Heathrop was born in 1969 and is now 36 years old, many players at this age have retired, but as a goalkeeper, 36 is not too old.

Unlike many South American professional footballers, who play football for a living, Heatrop was born into a wealthy family and received a good education from an early age, and his process of becoming a professional player is also a legend.

In 1987, at the age of eighteen, Heatrop was admitted to Harvard University, where he studied mechanical engineering and won a football scholarship.

Five years later, in May, just before graduating, Hislop, who was already a little famous at the time, was caught up by a scout from Reading FC during a friendly match against Asvela for the Baltimore Trail Blazers, and since then he has been on the road to professional football.

As long as you count his age, Heathrop only became a professional player from Harvard University, and when he became a professional player, he was almost twenty-four years old.

Most of the professional players at this age have already made a name for themselves, but Heathlop, who has a degree in mechanical engineering from Harvard University, gave up his research career to focus on the career of professional football, and quickly became the main goalkeeper of the Reading team.

Heatrop went on to play for Newcastle United, West Ham United and Portsmouth, where he played in the top flight and was an absolute goalkeeper except for three seasons at Reading.

Last season, Heathrop was injured.

Although it was only a sprain in his lower back, he recovered after a month of recuperation, but at Portsmouth, which focuses on developing a new generation of young goalkeepers, there is still no place, and he can only choose to leave at the end of his contract.

A lot of teams are competing for Hislop.

Millwall's advantage is that the team plays in the Premier League, which is the key to attracting Heatrop, and the other point is that Heathrop can play in the main team when he comes to Millwall.

The attractiveness of the latter is key.

There are many Premier League teams competing for Hislop, but they already have a main goalkeeper, Heatrop chose to sign and can only play second goalkeeper, he is 36 years old after all, and it will be almost time to retire in two years.

Hislop will be hoping to play in the top flight, as he is likely to represent Trinidad and Tobago in next year's World Cup, and only by being a top flight player will he be able to guarantee his World Cup form.

So Heathrop chose Millwall.

Zhang Yang didn't expect the club to sign such a heavyweight goalkeeper, which was a real surprise, he always felt that Graham Stark was too young and frizzy.

Graham did well last season, but Millwall's second-half goal deficit may have been attributed to his own successful use of foresight rather than how well the goalkeeper performed.

The arrival of Hislop has cemented the goalkeeper position.

Now the team has six players joining, four of them are defenders, plus the original team of Darren Ward, Barry Cogan and other players, whether it is full-back or central defender, the personnel are already full.

Another team to join is Jamie Vardy.

Jamie Vardy has nothing to say, he can only be a young talent, and if he can perform well, he will be the best, and if he does not perform well, he will only occupy a substitute spot.

Then Zhang Yang began to care about the unfinished transfer, he was most concerned about the striker, last season's lack of forward ability was obvious, even if he continued to use his ability to help the team score more goals, but many games were still lacking in goals.

This is the result of the lack of quality in the forward line.

Neil Harris is old after all, at the age of thirty-three, it is difficult to fight on the field, and it is really difficult to hope for what he can do in the Premier League.

Kevin Gere chose to leave.

Although Zhang Yang did not want to sell Kevin Gere, Kiel believes that the team has no place for him.

Kiel ran out of space last season and by the second half of the season Braniff was so good that Kiel barely had playing time.

Braniff is one of the capable strikers, but it is still unpredictable to see what he will do in the Premier League.

The most important thing at the moment is to finalize a capable striker.

The flamboyant choice is Darren Bent.

In my memory, Darren Bent still performed very well in the Premier League, and he relied on his continued excellent performances to be selected for the England national team.

Zhang Yang immediately inquired about Darren Bent's transfer progress.

"Ipswich agreed to sell, but we still need to compete." Ebenezer replied, "This player is just a little too expensive. ”

Millwall's transfer funds are limited.

Whether the funds prepared by the club are 6 million pounds, or the funds obtained from bank loans, plus some proceeds from the sale of players, the total is only 7 million pounds, for the transfer, the preparation of 7 million pounds, probably only 80%, the remaining 20% of the funds, to be used in the middle of the transfer and the expenditure of signing fees, etc., in short, the club's funds are somewhat insufficient.

More than £2 million has been spent on other players, and less than £4 million is left to use.

"Charlton's offer has reached three million pounds, are we going to consider giving it up? A different goal? 'Ebenezer is tentatively probing, and for Millwall, more than £3 million is too expensive for a player.

Zhang Yang pursed the corners of his lips.

The 'poverty' of the small club is really helpless, let alone three million pounds in two years, sell Millwall Club, and no longer want to buy Dalen Bent.

However, how much the transfer fee is, in fact, has nothing to do with Zhang Yang, and it is impossible for the money to enter his pocket, he directly set the tone, "As long as we can sign Dalen Bent, our lineup will be complete." ”

Ebenezer is fine.

If you don't need transfer funds anymore and use all the money to sign important players, it won't be anything.

Transfer funds are meant to be spent.

"Then we don't have much hope of taking Darren Bent, who seems to be leaning towards Charlton himself as far as I can tell."

"Why?"

Ebenezer explained: "Charlton are old Premier League teams, they finished in the top 10 last season and we are just a promoted team! ”

Zhang Yang frowned.

Millwall has few advantages over Charlton.

The two teams are in the same London region, Charlton Athletic is an old Premier League powerhouse, having played in the Premier League since 2000 and has always been in the middle of the table, and is a strong team.

Charlton Athletic is also a small regional club, but they have played in the Premier League for several seasons in a row, and their finances are so much stronger than Millwall that it is almost impossible to 'bid' with Charlton for Darren Bent.

Darren Bent wants to go to Charlton too?

Zhang Yang took a deep breath and decided, "You help me contact Darren Bent's agent and ask me if I can meet him in person, and I want to talk to him in person." ”

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Darren Bent spent his childhood in Duding, south London, and was an Arsenal fan who used a season ticket to attend the game.

At the age of ten, Darren Bent moved to Cambridgeshire with his family and attended the Ipswich Town Football Academy, where he was a star in the Ipswich City academy and progressed from the academy to the youth team to the Ipswich Town first team, with the team in his first season, making five Premier League appearances.

That season, Ipswich were relegated.

Darren Bent has been with the team in the Championship since then, making an average of 34 appearances for the team over the past three seasons, scoring 16 goals.

Darren Bent is getting better and better.

The first season to become a regular was due to the relegation of Ipswich Town and the departure of the main striker, so he became the second striker, scoring 12 goals that season, 16 goals in the second season, and 20 goals for Ipswich last season.

Although Darren Bent has scored more and more goals, he has not been noticed by the big clubs because he only plays in the Championship, and the top scorer in the Championship has scored 33 goals, compared to 20 goals.

So the competition for Darren Bent is still a small team.

In fact, Darren Bent didn't want to leave Ipswich, he was very affectionate to Ipswich and hoped to re-enter the Premier League with the team, Ipswich had a good result this season, ranking fourth in the league at the end of the season, but unfortunately last week, the Championship promotion play-offs ended, and Wigan Athletic appeared in third place, and Ipswich was still out.

Darren Bent also knew it was time for him to leave.

It can't be helped.

Ipswich cannot play in the Premier League, the club's finances will be greatly affected, they will not be able to meet the salary requirements of Darren Bent, and if they want to have a good future, Darren Bent must also start playing in the top league, after all, he is 21 years old, if he continues to stay in the second division, it will be difficult to improve in the future.

Darren Bent applied for a transfer from the club and there were plenty of clubs up for grabs.

Charlton?

Millwall?

This is the option that Ipswich gave to Darren Bent.

If it had been the year before, even if Millwall had completed the promotion, Darren Bent would have chosen Charlton without hesitation.

Charlton's advantage is too obvious!

It was a Premier League powerhouse with a chance of qualifying for the Europa League, while Millwall were just a regular promotion horse.

But now it's different.

Darren Bent has a big impression of Millwall, or indeed all the players who play in the Championship, as the team has done wonders in the second half of the fixture, drawing just two games and winning the rest of the games.

How did they do it?

Even media reports are asking this question, and of course the answer is no, Darren Bent is also a little hesitant, his agent Boku believes that it is better not to make a choice and let the two clubs bid, "It's still early, let them fight!" This way you can get a higher salary. ”

Darren Bent agreed.

Because of this, Darren Bent has not yet decided which team he wants to go to.

On this day, Darren Bent was shopping with his new girlfriend Atanes, and his agent Boku suddenly called him, "Darren, it's about your transfer, the manager of Millwall wants to meet you, is he interested?" ”

Darren Bent replied, "What do you think? ”

"It's better to meet him, after all, it's Millwall's manager, and if we can't talk about it, we'll choose Charlton."

Darren Bent let out a long breath.

Charlton and Millwall are competing for him, which seems to sound good, but when it comes to his own transfer, no one will not care, no matter how high the transfer offer is, it is not the income that goes into his pocket, all he values is the treatment and salary, he can meet the manager of one side, and after the face-to-face negotiation, the transfer can be finalized.