Galliani looked down at the note that caught his eye, the content was relatively simple.

R：1500

B:1350

M:1200

L:1000

J:1000

Unit: 10,000 pounds sterling.

With Galliani's wisdom, it took less than two seconds to understand what the English letter meant.

It's all an offer from a big club!

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool, Juventus.

Aldridge continued: "This is the offer that some clubs made for Shevchenko last summer. ”

Real Madrid is rich and handsome, as long as they play a famous talent, they all want it, and the price is not low.

Barcelona left the aliens last summer and wanted to take a place from Larsson and Shevchenko to replace Ronaldo's departure, but they couldn't do so.

Manchester United and Liverpool have also thrown an olive branch to Shevchenko.

Serie A champion Juventus, Lippi also wants Shevchenko, last summer, Vieri left Madrid, Boksic joined Blue Eagle Lazio, Padovano is over 30 and other factors, but Juventus is not particularly enthusiastic, and finally brought in Inzaghi.

"Shevchenko only proved himself in the Premier League last summer, but now his performances in the Champions League group stage are even more convincing. Sir, AC Milan has money, but it's not the one who can make the most money, if I were to sell Shevchenko for a sky-high price, I wouldn't be here to meet you, the reason why I didn't meet with representatives of other clubs is only one reason, AC Milan is Shevchenko's childhood dream. He longed for San Siro. I hope he can make his dream come true. But please don't trample on his enthusiasm. ”

Galliani let out a long sigh after listening to Aldrich's remarks.

Things seem to have gotten a lot simpler.

He would have been more sure of the past, because the player wants to join AC Milan, which is extremely important in the post-Bosman era.

But in the face of Aldridge, Galliani felt that things were tricky.

It's hard to negotiate!

Haggling to the death is like trampling on the enthusiasm of the players.

But if you come up with a record transfer fee. It seems that it is not worth it, and it is not easy to explain to the boss of the boss, Mr. Bei.

"Mr. Hall, to be fair, what do you think Shevchenko is worth?"

Aldridge shrugged and said: "At least not less than 25 million pounds, Real Madrid opened 15 million pounds last summer, with Real Madrid's current predicament in La Liga, if I sit at the negotiating table with them, they should not be stingy to add a little more, not to mention Shevchenko's performance in the past six months, which has indeed increased his value a lot." ”

Galliani shook his head with a wry smile and said, "25 million pounds? Maybe Real Madrid can take it. But Milan certainly can't. ”

Aldridge sighed: "You are going to take away the future Mr. Ballon d'Or, a striker who scores at least 20 goals a season for the team. How many league goals have AC Milan scored in this half season? Does the whole team add up to 20 balls? ”

Galliani's face became ugly, and he said depressedly: "Mr. Hall, if you are here to laugh at Milan today and want me to retreat, then you are really not kind. ”

Aldridge pressed his hand to signal the other party to calm down, and said softly: "In this way, how much can AC Milan play?" ”

"£12 million."

"20 million."

"13 million."

"The gap is too big for us to reach a consensus."

"One price, £16 million!"

Aldridge rubbed his temples, hesitated for a long time, and then said: "I'm a guy who likes to make friends, and if you open £16 million, then I have to put a clause in the contract. ”

"What terms?"

"30% of the next transfer."

"Impossible!"

"Well, you do me a favor, and then add two million pounds, another £18 million, and we'll make the deal."

Galliani thought about it, 18 million pounds, it's almost a big gamble, but Milan has been in the sink for two seasons, and it really needs to inject fresh blood, and it can have a boosting effect.

He asked in a deep voice, "How can you help me?" ”

Aldridge turned up the corners of his mouth and said, "Let's talk while eating." ”

When dinner came, Aldrich and Galliani exchanged words about "helping".

When the dinner was over, Galliani said with a sad face: "I can't make a promise. ”

"As long as you do help me, in the summer, my commitment still counts, hehe, happy cooperation."

"Cooperation, pleasure, and pleasure."

Galliani flew back to Milan that night to continue his winter transfer operations for Milan.

Aldrich really can't be idle.

Shevchenko's departure is a certainty, Aldrich only hopes that in the second half of the season, Ukrainian nuclear warheads will be able to walk the talk and fight multiple fronts for Millwall!

Another player in the club confirmed his departure in the winter.

Martin O'Neill also invited Aldrich to dinner.

Aldrich has so many invitations throughout the year, some for socialites, some for personal friends, that he always has to take some time to decline certain invitations.

O'Neill didn't want to wait until the summer to buy Tony.

He feared Tony's stellar performances at Leicester City would make him a target for other big clubs.

Toni is still more practical now, Martin O'Neill reuses him, and he also wants to serve Martin O'Neal, so, after the end of the loan for half a season, after returning to the club, Tony talked to Aldridge about future plans, and in the second half of the season, he does not want to go to Leicester City on loan, but a permanent transfer, at least, his salary will rise some.

During dinner talks with O'Neill, Aldridge agreed to Toney's transfer for £3.5 million.

Before the FA Cup kicks off, Aldridge deals with a number of invitations at the club, mostly charity dinners. The organizers, who didn't know him, wanted him to attend. An invitation will be sent to the club.

After these invitations have been processed. Aldrich glanced at the reservation form brought by the club staff again.

Throughout the year, he always has to deal with the player's agent a lot of the time in his work, and not all of Millwall's players are under Andrew's banner, so if you want to talk to the agent, you have to make an appointment first, so that both parties have a preparation process.

But he saw on the booking schedule a name that is new to English football coaching circles now, but familiar in the future.

David Moyes.

After seeing his name. Aldridge made a special call to the assistant to ask for the other party's information, and after confirming that this Moyes was indeed the Moyes he knew in his previous life, Aldrich asked the assistant the purpose of the other party's desire to see him.

'He said he wanted to go on loan.

"Oh? Where does he work? ”

"Preston Club."

"Preston? Isn't that our opponent tomorrow in the FA Cup? ”

"That's right."

"What is his position in Preston? When studying Preston's profile, the opposing head coach was not him. ”

"Oh, he's the acting manager now, and the original manager just got out of class three days ago."

"Hehe, interesting, cancel the reservation, I'll talk to him directly after the game."

"It's good."

Preston North End are now in the third tier, League Two.

FA Cup they were out of luck. Drew Millwall, and at the same time was a guest.

Aldrich when studying his opponent. It is enough to not know this kind of low-level opponent too deeply, to have a general understanding of the opponent's style of play, to threaten the players, and to have advantages and disadvantages, after all, the club's intelligence collectors do not have so much time to spend energy on the lower divisions.

Following.

Aldridge met Moyes at the Lions' Den Stadium, who was standing in front of the visitors' dugout in a sportswear, looking dignified and directing the game, but due to the quality of the Preston players, he did not have much room to play.

Aldridge sat in his seat and didn't move the whole game, and he didn't go into the dressing room at halftime, letting Benitez go, because the team led 3-0 in the first half.

In this kind of abusive competition, the trio of Gudjohnsen, Duff, and Van der Meyde played well.

And a big factor is that Preston North End is demoralister, they are now in the League Two relegation zone, so the previous manager was sacked and David Moyes was promoted from assistant coach to acting manager.

The brother's quality is still good, at least before he took charge of Everton, United made him an offer to be an assistant coach, but Moyes also wanted to make his own way at that time, so he turned down Ferguson's offer.

As for the later story with Manchester United, uh, Moyes is a bit of a tragedy, he dared to take over the legendary class, this porcelain job, even if there is a diamond, may not be able to do it well.

At the end of the match, Aldridge stood up and walked to shake hands, feeling a little embarrassed, and met Moyes for the first time and gave him five eggs.

David Moyes was not disappointed, Preston lost five away to Millwall, and the outside world probably felt normal.

Arsenal came here and were beaten by 5.

"Hello, Mr. Hall."

Moyes now has an air of humility, and it is estimated that he is still acting halfway through his appointment, and he probably feels like he is walking on thin ice.

Aldridge shook the other man's hand and smiled: "Let's go to my office and talk about the loan players by the way. ”

Moyes had a smile on his face, he was really afraid that the young coach would be domineering and look down on Preston North End and not want to loan the player to them.

Arriving at Aldrich's office, Moyes looked curiously at the layout, which was very simple, decorated only by four picture frames nailed to the wall, which contained family photos of Millwall every year from the summer of '94 onwards.

Moyes looked at the players inside and was full of emotion.

Looking at the family portrait of '94, it's like going back in time, and at that time, who would think that Larsson, Trezeguet, Nedved were so amazing?

Aldridge poured two glasses of wine and gave one to Moyes, who sighed: "Mr. Hall, your ability to develop players is really admirable. ”

"It doesn't have much to do with me, it's the talent of the players, plus the hard work and obedience."

"Hehe, there's no need to be presumptuous, maybe you don't like to hear it, in fact, Millwall has a lot of players who don't seem to have any talent, but now they have become quality players."

"That's because we have a different understanding of talent, and if talent is just about a player's skills, then professional football is no different from freestyle football."

Moyes was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said: "Mr. Hall, I want to loan a few players to Millwall on behalf of Preston on loan until the end of the season, I can guarantee that all players who come to Preston on loan will be treated equally and give them the opportunity to practice as much as possible, originally, I just wanted these players to help the team out of the predicament, but due to financial difficulties, the loan fee and the salary of the loan period, we cannot afford it." ”

Aldridge touched his chin and nodded: "Although I have studied the Preston North End team recently, after all, you are now the head coach, so, forgive me, I need to delay you for some time, you have to tell me a few points, first, who you want to loan, second, how to use this player after the loan, and third, the minimum number of appearances of the loan player." ”

Moyes was shaken, stretched out his hand, and said, "Then we will sit down and talk in detail." ”

"Good!" (To be continued......)