While the recent buzz in English football, with Manchester United's soap opera changing hands continuing to air, and fierce protests from Red Devils supporters, Murdoch's takeover is nearing completion, with a rumoured price of around £620 million.

Although Manchester United fans have criticized Edwards for many years, believing that his crimes against Manchester United are undocumentable, even if United fans want Edwards to get out, they cannot accept Manchester United, with its British tradition, becoming the property of Americans.

In order to appease the fans, Edwards even officially announced that the new owner will retain the club's traditions, hoping that the fans can accept the reality rationally and let the club's resale transition be peaceful.

Everything looked set in stone, with Manchester United coming in with a new owner, but the UK government suddenly stepped in and the FTC used the deal as an excuse to prevent the two parties from completing the most abrupt formalities.

Murdoch has a huge estate in the UK, and if he didn't own it in the UK, he could have bought Manchester United with confidence, but when the British government intervened, he began to have some scruples.

A wave has not settled, and another wave has risen.

The match between Millwall and Wimbledon caused an uproar after the game, and the FA issued a series of heavy fines to Millwall, and the first to react was not Millwall, who looked like they were being gassed, and the FA penalty, they accepted it, and there was no other word.

However, there was first strong opposition within the FA.

Perhaps not many people know that Aldridge and Wiseman went from friends to enemies in the time of a meal, but it is crooked that Wiseman's "political enemies" in football circles were the first to attack, claiming that Millwall suffered very serious injuries and that the game was a disaster that rose to the full Premier League. The catastrophe of all England is such an exaggerated height.

This is the same method used by the Premier League to play on the topic, exaggerating the effect of facts and using it as a lever to attack the opponent.

The chairman of the referees' committee even publicly apologized to Millwall, directly admitting that it was the referee's level of enforcement that caused the mistake and harmed Millwall's interests on the field.

After Wiseman made the statement that "the FA should reconsider whether to loan Wembley to Millwall", Aldridge had already led the team on an expedition to Italy.

In Milan, before the official start of the Champions League press conference, Aldridge sat in the audience with David Miller next to him, and he wanted to give him a brief interview, but Aldridge did not refuse.

"Did the last league game hit you hard?"

"Can't say no. But sometimes that's what happens on the football field, and some miscalculations are indeed mistakes, and some miscalculations are premeditated. ”

David Miller frowned: "Are you accusing Horn of deliberately making Millwall impossible to win?" ”

"I don't know, but everyone who watched that game had their own criteria in mind. Actually, I admire Horn, really. As the referee, blow away two of our goals. Missed a penalty for us. Hehe, changed to another referee, made one of the mistakes, it is estimated that he will not sleep well for a month, he can withstand the pressure of public opinion, and he is strong in his heart. To my admiration, this is not sarcasm, it is true. ”

Aldridge's remarks were sincere, and some people are born to be used as gunmen. But it's not easy to be a good gun.

David Miller lamented: "The refereeing committee is said to have stripped Horn of his disqualification to officiate in the Premier League and he will not be able to officiate in the Premier League or major cup competitions in the future without a new opportunity. ”

Aldrich secretly said in his heart: rabbit dead dog cooking.

"Have you heard what FA president Wiseman said?"

"About Wembley? Well, I heard it, it's nothing, Millwall is the borrowing party, the FA always has the right to rent to us, of course it has the right to refuse, but even if they decide not to rent, it will have to wait until next season. ”

"Aren't you worried? Millwall's new stadium should not be available next season, so where are you going to play in the Champions League? Spending a lot of money to upgrade the course specifications of the Lion's Den Course? Meet UEFA's requirements for Champions League venues. ”

Aldridge thought for a moment and smiled: "I don't know what to say for the time being, things haven't come to that point yet, there's no need to think about what to do in the future now, if the FA doesn't rent the stadium to us, Millwall will definitely not make major changes at the Lions' Den Stadium, especially if we expect to move into a new stadium in 2,000 years." ”

Miller hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Aren't you friends with FA chairman Wiseman?" Why would he bring this up at this time? ”

Aldrich nodded, "Yes, I am friends with him, and we have always had a good relationship, and it is the same now." But work is work, personal friendship is personal friendship, Wembley is not Wiseman's, and the FA's is England's, in the case of Arsenal also wanting to loan Wembley, maybe the English Football Team always considers the issue of loan income, will reconsider this matter, I think this is normal, I am Wiseman, I will also think about it, listen to Arsenal's loan offer, see if it can bring more income to the FA, everyone knows that the FA's finances have not been very optimistic. ”

David Miller looked at Aldridge with deep meaning, and after seeing that the other party's expression was as usual, he put the thoughts in his heart behind him.

In that moment, he had a thought: Aldrich's words implied murder.

That's right, everyone knows that the FA's financial problems have been in trouble, since the Premier League has been out of the FA's control, the FA's income has been declining year after year, and it used to rely on the four-tier professional leagues to make a living, and then the League One reorganized the Premier League, not only to stand on its own, but also to sacrifice the interests of the following three-level professional leagues, the FA has changed from well-off to subsistence and clothing, and then to a debt to make ends meet.

This kind of thing is well known to people in English football, but Aldridge suddenly brought up the FA's financial problems at this time, especially in the context of factional confrontation within the FA.

After thinking about it, David Millers felt that it might be that Aldridge was young and inexperienced, and his speech was straightforward, and he was not deep in the city, otherwise this kind of question that should be avoided should never be said from the innermost part of him.

Journalists from other media outlets arrived one after another. Aldridge walked back to the stage, he arrived early today, so he had a few more words with Miller, gave a brief interview, and then came the official press conference of the Champions League.

Everyone at the news scene of Millwall's heavy penalty in the Premier League was known, but no one cared, and everyone was looking forward to tomorrow's game, when Millwall took on Inter Milan away.

The number one newspaper in Europe by circulation is Milan Sport, and Giancarlo has been covering the Premier League since the season. He was delighted to see Millwall back in Italy in the Champions League.

Here, it's like he's coming home, and Aldrich gives him face and answers his questions first.

"As the defending champions, what is your goal in the first round of the group stage?"

Aldridge said without thinking: "Of course it is to win!" I have fond memories in Italy. Inter Milan are very strong and they have what is considered to be the best striker in the world. Plus Baggio. Talented players like Novak Djokaeff and others, Millwall likes strong opponents, and only by defeating strong opponents can we experience a special thrill. ”

There were many reporters from the Italian media at the scene, and when they heard Aldrich's words, they immediately felt that this person was talking wildly!

Millwall are the defending champions, not bad. But in comparison of the strength of the two teams, Inter Milan is not weaker than Millwall in terms of the strength of the starters and the thickness of the team's squad.

Giancarlo smiled slightly when he heard this, and said, "Is this your psychological warfare?" I want the people of Inter Milan to hear your wild words. And then tomorrow in Meazza and Inter Milan are pressing hard and your team can play with the speed to play the opponent on the counter-attack, so you can easily take away the victory, right? ”

It has to be said that in Italy, a country of academic tactical paradise, professional journalists have more tactical knowledge than journalists from other countries.

That's not to say that other journalists didn't think about it, but not so quickly, especially since they didn't know Aldrich's style as well as Giancarlo.

Even if Aldrich was exposed to his heart in person, he still had a breezy smile.

"Psychological warfare? Hehe, think about it from another angle, isn't Inter Milan the main attack in Meazza? Will they be conservative in the face of young Millwall? Mr Giancarlo, I'm just telling the truth, I can't say Millwall can be happy to come to a draw away from home, we're the defending champions. ”

Giancarlo smiled and asked: "Even with Millwall's incomplete squad, you are still adamant that the team must win tomorrow?" ”

"I rarely give a death order to the team that they have to win a game, to win a title, I ask of the players differently, my standard is to judge based on their performance, some people can do 90 points, but they only do 60 points in the game, even if we win, I'm not satisfied. So, tomorrow I'm just going to ask the players to play a little bit better than usual, and as for the win, I'm sure if they do what I ask for and the end result will be what we want to see. ”

Aldrich spoke calmly, but a reporter in the audience asked a question that made him very helpless.

"After the former Inter coach Simeone left the class, he said that the reason for his departure was that you suggested to Moratti to bring Hodgson to coach again, is that true?"

Aldrich sighed in his heart.

He felt innocent.

Moratti has invested heavily for many years, but the league championship he wants most can't be touched, even if Simeone led the team to win the League Cup last season, but he was still not satisfied, and at the same time Millwall climbed to the top of Europe, Moratti didn't know what was going on, and seemed to think that England's coach was awesome, so he remembered Hodgson, who had coached Inter.

To be honest, when Hodgson first coached Inter, the cards in his hand were not as good as they are now, but he was able to bring Inter to the third place in the league and the runner-up in the League Cup, but unfortunately missed the championship on penalties.

So, Moratti called in the summer to ask Aldridge's suggestion, at that time Aldridge felt strange, I don't know why the other party came to ask him, and he couldn't say that Hodgson couldn't do anything or something, so he could only reply to the other party according to Moratti's meaning, Moratti finally made up his mind and directly invited Hodgson back in the summer, and therefore, during the Champions League draw, Hodgson talked to Aldridge enthusiastically as soon as he came up

"It has nothing to do with me who Inter Milan chooses to be the manager."

Aldrich faced the media and could only do things perfunctorily.

There are many mistakes in saying too much, just set aside the relationship simply and clearly. (To be continued......)