Thanks for the reward of "Death of the Thief"! ——

In the wee hours of the morning, the streets of the Millwall Club in East London are deserted, and the dim light of moonlight and street lamps fills the area with soft tones.

Aldrich had already fallen asleep in his apartment, lying on his side on the bed with a peaceful expression, and his cell phone rang at the bedside just when human sleepiness was at its strongest.

After being woken up by his mobile phone, Aldrich turned on the bedside lamp, took the phone and looked at the caller ID, which was a caller who had saved it in the phone book.

Kelly.

Aldrich pressed the answer button, then put the phone to his ear, closed his eyes and continued to lie on the bed.

"Mr. Hall, I'm sorry to bother you so late, I'm Kelly, I have something to talk to you about, I'm right outside your door, I know you're awake, I see a faint light in your bedroom"

Kelly spoke for a long time, but no one responded.

He was standing in front of Aldrich's house, and he was careful not to be seen.

He deliberately lowered his voice and couldn't hear Aldridge speak, and the other party's silent "answer" made Kelly's heart chill, so he hurriedly continued: "Mr. Hall, we had some misunderstandings before, we can completely eliminate the misunderstanding, I and the FA President Mr. Wiseman have always regarded you as friends"

Kelly has now confirmed Wiseman's speculation that Aldridge was indeed behind the scenes.

And the purpose of his coming is very simple, Aldrich does not ask for money, so as long as the misunderstanding is cleared. Aldrich spent some more money to buy the news back. Although it is a bit troublesome to operate. But it is not impossible, with the energy of the Hall family in London, it is quite normal to have a lawyer's contract ready in 20 minutes.

Kelly's mouth was dry at Aldrich's door, but there was no sound coming from the receiver, and he wondered if his phone was broken.

In the ten minutes between Aldridge's answer to the time he answered, Kelly's mood went from seeing the dawn of heaven fall into the abyss.

Aldrich didn't say a word, which made Kelly desperate more than he said a thousand vicious complaints.

In desperation, Kelly invited Wiseman again. At the same time, he was also complaining in his heart: When the is it, still pretending to be an uncle!

Yes, Wiseman asked Kelly to come to Aldrich for peace talks, to put it bluntly, he asked Kelly to intercede, and he couldn't put it down himself.

Before Kelly could do it, Wiseman sneaked in from outside the neighborhood, and he was afraid of being bumped into.

It was his turn to take Kelly's cell phone and talk to Aldrich.

The person who is the chairman speaks differently, and he comes up with a gentle mouth, like a gentle elder, and talks about some wonderful times in the past. Let's understate the previous "misunderstanding".

Aldrich's reaction was the same, not a word. Just listen and don't speak.

Wiseman also talked to himself for five or six minutes without any response, and suddenly became a little annoyed and began to threaten Aldrich with words.

"Hall, even if you ruin my career, I still have a lot of friends in the FA, I have a lot of people, I'm unlucky, you don't want to live a good life!"

Toot toot

When the sound of the phone disconnecting came, Wiseman raised his leg and tried to kick Aldridge's door open, but Kelly saw this and immediately stopped him.

The two had been here for too long, and the patrolling security guard happened to be coming from a distance, and Kelly immediately dragged the swearing Wiseman out from the other side.

When "running away", Kelly's heart was full of sadness, and no one could have imagined that the dignified FA president and FA CEO would run away like thieves in the middle of the night

Aldrich hung up the phone and opened the bedside drawer, where there was a Walkman, and he put on his headphones and listened to the "lullaby" to fall asleep again.

There is no way, he is engaged in a profession that sometimes makes him unable to sleep late at night, especially in the middle of the week with the team to play, after the game is close to midnight when he comes home, if the team wins, he will be excited, if the team loses or draws, he may be depressed, in short, can not sleep normally, need to listen to the "lullaby" to adjust the physiological state.

After Wiseman and Kelly fled Millwall's neighborhood, they walked along the banks of the River Thames, which looked like a walk, but with a heavy pace, it felt more like they were preparing to go to the execution ground.

When dawn came, the two sat on chairs by the river and greeted the new day with a pale color.

At three or four o'clock in the morning, almost all the Fleet Street media got the most exciting headlines, and the communicators were all insiders who resold information.

They worked overtime, and some of them directly overturned the contents of the new day's newspaper, which had been prepared for a long time, and re-produced them.

Early in the morning, the major newspapers on Fleet Street go on sale, whether they are delivered to your door or delivered for free on the street, and there is only one headline on the front page!

"Shocking scandal! FA President Wiseman and CEO Kelly embezzled public funds to bribe the Welsh Football Association to vote for the 06 World Cup and to get a high position in FIFA for the two of them! ”

Reporters gathered outside the FA headquarters building, and the FA was in chaos today.

Wiseman and Kelly were slow to show up, and there was no positive response from the spokesman, and as the clock ticked by, everyone was convinced that the FA had acquiesced in the charges.

The people are all in the mood of watching the excitement.

There has been a lot of news in English football lately, with Manchester United's deal stalled after government intervention and now an FA scandal has erupted.

In fact, everyone knows that if Wiseman and Kai use the funds from the World Cup bid to bribe the Welsh Football Association to canvass for votes, this is an open secret, and there is nothing to blame.

The bidding for each World Cup is not a fair and fair vote in front of and behind the scenes, and the countries that can host the World Cup have a series of canvassing actions behind the scenes, and some of them are hidden. Some of them are well known to passers-by. Everyone acquiesces to the rules of the game.

But Wiseman and Kelly are to blame. The two used public funds to pave the way for their own football political future, which is unacceptable to the public, and this is a personal abuse of power.

It's no secret that they want to go further and take up key positions at FIFA and they have a lot of support, and if there are Englishmen in FIFA in key positions, it will certainly be good for England.

But the reality is that you can only do it with your eyes closed, and you can't say it.

The sensational news became the focus of the day. Even media outlets from other countries in London flocked to follow the scandal.

Aldrich was disturbed for half an hour in the middle of the night, and it was a little late today.

In the morning, when he was eating breakfast at home, Ewen knocked on the door, ran in and turned on the TV and switched to the BBC television, where reporters were reporting on the events outside the FA building.

Evan cheered, Aldrich looked the same, finished the juice and put away the dishes before going to the gym.

His days are on track and Millwall's training will not be affected.

No one will reach him anyway.

After the match between Millwall and Wimbledon. Aldridge was adamant that he didn't want to have anything to do with Wiseman and Kelly.

But is it possible?

He is the president of the FA. Not to mention that it can directly affect Millwall's game, even Millwall's domestic competition as long as they win the cup, they will definitely meet each other.

Either Aldridge leaves the presidency and leaves English football, or Wiseman and Kelly leave the FA!

Do you still need to consider what kind of choice to make?

The president of the FA is not a saint, whether it is work or life, he must have a handle, think about the endless scandals in English football, Aldridge's request to Andrew is very simple, find someone to keep an eye on them around the clock, as long as they make mistakes, then please ask for more blessings.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, outside the FA building, Wiseman arrived in a car, accompanied by Kelly.

As soon as they got out of the car, they were surrounded by reporters, and in the face of many pointed questions, the two avoided talking and entered the FA building with the help of security guards.

By the time the FA's internal meeting was over, it was late afternoon.

The FA held a press conference, and Wiseman personally announced on the spot: resignation!

The president of the FA is officially stepping down!

He can't do it if he doesn't step down, he is in power for a day, and what is linked to him is a scandal, which makes the FA how to bid for the 06 World Cup?

This is the FA's top priority these days.

Kelly also announced his departure at the same time, and the two top authorities in the FA stepped down at the same time and at the same time.

As he walked out of the FA building, Wiseman turned down interviews and went straight home, while Kelly smiled bitterly at the microphones and cameras: "Sometimes, a small mistake can lead to the most tragic consequences." ”

Fleet Street reporters thought he was bribing the Welsh Football Association, but only the person involved, who knew the insider, knew what he meant by mistake.

That evening, it was the same park where Aldrich had met with Andrew a month earlier.

In autumn, when the grass and trees are withering, and stepping on the orange leaves all over the ground, Aldrich wears a slim-fitting coat and gazes at the woods by the lake.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, Aldridge came back to his senses, turned around, Andrew threw him a cigarette, the lighter flame flickered, and the two met and lit the cigarette at the same time, took a puff, and puffed out the smoke.

"What's next?"

Andrew asked with a playful smile.

Aldrich shook his head and said, "No." ”

That's what he really said.

Andrew said: "Then I'm doing activities with the FA, you don't object, right?" ”

Aldrich frowned, "There's no need to ask me. ”

"Isn't it necessary? Me and you, will the outside world look at it separately? ”

Aldrich sighed and said, "Whatever you want, there are many things that you don't have to do by yourself, be smart." ”

"That's why I ask you, isn't that smart enough?"

Aldridge looked at him helplessly, Andrew put his arm around his shoulders, and the two began to walk out.

"Why haven't you seen a woman around you lately?"

"Annoying."

"And what are you usually busy with?"

"Traveling around the world, dealing with sponsors, my eldest brother's career in the United States is booming, I have met a lot of people, and I have taken the opportunity to see a lot."

"That's not bad, in your business, networking is more important than anything else."

"What about you? The singer's girlfriend holds concerts everywhere every day, isn't it lonely? ”

"Now, all of a sudden, it feels a little bit."

Aldridge and Andrew have nothing to say, and his true mood will not be hidden from each other.

Andrew asked curiously, "I thought you would say it's okay." Wasn't it always like this before? ”

Aldridge looked up at the night sky, and said abruptly: "I don't know what to do, I feel that my mentality has changed, in addition to sleeping in the past 24 hours, even going to the toilet is football in my head, and when the team won the league championship and the Champions League, now the work is not as busy as before, and I have more thoughts, and sometimes I feel that something is missing at home at night, and I have been a little crazy recently." ”

"Hehe, let's go, I'll take you to a fun place."

"Forget it, don't want to cause trouble."

Aldrich declined the invitation, said goodbye to Andrew outside the park, and drove home by himself. (To be continued......)