Andrew, who came to Aldrich's office, was in an unusually heavy mood.

When Aldridge got straight to the point about the players, he knew the "-for-tat" conversation was about to begin.

He tried to make the conversation as relaxed as possible.

"Aldridge, you've been a manager for 10 years, and you know better than me that even the most powerful club in the world can't have more than 11 world-class players."

Aldrich heard all that he thought.

He didn't expect Andrew's opening words to be like this.

The reason is very simple, 11 world-class players are hard to form on their own, but if you really have them, one in each position, and then, the bench can be a first-class player, but it can't be world-class, because a world-class star will not want to play on the bench.

For example, 30-year-old Nedved and 26-year-old Kaka can never be one to play the main force and the other to play as a substitute.

However, with the 31-year-old Nedved playing the main team and the 21-year-old Kaka playing as a substitute, this is not a big problem.

In the new season, Nedved is 32 years old and Kaka is 22 years old.

Kaka has not yet reached world-class strength, and Nedved has also entered the end of his career, Aldridge will let Kaka take the lead, let Nedved play a more important role, let Nedved become a substitute for all roles in the team's midfield except for the striker, if a qiē works well, another season, Kaka's further improvement, Nedved is a year older, and the team has completed a perfect transition in position.

Aldrich could probably guess the meaning of Andrew's words.

He gave him a step and said, "Let's talk about Rooney." ”

Obviously, Ribery. Rooney. Ashley Cole.

Of the three. Ashley Cole is a world-class contender, but he has a workhorse at Millwall and Andrew doesn't need to say that.

Ribery is not yet world-class.

Only Rooney, in the eyes of Aldridge, this kid is definitely not world-class, but under the excessive praise of the media, Rooney has been praised as a super-first-class star.

Chelsea's willingness to spend £40 million is not to tease Millwall.

Andrew's expression was gentle. He said softly: "To tell you the truth, Millwall's contract renewal conditions for Rooney are too low. ”

"Wait, you're talking too low, are you comparing to other clubs?"

'Yes, there are a lot of clubs all over Europe interested in Wayne Rooney, but the most sincere are Chelsea and Manchester United, and in my opinion, if Millwall can't keep Rooney, these are the two clubs that are most likely to be sold because the transfer fee they are giving is sky-high. The media revealed Chelsea's £40 million offer, which you should have received. And refused, Manchester United has not made a move yet, Ferguson contacted me, and asked me to convey Manchester United's offer to you, it can be negotiated, the club side starts to move, if it can't be negotiated, it should be nothing. But I would say that Rooney has only two years left on his contract at Millwall and his desire to move away is very strong and I can't dissuade him from staying because at Millwall it doesn't fit his club positioning. ”

Aldrich sneered.

"Not compliant? What did he think Millwall was? Whatever he wants, I have to satisfy him? Did he ask himself what exactly he had contributed before asking for it? Did you ever think about what he said to the media three years ago when he had to join Millwall to get the weekly salary we were offering? ”

Andrew shook his head slightly and sighed: "Aldrich, he is not yet 20 years old, can you expect him to be considerate of you?" He's hungry to be at the core, he's hungry to be a world superstar in the shortest possible time, and from Millwall's standpoint, I think that's a measure of the intensity of the need. Millwall, with Thierry Henry and Villa, may not be able to meet Rooney's needs for the next three years, but just how strong is the club's need for him? ”

Aldrich put down his glass, changed his voice, and asked, "Doesn't he need you to convey me or something?" ”

Andrew was stunned for a moment and asked rhetorically, "What do you mean?" ”

Aldridge closed his eyes and sighed: "I can forgive players who do wrong things, especially young players, impulsive, immature, inconsiderate, I can choose to forgive them for any reason, but, but since the end of the European Cup, Wayne Rooney has not even said a word to me, he never thinks he is wrong, right?" He wants to be a world superstar? Oh, let him be, I hope he can make it happen. ”

"You agreed to let Rooney move?"

Aldridge said coldly: "You are already doing my ideological work and letting me sell people away, do we really want to discuss the point where Rooney does not renew his contract, there are two years left in the contract, and it will drag on?" ”

Andrew looked a little ugly, as if he was embarrassed to face Aldridge, he sighed and added: "The initial offer from Manchester United is £30 million, if you don't want to sell the player to Chelsea, you can negotiate with Manchester United." ”

"Tell me Ribery and Ashley Cole."

There was silence in the office.

Aldrich looked down at Andrew, who was sitting in a chair and bowed his head silently, and after a while he asked, "Is there anything you can't say?" ”

Andrew looked up with a look of helplessness and said: "They want to go to Chelsea. ”

Compared with talking about Rooney, Andrew does not deny the possibility of Rooney's transfer to Chelsea, after all, the transfer fee offered by Chelsea is indeed impossible to ignore, but in terms of transfer fee, Andrew can not care about the share and maximize Millwall's interests as much as possible.

The players themselves don't care much about the transfer fee, after all, the transfer fee has nothing to do with their income.

Although Rooney is ambitious, or ambitious, but he is not too keen on the transfer to Chelsea, Manchester United is in urgent need of strikers, Chelsea has more strikers, and there are many big names, before Crespo left the team on loan, plus Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen, and Drogba, who had just transferred, Rooney would rather go to Manchester United, which has a weak striker, Manchester United is looking for the main striker in the next ten years, and Rooney will not be disadvantaged in terms of treatment, although it is still not as good as the conditions given by Chelsea.

But Ribery and Ashley Cole are different.

It's all about money, for their own treatment.

The former is poor and crazy, and the latter is not afraid of competition. Everywhere you go, you think you should be the main force that can't be beaten by iron.

So other clubs are interested in them. Even Real Madrid Barcelona are interested in Ashley Cole. However, looking at the contract package offered by the other party, Ashley Cole refused, and if it wasn't for the money, he wouldn't have left Millwall.

Millwall's contract extension in the summer was £85,000 a week, which is already the second-tier salary in the team.

But compared to the £120,000 weekly salary given there, the difference is not small.

Moreover, players like him earn different off-field than strikers. There are a lot of shining forwards, a lot of commercial contracts, and it is difficult and rare for a player at the back to become a commercial star.

There was silence in the office again.

Andrew looked up at Aldrich, who was leaning back to the table, and seemed to suppress his anger in his calm.

Aldridge tried his best to restrain his feelings, and said in a deep voice: "You tell Ashley Cole that in two years, he will get the first salary in the team, and wait for another two years." Southgate's retirement freed up room for the wage system. Moreover, he returned to the team in the summer of '02 to play the main team, the first year except for the League Cup, the team had no other results, last season the table was good, the team achieved some achievements, but he still contributed less than other players, Nedved they spent ten years to get the highest salary in the team"

"Aldridge, I know all this, I told him, but he thinks his loss is still very large, because if he goes to Chelsea, the next two years will be equivalent to earning three years of annual salary at Millwall, and two years later, his contract at Chelsea will also enter the stage of renewal, he believes that as long as he is okay, he can still get a salary increase at that time, this is not a simple arithmetic problem, not a consideration of the interest of calculating an annual salary of 40,000 pounds on Wednesday."

Aldrich, who had repeatedly restrained himself, finally couldn't bear it anymore and waved his hand to knock the wine glass on the table to the ground, shattering it.

He glared at Andrew with angry eyes and roared, "Loss? He thinks his loss is great? Did you tell him? Did you tell him who made him? Who made it possible for him to wear the medals of the World Cup, European Cup, European Champions Cup, Premier League around his neck? It's me! His head! Aldrich Hall! And his club, Millwall! You're here to talk to me about your weekly salary, your money, how many thousands, how many thousands, how many thousands! Have you taken the time to communicate with your players? Have they ever had such a word in their dictionary: loyalty! Contribute! Thanksgiving! Do you have? F-U-C-K！ ”

Andrew stood up to face Aldridge and tried to calm him down, and was pushed in the chest by Aldrich, Andrew took two steps back, he looked at Aldrich in shock, and then responded loudly.

"Aldrich! This is not the situation I want! I'm just doing my job! How do people around the world describe people like me? Bloodsucker! That's right, we're goddamn vampires! Who made me such a person? It's you! Have you forgotten? I want to be on your side too, and I want to help you too! But unless I don't do this job, what should I do if you sue me? The world is like this, I can't change it, and so is the greed of human nature, and you can't change it! You're not Ashley Cole, he's less than a hundredth of your net worth! If he goes to Chelsea, he can earn at least £10 million more over the next five years! What does that mean? How many mansions? How many sports cars? How many luxuries? What can I say? What can you say? Oh, you'd say stay at Millwall, come with me to the glory of the shady world, the championship trophy, and enjoy the glory of wearing a medal, but in his position, have you thought about it? The left hand is £10 million, the right hand is a worthless trophy, and behind him, there are already the trophies and medals you mentioned, F-U-C-K! Of the 100 people to choose, at least 99 will choose the £10 million on the left! I don't want to! I don't want to! I also want him to be a noble player, I want him to be a selfless player, I want him to be the second Nedved, the second Larson, but-damn, he's not, he's not! He's my employer, I'm serving him, and if I can't help him make more money, what am I? Aldrich, what do you want me to do? If you think that I didn't help you, I betrayed you, I can abandon my current career, but you should understand that with or without me, the ending of the matter is the same, the difference is only that the person standing in front of you now is not your brother. ”

Andrew, with tears streaming down his face.

He couldn't look into Aldrich's angry eyes, and he couldn't bear the-for-tat situation between the brothers now.

Aldridge's head cleared when he saw Andrew's painful expression, and his tears.

Yes, with or without Andrew, things will not change radically, Andrew has no decision, and his duties and obligations are only to make the players earn more money, and it has nothing to do with the honor on the football field.

Aldridge walked over, hugged Andrew with open arms, and muttered guiltily, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry"

Outside the office door, someone leaned against the wall and eavesdropped for a long time. (To be continued......)