After many years of experience in European football, Aldridge does not dare to say that he is full of peach and plum, but it is a fact that he has a lot of friends.

After Drogba and Essien were listed at the same time, the Premier League team's bid was rejected by Aldridge, who wanted to sell the two to foreign leagues.

The head coach of the French Paris Saint-Germain club flew to London during the winter break to meet Aldridge, who is also an old acquaintance of Aldridge, and entered the palace of Paris Saint-Germain for the second time.

Aldridge gave the old friend a warm welcome, and the other party did not play sloppy with Aldridge and directly quoted the final offer of Paris Saint-Germain.

£20 million for two.

Drogba's current value may not even be worth £10 million in the eyes of the outside world, and Essien may not even be worth £5 million.

They are valuable and will be valuable in the future.

But if they are not given a stage to display their talents, how can they directly sell for sky-high prices?

Aldridge did not bargain with Fernandes, and directly agreed to the request of 20 million pounds to package the two, but added an additional contract clause: 30% of the next sale of players, plus Paris Saint-Germain club promised that if they sell the two, they will never be sold to a Premier League club, and if Paris Saint-Germain violates this agreement, 50% of the sale will go to Millwall.

Now Paris Saint-Germain's backstage consortium is CANAL+, which invested heavily in the first few years of entering the Parc des Princes, and then failed to make ends meet, losing money year after year, and sold many of the team's big players in order to make up for the financial deficit last summer. The result of the new season. Fernandez, who had no rice to cook, was powerless to return to heaven. Paris Saint-Germain struggled in the league, and in order to save the defeat during the winter break, Fernandes with 20 million pounds was actually a desperate last resort, which is why Aldridge did not quarrel with the other party in terms of transfer fees, it makes no sense for other clubs. No one will bid higher than PSG in winter.

Millwall officially announced the departure of two players, and the club said that the sale was a firm affirmation of Klinsmann's authority.

Since January, Millwall's dressing room has been quiet, but the calm is slightly eerie, as if it is about to turn into a pool of stagnant water

Three months have passed.

Aldridge led LinkedIn Gran to Liechtenstein at the end of March, the European war was in full swing, and the league title race was in the final sprint. Still beating Liechtenstein away with a score of 5:0.

Returning to London four days later, England's main squad was defeated by the visiting Turkey. The score of 3:1 is not perfect, but it indicates that Aldridge has achieved some success in building a new national team, and the team's offensive and defensive system on the field is becoming more and more fluent.

And after the game, before the disbandment of the national team, Xiaobei found Aldridge alone.

This time at St James' Park, Aldridge and Becky were meeting in the Newcastle United club's reception room.

At the end of the game, the England team was actually in a state of semi-disbandment, and the players interviewed later, cleaned their shirts in the dressing room, showered with each other, said goodbye to their teammates, and then went their separate ways to return to the club.

Becky obviously didn't take a shower, just changed into a clean short-sleeved top and a T-shirt with the England national team crest.

He sat quietly in the conference room, his sneakers were full of mud, his socks were black, that was the mark left by the hard work on the field, his hair was messy, and the whole person sat there in a daze, looking dazed and depressed, even if he had just given two assists in the game and enjoyed the cheers of the English fans, but his mind had now flown to another world, and if you want to find traces of that world from his face, then a scar at the eyebrow bone that is not too obvious can be seen.

Aldridge was interviewed after the game before Jenson told him that Becky wanted to speak with him alone.

When he came to the conference room, Aldrich found that Becky was still in a state of distraction, he walked over, reached out and gently pressed Becky's shoulder, and asked with concern, "David, what happened?" Feeling unwell? ”

He thought that Xiao Bei might have come to meet him alone because of a physical emergency, after all, Xiao Bei is the most famous star in England, and if he makes a mistake, it is no exaggeration to say that it will affect the nerves of the whole of England.

Xiaobei came back to her senses, barely squeezed out a smile and shook her head, and said, "I just have some private matters, and I want to hear your opinion." ”

His state obviously means "there is a situation", Aldrich was confused, but he still pulled a chair next to Xiaobei and sat down, and said: "Okay, if you have anything you want to talk about, I will listen, let's say, what kind of confusion have you encountered?" ”

After working together in the national team over the years, Aldridge has a good relationship with Xiaobei, and the personal relationship is naturally not as close as that of a close friend, but at least it will be slightly closer than that between friends.

Xiaobei pointed to his eyebrow bone and said astringently: "I don't think I can continue to stay at Manchester United." ”

Aldrich, who had been listening to Ben's voice from the position of a friend, suddenly felt his head grow.

Almost two months ago, the "Flying Bootgate" incident broke out in the Manchester United dressing room, and Ferguson and Xiaobei, who are in love with father and son, officially broke up!

Aldridge used to think that he had a lot of ability and could manage the locker room in an orderly manner, but in fact, for most of the past six months, he did not interfere in the management of the Millwall locker room as the chairman, and suddenly realized: It is not that he has more ability, but that he has too much power!

Because he has great power, he can do whatever he wants, reward whoever he wants, and let the other party get out if he doesn't like it.

For those managers, there are too many factors to consider, such as balance, performance pressure, meritocracy, etc., which are beyond Aldridge's own "assumption" understanding.

Aldridge said solemnly: "David, I'm also the manager, put myself in my position, if I don't expect anything from a player, I don't have anything to ask of him. I'm not going to talk to him. Will not waste time communicating with him. I won't be angry with him. Alex is to you, you know in your heart, he is not perfect, no one will be perfect, but what he wants from you in his heart is to be perfect, pure in the field of competition, I hope you. David Beckham, is perfect! It can not only become the banner of Manchester United, but also become a model for Manchester United's current generation, the next generation, and countless generations of players in the future, Manchester United once had a genius Duncan Edwards who died young, Alex just wants you, Ryan, Paul, Gary and other players with Manchester United blood in their blood to become a modern version of Edwards. Don't have Edwards' regrets, no. For Edwards, the genius who was still thinking about the game before he died, it was a pity for him, and if you wasted your talent, it was not a pity, in the eyes of the manager, it was a sin. ”

Xiaobei bent down, held his head with both hands, and said in a low voice: "I feel like I'm going crazy, in the past four years, I have been torn between my family and career, and the whole person is about to split, coach, you said that you stand in the position of the head coach, but what if you stand in my position?" Not to mention those verbal arguments about who is right and who is wrong, he hurt me, and if it weren't for luck, the spikes might have pierced my eyes! And he, at the press conference, downplayed the matter in a joking tone, and didn't even apologize to me, he saw it as a war, a war of the manager's authority, but I just wanted to be respected and get an apology."

Aldridge reached out and touched Becky's shoulder, watching Becky grasp his head with ten fingers of both hands, both pain and struggle.

Suddenly, Aldrich realized in his heart that the heartthrob might not be living as chic as in the spotlight.

Four years, since marrying Victoria in the summer of '99, part of his life has been the history of the struggle between football and stardom, his wife and his mentor.

From the honeymoon trip in the summer of 99 when Ferguson forcibly recalled to the club to interrupt the sweetness of the newlywed Yan'er, to being angrily reprimanded and punished by Ferguson for business activities, and absent from training for taking care of the sick Brooklyn, or being scolded by Ferguson until February this year, when he returned home, Victoria saw his wound and called Ferguson directly and said: "You come out, we two solve the problem!" ”

The old Scottish man didn't come out with the hot girl to solve the problem, but the two who are like father and son have reached a turning point in their relationship.

It is difficult for a clean official to decide family affairs, if Aldridge is involved in this kind of thing, if he is Ferguson, he doesn't know what to do, but he thought about it, maybe when he is still the manager of the club, there should not be anything that will develop to this point, because he does not tolerate sand in his eyes, quickly cut through the mess, and put an end to the follow-up development of such incidents as soon as possible.

"David, you have your thoughts and feelings, you are the party, I can't fully understand you, I can only objectively say that Alex doesn't ask too much of you."

Xiaobei raised his head and asked incredulously, "Not too much?" ”

"Will Alex ask Sharp to be a world superstar? No, he cleaned up Sharp. But why does he keep asking you this, asking you like that, have you thought about the reason? Of course, you can say that he has a desire to control, but in my opinion, his demands are not excessive, because what he asks is, if you work hard wholeheartedly, put all your energy into football, do not go to commercial performances, have an ordinary family like everyone else, and put all your mind on football, how high will your achievements be? Where can you reach heights? And that pinnacle is that Alex keeps whipping you, and finally makes you feel humiliated and not respected, Alex may be more angry than you in his heart, more unreasonable than you, because in his eyes, you have lived up to all his expectations of you! ”

Becky's eyes widened and Aldrich stared at each other, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

Although Ferguson is evaluated by the outside world as a stinky temper, isn't the hair dryer in the dressing room a microcosm?

But what can a manager achieve if he is simply short-tempered?

If Ferguson has been targeting Beckham from beginning to end, how can Beckham become the Red Devils' legendary No. 7?

Think about Xiaobei, who became the public enemy of Britain back then, who stood up for him?

I loved him and protected him because he was still immature, he was still young and needed protection.

Now he is harsh and demanded, because he should be in charge alone, he should have taken on greater responsibility in the Manchester United team, and now the anger is largely due to hatred.

Of course, Xiaobei's achievements are already very high, but he should have been higher, as if if the Chinese team entered the round of 16 of the World Cup, then it would be fine, don't ask for more, but if the Brazilian team entered the top 16, top 8, and top 4, can you stop and not be blamed?

Xiaobei should be able to understand this truth, but as he himself said, he feels that he is being torn apart, on one side is a teacher, on the other hand is a wife, on the other hand is football, on the other hand is fame and fortune, especially football and fame and fortune, sometimes they complement each other, and sometimes, they are extremely opposite. (To be continued......)