056 True Love!
At the beginning of May, Millwall hosted their last opponent in League One: Swindon.
Millwall have had a stellar record over the past two months, with eight wins, four draws and one defeat in 13 league games, securing the League One title six games ahead of schedule, with a record 104 points and a win in the final game would take the record to 107.
The top scorer in League One has fallen to Larsson, who has scored a terrifying 38 goals in 39 League One games, with a goal efficiency close to one goal per game, while Trezeguet, who is second in the scorers' list, has also scored a staggering 28 goals, and the assist leader is Schneider, who also set a new League One record with 21 assists.
It's not just a season for Millwall, it's an extraordinary one.
Swindon, the opponent of the final game, has also been an extraordinary season this season.
Following last season's relegation from the Premier League to the first division, before the arrival of the last round, Swindon is ranked fourth from the bottom of the league, and the bottom fifth Sunderland is only 2 points away, if to be relegated, Swindon not only has to defeat Millwall, who has an unbeaten record of 19 wins and 3 draws in the first 22 home games of the season, but also hopes that West Bromwich Albion, who is visiting the black cat Sunderland, can cut Sunderland down, even if West Brom draws Sunderland, Swindon win's victory is meaningless, because they are too far away from Sunderland on goal difference, there are 15 of them.
With the league title already in the bag, Aldridge faced the final game with the same strategy as he had for the past two months: to send as many substitutes as possible.
In the past two months, Aldrich, who has been proud of the spring breeze, has not only a prosperous career, but also seems to have ushered in spring in the love field, since he met the sports hottie Melanie, he will date her after work, and talk on the phone every day before going to bed.
Recently, the Spice Girls group filmed their first single in London, and they are preparing to officially debut in the UK, so there are naturally fewer opportunities for the two to meet, and Aldridge doesn't care, although the league is coming to an end, but for him who is both the owner and the coach, the really busy will be the summer transfer period.
The Premier League ended the penultimate round of the league earlier, the leader Blackburn and the second-place Manchester United have won a small home goal, in the standings, Manchester United is 2 points behind Blackburn, the final game will be played in the middle of the month, Manchester United away to challenge the Hammers West Ham United, Blackburn is a visit to the Reds Liverpool, the situation is not too bad for Manchester United, after all, they are far better than Blackburn on goal difference, once Blackburn can not conquer Anfield, even if it is a draw, Manchester United only needs to win away, will stage a good show of reversal to win the championship.
The championship has reached the last round, and the suspense of the Premier League has made the outside world full of expectations.
At this time, the attention of the media is naturally attracted by the Premier League title, especially Dalglish's return to Anfield, where he may lift Liverpool's five-year absence in the league title, and the unscrupulous media even assert that the Reds will miss the old love and let Darglish beat arch-rival Ferguson.
At the same time, Manchester United has also caused criticism and speculation in the media, after Cantona was banned, Manchester United repeatedly missed a good opportunity to overtake Blackburn in key battles, and the defeat in Anfield was just down, the Reds played Manchester United, and the British knew it, but they couldn't win Leeds United, Tottenham, and even the mediocre Chelsea, and they didn't even score goals, which made the outside world focus on Manchester United's forward line.
Don't look at Manchester United's number of goals in the Premier League, in fact, there is a lot of water, just in the early relegation of Ipswich City, 11 goals in two legs, and another game was a 2:3 away loss, 9 goals at home created a record massacre, but the points were just 3 points.
So when Ferguson was repeatedly asked how to change the weakness of the striker, especially the weakness of the forward line in key battles, Ferguson mentioned a name familiar to the media: Henrik Larsson.
The Old Foxes praised Larsson and believed that Larsson should go to Old Trafford to wear the Red Devils shirt, and his technical characteristics fit perfectly with Manchester United's tactical system, where Larsson can achieve great things.
Therefore, when Aldridge attended the press conference of the final game of League One as usual, reporters from more than 30 media outlets in the audience raised their hands, and as soon as Aldridge sat down, someone directly asked: "Mr. Hall, Manchester United are very interested in Larsson, will Millwall sell Larsson in the summer?" ”
The press conference instantly became quiet, dozens of eyes were fixed on Aldrich, and reporters were holding pens in their hands, ready to write down everything Aldrich said.
It's obviously the final game of League One, but no one cares.
Almost all reporters cursed in their hearts: F-uck! League One is long over! The only suspense is who will be relegated between Swindon and Sunderland, and who will fight their way out of the play-offs to get the last ticket to the Premier League!
They are now more interested in whether Larsson will wear the Red Devils' shirt!
Larsson, that's a super striker who can score nearly 40 goals in League One in a single season, even if there is a huge gap between League One and the Premier League, but Larsson is still young, if he goes to Manchester United, he can score more than 15 goals in a single season, and he will definitely be a big star in the future.
The crux of the question is: Does Millwall sell or not?
But will they be able to keep it?
Will this young marshal lose his temper because he was dug up at the foot of the wall?
News, it's all news!
At the silent press conference, Aldrich glanced back and forth with a calm face, and found that the reporters sitting in the audience were like good students who listened carefully, ready to record his words in a notebook, and every pair of eyes looking at him turned green.
Aldridge pondered for a moment, and then said leisurely: "Ferguson said he likes Larson?" It's true? ”
"Really love!"
The reporters in the audience shouted in unison.
Damn, sell it or not, let's say it quickly!
Aldrich blinked, and said slowly in a low and magnetic voice: "Love is a sweet pain, and sincere love is never a smooth road. ”
With that, Aldrich calmly got up from his seat and strode away from the scene.
More than 30 reporters in the audience were petrified by a bolt from the blue.
Two sentences swirled in their minds.
First sentence: What-the-F-uck!
Sentence 2: What-the-hell?
What the are you on?!
At the press conference where the pins fell, all the reporters were stunned.
Thomson, who was definitely a liberal arts student, was the first to react, shouting, "Shakespeare! ”
Everyone turned their heads to look at Thomson, their eyes like knives looking at him, as if they were asking: What do you mean?!
"Mr. Hall just said a quote from Shakespeare."
The press conference site blew up!
Reporters exchanged heads and asked their peers if they understood what it meant.
The reminiscence of the reporter frowned, unable to understand the mystery of Aldrich's words.
Is the love affair between Millwall and Larsson just being tested, or is it not easy for United's third party to win love?
Some reporters have scratched their heads when they think about it, but this is just an ambiguous speculation, no matter how you understand it, it is estimated that to know the answer, you have to split Aldrich's head.
Aldridge smiled as he left the press conference, he had already mastered the way to deal with the media.
In the past, interviews or press conferences were in the form of questions and answers, so passively would only be led by the media, and now he must take the initiative.
As for the players.
In the first week of May, the club renewed the contracts of all players in the first team, and all of them received a salary increase of between £3,000 and £10,000 based on their performances last season!
This is a large salary increase, with an additional signing fee of 20,000 to 50,000 yuan.
Aldridge really made a lot of money, and although the season is not over yet, the club's income has been roughly calculated.
Throughout the season, jersey sales skyrocketed, earning almost half a million pounds, home attendance was close to every game, each game had an income of more than 200,000 pounds, and a season down, there was close to 5 million pounds, and although the broadcast fee was not much, it combined with the game prize money, there were more than 400,000 pounds.
Removing the cost, Aldridge found that the 30 million pounds he injected last year, in addition to the summer transfer cost nearly 13 million pounds, the club also had a balance of nearly 20 million pounds on the books, which he did not expect, so he quickly finalized the player's contract, and he was not distressed by a large salary increase, and the long-term benefits of extending the player's contract for one year are immeasurable.
Combined with a new sponsorship fee in the summer and a fixed share of Premier League broadcasting revenue next season, Aldridge could even come up with a transfer budget of £5 million in the summer.
Aldridge is equally ambitious for this summer and needs to build a stronger foundation for the future.