Before Millwall's preparations for the new season, they have already made a lot of moves in the transfer market, and it is in line with their usual development policy, and they are planning ahead!

Unlike in the past, when players were brought back to Leo's training base, this summer's players basically bought ownership and then went out on loan, with scouts tracking the players throughout the process and reporting regularly to the club.

But on home soil, Millwall made a deal that surprised the outside world.

Bale, who turned 16 in the summer, came to Millwall for a tryout, and he basically passed the assessment of Millwall's coaching staff, although he doesn't look particularly good now, only his speed.

Millwall receives a lot of tryouts from players from all over the world every year, so Bale, even if he tries out, is just a seemingly unremarkable one.

However, after Aldridge returned to London, he selected a player who tried out Tongguò and signed selectively, and Bale was deliberately given a job order to focus on cultivation.

As a result, Millwall made a bid for Southampton FC for £3 million, which was finally sold for £5 million, with the potential for £8 million with the proviso clause.

Fleet Street's assessment of the transfer was split between two groups, one praising Southampton for making a good deal and netting £5 million at no cost, with the possibility of another £3 million.

The other faction praised Millwall in advance, and also thought that Millwall had made a good deal, and Bell, who didn't have much dazzling halo, was labeled a genius!

No way, Fleet Street has been numb in the face all these years, and Mill Volken spent more than 5 million to buy a 16-year-old "child". This "child" is not a genius. No one believes it!

After half a year. Arsene Wenger took another 'genius' from Southampton for a similar price: Tiger Walcoat.

Millwall's summer preparations will be carried out in Asia, which is a tradition of Millwall, in the summer of the major year, the players need to be given more time to rest, and in the non-major years, it can be commercialized.

The first team assembled and left London on their own plane.

All of a sudden, Leo's training base went from being a crowd to a crowd.

In fact, there are fewer paparazzi!

The most watched first-team stars aren't here, so who is here for news?

Bale's transfer was a big deal of interest in the early days of the finalisation.

But when it comes to broadcasting the news. Most of the media didn't know the kid and didn't know about it at all, but when they roughly knew that he was playing as a full-back when he was in Southampton's academy training, they were immediately interested.

Because Millwall has no shortage of full-backs, the younger ones are Lahm, Ramos, Baines, the veterans are Schneider, and Neil.

Regardless of the amount of attention given to Bale, Millwall actually treats young players. In addition to spending energy on training, it is possible to maintain the same attitude. No one is special.

This could not dampen the excitement of Bale, who happily settled in London with his family and began his football career at Millwall under his family's supervision.

Even if he is not cared for, it will not affect his enthusiasm.

Two days after the first team travelled to Asia for training and commercial promotion, Bale came to the club to report.

For a 16-year-old, Millwall didn't even hold a transfer ceremony for him, just an official announcement, after all, he doesn't have a shirt in the first team yet, and it is the youth team that awaits him.

Bell was in high spirits, so he came early.

When he proudly told the goalkeeper that he was a Millwall player and had come to the training base for training, he didn't mind the doorman blocking him from asking.

After identifying him, the doorman let him in and pointed him in the direction of the youth team.

Bell trotted and waved, "Thank you, but I know the way, I've been here before!" ”

It seems that in the minds of many young people with football dreams, it is a great honor to come to this prestigious "cradle of superstars".

When he came to the training ground of the youth team, he realized: it was too early!

The training ground was empty.

However, there was still a figure on the sidelines that caught his eye.

Large trees are planted on both sides of the training ground to protect them from the wind.

On a large tree near the training ground, a car tire was suspended, and at this time, a small young player wearing a training uniform was practicing his footwork, and the movement naturally kicked the ball more than 15 meters away towards the center of the tire.

Bale trotted over to say hello, but as he ran past, he was surprised to find that the little man had a particularly good footwork, shooting almost ten times and hitting the center of the tire eight times.

You must know that the tire is suspended, and the ball is placed in front of the person at different angles and in different directions.

Bell was excited!

This is Millwall.

It seems to be an insignificant place, but there is always a blockbuster embodiment.

The man started to pick up the ball, and Bale ran closer, beckoning, "Hey, I'll help you!" ”

The man turned his head to look at Bell, looking thoughtful, as if he felt that Bell in front of him was familiar.

Bell was also stunned and exclaimed, "I know you!" We fought each other a few months ago. ”

The man who trains here alone, is Sergio Aguero.

He didn't get into the first team, so he didn't go to Asia with the first team, and he had nothing to do today, so he came to the training base early and started training alone.

He's been feeling a little depressed lately.

Aguero, who was standing still, tried to think for a long time, and the reason why he saw Bale felt familiar was very simple.

Bell's looks are easily remembered.

That's definitely not a popular face.

Aguero confirmed where he had seen the face and more than once.

By the time Bale said they had fought before, Aguero was even more entangled, unable to remember anything.

"Hello, my name is Gareth Bell."

Bale was the first to reach out, and he was even more impressed than Sergio Aguero. Because he came here a few months ago to play. Sergio Aguero is the brightest star on the pitch. It seems to be the same age as him.

Aguero reached out and asked suspiciously, "Gareth?" Gareth Southgate's Gareth? ”

Bell was stunned, he didn't expect the other party to say such a thing, and after thinking about it, he replied, "Well, it should be right." ”

"Oh hello, my name is Sergio Aguero and my friends will call me KUN. Well, I remember, Gareth Bale, you just joined Millwall, right? What position do you play? ”

Sergio Aguero's affection is not high, for one reason being that he has been in London for many years, and from the moment he arrived, he was branded as Millwall, and in the years he was growing up, the club's heroes were naturally the most admired and aspired to play alongside him.

But. Before he could get into the first team, there were already old-timers who began to retire. This made him feel very sorry.

Also, I asked Bale what position he played, it was instinctive.

Even if Aguero understands in his heart that the opponent he wants to compete with, the figure he wants to chase is Henry, Villa, and even Ronaldo and Messi, but when a newcomer comes, it is to find out the bottom and see if the other party is in the same position as him.

Bale grabbed his hair and said with a look of embarrassment: "Uh, full-back. You should know. ”

He felt embarrassed, because the other party's words, obviously did not remember the last match between the two sides.

They're going head-to-head, uh, Bale.

Aguero gathered his mood, smiled at Bale and said, "Welcome to Millwall." ”

With that, he continued to pick up the ball, intending to continue his footwork training.

Bale did help him pick up the ball, but he talked a lot, and he belonged to a curious person who was interested in everything.

"Coach Najib told me to come to the youth team for training, what about you? Are you also in the youth team? ”

"I was in the youth team last season, and in the new season, I should be promoted to the development team, after all, the youth league, the UEFA Youth League, the FA Youth Cup, it seems that there is no challenge anymore."

"Uh, can I go to the reserves, too? I want to play with you. ”

"Probably not, there are rules here, if you come to the team under the age of 18, no matter what your ability is, you have to stay in the youth team for at least half a season, that's at least."

"Why?"

"Millwall's tradition, you have to learn a word here, plus everyone doesn't know you, you can be called into the first team at any time when you enter the reserve team, you have to make everyone familiar with you, and the coaches will allow you to enter the reserve team."

Bale was in a trance-stricken state with two soccer balls in his arms.

It seems that he has actually arrived at Millwall, and found that what he envisioned was not quite the same as reality.

Sergio Aguero set the ball again and was ready to start training, but when he saw Bale in a daze, he shouted: "Gareth, come here and try it." ”

Feeling a little embarrassed, Bale walked over and tried to shoot two shots, but he couldn't hit the bull's-eye, and he said embarrassedly: "Well, I didn't train like this before. ”

Aguero shrugged: "I've seen a lot of English players who don't practice very much, so it's not bad for a full-back to play like you. ”

The gap between Millwall's traditional training system and England's has become apparent in recent years, and even the quality of training in other countries has declined.

Because there is a clear trend in football training, that is, industrialization, as if football players are beginning to become produced on an assembly line.

So much so that now the German football emperor Beckenbauer claims to promote street football, and the Dutch legend Cruyff is also paying attention to street football to join traditional training programs.

European football itself lacks aura and freedom compared to South America, but in terms of technical training, this can be improved.

Millwall has insisted on players to strengthen technical training for many years, and regularly go to street football games every week, just to improve their skills and keep their football thinking from being rigid, but unfortunately, Millwall is still very small compared to the whole of English football, and technical training is closed, and street football is also considered amateur homework, which is difficult to attract the attention of the outside world. (To be continued......)