Last year left Klinsmann with a large, even slightly crowded squad, in addition to the idea of planning for a rainy day, and to avoid the embarrassing situation of Klinsmann's selection of troops being stretched.

With Aldrich's concept of leading the team in the past, the soldiers are not expensive, it is impossible to be 30 people last year, 30 people this year, and it will always be 30 people in the future, and it must be reduced.

The departure of some people is not unexpected, and it is enough to maintain the final squad at about 25 people, firstly, to ensure stability, and secondly, to be firm in the use of players, and the manager himself is forced to be firm! Avoid a situation where there are swings among several players.

Klose's departure was not unexpected, but only a year earlier than he had planned.

Because by the end of this year, Villa will be 22 years old.

Villa must be given more opportunities.

The Spaniard, who was brought to Millwall by Aldridge at the age of 14, has always had high hopes for Aldridge, but he originally planned to let Villa hone in multiple positions this season, and was not in a hurry to stereotype him early, just like Henry in the early days, who was born as a winger, and can adapt to a more free and open attacking system with a wide range of activities in the wing.

But now that Klose has offered to leave, Villa will play a bigger role in the new season.

In the past, he was the little brother who protected under the wings of the big brothers, he could make mistakes, he could occasionally squander opportunities, even if he was pointed out by thousands of people, there were people on his head to protect him from the wind and rain, and now from now on, he must have the consciousness and fighting spirit to be independent.

European football is changing.

Abu's arrival at Chelsea ushered in the Golden Yuan era.

In the future, the competition in football will be more brutal, and the stronger the stronger. The concentration of genius monopolization is even stronger.

Therefore. A team that wants to be the dominant team again. The demands on the team will also be higher.

Like Nedved and Larsson, even if they remain in good form, Aldridge believes that in two years, they will have to take a back seat, including Southgate and Larsson, whose appearances this season have begun to be cut, on the one hand, to move the newcomers, and secondly, to better extend the professional life. Their valuable experience and spiritual symbolism make them a valuable asset and a rare strength even if they are on the bench and are with the team.

Millwall, for their part, have just finalised a transfer agreement with Sporting Lisbon, officially announcing the signing of Moutinho and Veloso.

Millwall was ridiculed by Fleet Street, and some even thought that Millwall was competing with Chelsea for money.

After signing two midfielders, Aldridge has announced the addition of another coach.

France international Blank retired last season and the Millwall coaching staff has recruited new ones. He applied and got a new contract. Millwall's coaching staff, after leaving Jurgen Klinsmann last season, has new people join.

Compared to the team in '02, Millwall's coaching staff has obviously one more person, and Aldridge just wants to lighten his own task.

Like in the past, Klinsmann was partnered with Jensen, also as an assistant coach, and now Jensen has more responsibilities, and the addition of Stramaccioni and Blank will plan the work of the coaching staff in more detail, Aldridge only grasps the general direction, and the details are handed over to the coaching staff to handle.

The 18-year-old Ronaldo is like a leading big brother, leading Moutinho and Veloso to worship in the team, introducing every teammate to them, quite a sense of ownership, fellow Portuguese countrymen, Ronaldo, who dyed his hair and began to wear earrings, even hoped that Aldridge would bring some Portuguese players.

For example, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the main player of the U17s, had great respect for a teammate who was more famous than him at that time, and hoped that Aldridge would buy him into the team.

After all, he and that team-mate brought home the UEFA Youth Championship for Portugal Under-17s.

It's just that after Aldridge heard the name of the player recommended by Ronaldo, he asked Ronaldo: "I bought him, and you compete with him?" ”

Cristiano Ronaldo immediately shut up and stopped talking about it.

How cruel the competition within Millwall's team is, Ronaldo himself has experienced.

In fact, there is only one position he can keep an eye on, and that is Larsson's right winger, and there is already Dutch Peter Pan Robben competing with him at the same time, anyway, on the other side, Ronaldo's position is something that no one can shake.

And his teammate is also playing as a winger.

His name is Quaresma.

Recently, he has been a big man in the transfer market and is being contested by Manchester United and Barcelona.

It was eventually taken away by Barcelona for almost £4.5 million.

Through this transfer, you can also know how big the impact of Abu on the European football transfer market after entering Chelsea is.

Quaresma's fame is definitely greater than that of Bridge, Johnson, and even, just a little smaller than Duff.

However, Barcelona paid less than £5 million for Quaresma, while Chelsea did not buy a player for less than £5 million.

It's understandable why Millwall's £15 million purchase of the Sporting Lisbon midfield academy duo would be ridiculed.

It's a ripple effect, and without Abram at Chelsea, Millwall could have been able to pack up and take the pair for less than £10 million.

But in the final analysis, this is also a willing to fight, a willing deal, Manchester United does not want to be slaughtered, Barcelona does not want to be slaughtered, plus the players make a fuss, the club will let go, Aldridge's side, although the outside world thinks that Millwall was slaughtered, but Aldridge does not see it that way.

In his eyes, it is a question of value and non-value.

Just like Quaresma's 4.5 million pounds, he still thinks it's expensive, and he doesn't want to stick to it, it's a burden.

To find a home for Klose, Aldridge did not operate, but handed it over to Andrew, who, as Klose's agent, naturally had to work hard.

Except for some players who have been cleaned up by the club or lack of suitors will be actively listed by the club, other players will basically not be listed, and there will be agents as intermediaries to contact all parties when looking for buyers, and the market scope of players of a certain level is actually not large.

Just like Frank Lampard. Afford the money plus the club he's willing to go to. There are just a few of them.

Klose is the main striker of the German team now. World Cup runners-up, plus a substitute at Millwall in the past few years, and last season's main starter handed over the report card of 19 goals in 34 league appearances, it can't be said that the hot Cheng dù, but there is no shortage of buyers interested in him.

But after combining various factors, Andrew respected Klose's personal choice, and the little carpenter wanted to return to Germany to develop.

Then there must be one or two teams in Germany that he can choose from.

The first one, for sure, is Bayern Munich.

Andrew was only in contact with Bayern Munich manager Hoeness for the first time. There is a great interest in convenience.

Originally, Bayern Munich were considering bringing in a striker this summer, and the picture was Dutchman Mackay, and now with the option of Klose, a German player, they are willing to look at Millwall's asking price.

At Bayern Munich, Hoeness is definitely an important figure, difficult to describe, to borrow a phrase from Beckenbauer: Bayern Munich can do without me, but not without Hoeness.

Bringing Bayern Munich back from the brink of bankruptcy and building itself into the most successful club in the Bundesliga. Hoeness is indispensable.

Clubs like Bayern Munich take a pragmatic and low-key approach, with every deal being carefully calculated. The success of the club must be closely related to the big three that fans talk about, even if Beckenbauer becomes honorary president, but the successor is not bad, in a word: it is all people who know the ball who run the club.

When Hoeness asked Millwall for the asking price, there was no fanfare, not even the slightest rumor from the outside world.

And Aldridge's reply to Hoeness put Bayern Munich's top management in a tangled situation.

Hopfner, Hoeness, Rummenigge, the Bayern triumvirate stared at each other in the conference room, and in front of the three people sitting in full swing, there was a fax on the table.

Here's Millwall's reply.

The key points are clear at a glance.

£25 million.

£10 million + Schweinsteiger.

£15 million + Philip Lahm.

Rummenigge glanced at the fax and said in a deep voice: "25 million pounds, we are not Real Madrid." ”

With almost the same amount of money that Real Madrid bought Xiaobei to buy a striker, Bayern Munich is rich, and it is true that it never spends money indiscriminately, and rarely spends a lot of money.

Hoeness has a talent for managing money, and when he was playing football, he was tinkering with stocks and securities while others spent their free time drinking.

Out of a keen sense of money figures, Hoeness was silent for a long time before saying: "In Hall's eyes, Schweinsteiger is worth 15 million pounds? ”

Hopfner shrugged and said, "Why is it not worth it?" Schweinsteiger is sure to be worth more than £15 million in the future. ”

There is a consensus on this point within Bayern Munich FC.

Schweinsteiger, nicknamed Little Pig, went from youth to first team, and it felt amazing.

He made 14 league appearances as a substitute last season and also on Champions League stage.

Hoeness had a question, but he was actually going to ask the next question.

"Philippe Lahm, why is it worth £10 million in Hall's eyes?"

Ram is nearly a year older than Schweinsteiger and will be 20 years old by the end of the year.

However, Lahm has no appearance record in the first team of Bayern Munich, and he can't even get a substitute!

Even, Hoeness, the giant who controls the team's manager business, is hesitant about Lahm's contract renewal.

In fact, the reason why Lahm is almost 20 years old and has not been recognized by Bayern Munich comes from a big era background.

German football is in a period of transition, on the road to revolution.

In the general direction, it is in the process of abandoning the successful and brilliant 352 in the past and moving towards 442.

Midfielders, forwards, centre-backs, goalkeepers, the development of players in these positions will not change much.

However, it is only the full-back, who has transitioned from the past wing-back training to the regular 442.

Lahm, although he has played as a midfielder in the youth team, he is actually the first batch of fullbacks trained from 352 to 442 in the context of this era in German football!

Reform means including real yàn, whether Ram succeeds or not, whether it will work or not, Bayern is having an uncertain attitude, Lizarazu is already 33 years old, and he will be 34 years old by the end of this year, but Ram, who is nearly 20 years old, can't even play as a substitute! (To be continued......)