at each other, listening to Aldrich's words that something was wrong, and there was always a smell of auditory hallucinations.

David Miller nodded seriously, he was very satisfied with Aldridge's statement, but Richard, a reporter from the Daily Mail sitting in the back, frowned and asked: "Mr. Hall, you have such a high opinion of Wenger, oh, it is admired, at least I understand it this way, have you ever thought that he is your opponent, the team he coaches is called Arsenal, it is Millwall's derby opponent, you should not be swayed by your personal relationship about him." ”

Aldrich's expression remained unchanged and replied: "It is precisely because I have not been affected by personal relationships that I will say this. Arsenal have started a rebuild and will soon be back in contention, and if I, and my players, don't recognise Arsenal's potential and the changes, then Millwall will end up with a bitter pill to swallow. I like to be realistic, don't think I'm selfish about West Ham, I'm just telling the truth, I'm not talking about Arsenal today. ”

"Favourites? This season? ”

The Star reporter interjected.

How far are Arsenal from Millwall? Close to a 30-point gap!

Unless Millwall lose all their remaining games, Arsenal have no chance of winning the title.

Aldridge scratched his head and said with a smile: "In this season's Premier League, Arsenal will definitely have no chance, even if Mill Volken gives up the leader, Manchester United will not agree, Newcastle United will not agree, and Liverpool will not agree, but Arsenal still has the FA Cup to fight for, they are very strong, you see, Arsenal has a complete midfield system, and there are Bergkamp and Wright in the front, plus Vieira and Pire in the summer transfer to their team, Then there is Nicolas Anelka, who recently moved to Arsenal, and Arsenal have a very reasonable squad structure, which is enough to lay a good foundation for their future. ”

'Let's talk about Millwall, with such a huge lead in the league, will Millwall's focus shift in the next few months? Defending the FA Cup and winning the European Cup Winners' Cup? ”

'I think the only thing Millwall lacks is experience, we have a very young squad structure, although a lot of players are at the beginning of their prime, such as Larsson and Nedved, Southgate, but we are still young overall, so the pressure and the task on these players will be a lot of work, and I hope they can set an example for the young players and also help the young players develop, which is the most important thing, so in the coming months I will try to give more young people the opportunity to develop and as far as the trophy is concerned. Step by step, we just got to the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup, and to get to the final, we have to beat Norway's strong team Bran in two months' time, and as for the FA Cup, of course we will try our best, but it doesn't mean we didn't give our best, because sometimes the price of losing a game is that my players have gained experience and improved their game, which is the way to build the club in the long run. ”

(To be continued......)