The team is on vacation, but the coaching staff is still busy.

Aldridge discussed with Rafael Benitez and Jenson within the club about the club's squad reinforcements.

They will be competing in the European Champions Cup next year, with a more intense intensity than in previous years, and with a number of young players in the squad coming into the national team, even if they are not in the first team, the call-up to the lower echelons will keep the players on the road back and forth.

After losing two centre-backs and two strikers, Millwall's squad is in dire need of reinforcement.

There are four players at centre-back, and if there are no injuries, there should be no problem dealing with the fourth, and there are six players in the midfield line, and the offensive and defensive options are very balanced, and Aldridge's biggest headache is the forward line.

Apart from the three main players, only Glen Schal and Ruud van Nistelrooy remained on the bench.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is a central midfielder, Glenschare can only play left and right wingers, and Aldridge needs more strikers to complement the attack.

Vanney will have more opportunities to play in the new season, Glen Schal because of his own characteristics, Aldridge will not give him more than 20 opportunities in the new season, because Glenn Charles eats by explosiveness and speed, this kind of player, it takes longer to recover after playing a game with all his strength, and he can't fight continuously, either his body can't bear it, or his performance will be greatly reduced.

Besides, Glen Schal is only 20 years old, his skills are about to be finalized, and when the focus is on strengthening his body in the future, Aldridge does not want too many games to crush his body, just like he did with Pirlo, although Pirlo is the main player, he has not played many games, playing only 26 games last season.

However, the difference in player characteristics and positions will make Pirlo's playing time gradually increase in the future. But Glen Shire doesn't.

Striker. Millwall need strikers. And it's a striker who is willing to play as a substitute.

Benitez offers a number of domestic options, such as some team waivers and some rookies, such as Bellamy and Robbie Keane in the lower leagues.

Veterans that other teams don't want, Aldridge is not interested in bringing in, he thinks it's not cost-effective, and every penny he invests in the transfer market will be carefully calculated.

Bellamy was directly denied by Aldrich. It's not that he's confident that he'll be able to stop a team thorn like Bellamy, but that he doesn't feel the need to buy a time bomb to test whether he can disarm an explosive device.

Robbie Keane's situation is more complicated, the other party turned down the invitation of Liverpool at the same time, and Liverpool is the team he dreamed of joining as a child, but Robbie Keane wants to play in the main team, under the same conditions, Millwall even if he gives more wages, the other party is not impressed.

Aldrich doesn't feel a pity, where is there no new star in the world?

At the beginning of June. Aldridge shelled out his first transfer fee before leaving London.

1 million pounds for Blackburn 18-year-old Damien Duff.

Duff, who played for Blackburn Rovers at the age of 16, has made no more than 15 appearances in the past two seasons. At the critical age of 18, the next development is related to the trend of his career.

Blackburn's form has been on a dip since winning the Premier League title two years ago, finishing eighth in '96 and 14th last season, just two points above the relegation line.

That mercenary army has also fallen apart, and after Shearer's departure, Blackburn Rovers have been completely marginalized in the Premier League.

Against this backdrop, Millwall's meteoric rise to prominence and Aldridge's fame in England led to the development of a number of talented stars, setting off a storm of youth that caught the attention of the whole of Europe.

Unlike 17-year-old Robbie Keane, who is ambitious to ask for an absolute main position, most players under the age of 20 are still self-aware, especially when the Treble team of Millwall sends an offer, they will seriously consider it.

Playing under different coaches naturally has different results, and the club's ability to develop players is an important factor in attracting players.

Millwall have been selling for the past two years, and those who have sold have done well and are good value for money, which has earned them the nickname "Ajax of England".

This is definitely a compliment in the current era.

Because looking at Europe, the players produced by Ajax are hard currency at this time, the quality is guaranteed, there is no need to worry about depreciation, and even most of them will appreciate significantly after landing in the mainstream league.

A player like Patrick Vieira, who was considered less than half as valuable as Pire at the time of the trade last year, a year later, the British media thought Vieira was the new Roy Keane and Arsenal made a lot of money!

Therefore, Millwall's golden sign has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is normal for major clubs to poach them, and their excellent hematopoietic ability also reflects their ability to develop players.

Last season's zero investment in the transfer market and the release of two main players and two main substitutes to win the treble, this is the best proof of this.

Duff hesitated to offer Blackburn Rovers a new contract, which led to Blackburn's passivity, and eventually reached an agreement with Millwall for a transfer fee of £2 million, making Duff the first player to join Millwall when the summer transfer window opened.

After Aldridge finalized the transfer, he gave Adam a list of domestic players, and asked him to find these players to join in person, this list is full of English players, and the age is basically under 18 years old, not Aldridge's first-team selection, in order to supplement the youth training, if some players hesitate, Aldridge will personally come to the door to persuade the other party to join, however, he is short of time, in order to supplement the striker, he must leave London first.

In late May, Andrew boarded a plane with Aldrich to the Netherlands.

The two sat in the first class, and Andrew obviously looked sleep-deprived, and sighed with Aldrich after getting on the plane.

"There's so much going on, and the players' business schedules are about to fall apart."

Aldridge flipped through the magazine and said casually: "You won't set up a team specifically for players?" ”

"yes, that's what I did, or else. How can I have time now? ”

Andrew's agency is also on the right track. Today, he is one of the most famous agents in the UK. He has the most players, covering the Premier League and League One, and further down, he is not interested in dealing with League Two players, and the costs and benefits are not proportional.

Clubs in other major leagues will inevitably have to deal with Andrew because they want to buy Millwall's players. As a result, his network in Europe is expanding rapidly.

At the same time, in South America, the company he established there has also signed many new players, and they are all future hopefuls, although limited by the labor certification system, Aldridge's enthusiasm for non-European players is gradually decreasing, because he does not always want to fight with the FA in terms of player transfers, but other mainstream leagues are a normal choice for South American stars to land in Europe, so Andrew through the South American network, in turn, can also enhance his influence throughout Europe.

Aldridge is not averse to the players having commercial activities in the summer, and there are many players from different countries in the squad. If the nationality of each player is lit up on the map of Europe, then. Millwall's players are almost half of the European map, although such a European team makes Fleet Street criticize Millwall has been out of England, but Millwall's influence in Europe has gradually risen, and it is the international influence that has been enhanced, and the popularity of those well-known stars will also be transferred to Millwall, bringing attention and fame to the team.

He was still thinking about the forward line at this time, and it happened that Andrew was here when he suddenly thought of a forgotten player.

"Hey, where did that genius from Liverpool go?"

Aldrich asked, putting down the magazine and turning his head.

Andrew frowned and asked, "The media has used the word genius badly, who do you say?" ”

"Uh, I think about it, Day, David, Ramour, well, it should be the name, it's the same striker who started Liverpool in the FA Youth Cup final last year, and this year, Owen on the youth bench has started in the first team, but I didn't see Ramour's name in the Liverpool first team, where is this prodigy?"

Originally, Aldridge forgot about this player, even Owen, Gerrard, Carragher, these players, usually don't see them appear in the Liverpool first team when studying the opponent, Aldridge can hardly think of them, but today because I have been thinking about the young striker in my head, I can't help but think of Owen, and then think of David Lamore, who squeezed Owen on the bench in the youth team last year.

At that time, the kid opened the scoring in the game, and the whole game was impressive, and the most important thing is that Aldridge's first impression was that Ramour's style of play was very much in line with Millwall, pulling back and forth on the front line, and reading the game well, rather than waiting for his teammates to pass the ball, and because of this, he let Andrew follow Ramole's contract status at that time, and he didn't remember that Liverpool had such a number one person to play famous.

Andrew shook his head and sighed, "You'd better forget about him." ”

"Hey, you didn't forget, did you?"

Andrew said helplessly: "Alas, he was seriously injured in training last summer, and after he recovered from his injury, the club loaned him to Doncaster, but he behaved there in a mess, and returned to Liverpool half a year ago, and then, he signed a four-year contract with Liverpool at the age of 16, and the contract is about to expire this summer, Liverpool does not plan to renew his contract, and the two negotiated to terminate the contract, Ramour should now be a free agent, not only the Premier League team, but even the League One team is not interested in bringing him in, a month ago, I talked to my peers about this, and everyone sighed, you know, just a year ago, everyone was still vying to become his agent. ”

Aldrich fell into deep thought.

Last year, Ramour was about to turn 19 when he played in the FA Youth Cup, because he could play in the FA Youth Cup as long as he was 18 years old before the start of the new season, and this time this year, he was three months shy of turning 20.

The injury has a double blow to the player's technical ability and body, but at Ramour's age, both technical and physical can still be cultivated, Liverpool gave up this player early, what is it for?

"Who would have thought that Owen, who played as a substitute in the youth team, would be promoted to the first team and score on his debut, setting a record for the youngest goal in the Premier League. Fate, what a fucking fuck. ”

Andrew is still sighing, and Aldridge is also embarrassed.

Professional football is sometimes so cruel, and if you don't cross the key hurdle for players, then your fate will be turned upside down.

"Do you still want to find him?"

Aldridge frowned and hesitated, Liverpool are not fools, they took the initiative to give up the young players they focused on developing, which must have been well thought out.

But after thinking about it, the story of a wealthy family letting go of a genius seems familiar.

"If I can find him, let him try out at Millwall, and see if he really goes from a prodigy to a mortal, I want to see for myself what he has become."

"Okay, when I get off the plane, I'll call back to the company to find someone to arrange. By the way, we go to Amsterdam, is the destination Ajax? ”

Aldrich picked up the magazine again and said lightly, "Hmm." ”

"Hehe, who are Millwall going to pay for?"

"No one buys it, grab a flying man." (To be continued......)