In English football, there are only three giants who have traditionally dominated the game: Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal.

And teams like Everton, Tottenham and other teams can only be regarded as a team with weight in football, but they are definitely not called giants, as for Chelsea, which rose later, two thousand years ago, it was not even an old powerhouse.

Aldridge is looking for a weighty figure in contemporary football, and Arsenal are too busy to take care of themselves, with Hoston, who took over halfway through last season, leaving and being replaced by Bruce Rioche. As for Liverpool, Aldridge has little friendship with the opposing coach Roy Evans, and his poaching of three players in Liverpool's youth team in Merseyside was also deliberately stabbed out by Gerrard, and it is clear that Liverpool will not welcome Aldridge to the door.

The only one left to speak with great weight is naturally Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson, who is about to usher in his tenth year in charge of Manchester United.

When Aldrich called Ferguson's house and explained the matter briefly, Ferguson agreed without saying a word, and then chatted with Aldrich about Shevchenko with great interest.

Although the transfer is not completed, Manchester United may cut off, but Aldridge does not think that Ferguson will directly pay a transfer fee of close to two million pounds to a player that Manchester United has not inspected, even if Aldridge's team has a lot of treasures, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not have a time to look away, this kind of thing is commonplace in football, and the discerning coach must also have a "Maxima" in his hands.

As for the reward for doing this, the old and sophisticated Ferguson didn't mention it, they are smart people with each other, and they tacitly know that Aldridge owes Ferguson a favor, and the future is long, and there will always be times when Manchester United needs Aldridge to make concessions.

With Ferguson in action, Aldridge has no worries about Shevchenko's transfer.

And in early July, after a phone call from Andrew, Aldridge, who had planned to suspend the transfer, was busy in a hurry.

In the hotel where the team was staying for training, Aldridge pushed open the conference room, gently closed the door, and walked slowly to the table, where Andrew was sitting.

"Really? Does his whole family agree? ”

Aldrich spoke in a low voice, because from a legal point of view, this matter may be illegal, and although the consequences will not be too serious, it will be a great blow to reputation.

Andrew touched his chin and whispered, "Agreed? They want to move out of the slum immediately! I've been to Brazil, Aldrich, you don't know, I've seen the slums of Brazil and found out how lucky the children of East London are, in the slums of Brazil, those children either get out of there with a goal of fame, or become pawns of drug dealers or gangsters, compared to East London is a paradise, can you imagine how normal it is to be woken up by gunshots in the middle of the night? ”

Aldridge had a certain understanding of the chaos of this period in South America, but after all, he was not immersive, and he was subjectively not good at commenting.

Unbuttoning his suit and putting his hands on his hips, Aldrich closed his eyes and pondered for a moment before saying, "How much does it cost?" ”

"It costs a hundred and fifty thousand pounds to hand over to England. Add to that the security of life and the opportunity to work, and I estimate that you will have to invest more than £2 million in the family over the next five years. Uh, Aldrich, to be honest, I think it's a bit of a risk, it's not worth it. ”

Andrew cautiously spoke his inner thoughts.

Aldrich gasped sharply.

The mind is racing.

Two million pounds?

Is it worth the risk?

One of the Brazilians in that family had a child named Ronaldo de Assis Moreira.

Or called: Ronaldinho!

He was only fifteen years old this year, but he was unexpectedly discovered by Andrew's scouts in Brazil.

After learning about Ronaldo's family situation, Andrew asked the scouts to make tentative contacts.

The family lives almost entirely on his mother and brother, but the amount of money his brother can make in Gremio is negligible, and the Brazilian football market is far from being as prosperous as it was a decade later, otherwise there would not be Brazilian stars landing in Europe every year, unlike almost twenty years later, Brazilian domestic stars prefer to stay in their homeland, at least in terms of earning money is not inferior to Europe.

The story of his father's early death and his sister's sister is all too familiar to his mother, and almost half of Brazil's stars have had similarly tragic childhoods.

Aldrich only wanted Ronaldo, but it was simply impossible.

If you strike first, you have to bring the other party's family to the UK, and forget about the brother who is already self-reliant.

"Can the USCIS handle it?"

"It's not a big problem, go according to the charter, it's nothing more than a matter of time, and the review process will be handed over to the lawyer to deal with."

"Then you can help me make this happen, money, I can't give it to you from the club account, go back and privately, whatever you want, I'll give you another two million pounds. I only need to make sure of two things, first, after he immigrated here, there is no problem with his family life, his sister's school or work, his mother's arrangement, etc., don't have problems. Second, he will be in the Millwall youth team, don't be busy for a long time, and then he will run away with someone else. ”

Aldridge thought about it and finally made up his mind, he was a little ruthless at this time.

If he hadn't found Xiao Luo, he would have failed, but if he really found it, how could he hesitate?

Even if it's bloody, you have to get him over.

Andrew stood up, looked at Aldrich with solemn eyes, and asked, "Have you figured it out?" That's a £2 million investment! ”

Who doesn't feel distressed if they are lost?!

Aldrich was silent for a while, then finally gritted his teeth and nodded his head.

Andrew didn't say anything more, picked up his phone and got busy.

To operate such immigration, the Hall family is no different from sending money, but it is also guaranteed.

The money will not be given directly to Xiao Luo, but will be used for a million pounds to buy British bonds, and they cannot be exchanged and traded for a certain period of time.

The rest of the houses, jobs, and the like are all in the UK, and what really goes to the other party is the British household registration book and the whitewashed good status, as well as the arranged job and not much bank savings.

But it was a dream come true for Brazilians living in the slums, and it was a step from the slums to the cosmopolitan city of London.

It will take half a year to complete the whole operation at the earliest, Aldridge is not in a hurry, Xiao Luo is only 15 years old, as long as he can get his hands on it, there will be a lot of time to train and become a talent in the future, as for whether the investment will be wasted, it depends on whether Xiao Luo will be ungrateful, if he does not sign a full-time contract with Millwall when he becomes an adult and switch to other teams, then Aldrich is helpless.

From the end of May to the end of June, for a whole month, Aldridge went all over the place, completing the summer recruitment with lightning speed, and as soon as the transfer window opened, Millwall officially announced several transfer deals, and at the same time, Villa's family moved to London, and 14-year-old David Villa entered the Millwall youth team.

And in mid-July, after the FA hearing, the transfer of Shevchenko, which had gone through the motions, also came to an end.

While other teams were still roaming the transfer market, Aldridge held an official press conference, and several new signings were unveiled along with him, and he also announced the end of the summer transfer.

Joe Cole, Ashley Cole, Joan Capdevilla, David Villa, all four players have made it to Millwall's youth squad, with six summer signings in the first team.

Ivan Elgra, Danny Mills, Leo Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, Andrey Shevchenko.

In this way, the Millwall first team will have a total of 30 players in the new season.

The first-team squad is a little crowded, but Aldridge doesn't think so, there are many players, such as Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Shevchenko and other players who are not yet 20 years old, 20 appearances in a season are enough to work, and any more, it may not be beneficial.

At the Lions' Den, six first-team rookies put on their new jerseys and showed off their footwork, with Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko spotting the spotlight.

It was just a press conference, Aldridge didn't want to make much of a fuss, and in the subsequent press conference, he said that he was very satisfied with the results of this summer's transfer, but was questioned by reporters.

Not to mention England as a whole, but to talk about London, Chelsea brought in Ruud Gullit the European and World Footballer of the Year, and Arsenal brought Bergkamp from Italy.

Why did Millwall, who spent the most money last season, buy a bunch of little kids?

Even if players like Frank Lampard and Rio Ferdinand can make some news, Pirlo and Shevchenko, who has seen them play before?

Not to mention Elgra, who got it from Spain, and Mills, who moved from relegation team Norwich.

"Poor recruitment?"

Aldrich crossed his arms on the table, shook his head and smiled as he was questioned by reporters.

Gullit's thirty-three-year-old Mr. Footballer in the world, what did he buy it for? Open a nursing home?

Bergkamp, Aldridge also wants, but Arsenal has spent a record transfer fee of more than 7 million pounds.

Even if Millwall can afford to pay for it, will Bergkamp come? Will it have the effect of him packing his bags as soon as he hears that it was Arsenal who invited him?

Aldridge just smiled weirdly in the face of the reporters' difficulties: "Last summer, I remember the Times saying this about Millwall's summer transfer: disaster! This summer, you can write like that, it doesn't matter, this time next year, we'll talk about this summer's transfer, whether it's a success or a failure. ”

With that, Aldrich smiled and got up to leave.

The six new players looked at Aldridge's dashing back and smiled in unison.

Such a leader is really personal.