Aldridge shook hands with Houllier in a hurry after the game, without any conversation, he just patted Houllier on the arm and turned away, the opponent got off to a good start to the new season, beating Sheffield Wednesday away with difficulty, but he didn't expect to be beaten four at home in the first league game, and he was sent off by one, losing and losing.

It's not that Liverpool can't lose, but the timing of the loss is very bad, this is a critical period for Liverpool's new team to run in and grow, any blow may take a long time to recover and adjust, Houllier's situation is somewhat similar to when Aldridge first took charge of Millwall, he played conservative defensive tactics, not afraid of not winning, afraid of losing and demoralizing.

In the post-match interview, Aldridge appeared a little impatient, and in the face of reporters' questions, he was very quick and perfunctory, and then went back to the dressing room to praise the team's performance, and then put the whole team on the bus back to London, while he continued to stay in Liverpool and enjoy the happy time with his children.

Millwall has been completely transformed this season, especially with the help of experienced mainstays such as 27-year-old Nedved, 28-year-old Larsson, 29-year-old Southgate, and some veterans such as 26-year-old Schneider, Millwall's overall stability and squad age rationality are stronger than ever.

Three days later, Millwall travelled to Villa Park, where Thierry Henry scored twice and Larsson added the icing on the cake as Millwall won comfortably 3-0 away from home.

With three consecutive league wins and 11 goals scored without conceding a goal, Millwall, who was listed as the favorite to win the championship before the season, lived up to the expectations of the fans and showed unstoppable momentum!

Just as he was preparing to face the fourth round of the league, Aldridge received a shocking news!

"Anelka's £22.9 million move to Real Madrid!"

Until late August. The soap opera of Arsenal's transfer to Real Madrid has just come to an end. Nicolas Anelka, who shone last season, moved to the La Liga giants.

The transfer news did not surprise Aldridge in the slightest.

But. The next day, Arsenal officially announced a transfer news, which made Aldridge slightly distracted in front of the TV.

He stood in his office, looking at the news on the ceiling TV, which was Arsenal's press conference.

Arsene Wenger handed the number nine shirt to a tall, young man next to him.

On the back of the jersey, above the number, is printed with the player's name.

Ibrahimovic!

The god of war Lu Bu, uh. Ibrahimovic joins Arsenal for a transfer fee of £3.5 million!

This transfer fee sounds small, but if you think about where Ibrahimovic transferred to Arsenal, you can be relieved, Malmo!

The Nordic league can't keep the stars, and it doesn't keep the good seedlings, Ibrahimovic made the club earn 3.5 million pounds six months after joining Malmo, and the other party is probably crying with joy.

And this money is not even 20% of Anelka's transfer to Real Madrid!

Why did Feng Xian go to the arsenal?

Aldrich looked pensive.

Suddenly, his expression relaxed.

Ibrahimovic disclosed it in the original history. Before he made the switch to Ajax, Arsenal did make an offer to him. He was also ready to join Arsenal, but Arsene Wenger's attitude made him think he was not treated with the respect he deserved, so he turned down Arsenal and went to Ajax in the blink of an eye.

At that time, Wenger had Henry + Bergkamp, and the transfer fee from the sale of Anelka was exactly half used to bring in Henry.

But now, it is impossible for Wenger to beat Henry's idea, he can't afford it, Aldridge can't sell it, why should Henry go to Arsenal? He has a main player at Millwall, he has a trophy, he is playing like a fish in water, will he go to Arsenal to readjust? Just to renew the mentorship relationship with Arsene Wenger?

Arsene Wenger was also struggling with the striker, and even though George Weah, who was grateful to him, offered to pitch himself, Wenger politely rejected the opponent, who was too old to fit Arsenal's youthful team-building strategy.

Arsenal plans to announce the new stadium plan in the second half of the year, the team is about to enter a state of frugality, hard and simple life, Wenger has to spend a small amount of money to do big things, and the striker still has to buy.

So it's impossible for him to say to Ibrahimovic like in the original history: We're interested in you, you can try it out.

Ibrahimovic was angered precisely because the other party let him go to a trial instead of directly inviting him to join, and gave up the idea of joining Arsenal.

But now, Corporal Wenger Lixian directly made an offer to Malmo to bring in Ibrahimovic, Ibrahimovic can not only land in the top five leagues, but also join the Premier League giants Arsenal, he immediately came to London for a medical examination, and quickly completed the transfer transaction.

At this moment, Evan knocked on the door and asked curiously, "What are you thinking?" ”

Aldrich grinned, he had thought of a good joke, but no one understood it.

Like, what kind of champion is the one who gets Ebrahimovic?

Hmm, did Arsenal buy a league championship patronus?

Seeing him smiling weirdly, Evan walked in and looked up at the TV, and suddenly said, "He, speaking of which, isn't he the player you wanted to bring in before?" Why didn't you buy it? ”

Aldrich looked at her with a strange expression: "How do you know that I wanted to buy him before?" ”

Yiwen's expression was even more strange, and he said in surprise: "The newspapers are all written!" Didn't you read the newspaper? ”

Aldrich shook his head and said, "I haven't been available lately. ”

Ewen then told the story.

Speaking of which, there has been a crooked trend in European football in the past two years!

Many young players who are well-known or consider themselves talented will have their agents release fake news: Millwall coach Aldridge is interested in my players!

Some of the news was true, such as Ibrahimovic, but Aldridge invited Ibrahimovic to join Millwall's youth team, but the other party was arrogant and refused outright, and he was still a free agent at the time.

Some of the news is fake, such as Gareth Barry, who is already playing for Aston Villa at the age of 18 this year, and his agent once claimed that when Elgra left, Aldridge wanted Barry to go to Millwall to replace the vacancy after Elgra left, central defender!

Now Barry is playing at centre-back at Aston Villa. Even if Aldridge really wanted Barry. Nor will he be allowed to play defenders. And because Barry was involved in a transfer deal dispute that year, Aldridge didn't like trouble, so he didn't have any interest in him at all.

This kind of agent using other teams' interest rumors to peddle players is a common trick, the story between Aldridge and Ibrahimovic is true, so Aldridge heard that the other agent's agent moved himself out to improve Ibrahimovic's gold content when he was promoting Ibrahimovic, and he didn't think there was any problem, the facts are the facts, Ibrahimovic is a good player. And it didn't change because he rejected Aldrich.

"How's it going?"

Evan asked, smiling.

Aldrich smiled bitterly: "I'm a little tired." ”

"But it's sweet in my heart?"

"Well, I've reached the max level of diaper-changing skills."

"Hehe, pay attention to rest, don't get tired."

With that, Evan turned and left.

In the press conference ahead of the fourth round of league games, Aldridge was asked the most about Arsenal's transfer.

Specifically asked what he thought of Ibrahimovic, perhaps people wanted to check whether the rumors in the newspapers were true.

"I know what you want to ask, yes, I once sent an invitation to Ibrahim. But he rejected me, and there was nothing to hide. I respect the choice of the player, I don't feel sad and lost because of his refusal, life goes on, look ahead, my club, from the first team to the youth team, there are hundreds of players, we don't rely on one player, we don't expect to be strong with anyone, we don't have a lot of results because we don't have anyone, we are a team, a team, the players who are united in the team now, they are the best in my opinion, the best for Millwall, and we will prove it with our results and our performances on the pitchAs for Ibrahimovic, he has a lot of talent and has the potential to be a top player, but he's not yet. ”

'Is it possible for Millwall to bring in Ibrahimovic in the future? For example, after he improved his ability at Arsenal. ”

"Who knows what the future holds? But I don't think so, we don't lack a striker in our playing years, we don't lack a pool of talent in the attack, I appreciate players who can understand the team's tactical system and form a tacit understanding with their team-mates, but it takes time, like Thierry Henry, who came a year after he came to the team, it took him almost six months to fully integrate here, and now he is better than last season, but if other players suddenly join Millwall, I'm not sure how long it will take him to integrate. ”

"Will Arsenal drop or rise after bringing in Ibrahimovic?"

"They not only brought in Ibrahimovic, but also bought a lot of other players, although at the end of each season, the outside world will always comment on the single-season transfer of each club, some clubs do spend money but seem to have declined in strength, but I think Arsenal brought in Ibrahimovic, it is a great value to recruit, otherwise I would not have invited Ibrahimovic to join Millwall, look at his figure, the Premier League defenders will have a headache."

Ibrahimovic

"Gentlemen, shall we return to the subject? Please give Leicester enough respect, okay? Today is Millwall's pre-match press conference with Leicester City, not a discussion about Arsenal's transfers. ”

Aldrich had to bang on the table and get the reporters to ask something to the point.

But the reporters in the audience were depressed.

Leicester City?

There's a news!

The most lively thing recently is Ibrahimovic, who was not only included in Wenger's account, but also favored by Aldridge before, which is what everyone is curious about.

What everyone wants to see is that Ibrahimovic gets ahead at Arsenal and then leads Arsenal to fight Millwall!

Combine this with the story of Aldridge and Ibrahimovic's miss, which is news!

The reporters in the audience flipped through the information, Leicester City, in fact, is surprising enough, only lost to Arsenal away in the new season, won Coventry City at home twice, and drew Chelsea, originally felt that there was nothing surprising for the mid-table team to play this record last season.

But Fleet Street's assessment of Martin O'Neill's leadership of Leicester City in the past few years is: create miracles, continue to create miracles!

Leicester City's club budget is the lowest in the Premier League, which is not only the budget for transfers, but also the operating cost and the club's salary cost budget, so not only can they not buy more high-level players, but Tony and Gudjohnsen in the team are almost unable to retain and cannot afford to raise wages.

Martin O'Neill is like this, not only did not let the team be relegated, but remained in the middle and upper reaches for many years, occasionally winning a League Cup to make the fans happy, in the increasingly competitive Premier League environment, his coaching quality is no longer questioned, on the contrary, everyone is watching to see how long the miracle of Leicester City can last. (To be continued......)