Aldridge was a little puzzled, looking at player transfers through the eyes of later generations, it seems that many stars will avoid the club when transferring, leaving agents to deal with.

But his players all seem to come up to him and ask for it.

Probably the factor of Aldridge's youth is at play, and it is also related to the fact that he usually communicates with the players more gently.

Thuram did not make a big fuss, on the contrary, he said a lot of reasons.

There are many reasons that Aldrich can't refute.

The mere fact that he wanted to go to Italy was enough to keep Aldridge's mouth shut.

What's more, from the player's point of view, there is nothing wrong with this, people go to high places, the Premier League is not as good as Serie A, no matter how much Aldridge blows, he can't change this fact, it is simply self-deception.

What good is Aldridge's use telling Thuram Palma that his glory will be short-lived, or he will be in danger of bankruptcy in a few years? It will only make him look villainous.

"Lilian, you are ambitious, I understand, it is a testament to your professional ambition, and it has been an honour to work with you for two years."

Facing Thuram, Aldrich's response was visceral and unpretentious.

Thuram nodded calmly and said, "I have also benefited a lot from my experience in England in the past two years. ”

Playing in different leagues is good for gaining experience, and Thuram is genuine.

It's just that he thinks the Premier League lacks a challenge.

Here, he doesn't think he's so proud to freeze Ginola or Giggs.

He yearns for Italy more, in addition to his own improvement. The opponents are also very different. It's to face Barty today. Tomorrow against Signoli, the day after tomorrow against Baggio, etc., the Serie A field is full of masters, and the characteristics are also colorful.

Parma's new manager, Carlo Ancelotti, called Aldridge in the hope that Millwall would not get in the way of Thuram's transfer, which had been at an impasse for the two clubs some time ago due to Aldridge's request for Buffon's reply.

Aldrich said earnestly, "Lilian, you want to go." I will not stand in your way, but I hope that you will be able to leave a legacy of dignity for Millwall. ”

Thuram was a little puzzled, frowned and asked, "Chief, I don't understand what you mean." ”

Aldridge spread his hands and said: "Two years ago, I bought you for £3 million, and now, Parma wants to take you for £5 million, you think it's for Millwall. Is it fair? I think you're a top defender, so you should have the value of a top defender to leave. Don't let Parma despise Millwall, and don't let your move to Parma become insignificant, Barton's transfer to Newcastle United last year was worth £4 million, what about you? How much better do you think he is than you? You are the main contributor to Millwall's two championships and one runner-up, and you are the main player of the French national team, and you are worth 5 million pounds? I can't accept it, it's not about money, it's about dignity and I can't let the outside world see Millwall making a deal and I can't let your departure be a reason for other players to follow suit in the future. Parma wants you and really treats you as an important member and makes them show sincerity, which is also respectful to you! ”

Thuram was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement with Aldrich.

Although they couldn't keep Thuram, at least on the transfer operation, the two reached an agreement.

In the days that followed, Millwall and Parma began to dispute over a transfer to Thuram.

Parma wanted to use players for cash, they originally proposed to use Inzaghi to join the deal, but Inzaghi, who went to the Atlanta Olympics, did not want to leave Italy, and the young Buffon was already the goalkeeper of the Italian Olympic men's football team. The same goes for Cannavaro.

At the end of the day, Parma made it possible to add Zola to the deal.

To be fair, the striker, nicknamed Bantam, has been at the top of Serie A's scorer charts for the past few years, and if it were £5 million Gazzola, the total value of the deal would be around £10 million.

However, Aldridge doesn't want Zola, the other party is 30 years old, not only to give him the main position, but also to give him a high salary, if Aldridge agrees to this deal, he will lose money.

Thuram did not actively cooperate with Parma's offer, which eventually forced Parma to add more cash to complete the deal, and in mid-July, an agreement was reached.

At the beginning of July, Millwall officially announced that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would join giants Manchester United for £7 million, and a week later, Millwall announced that Thuram, the absolute main right wing-back in the team, had joined Parma in Italy for £7.5 million.

The Premier League season kicks off on 16 August, but Aldridge has a headache to find his side in tatters.

The men's Olympic competition doesn't end until early August, and teams like France, which fell in the quarter-finals, were given a break at the end of July.

Claude Makelele, Andreas Pire, Patrick Vieira and Trezeguet have all been selected for the Olympic Games.

Other players such as Elgra, Capdevilla, Pirlo and others also went for a spin at the Olympics.

This has made Aldridge's pre-season preparations extremely difficult.

What made him even more angry was that Pire and Vieira submitted their transfer requests directly to the club on August 1st!

Arsenal's offer has been sitting on Aldridge's desk for a long time.

£12 million for the two, Aldridge did not agree.

He was waiting for the reaction of the two players, who had called them before, and he tried to keep Pire and Vieira to no avail, and the two players were ambiguous and clearly did not intend to be honest with Aldridge.

In fact, Aldrich was already prepared in his heart.

Pire is different from other players such as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Trezeguet, Schneider, Nedved and many others.

He came to Millwall with pride, he came from the famous Clairefontaine academy in France, and he was a talented teenager with good roots. So. There was a kind of pride in him. If Millwall hadn't brought him in the first place, paid a lot of transfer fees and given him a high salary, he probably wouldn't have come to Millwall, and in this way, he never regarded Millwall as his home in his heart.

Especially this summer, the transfer value of players has skyrocketed, and the top salary of the Premier League has been directly raised to a height that has made club owners angry.

Kevin Keegan snatched Shearer from Alex Ferguson and took him to St James' Park, in addition to the £15 million worth of a new transfer record. He also gave Shearer an unprecedented record weekly wage of £34,000.

This caught the other clubs off guard, and Aldridge even wanted to rush to beat Keegan.

Will Millwall be affected?

Absolutely!

Shearer earns £34,000 a week, so how much should Larson, who is not much different from him, make? What about Nedved? What about Makelele? Wait a minute.

This has led to other teams having to start thinking about salary increases for their key stars.

Aldridge's massive wage spending, which dominated England two years ago, has become unattractive since this summer.

Ferguson sent Aldridge a text message after Shearer's transfer: "You still have the foresight.

Last year, Ferguson laughed at Aldridge for running the club as a fool, but this year, when he looks at it again, he is simply impressed.

Last summer, Aldridge used a salary increase to renew the players' contracts, which made the players' contract status absolutely safe after the implementation of the Boseman Act, and as a result, Millwall could make a big deal about transfer operations.

Because the contract is still very long. For Piret and Vieira to want to move when they want to get out of the way.

But they were wrong, absolutely wrong. As long as they can come to Aldridge and hold their heads high and say: Boss, I want to go to Arsenal.

Aldrich would only symbolically hold on and then let go.

He doesn't want anyone in his team to have a twilight in the morning, Pire's pride is beyond Aldridge's reproach, Vieira has no main position and wants to leave, and Aldridge is difficult to keep, not to mention that they went to Arsenal, from the perspective of the London environment, Millwall and Arsenal are not comparable.

Compared with Stam's "Thanksgiving", the two directly tore their faces and submitted a transfer application to the club, which is fundamentally different from Thuram making a transfer intention to Aldridge in person.

Submitting a transfer application is equivalent to issuing the most difficult ultimatum.

Although it is not absolutely certain that the transfer will be completed, the player's behavior is self-defeating, and if the transfer is not successful, the player will be ostracized in the team and the fans will no longer support him.

Just like the transfer farce of another super goalscorer this summer, Ronaldo publicly declared in June that he wanted to wear Barcelona's jersey, which made Chairman Eindhoven in a dilemma, he didn't want to let Ronaldo go, even if it was a $20 million offer in front of him, but the fans were already clamoring for the Brazilians to get out, and more dramatically, Barcelona President Nunez did not strongly advocate the introduction of Ronaldo, on the one hand, he felt expensive, on the other hand, he felt that Ronaldo was troubled by injuries last season, and he scored highly efficiently in the Eredivisie, This is the result of the overall attacking and defensive style of Dutch football, which is the source of the Netherlands' abundance of goalscorers, and it was Nunez's assistant and England coach Bobby Robson who took over the move to Barcelona.

With these two players' public transfer announcements, Arsenal thought they had the initiative, so the £12 million offer was sent and there was no movement, waiting for Aldridge to relent.

But Aldridge really calmed down, and after rejecting the offer, he didn't say whether the player left or stayed.

It has been consumed, consumed, consumed until Dane couldn't sit still, and took the initiative to come to Aldridge's office to ask what happened to the player's transfer.

Aldridge told the other party in a very flat tone: Millwall invested no more than 5 million pounds in these two players, Millwall is a small temple, but we also have backbone, it is not a big deal, this kind of player who lacks respect for the club, I will not regret putting him in the reserve team for four years, and I will still give him the salary.

If Pire and Vieira could even make a phone call to Aldridge and calmly say that they wanted to transfer, they would not need any other reason, and Aldridge would let them go if they made a slight concession on the transfer fee.

But his mother threatened the club with a transfer statement, which was simply humiliating Millwall, and Aldridge would not compromise.

Dane was the first to relent, Arsenal could not sink any longer, and he directly asked Aldridge how much it would cost him to release him.

Aldridge said it was £20 million.

"12.5 million."

"19.5 million."

"13 million."

"19 million."

"13 million."

"20 million!"

Dane gritted his teeth and made an agreement with Aldridge.

Pire, along with Patrick Vieira, moved to Arsenal for a total fee of £14.5 million. (To be continued......)