Aldridge was looking through the materials when he suddenly remembered something, he opened the drawer, took out a document and handed it to Andrew, saying: "You are more familiar with Africa than I am, and I need your help in this matter." ”

Andrew opened the file and browsed it, and said in surprise: "Millwall went to Africa to build a football school and training camp, what's the use?" Is it worth throwing money at it? If it's for the market, then I should go somewhere else. ”

Aldridge patiently explained: "Not only in Africa, but in the next ten years, Millwall will promote the football brand to the whole world, and every continent, as many countries as possible, will have Millwall's football schools and training camps, so that the selection of the team can be broadened." ”

"Are you getting too obsessed with young players? If possible, do you intend to label your child as a Millwall observer in the womb? ”

Aldrich laughed and said, "I have my own ideas, and I will tell you in detail, and you are not interested in listening to them." ”

Andrew shrugged, agreeing with the other party's statement.

To put it bluntly, Aldridge wants to build football schools and training camps around the world, the core of which is the foundation of the club's selection of materials, and the second is to deal with FIFA's new transfer policy in ten years: banning international transfers of players under the age of 18.

But FIFA's policy itself is self-contradictory.

Now, Millwall can bring players under the age of 18 from Portugal, Italy, Spain and other EU member states back to London, but not when the ban comes out in 10 years' time.

However, there are workarounds.

More than ten years later, the clubs of the major giants are in the young echelon. There are still a lot of foreign players under the age of 18.

The key is how the players came to the club.

In the case of transfers between clubs, the door to international transfers is closed if the player is under the age of 18.

If a player does not belong to a club, if he joins a foreign club directly, he is not under the age of 18!

The only way to do this is to recruit players through the draft of a football school or training camp in another country, and then bring these players back to their home country to continue their training, which is more like the core essence of young players being students, studying in a secondary school attached to a university, and then directly promoted to a university to continue their studies.

If there is no such process. It's more like the player goes straight to a foreign country for employment. Then FIFA does not recognize and forbidden, and one of the more famous cases of punishment in the future is La Masia, where Barcelona made a name for themselves with the success of Dream Three, attracting young players from all over the world to train there. As a result, there are many players who enter the lower echelons of Barcelona, which violates the ban of FIFA. But at the same time, young players like Japan are not among the punishments. The reason for this is that the Japanese players stood out through Barcelona's training camp draft in Japan.

Aldrich is now taking precautions and can't wait for the policy to come out before dealing with it, let alone excluding policy factors. This ability is conducive to the construction investment of the future, which is conducive to Millwall's international influence and popularity.

After reading the information sent by Andrew, Aldrich really had a windfall.

"This teenager, sign a contract with him, help him come to Europe, all the cost Millwall."

Aldridge pulled out a player's file and handed it to Andrew.

Andrew looked down at the dark-skinned teenager and muttered, "Michael Essien, help them immigrate?" ”

Aldrich shook his head and said: "The cost of immigration is too high, he can't come to London, he doesn't have an EU passport and no labor certificate, just right, he is loaned to Belgium, let Tolop take care of me, and I will find a coach to keep an eye on the training." Four years later, he was not yet 20 years old, and Millwall could afford to get an EU passport and return to London. ”

Andrew didn't say a word and agreed, he is very motivated to do this kind of thing, these years of operating players, watching unknown people grow into stars, his inner pride is particularly strong, in the agent circle, he has become a British predator, a force to be reckoned with in Europe, and the competition with other countries' brokerage companies also tends to be white-hot, some places can stand on their feet, such as Spain, Germany, but some places are really fortress-like and strong so that he can't touch, such as Italy.

As the days went by, with a week left to kick off the Premier League, Fleet Street's interest in Millwall began to wane.

Millwall's summer selling, young players on loan, the transfer market is still the same as in previous years, the first team is zero investment, the youth team's group of little kids, Fleet Street knows the road, but when it is published as news, there is really no selling point, who cares about these young people who have not heard the name?

However, Aldridge really has no intention of closing the door to the transfer market.

He needs a striker, a centre-forward, to be exact.

This also gives you an extra option in terms of technical and tactical changes.

Only Ruud van Nistelrooy and Klose are clearly thin in the centre-forward position.

Especially considering that Nedved didn't have a substitute on the bench.

After entering August, the opening of the major leagues is imminent, the transfer of most clubs has already settled, and whether the whistle deal will happen is currently just a soap opera.

Millwall, the new Champions League champion, is a bit shabby, with a net income of £92 million from selling people and zero investment in first-team signings.

Manchester United bought York, and the Black Wind Twins of York + Cole were formed.

Arsenal won the Premier League and FA Cup last season, but Arsene Wenger paid only £3 million for Ljungberg and two children.

Liverpool's supplementary defence has introduced Hyypia and several players worth about 3 million pounds, plus Gerrard, Carragher and other youth products to choose from, and the strength has also been significantly improved.

Chelsea spent more than £5 million on striker Casiraghi from Lazio, defender Freel from Barcelona for £2 million, plus World Cup winners Desailly from AC Milan for £4.6 million, and a number of other free transfer players attracted through high wages. Chelsea continue to spend extravagantly, but in terms of strength, they have improved significantly from last year.

Tottenham had a poor record last season, with average investment in the summer, five or six million to buy five players who are not very famous, and the overall strength has not changed much.

But no matter what, they are all invested one by one, but Millwall can only get in and out, the fans are not in a hurry, and the reporters are so anxious that they want to scold their mothers.

£92 million. You're flowers. Flowers!

Let's have some sensational transfer news!

Aldridge couldn't find a good striker who was on the market or had a scandal, so he checked the news earlier to see if there were any cases of unsuccessful transfers.

This search really found a suitable candidate.

He picked up the phone and called the club's transfer team. To put it bluntly: "£8 million to Monaco for striker Thierry Henry. ”

Henry, who won the World Cup in the summer, was a bit unlucky. Before the start of the World Cup. Juventus were rumored to sign him, but Trezeguet helped Millwall win the European Champions League at the club, which made Moggi finally decide to buy Trezeguet, who had played a prominent role in Millwall's high scoring rate for four years.

But there are a lot of clubs to buy Henry. The bid is not low, Henry's unfortunate is that he was injured when he returned to training in the summer, and now, the big clubs are afraid that Henry's injury will become a hidden danger, and the large investment is wasted, and the small clubs have low bids, Monaco is unwilling, and Henry does not want to go: the value of the champion of the world is over, and if you go to a small team, it is better to stay in Monaco, although there is no Champions League to play.

Because of this, Henry remained at Monaco.

Aldridge feels that Henry is undoubtedly the best candidate, who can transform him into a center forward, plus he has played as a winger and his physical condition has become more mature, he belongs to the kind of role that can fight, whether the team is 433 or 442, whether he plays center or winger, he has a place to play.

As soon as Millwall's offer was faxed to the Monaco club, Tigana's phone call was made to Aldridge within an hour.

"Henry is recuperating from his injuries, don't you know what to do?"

"It's okay, Millwall can take the risk."

Aldrich smiled and replied.

In fact, the physical examination of player transfer is not a hard rule, the physical examination is more to check some hidden diseases that cannot be seen by the naked eye, such as the introduction of players by large clubs, are observed for at least half a year, if you are stuck in the physical examination, it is a joke, although there are indeed such cases, but in essence may not have anything to do with the physical condition of the player, that is, the club regrets it and does not want to introduce players.

There are quite a few players whose transfers are announced before the medical examination, and then go through the medical examination and sign the contract.

Aldridge has confidence in his own medical system, and Henry may be able to recover sooner if he comes here to recuperate.

"Do you really want to?"

"Let's talk about money."

"Fifteen million!"

"Dollars?"

"Pounds!"

"You're robbing money, let's not talk to each other, 10 million pounds, the final offer."

Tigana hesitated for a long time, this price is not low, in terms of the value of the Ligue 1 team to sell players, it is worthy of Henry.

Besides, if he refused, what would Henry think?

He wanted to go to a bigger club and wanted Italy, but unfortunately Juventus bought Trezeguet.

Monaco's lack of Champions League qualification next season has only added to the idea of leaving.

Tigana eventually relented and agreed to Millwall's £10 million transfer offer.

Next, Aldrich flew to France to visit Henry.

Thierry Henry was surprised by Aldridge's presence on his doorstep, knowing that the club had agreed to his transfer offer, but was flattered by Aldridge's sincerity in coming to his door.

After the two sat down, Aldridge couldn't wait to get down to business and get straight to the point: "Thierry, Millwall lacks a quality striker in the new season, a striker who can guarantee the team's goal count, a striker who can help the team improve the probability of winning trophies, I believe that if you come to Millwall, you are the person we need." ”

Hearing such an opening statement, Henry somehow felt a sign of excitement in his heart.

He is the one who has played against Millwall, and he knows how strong that team is, even if he left a lot of main players in the summer, but Millwall's strong guarantee, in the eyes of the outside world, is the champion young coach in front of him.

He began to question his place in the team if he moved to Millwall.

Status is not about dressing room authority, but about the commitment of the main force or the substitute.

Aldrich was not in a hurry to answer, and first asked, "Do you trust me?" ”

Henry was surprised and asked, "Why do you ask that?" ”

Aldridge said in a deep voice: "Because I want to make you better and make you a world-class striker, but you have to trust me, we trust each other and work together to do that." ”

Thierry Henry is no fledgling youngster, he played 100 games in five years at Monaco and scored 20 goals as a winger, which is not a lot of numbers, but it is not a lot, which will give him his own ideas, and if he is stubborn, Aldridge may buy a bomb.

If it was Wenger, it is estimated that he would not ask such a question, after all, it was Wenger who promoted Henry to the first team of Monaco, which can be regarded as an enlightenment mentor.

Henry thought of Aldridge's resume, one outstanding star after another in the past, and he nodded and said: "I trust, I will obey your request." ”

Aldridge nodded and continued: "Okay, then if you want to become a world-class striker, the first thing you have to do is to change your concept, you have to think of yourself as a center forward, as a goalscorer, if you come to Millwall, you will play as a winger or a center forward, no matter which position, you have to further improve the direct threat to the goal, like Larsson, you can play as a center forward, you can also play a winger, the interaction area is large, the offensive threat is high, if you can do what I ask, I believe, you will be one of the strongest contenders for the European Golden Boot." ”

Henry was dumbfounded.

He's a winger who wants to transform into a goal machine with at least 30 league goals in a single season? (To be continued......)