Leo youth training base was listed.

The new echelon coaching staff meeting laid the foundation for the development of new talents.

Expansion of the medical department.

Babu went to the United States for a month in the summer and brought back the American expertise in physical training, which he will promote within the club, and the physical training of sports disciplines alone, the United States has led the world in the contemporary world, and physical training is a separate professional field, which will help Millwall's players to develop better, and it is a reasonable growth in combination with sports equipment

Aldridge did everything himself, because Millwall used to be called nothing, and some were old and could not keep up with the pace of the times, so Aldridge had to make sure that there were no problems with the club's top-to-bottom framework, and when everything was on track, he didn't have to worry about it anymore.

In mid-to-late July, the players returned, and when the day of the assembly arrived, Aldridge wore club jerseys and walked with members of the coaching staff to the training ground, where the players were chatting and talking about the wonders of the summer vacation.

"Huh? Who are you? ”

Aldridge walked up to the middle of the players and inexplicably reached out and pressed it on the shoulder of a somewhat fat young man.

Pireha laughed and said, "Chief, he's David!" ”

"David? David Trezeguet? You're his brother, right? Say, where the hell did he go? Don't want to use a stand-in to fool around, look at your figure, it's far from David, look at your belly, you can be used as a trampoline, eh? Flexibility is good. ”

Aldrich reached out and patted the young man's stomach, it was really fleshy.

The other players whistled and heckled.

"That's right! I'll just say he's definitely impersonating! ”

Schneider is also starting to fall into the ground.

Trezeguet touched his big bald head, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Aldrich, so he could only whisper bitterly: "Boss, it's really me." ”

Aldridge, of course, knew that the fat young man in front of him was Trezeguet, and he beckoned to the players: "Today is the first day of training, the task is very simple, go to the Leo youth base for a physical examination, I don't ask how you play during the holidays, anyway, as long as you don't break the law and come back to the club, it's enough, but before the start of the new season, if the physical indicators can't meet the standard, then sit on the bench." David, can you still run? ”

"Boss, absolutely no problem!"

After saying that, Trezeguet was the first to run outside the training ground, but compared to his sturdy figure last season, the obviously fat lad ran a little funny.

Aldridge high-fived and greeted the returning players one by one, and some of the players even took out gift boxes and gave them to Aldridge and other members of the coaching staff, most of them special souvenirs brought from their hometowns or souvenirs bought from their trips.

Aldridge carried a large bag of gifts, looked at the players running by in front of him, smiled and nodded.

There are only a few players in the team who have gained significant weight, and the slightly older players, especially Southgate, Nedved and Larsson, who are exemplary members of the team, have obviously maintained proper exercise during the holidays, while gym freaks like Gattuso and Ballack have obvious muscle strengthening.

Let Craig take the players to the academy while Aldridge sends the other first-team coaches back to the hotel for a meeting.

In the conference room, he pulled out a table of Premier League fixtures for next season for the coaches to look at.

After everyone has seen it, Aldridge, like last season's preseason meeting, first discussed with everyone the thickness of the squad, the talent pool in each position, and whether it needs to be strengthened through targeted reinforcements.

On the discussion of this topic, everyone's opinions are relatively unanimous.

The first team has 30 men in Millwall, and the squad is strong enough without the impact of a large number of injuries.

Aldridge then did the same as last season, with a strong and weak division of the Premier League teams.

"Combined with the team's scouting intelligence analysis, next season's Premier League, there are at least five teams that can attack the title, defending champion Blackburn, Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Arsenal. Those who can stabilize in the upper reaches of the table are Nottingham Forest, who finished third in the league last season, and Tottenham. But this is only a conservative estimate, and every season, there will always be a few teams that exceed expectations. And because Millwall is based in London, our derby opponents are, in descending order: West Ham United, Chelsea, Wimbledon, Tottenham, Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers. To sum up, I would like to ask you a question: can Millwall attack the championship in the Premier League in the new season and finally win the cup! ”

As soon as the voice fell, the audience was shocked!

Everyone's eyes involuntarily turned to the young figure sitting at one end of the long table.

Aldrich's eyes were like torches, and his handsome face was as cold as ice.

This is a very deliberate topic.

The team's goals for the season are related to the planning of the whole season.

If a team has no ideals and goals, it will naturally lack motivation, take one step at a time, play where it counts, play well, want to achieve high goals, the game collapses, give yourself a step, such a team, never become a climate.

Just like last season, Aldridge's goal is to train the team, the results are not important, so when the League One is far ahead, he has not shifted the goal to the cup, the season is a whole, with strong continuity, the consequences of Longwangshu are likely to be chicken and egg fights, many teams in history are competitive in multiple lines but eventually collapsed and lost everything, the big reason is the lack of greed, overestimating their own strength, and the team in the case of high expectations will also have a knock-on effect.

The members of the coaching staff bowed their heads solemnly in contemplation.

Premier League champions?

The myth of the promotion horse winning the championship?!

This is nothing new, in English football, almost 20 years ago, Nottingham Forest's first year of promotion to the First Division destroyed Liverpool's dream of a red dynasty to win three consecutive titles, but such a miracle is only once in the nearly 50-year history of English football.

In Ligue 1, there are more teams that have won the championship with promoted horses, such as Saint-Etienne, Bordeaux and Monaco.

As for the Kaiser myth, that was two years later.

Aldridge had ambitions to challenge for the throne, but after carefully analysing the Nottingham Forest miracle, he found that Millwall would have a hard time replicating it.

In the 42 rounds of the league at that time, Nottingham Forest only lost three games, not because they have the strongest squad in the league, the biggest factor is Brian Clough's tactical victory, when England is popular with the simple tactics of playing long passes and hanging, Nottingham Forest's smooth attack on the ground is like a fresh wind, and finally formed a huge tornado, wreaking havoc on the entire First Division, and even throwing the defending champion Liverpool off the seven-point gap and finally winning the title.

It was not an epoch-making tactical change, but it did make waves in England, and Millwall did not have the tactical advantage to suppress the Premier League's giants.

But the desire for a championship still made Aldridge throw the topic up.

If the whole coaching staff can convince him with a reason, he is willing to go crazy with everyone.

Jenson was the first to speak, he coughed twice, and then said: "Aldrich, I think we have to discuss this topic sensibly, first of all, although there are thirty players in the Millwall first team, how many players are under the age of twenty? Half of it! They have the talent and the ability but they are still growing, and the game time has to be reasonable, and you can't rely on them to play all the games in a season and play consistently. And the competitiveness of the Premier League is too strong, the strong teams you mentioned before, they will never despise us, because playing with us means that they have to get three points, and derby, and even, we play against the middle and lower teams, it will be very miserable, because we are the relegation opponents in the opponent's heart, and we can break us down in order to let them go ashore steadily. ”

Aldrich closed his eyes and thought about it.

What Jenson said makes a lot of sense, the Nottingham Forest Miracle has another advantage, that is, Nottingham Forest has a season and there are not a few derbies that must be played with all their might!

In London, Millwall, there are two rivals in the Premier League, plus other opponents in the derby relationship, more than 10 of the 38 games are derby games, which is not much different from the decisive battle, the intensity will also increase, and the possibility of an increase in injuries during the same period will also increase.

Aldridge has given up on the idea of challenging for the title in the new season, and while it is tempting, it is a bit out of touch with reality, after all, Millwall is still too young to withstand any negative shock, and putting too much pressure on these players will only make them mentally shackled.

After all, the league is long, and in the almost nine-month long run, no one knows what kind of accidents will happen to Lu Dao.

But Aldridge still said in a deep voice: "But Millwall need championships, we need championships to keep players, and if the big four are empty next season, even I don't have the confidence to keep anyone who wants to leave." ”

Yes, in order to keep all the players in the current team, Aldridge must have a championship, a championship trophy that the players can see and touch, to keep them, to motivate them, to give them the motivation to leave, to give them the ambition and confidence to create greater glory!