Aldridge walked out of Old Trafford to take a taxi to the train station when his cell phone rang.

It's just that he habitually took out his mobile phone and canceled the silent mode, and he found that there were a few text messages, and there were also two missed calls, and it happened that when he took out his phone, another call came in.

Caller: Melanie.

"Hey."

"Aldrich, where are you? You're just crazy today! ”

"I'm going back to London."

"Huh? Are you still in Manchester? ”

'Yes, I just had a chat with the Manchester United boss in his office.

"What is there to talk to him? You two are not from the same era. Then you come to my house for dinner, my mother wants to see you too, she said she wants to see my boyfriend. ”

"Okay, then you tell me the address, and I'll take a taxi."

After hanging up the phone, Aldrich temporarily suppressed the gloom in his heart.

He didn't promise Ferguson to his face, or refused.

There is nothing wrong with the transfer fee, and in this year, United's offer is reasonable, although perhaps in three to five years' time, Larsson and Trezeguet's value will soar to more than £15 million.

However, there are three aspects involved in the transfer, Manchester United, Millwall, and the player himself.

Aldridge could have been left alone if United had not made an offer, but when United did, the situation was completely different.

Aldridge will not rush into agreeing because the importance of these two players to Millwall cannot be overstated.

But you can't say no, what if the player wants to go? Manchester United are not making insulting offers or failing to meet their wage needs.

If there is a conflict between the will of the player and the club, the two will not necessarily have more advantages than disadvantages to stay in the team, not to mention that Aldridge wants to establish an image, and he will force the player to keep the player and cause some rumors of discord, which will have a negative impact on him to sign new players in the future, Millwall itself is not attractive, if the manager can no longer attract players to vote, then the club has no future at all.

It's not that Aldridge can't sell players, he borrowed 30 million pounds from his eldest brother Barnett, what will he pay back?

Is it just a low income from running a club? I'm afraid it won't be back for ten years.

He relied on almost the same salary as England's first-line stars to the main players, just to keep the players, and if he wants to sell them in the future, he will also sell them for a good price.

If the deal between Larsson and Trezeguet is reached, Aldridge will earn close to 10 million pounds a year from the two players!

And in the next two years, he will inevitably have to make up for it by selling players, and the club's budget, after this season, will run out, if the operating income can increase significantly in this season, then Aldridge can still hold on for a season, but by the time he reaches 97, I'm afraid he will become poor.

The first season of the Premier League is too important for Millwall, which is not only about survival, but also about the limits of achievement.

Aldridge called Andrew while waiting for the car, and when Trezeguet brought in last year, the agent was changed to Andrew, and in the summer Larsson renewed his contract, and he also became Andrew's player.

The matter of Manchester United will offer two players is simply communicated to Andrew, and what to do is not for Aldridge to ask, in fact, he and Andrew, between the two brothers, should be the two sides of the conflict of interest.

If it weren't for the fact that Larsson and Trezeguet had just signed new contracts in the summer and their wages had risen sharply, especially Larsson, who had risen from £8,000 a week to £15,000, Andrew would have acted as an agent to either help the player move to Manchester United or use it to help the player get a bigger contract at Millwall.

Everything between the brothers is self-explanatory, and Aldridge actually feels relieved, at least the most difficult agent in the transfer transaction is his brother, and he is sure that Andrew will not stab him in the back.

The taxi came, and Aldridge got in the car and asked the driver to drive to Liverpool.

It's not an hour's drive from Manchester to Liverpool, and the two cities are so close to each other, but cultural, religious, political, economic, and football are opposites.

Throwing away all his troubles, Aldrich looked at the street scene outside the car window, and along the way, the landscape that could be seen was the very different cultural atmosphere of the two cities, and he could also feel that the historical changes led to the different destinies of the two cities.

Manchester's conservative tradition, the rise of more than 200 years ago "World Factory" has declined, after the Second World War industrial decline, nearly 30 years of manufacturing has been declining, large-scale layoffs have made Manchester begin to embark on a painful transformation, from manufacturing to services, and in the streets and alleys, Manchester people are all sad and mournful for the city's lost glory.

Liverpool, as a famous port city in the United Kingdom, is more open and free of many elements, so the talented Beatles can be born here, and they also quickly embarked on the road of revival in the nineties, and the economic growth rate in recent years has surpassed that of London, becoming the vanguard of British economic growth, Liverpool is a city with an artistic atmosphere, and has cultivated many artists.

As the scene changed, Aldrich suddenly thought that Melanie was from Liverpool, and perhaps most of her musical talent and inspiration came from the magical port city of Liverpool.

Aldrich favors talented people and respects hard-working people, and perhaps it is because Melanie also has these two qualities that he is tempted.

And he is indifferent to women with empty skins, otherwise, he would have been able to spend the Spring Festival with countless three versions of girls when he was young and rich.

When he got out of the car in front of Melanie's house, Aldridge looked down at his face and regretted it.

The suit was of excellent quality and not wrinkled, but there were obviously two stains on the trouser leg down from the knee leg, which were left by him when he rushed into the field to kneel and skate to celebrate, and there were some sporadic dirt marks on the suit, which were stained when the players came to hug him.

Taking off his suit and putting it on his arm, he stood in front of the door and suddenly said to himself: the first time he came to the door, but he was empty-handed.

He has always paid attention to etiquette and demeanor, and he feels embarrassed.

If you knew this, you should have knocked on a bottle of good wine from Ferguson before you came.

He had been standing in front of the door for a long time, and suddenly found that the door was open, Melanie stared at him strangely, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you standing at the door and not ringing the doorbell?" Don't you want to come? ”

Aldrich smiled wryly: "I came in a hurry, I didn't bring any gifts." ”

Melanie rolled her eyes, dragged him by the arm, and kissed him on the cheek, saying, "Zhilu said that you just finished directing the game, just came to have a light meal, not your family's kind of high-class dinner, which makes people nervous, just casual, my family is very hospitable." ”

Aldrich slandered in his heart: high society?

If someone else had said that, Aldrich would have thought it was sarcasm.

In Britain, the real upper-class people are not comparable to the Hall family, and the authentic aristocrats are often able to have afternoon tea with the ministers in Downing Street, and go horseback riding and playing ball with the royal family, the Hall family is just a nouveau riche.

It is said that Liverpool is Skossian and hospitable, and Aldridge was very impressed when he first met Melanie's parents.

Melanie has a younger brother who is a Liverpool fan like Melanie.

He had been watching Liverpool in the afternoon, witnessing Liverpool's narrow one-goal win over Sheffield Wednesday at Anfield, and it was a joy to come home elated to hear that Manchester United had held a hard-fought draw at home to the promoted side.

What surprised him even more was that he saw his sister's boyfriend at home at dinner, the magical promotion coach Aldridge, who was not a few years older than him.

The dinner was very harmonious, and Aldrich, although not as knowledgeable as the academics, was fortunate to have traveled far and wide, and his conversation was extraordinary and gentle.

It's just that Melanie's younger brother watched the post-match highlights and talked to him about football, talking about which Millwall player would achieve more at Liverpool, and imagining that Liverpool could win the league title this season.

Liverpool, that is also a traditional giant who has not won the league title since 90 years.

Aldridge doesn't want to hit him, even without Millwall's sudden rise, Liverpool's next top-flight title doesn't know when it will be, at least in the history of Aldridge, that's almost a full 24 years! Whether it will surpass Manchester United's dark record of 26 years without a top-flight league at the end of the Ferguson era, it is hard to say, anyway, there is no indication that Liverpool will quickly win the league title in 20 years, after all, the Premier League is already a different picture at that time.

After dinner, Melanie's family chatted happily for nearly two hours, Aldrich saw that it was not early, got up to say goodbye, and Melanie's mother said, "It's so late, let's leave tomorrow, there is a room at home for guests to stay." ”

Melanie knew Aldrich very well, she picked up his suit and unfolded it, put it on for him and smiled at the family: "You don't know, he is a workaholic, he will definitely go to the club early tomorrow morning, don't embarrass him." ”

Melanie's parents laughed, kind and relieved, feeling that there were few hard-working young people like Aldrich, who made this a flashy society.

Melanie sent Aldrich out, outside the door, the two hugged each other and kissed goodbye, and when she was crimson and panting, she said: "I also go to London to watch the game on the weekend, you have to come on!" As much as I believe you, the media still makes you angry, Aldrich, you're going to hit back at those voices, right? ”

She's been in the last few weeks, and the Spice Girls will be busy for their first album.

Millwall were not favored before the season, which is understandable, and no promoted horse will be particularly favored, especially a team like Millwall that has neither the background nor the large-scale introduction of well-known stars.

Aldrich pinched her soft face and smiled, "I don't care what people say. ”

Seeing her glaring, as if dissatisfied with what he said, Aldrich sighed: "There is no time, who would spend hours a day flipping through the newspaper to see what people outside are saying about themselves?" Take the time to figure out how to fight back? Tired or not? Well, let's not talk about it, I should go, I'll be back in two weeks anyway, and when the time comes, hehe, I guess your family won't welcome me. ”

Melanie kissed him on the lips again and laughed: "If Millwall beats Liverpool at Anfield, you dare to show up here, be careful not to go back to London!" Hahaha, Aldrich, be careful on the road, give me a call when you get home. ”

Aldrich shook his head and said, "It's going to be late, nothing will happen." ”

"No way!"

"Send a text message."

"No! Phone, or I'll call you every ten minutes. ”

"You won, I'll call you when I get home, good night."

Aldrich turned around and walked to the neighborhood intersection, got in the car and left.

It wasn't until the taxi disappeared that Melanie hopped back home with her hands behind her back.

Aldrich closed his eyes tiredly in the car.

Manchester United's transfer intentions couldn't have come at a better time, as they are at the start of the Millwall Devils' schedule, hosting local derby rivals Arsenal next week, and coming back the next week, not Manchester, but Liverpool

PS: Thank you for the reward of the "post-90s gentleman"!

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