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Arriving at Aldridge's office at the training base, Reyes couldn't help but hold his chest high, his eyes full of awe, and even his family was much more humble.

Aldridge's office doesn't have a trophy or a medal of honor, but the seven family photos of Millwall over the past seven seasons hanging on the walls seem to have an unparalleled magic that makes people feel awe-inspiring when they see them.

Seven photographs, condensing the distance Millwall has traveled over the past seven seasons, are also an alternative resume of Aldridge's work.

Aldrich poured water for them himself, and then instead of sitting behind the desk, he stood at the desk and said calmly: "Okay, if you have any questions that need to be answered, or if you have grievances and demands, now we will talk openly and honestly." ”

Reyes can be justified in front of Najib, but he can't even lift his head in front of Aldrich.

The young marshal in front of him, strictly speaking, his leader, although he did not command a single game.

In the club, Aldridge has absolute authority, and this kind of managerial authority is inviolable in many big clubs.

The manager said you can't do it, no matter how dissatisfied you are, you still can't do it.

If the manager doesn't let you play, you can't play.

There is no room for bargaining in this.

Don't say that Aldridge is the owner, just based on his seven-year record, put on the head coach of any other club, a youth team player dares to make a mistake?

Reyes did not dare to speak, and even had a fear in his heart.

He was afraid to hear Aldrich's denial. Deny his strength, deny his future, and deny his one.

If such a decorated manager opens up to dismiss a player, even if it is a famous star, it will have a negative impact. The young players, on the other hand, will suffer a huge blow inside.

It's just that the head coach has integrity, especially at the level of a famous coach, attacking young players, whether they are friends or enemies, this kind of dirty thing can easily cause public outrage. It's too inferior, and it deviates from the mainstream values, for young people, it's right to encourage and promote this kind of positive guidance, and occasional kind warnings are OK, but if they are negative. It's too cruel.

There was silence in the office for a while, and Reyes's family couldn't help the slightly oppressive atmosphere, so they said: "Mr. Hall, how Jose was at Millwall last season, this is obvious to all, you can't deny that, right?" ”

Aldridge looked as usual and said lightly: "We have our own system for evaluating players. I've seen Jose's growth report from last season, and it's okay. ”

It's OK?

Is it barely passing?

Reyes' family was amazed.

Are you kidding!

In the Intercontinental Youth League, Reyes was voted the best player of the tournament.

If he's okay, wouldn't the other players be terrible?

As Aldridge said, Millwall has its own system for evaluating player development, and the criteria for every player cannot be the same.

Because everyone has a different starting point.

Like Reyes and Ribery, Reyes is very talented and may have a base score of 5o points when he comes to the team, while Ribery is a player who was abandoned by Lille Youth Academy, and his base score may only be 2o points when he comes to the team.

But after a year of training. Reyes has grown from 5o to 6o, Ribery has gone from 2o to 35, yes, Ribery is still not as good as Reyes, but in terms of growth. Reyes doesn't have a higher rating than Ribery!

And Reyes still hasn't overcome the focus of discussions between Aldridge and Nagy at the beginning of last season, the confrontation.

In Aldrich's eyes, Reyes's growth was unsatisfactory.

It's true that technical players don't rely on confrontation, whether it's running or passing, they're more technical.

However, your opponent will force you to fight.

Aldridge couldn't imagine how Ronaldo could use his magic at the top level if he didn't have the courage to fight his way out of the chaos.

How many times has Zidane calmly performed Marseille maneuvers when his opponent came with a ferocious flying tackle?

Confrontation is a general concept, not specifically physical contact, but courage and will. In the future, there will be more and more technical players in the 6th England, including many players who are thin and look weak, but they are all shining in the UK, and the confrontation is poor? It's really not strong, but with the will and courage to fight, you can shine here.

If Reyes takes the initiative to avoid confrontation and continue to show this momentum, he will not need physical contact in the future, defend him, and scare him to death!

'Mr Hall, Jose is 18 years old this year, we think he has what it takes to play for Millwall's first team, can he break into the first team next season?'

Reyes' family was silent for a long time before directly picking out the subject.

Aldridge shook his head slightly and said: "Whether the players are strong enough to play for the first team is not decided by others, it is decided by me." My colleagues and I, every coach here, we will make a reasonable growth plan for the players according to their own situation, and what we arrange for the players is definitely the best choice that we have carefully considered. ”

On what basis is this? Liverpool can let 17-year-old Owen play the main team, Arsenal also has a high striker, it seems that he also played at the age of 18, the same in England, the same in Millwall, there are not many players who play for the first team at the age of 18, why not Jose? His physical condition, technical ability, is no worse than any of his peers. ”

Aldrich was reluctant to discuss such topics with others, because anything he said would be like a quibble.

In fact, there is only one answer, Owen is Owen, Ibu is Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo is Ronaldo, Villa is Villa, Reyes, it's just his own Reyes.

Using other people's examples to apply to oneself is the most unreasonable practice in the world.

Seeing Aldrich shake his head and not answer, Reyes' family made an ultimatum.

"Mr. Hall, if Millwall can't provide a suitable environment and opportunity for José to have a career show. Well, ask Millwall to allow Jose to leave. ”

Aldrich's expression remained unchanged when he heard this, his eyes turned to Reyes, and he asked softly, "José, what do you think?" ”

Reyes broke out in a cold sweat. Not daring to look at Aldridge's eyes, it took a long time before he reluctantly said, "I want to play professionally as soon as possible." ”

Aldridge nodded, and said lightly: "Well, I respect your choice, the club will list you, good luck." ”

Anyway. Aldrich drop-off.

Reyes's agent is from Spain, and when he heard that Millwall was going to list Reyes, he immediately came to the club, and the first request was to take 15% of the transfer fee, and he kept saying that Millwall earned Reyes's transfer fee for nothing!

Aldrich pushed the boat down the river and told the reporters on Fleet Street.

Reyes' agent asks for a high commission. Although there is actually no conflict with Reyes' transfer, under the media rendering, Reyes's departure, from his previous claim that Millwall was destroying him, forcing him away, and falling into the eyes of outsiders, has completely become Reyes's agent greed. And it was refracted to Reyes.

As soon as Reyes was put on the list, Arsene Wenger came to the door.

Arsenal wanted to take advantage of it, and Wenger Jo Aldridge met at the city restaurant to discuss a move for Reyes.

After watching Reyes play at youth level, especially in continental competitions, Arsene Wenger likes such a technical player who fits his ideal Gunners jigsaw puzzle.

However, after a dinner, Aldridge did not promise Wenger.

Even if Wenger said again and again: a player like Reyes is not well trained by other clubs. It's easy to scrap! Give it to me!

Aldridge didn't care where Reyes went, if Reyes just calmly expressed his demands, Aldridge might have relented and sold him to Arsenal, after all, Wenger was right about one thing. Some players must have the guidance of famous teachers, Reyes will definitely have more opportunities at Arsenal than at Millwall, if he can show his poor confrontation problem early, Wenger may have the patience and ability to help Reyes overcome.

However, since Najib, Aldrich's brother, has been "bullied", Aldridge is still angry no matter how much he conceives for the players.

Reyes, just like a commodity, is listed, and the one with the highest price wins!

There are a number of clubs in the UK that are participating in the bidding.

Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, and even Chelsea have made open offers.

But the hottest chase is still the Spanish team, but unfortunately the La Liga team has not much money.

Reyes is talented and has shown some quality in the youth league, but there is also a cap on the number of club bids that can be made.

Unlike the 19-year-old Saviola, who not only performed amazingly in the World Youth Championships, but also played the main team in the Argentine giants River Plate in the three years from the age of 16 to 19, and scored nearly 5o goals.

Like Reyes, who only has a prominent appearance in his age group, not many people dare to gamble with real money.

Among the English clubs, the highest bidder was Chelsea, and Bates presumably wanted to poach Millwall's talent to achieve a double victory, and made an offer of 7oo million pounds.

Eventually, Reyes moved to a club in the lower leagues.

He went back to Spain under the construction of his family, and went to Madrid to report, of course, he did not go to Real Madrid, although Real Madrid also offered, but Florentino did not seem to be interested in this kind of unknown little doll, so he symbolically quoted 4oo million pounds, if he can take it, if he can't take it, it will be nothing.

Reyes joined Real Madrid's city rivals, Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid, who are in La B, were tragically relegated to the second division after 7o years in the previous season!

Last season, the team set things right, but unfortunately at the end of the season due to the disadvantage of goal difference and stayed in the second division, but the team's ambition and heritage are still there, this season to clean up some veterans, the structure of a new squad dominated by young people, Reyes is also looking at the opportunity to go there must be a chance to go up, Torres, who is younger than him, is not already going to pick the beam?

Atletico don't have much cash, but they can pay in installments.

Aldridge takes into account Atletico Madrid's heritage, and does not believe that the other party will default on the debt or be unable to repay it in the future, after all, it is only 950,000 pounds, which will be paid off in four years, and only 1oo0,000 pounds will be given this year.

Maybe Atletico Madrid will return to La Liga next season, and they will be able to pay it off at once, but it is an old strong team in Spain, no matter how poor it is, there is still an old signboard.

If he didn't agree to Atletico Madrid's offer and didn't want to sell someone to Chelsea, Aldridge could only agree to Manchester United's offer of £550,000, and the loss would be as much as £4oo,000.