After winning the Toyota Cup, Millwall made their way home, and the players did not rest well for a long time on the plane, returning to London Aldridge to give the team another day off and not returning to training until two days before the start of the league game at the weekend.

After jogging with Evan in the early morning, Aldrich had breakfast with her, and when her car had a problem and was sent for repairs, Aldrich drove her to the club.

On the way, Evan asked curiously, "Is Japan fun?" ”

Aldrich, who was driving the car, shook his head and said, "I didn't go to play, it was either a commercial activity or a game." ”

"Didn't you have an affair?"

"Heh, hehe, no."

"Let's find some time to go to Japan and have some fun?"

"I don't have this idea, there are too many people in that country, I have to work in the stadium of tens of thousands of people every week, and if I go to travel, I first have to be quiet."

"Huh? Is this crowdphobia? ”

"It's two different things, and I'm not afraid to communicate with people."

The two chatted happily along the way, the club arrived soon, Aldridge came early, rested yesterday, and wanted to get into work early today.

At the gate of the club, he stopped his car and looked curiously at the security guard at the gate and a little girl confronting him.

The little girl looked about ten years old, with delicate appearance, good facial features, and plain clothes, without the fancy visual sense of today's boys and girls.

"What happened?"

Aldrich export inquiry.

On duty at the door was Berry, in his thirties, who had worked here for more than four years and was a veteran employee of the Aldridge era. I can often talk to Aldrich.

Conscientious, he replied, "Mr. Hall." The kid said he was coming to Coach Fiona. But Coach Fiona hasn't come yet. ”

Aldridge looked at the little girl, who was slightly aggrieved with a flat mouth.

took out his mobile phone to find Fiona's phone, Aldrich dialed it, and found that the other party's phone was turned off, so he smiled and asked, "What is the relationship between you and Ms. Fiona?" ”

"She's my mom."

"What's your name?"

"Rosie-Wheatley."

Aldrich thought for a moment, and the security guard, Berry, fearing that Aldrich would mistake him for being unkind, explained, "Mr. Hall, she can't prove it. I can't let her in. ”

Aldrich smiled and nodded, understanding Berry's plight.

Two years ago, there were young fans who pretended to be club staff or relatives of the players who infiltrated the club just to get up close and personal with the idol stars.

At that time, there was a farce still fresh in my memory, an Eastern European immigrant pretending to be Nedved's younger brother club staff was really deceived at that time, and received the other party with good manners, and when Nedved came, the teenager known as the "half-brother" directly jumped up and hugged Nedved, and whispered admiration in his ear.

"Get in the car, I'll take you in, and in an hour Ms. Fiona will be at work."

"Okay."

Wheatley glared at the security guard, Berry, before getting into the car. Very unhappy with Berry's behavior of turning her away just now.

Berry pouted, little kid. I don't know her in general.

"You got into someone else's car so easily, don't you have a sense of crisis?"

Evan turned his head from the passenger seat and smiled at Wheatley, who was sitting in the back seat.

Wheatley said disapprehantly, "I know him, I've seen him in the newspapers, and my mom has talked about him, Aldrich Hall." I'm not a stupid kid, I came to London alone from the country, and there was no danger! ”

Aldrich drove to the parking lot and smiled, "Did Ms. Fiona talk about me?" What does she say about me? ”

Wheatley rolled her eyes and said, "She praises you, says you're a great man!" ”

"Ha Lu Ha Ha Yi Wen, she is an elf ghost, where is the simplicity of the countrymen?"

Evan smiled.

Who just compliments when talking about someone in private?

Still great?

Evan said to her with a smile and a smile: "You are flattering him, he will not give your mother a salary increase or a bonus." ”

Wheatley rolled her eyes again and said seriously, "Actually, my mother said that he was sometimes more rigid. ”

"It's good, your mother's salary is gone this week!"

Aldridge said with a serious face.

Wheatley suddenly became anxious and exclaimed, "Hey, why are you like this?" Praise you, you don't appreciate it, just say a little bit of bad things, you're so bad! ”

Aldrich replied unceremoniously: "You little devil has a lot of thoughts, why should you be deliberately hypocritical? ”

Wheatley puffed out her cheeks and muffled, "My dad told me to come here and talk sweeter to adults." ”

"What does your dad do?"

"Run my family's farm."

"Don't listen to your father, people in the city are not stupid, and you are not as direct as you."

When the parking lot arrived, the three Aldrich got out of the car, he touched Wheatley's head, and smiled: "This sister will take you to wait for Mom, if you want to visit here, we are welcome, officially meet Aldrich-Hall." ”

Aldrich, probably accustomed to being an equal with children, fell down with the big hand on her head and bent down to shake her hand.

Wheatley tilted her head to stare at Aldrich's face closely, as if she had become a little nervous, and her outstretched hand was slightly cramped.

When the big and small hands were clasped together, Aldrich couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's the first time you've shaken hands with someone else, right?" ”

Wheatley nodded embarrassedly and said, "yes, it's the first time I've been shaken hands by someone." ”

"Big? How old are you, don't talk about it, see you later. ”

Aldrich made eye contact with Evan for a moment, then waved away and turned away.

Wheatley stared thoughtfully at his back, and Evan then led her to the club's office building, where Wheatley chattered about Aldrich.

When the training time was approaching, the players came to the training ground one after another, and Aldridge and Klinsmann were exchanging training plans. The team returned from an expedition. The usual training intensity is definitely not effective. There are some adjustments to be made today.

Fiona, the fitness coach, arrived late and walked up to Aldridge and said in a sincere tone: "Aldrich, I'm sorry that my daughter has come to visit me in London and caused trouble for the club. ”

Aldrich waved his hand and said, "What's the trouble?" There was no trouble, she was sensible and a good boy. ”

Fiona didn't say anything more. After working with Aldrich for more than three years, she knows Aldrich's temperament, and she is not the kind of selfless and impersonal guy who is iron-faced at all.

Under the warm-up leadership of Fiona, a mature fitness coach, Millwall's new day of training began.

The weekend league opponent is Leeds United, Millwall not only have more away games after European matches, but they still have to play away from home even when they go to play a Toyota Cup, this schedule is really bloody!

At Elland Road, Aldridge stood on the sidelines directing the team, and he felt a sense of powerlessness from his scalp to the center of his feet.

The team played so badly!

Obviously, there is a visual sense that can't outrun the opponent, and the success rate of passing and receiving has also dropped significantly.

41st minute of the game. Schneider made a direct pass from the back to winger Glen Shire, but the pass was a bit light. Glen Schal wanted the ball behind him, as soon as the ball came out, he rushed forward, just ran two steps and found that the ball couldn't pass at all, so he wanted to go back to catch it, but it was too late, and the Leeds United full-back grabbed the ball and quickly played a wave of counterattacks.

Australian rising star Colwill picked up the ball on the flank and cut inside and played straight behind Materazzi, where Hasselbaink slotted in and fired into the far corner.

Leeds United led Millwall 1-0 at home, the goal was the result of Schneider's misplaced pass, and the combination between Colwill and Hasselbaink after Leeds United counter-attacked was impressive, David O'Reilly's side were much better than expected, and who in Elland Road will miss Graham now? They've got Major Marshal O'Reilly, uh, sorry, the word Marshal really shouldn't be used on anyone else in Hall's presence. ”

David O'Reilly, a legend who spent more than 15 years at Arsenal, spent the last two years of his career at Leeds United, and after Graham High at Tottenham, he took over the reins and led Leeds United to a wave of youth in the Premier League, with a momentum that is no less impressive than Millwall's debut in the Premier League.

Aldridge was a little helpless on the sidelines.

In the past week, the team spent nearly 30 hours on the plane, two days of business activities, one day from the preparation to the end of the Toyota Cup, the most terrible thing was to pour two jet lags, adjust the body's biological clock, the players were not in shape today, he was prepared, but he didn't expect the gap to be so big.

The reasons for the poor performance are clear at a glance, but the head coach can't make the players recover from their terrible physical condition on the spot.

Originally, Millwall was playing defensive counter-today, deliberately strengthening the defense, but there was a desperate San Lang Alan Smith in the opposing team, the young man who just got the contract in the new season will never stop running on the field, not that other Leeds United players are not as hard as him, but the key is his position, O'Reilly asked Smith to be a partner for Hasselbaink, Smith is more like a defensive striker, tirelessly harassing Millwall's defense.

Schneider's misplaced pass came from Smith slashing at him, and the pass was not well controlled under pressure.

Leeds United president Ritzdale and his assistant watched the game in the box at Elland Road, where he celebrated after Leeds scored and turned his head to talk to his assistant when the score remained unchanged at half-time, both of whom had serious expressions.

"The recent assessment of football professionals showed that Millwall's club was worth £170 million."

His assistant said.

Ritzdale was thoughtful.

How much was Millwall worth before '94, or rather before the summer of '95?

It's worthless, and it's a loss!

Because they were in arrears with the new stadium plan, the contract with the contractor was close to default.

Without the Hall family's capital injection, Millwall would have been on the path to bankruptcy or borrowing debt.

But in just a few years, Millwall's value has soared, and now it is second only to Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal.

"What's the point in this valuation?"

Ritzdale asked in a deep voice.

The assistant quickly replied: "The value of the players accounts for more than 70%. ”

It's no surprise that Millwall's club infrastructure is worth nothing at all, and even Leo's training base surpasses the Lion's Den in an asset assessment.

And their players will not be overvalued when they are included in the club's asset valuation, with Larsson valued at £10 million, Nedved at £10 million and Thierry Henry devalued at £6 million.

The reason is that the value of the player fluctuates too much, and there is a contract period, in case the player leaves on a free transfer after three or four years, the club will not get a penny back, so the value of the player will be discounted in the evaluation.

Ritzdale muttered: "How many cents is Millwall worth if there are no good players?" (To be continued......)