July 8th.

Aldrich held a conference call in his home study.

He was the initiator and the other three participants were Nedved, Larsson, Southgate.

All three players were out of London, with Larsson returning to Sweden, Nedved to the Czech Republic and Gareth Southgate taking his family on holiday to the Mediterranean.

"I'm sure you've heard from the news that there are some players in the team who have been involved in trade rumors, the most important of which is Rio Ferdinand, who has verbally asked to leave, but I want him to stay, he may not be able to get his inner approval, what is your opinion? If the club forces him to stay, will there be problems in the dressing room? ”

There is order and leadership in the dressing room, and Millwall have three captains in the team, and the big brother in the lead is naturally Southgate, a homegrown international.

As a manager, Aldridge usually has a sense of distance between him and the players, but he needs the players to support him in order to master the dressing room, so many times he only needs to communicate with the three captains.

He does not advocate an iron-fisted management style, but a flexible, free and open management method.

originally managed the team with an iron fist with his young image, which is bound to arouse the psychological resistance of many peers.

"He wants to go? Then let him go, he will regret his decision today. ”

Larson was the first to comment.

Over the years, he has witnessed the departure of many players, and it is clear that those who have left cannot be said to have mixed badly, such as Vieira and Shevchenko, who have quickly become mainstays when they go to a new team, but in terms of their green achievements. The players who remained at Millwall were even more brilliant.

It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. The old man goes. Newcomers come, Larsson thinks this is normal, not to mention that Ferdinand is not the main force, since he has no patience to wait for the upper position to leave, then leave, ten years later, twenty years later, the day of retirement will look back at today's decision. Whether it's regret or rejoicing, experience it yourself.

Anyway, he didn't think there was any other place where he could be more comfortable than Millwall.

"It will help the team a lot if he stays, but if you can't concentrate on playing for the team, it's a hidden danger to stay."

Nedved still wants Ferdinand to stay, but he also understands that if a player's heart is no longer here, it will cause potential problems for a united collective, which is difficult to see on the surface, but sometimes behind the inexplicable difficulties, it is actually this invisible and intangible problem that plays a negative role.

"Boss. Let's put it this way, if he doesn't want to stay but ends up staying. So we didn't have any problems when we won, but if the team loses in the game he plays? What do you think? Will there be a thought in the bottom of my mind: Is he working hard for the team? This condemnation is unjust, but this is the truest thought, the thought that will come to me involuntarily, chief, I also hope that he can stay, but if you can't convince him to stay and work for the team wholeheartedly, then I don't want to see him in the dressing room, it will be very awkward, really, gradually, we will lack communication and affect the unity of the whole team. ”

Aldrich sat in his chair with his arms crossed over his chest and pondered.

He really hadn't encountered such a situation before.

In the past, when a player wanted to leave, Aldridge would let it go, but he didn't want the player to stay and affect the unity of the locker room.

Southgate's words made Aldridge think clearly.

Think about it, if his colleagues are "in Cao Ying's heart in Han", can they still work together? Wouldn't you have something else in mind? Speculation about the other person's attitude or the value of the effort?

It's just that he feels that now he has the confidence to force a player to stay, which can be regarded as suppressing the player with a strong attitude, but it can be done, and whether it is good or bad for the team needs to be analyzed in detail.

Locker room unity is extremely important, and a team that is not united from the inside cannot expect to burst out on the pitch, and even greatly compromised.

Aldridge still chose to take a precautionary approach to prevent the signs of cracks in the locker room.

"Boss, we've gone from penniless to where we are today, we have a lot of confidence in you, at the end of the day, we don't expect one more Rio Ferdinand to make the team stronger, although it's better for him to stay, but what's without him? We still believe in you to lead us to success, Henrik is right, Rio Ferdinand will regret his decision to leave, he should make the most of his opportunity at Millwall, how many players want to join us now? Want to play under your men? He should think about it. ”

In turn, Southgate comforted Aldridge, presumably believing that Ferdinand's decision to leave had saddened Aldridge.

Aldrich burst out laughing.

A substitute is leaving, although Aldridge attaches importance to it, but it has not reached the point where it is difficult to give up or sad from the bottom of his heart.

As a coach who has won nine titles in five years, Aldridge will be a fool if he bets on Rio Ferdinand, and he will certainly have more confidence in himself.

It's just that he is definitely more comprehensive as a manager than a player.

One more Ferdinand does not seem to make Millwall a qualitatively powerful change, but with one less Ferdinand who is on the rise, how long will it take Millwall to develop a replacement of the same strength? This kind of training is bound to come at the cost of results, originally last season's Millwall's central defender substitute thickness is a shortcoming, Neil changed to play central defender, Mills sometimes makes cameos, and now if Ferdinand is really gone, Millwall's substitute for the new season may not even have a central defender from a positive background.

The substitute for the central defender, Aldridge doesn't want to spend money to buy it, his own youth training has reserves, but he has to practice again, this kind of thing makes him feel a little headache.

Leeds United are in full swing in the transfer market, and they are very high-profile and high-profile, and Ritzdale seems to be announcing that Leeds United's big investment is for the team's strong rise, which can not only win the hearts of fans, but also make players more excited.

Compared to Leeds United's aggressive attitude. Manchester United, who have just won the Champions League, are much more low-key. Manchester United have conveyed a £10 million offer to Millwall. Buying Van Nistelrooy.

As for whether to keep Ruud van Nistelrooy, Aldridge respects Ruud van Nistelrooy's personal choice, in fact, he is not indispensable, but Aldridge prefers to sell him abroad, but there is no sincere offer from foreign giants or clubs that Ruud van Nistelrooy likes.

If you continue to let the Premier League Golden Boot sit on the bench, it is unreasonable.

Millwall had a secret bargain with Manchester United, and when the price was raised to £12.5 million, Millwall agreed to United's offer. Allow the other side to contact the player to negotiate a transfer.

Ferguson personally called Ruud van Nistelrooy and invited him to join Manchester United.

United will not be able to make a concrete commitment to Ruud van Nistelrooy for next season, and the Black Wind Twins, who played a huge role in Manchester United's Champions League triumph last season, will still be the team's main striker partner.

But the focus of Ferguson's persuasion of Vanney was about his career prospects.

First of all, he has almost no future ahead of Millwall.

Millwall's tactical system only needs one centre-forward, and it is a center forward with a wide range of activities who can cover the wingers, now Henry, and Klose is on the bench, through the performance of Klose in the FA Cup final, it is clear that Klose is more in line with Millwall's tactical system.

It's not about Ruud van Nistelrooy's quality, it's about his style of play.

Secondly. Ruud van Nistelrooy fits the characteristics of United's tactical system, with United's wide attacking style at the service of the strikers. Ruud van Nistelrooy may still be a substitute for the time being, but if he can perform well, at least there is no problem of the tactical system and his personal characteristics not being integrated.

On July 13, Millwall and Manchester United suddenly announced a transfer agreement: last season's Premier League Golden Boot winner Ruud van Nistelrooy moved from Millwall to Manchester United for 12.5 million pounds.

Millwall published a farewell letter from Ruud van Nistelrooy on their official website, while the club thanked him for his past contributions to the team and wished him good luck.

As soon as this transfer news was released, it stirred up a thousand waves, and the major European giants thought that Millwall supermarkets were opening again because they let go of the Premier League Golden Boot!

The giants once again launched an offensive against the main players of Millwall's first team, but all of them were in vain, and Millwall refused all without exception.

Italian giants Juventus manager Moggi called Adam to ask about the possibility of Henry's transfer, but was also rejected on the spot.

Juventus' biggest disaster of the past season may not have been the semi-final reversal by Manchester United, but the fact that Piero the Bianconeri Prince was seriously injured for nine months!

Juventus began to worry about Piero's state after returning to the field, and Moggi intended to poach Henry to form a French attack group!

Zidane + Henry + Trezeguet.

This kind of transfer strategy or team building policy of replicating a strong combination, Juventus often does, and now Parma's golden combination of defense is in full swing, and it will not be directly moved to Juventus in the future?

Ritzdale couldn't sit still.

Millwall even sold the Golden Boot goalscorer, he just wanted to buy a few replacements, but the transfer process has been at an impasse, and he personally came to Liverpool to talk to Aldridge.

It was a sunny afternoon, Aldrich was sleeping soundly on a deck chair in the garden, Melanie was lying beside him, holding a book on baby-rearing with relish, and as she approached her due date, she was becoming more and more like a mother.

The phone rang in the living room, it was Aldrich's cell phone, Melanie got up and walked over to get it, she woke Aldrich up, and then asked him to listen to the phone.

Adam said on the phone: "The Leeds United chairman has an appointment to see you. ”

"When?"

"An hour later."

"It's also called an appointment?"

"Boss, are you inconvenient? That"

"It's okay, let him come."

Aldrich hung up the phone and continued to lie down and close her eyes, Melanie asked curiously, "There are visitors?" ”

"Well, Leeds United's chairman, come to the door in an hour."

"Then don't you have to prepare?"

"No, he's leading Leeds United to the grave, so I'd better see him off with Leeds United."

Melanie's mouth curled up, unable to understand the mystery of Aldrich's words, she turned and walked into the living room to prepare some refreshments for the guests.

An hour later, Ritzdale arrived in front of Aldridge's house in a luxury car, where a number of paparazzi were squatting, and they immediately spotted the Leeds United president coming to see Aldridge, which is not difficult to think of the two clubs in a deal.

Ritzdale came to the door with his assistant, neatly dressed and very decent, while Aldrich was fairly formally dressed, with a shirt and trousers, and it was hot in the summer, and he couldn't afford to wear a suit when he was at home.

However, Ritzdale's expression was slightly displeased when he saw Aldrich's appearance. (To be continued......)