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In European football in 2006, the most sensational thing was not that Italy won the World Cup, nor that Millwall won the seventh title of the Champions League, but the "phonegate" incident that broke out in Serie A.

On the eve of the World Cup, starting in early May, the "phone gate" has experienced a tumultuous situation in more than two months from the disclosure to the investigation and the announcement of the preliminary penalty results.

The resignation of the president of the Football Association, the collective resignation of the Juventus board of directors, the involvement of prosecutors in the investigation, the collapse of the GEA Group, the brand value of Serie A that began to decline since the beginning of the new century, after the outbreak of the "phonegate" incident, it is unbelievable that the average attendance of Serie A fell below 20,000!

In the process of this series of shocking events, the collapse of the GEA Group in Italy announced a new situation in the Italian transfer market, and Juventus general manager Moggi announced his retirement from football and will face prosecution, which also marked the end of the years-long cold war between Millwall and Juventus.

The feud between Aldrich and Moggie was already well known.

As long as Moggi is in Juventus for one day, Millwall will not have any dealings with Juventus, including player transfers, friendly matches, the same business activities, etc., all of which belong to the opposite content of the Cold War, and now, Moggi has left Juventus, and it seems that it has become very difficult for the two clubs to resume normal exchanges, after all, the relationship between clubs has changed before. And not person to person.

Juventus have been stripped of the league title for almost two seasons. AC Milan also narrowly missed out on next season's Champions League. Fortunately, Italy's final decision reduced the penalty against AC Milan, allowing AC Milan to participate in next season's Champions League.

When such a collapse came in front of him, Lippi led Italy to win the World Cup, which is a big miracle, after all, the head coach understands that if the people are scattered, the team will definitely not be easy to lead, and the panic of Italian football. There are also international players in the national team who are facing investigations and suspicions of being charged, and it is really commendable that they can come together to reach the top of the world.

On July 25, Millwall's preparations for the new season have begun, and in the summer of the tournament year, Millwall will not go out to play commercial matches, but will organize a small friendly cup sponsored at the Lion King Stadium, inviting Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, and Lyon to participate.

This time. Aldridge is still paying attention to Italian football and is not in a hurry.

On this day. The verdict of the telephone gate on the Italian side (second instance) announced that it can almost be said that the dust has settled on the telephone gate, and there is no room for the fines to turn over.

Among them, Juventus was the worst, not only was deprived of two league titles, but was directly knocked out of the second division!

The fine imposed on Juventus is only a small amount and not worth mentioning, but the negative impact of the accusations suffered by Juventus is indescribable, and the slip from Serie A to the second division will cause a significant drop in financial revenue in the future, and not just for one season.

It is conceivable that last season, Juventus had a league and Champions League income.

Next season, there will only be the second division.

Even if they return to the first division next season, there will still be no Champions League income.

The lowest buffer is two years.

But also add to the losses caused by sponsors abandoning them!

In May, Juventus' shares began to depreciate rapidly, and by the time the penalty was irreversible, it was almost a pile of waste paper.

In order to alleviate the huge financial pressure, Juventus had to sell the star of the house.

At the end of July, Aldridge led the Millwall negotiating team to Turin on the club's exclusive plane!

As soon as he got off the plane, an Italian media reporter who got the news came to the airport to "greet him."

In recent times, Turin has been very lively and has almost become a trade market for European players.

Teams interested in Juventus' players sent representatives to flock to the squad.

Aldrich walked steadily towards the outside of the airport under the crowd of reporters taking pictures and wanting to interview him, and before getting into the car, he received a phone call and couldn't help but smile when he saw the caller ID.

"Hi old friend, every time I come to Italy, you are always the first to greet me, hehe."

The caller really surprised him: Galliani.

AC Milan also suffered a punishment, with Galliani, one of the accused, barred from football for a year until the final penalty was reduced, akin to a "one-year ban".

"Heh, I saw the news, I really didn't expect that you would take the initiative to go to Turin, hehe, the relationship between Millwall and Juventus"

"At this time and that time, I don't hold grudges, even if Juventus always fights against Millwall in the G14 summit, but we have to show some grace, but they are also allies of our G14 group, and now Juventus is in trouble, of course Millwall is coming to send warmth."

Juventus's relegation, in addition to the earthquake effect in Italy, also has a certain impact within the G14, since it has no chance to participate in the European War, coupled with the "phonegate" incident, Juventus's position within the G14 is bound to plummet, and Italy's power within the G14 will be supported by AC Milan and Inter Milan, although Inter Milan is the biggest beneficiary of the "phonegate", but in the G14, Inter Milan's status will not be greatly improved, Inter Milan can't match AC Milan's prestige and influence in any way, but the good news is that Millwall and Milan have a good relationship, and they just need to support Millwall.

"Ha, haha, cough, cough, send warmth, send warmth, well, which Juventus player does Millwall have their eyes on?"

Galliani didn't say hello anymore and went straight to the point.

Listening to his tone, Aldridge guessed that AC Milan seemed to be planning to make a deal with Juventus as well.

Let's send warmth together.

"Old friend, if the content of your call with me is exposed, to you. Not okay? You seem to be banned from football, right? How? If you don't work, you're uncomfortable, right? Or you can say it first. Which Juventus player did AC Milan fall in love with. ”

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

AC Milan are really looking to take some players from the Juventus squad. Among them is 28-year-old Gianluigi Buffon!

Galliani called with the idea of spying on the military situation, and went back to report to AC Milan quietly.

But he really couldn't guess which player Aldridge was targeting when he came to Turin this time.

Maybe you want to bring Trezeguet back to the Lion King Stadium?

Camoranesi is not bad, either.

Gianluigi Buffon

Galliani was really a little frightened by Aldridge, if he really discussed the transfer of players with Aldridge, the content of the phone call was exposed, in this sensitive period, he is a crime against the wind, and there is no benefit to the case being appealed.

"Haha, old friend. I'm kidding, if you want to know, then I'll sue you. ”

"Don't, don't, I'm just calling to say hello! Just a simple greeting! ”

"Hey, just chatting, don't worry. To be honest, Millwall's goalkeeper position needs to change, so I'm here to see if I can get Gianluigi Buffon to join Millwall. ”

"Oh. Oh good. Very good, then I won't bother you, have a nice trip. ”

"Thanks, if you have time to come to Turin, we can have dinner together."

"No, no, I've been busy, busy."

Aldrich laughed and hung up the phone after getting into the car.

Whether AC Milan are interested in Buffon or not, he doesn't care.

He's just here to do normal trading, and he doesn't want to get involved in too many intrigues.

Millwall's team arrived at Juventus in a stormy car.

The former president has become an honorary chairman, and with the collective resignation of the board of directors, Juventus's management has also ushered in a major reshuffle.

The new chairman now is Geely.

This is an open and formal transfer negotiation of a player.

Millwall did not hide it, and Aldridge's presence in person also represented the club's confidence.

In front of Geely, after the initial exchange of greetings between the two sides, Aldridge went straight to the point and said straight to the point that he wanted to buy Buffon, and the transfer fee was quoted at 25 million euros!

As Buffon, who maintains the transfer value of the world's No. 1 goalkeeper, this price is on the low side.

But according to the analysis of the Italian media, even if Buffon transfers to AC Milan, the latter will not be able to come up with more than this amount in cash, and maybe he will have to use the player to offset the price.

After several hours of negotiations, Millwall finally raised the offer to 35 million euros!

In the face of this very tempting price for Juventus, Juventus's new management did not agree to it, they just took a step back and gave the option to Buffon, if Buffon is willing to transfer, then the deal is negotiated, if Buffon is unwilling, Juventus is at most smashing the pot and selling iron to get by, as much as possible to alleviate this most difficult moment.

It is undeniable that Buffon is 28 years old this year, and his appearance rate is not very stable, which is always accompanied by minor injuries and minor illnesses.

Juventus now consider that Gianluigi Buffon, one of the biggest contributors to winning the World Cup, is now the highest, and the more he goes on, his value will be lower and lower.

Secondly, How many years will it take for Juventus to return to the top of Europe? The Juventus management does not know about it now, and they do not dare to have too optimistic illusions.

In two or three years, Buffon will be over 30 years old, and what will the level of competition be like then?

No one dared to pack a ticket.

With only a second division next season, Gianluigi Buffon's stay at Juventus would certainly be overkill.

Millwall's price was genuine.

The difference between the 51.4 million euros spent by Buffon on from Parma was only 16.4 million euros, and the transaction was also liquidated in Italian football, and it was determined that there were false accounts and money laundering. (To be continued......)