Chapter 9: Drill the loophole and springboard

Monaco

With its beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, the principality backed by the Mediterranean Sea is the peak tourist season in summer, and the streets are bustling with people. Aldrich, who is dressed in sports and casual clothes, puts his hands in his pockets and wears a pair of sunglasses, and walks into a cafe with an elegant style.

In the booth at the corner of the cafe, sat an elegant man in his late fifties, staring at the scenery outside the window in a daze.

Aldrich came across to him and sat down, took off his sunglasses, smiled like a sun, and said, "Hi, Arsene."

The gentleman looked at Aldrich with a little appreciation, and said lightly: "I haven't seen you in four years, back then That kid has also become a talent, you suddenly visited Monaco, and you came at the right time, otherwise I would go to London to find you, tell me, what method did you use to snatch me away."

Aldrich pretended to be at a loss, Spreading his hands, he said, "Sir, I don't know who you're talking about."

"That French young man, yesterday I asked the club to make an offer and planned to bring him back to France from Argentina, but in the end, he packed his luggage and left. After I asked I just found out that he moved to Millwall."

The man sitting opposite Aldrich is the current head coach of AS Monaco, Arsene Wenger. Aldrich witnessed Wenger lead the Team in Monaco five years ago. It is a pity that in the next five years, Marseille aggressively won five consecutive championships, and Wenger's life is not easy now.

Aldrich knew that the other party was talking about Trezeguet, and said with a smile: "No way, I want to fight for myself, and now I want to rob people. As for the method used, hehe, it's very simple. I did it more than a year ago. My brother already knew David, and besides, I gave him high treatment as a first-line player, uh, a weekly salary of three thousand pounds."

" He's only 17 years old."

Wenger frowned and seemed very dissatisfied with the practice.

Aldrich played with taste, "Well, 17 years old is the age of rebellion. If you want to be independent, you must, first of all, have an independent source of income. Making a lot of money will not only make you confident but also makes your family proud. Haha, Arsene, times are about to change, you probably think I'm burning money, but do you still remember what we talked on the phone half a year ago?"

Wenger showed the color of memory, and after a while he was surprised: "Bosman's Lawsuit?"

Aldrich nodded, shrugged, and said, "This summer, many football critics will ridicule me as a prodigal and a fool, it doesn't matter, time will tell everything. Let's not talk about this, let's get down to business, I'm here The purpose is very simple, I want you to show your respect and give someone to me."

Wenger suddenly looked a little unhappy, and said angrily, "What? You came to dig my player too, who are you looking for?"

"£500,000 The offer has already been sent to the Monaco Club, I want Henry, Monaco is simply earning nothing, and I am afraid that they have not even invested £10,000 in Henry."

As soon as Aldrich finished speaking, Wenger immediately stared and said, "No! He is the future of Monaco! £500,000? Do you think Monaco is a small team that has never seen money?"

Aldrich grinned, without saying a word.

Wenger continued to frown and said: "The Times reported that you have taken charge of Millwall and I have followed a lot of your movements. Recently, most of the players signed by your team are from low-level leagues. The team has no choice but to leave the hopeful star when the money is open. This is the rule of the football market, but Monaco is not the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Eerste Divisie, Serie B..."

"Don't get excited, don't get excited, Let's continue to discuss."

"There is no discussion, Henry is not for sale."

"What if I offer £1 million? Will Monaco not let him go?"

Wenger fell silent, staring at Aldrich helplessly. In the end, he sighed heavily: "Marseille poached me, Paris Saint-Germain poached me, and now, even you little guy poached me..."

Although Marseille won the Ligue 1 title for five consecutive years, Wenger was able to lead the team to ensure that the team's performance was among the best in the case of being poached for several years in a row. This is enough to reflect his coaching ability. How similar the situation is for his descendants after Arsenal's glory.

Aldrich couldn't bear to "bully" this old friend, and said lightly: "Thuram."

Wenger looked puzzled, and Aldrich said: "£1.5 million, I don't want Henry anymore, don't stop Thuram, Arsene, Monaco can't keep Thuram. I'm sincere enough to give a defender £1.5 million. If you don't let him go to me, are you waiting for other teams to poach him? I can give him a top salary, A weekly salary of 8,000 pounds."

Wenger was a little moved, but Aldrich's words, "Should we wait for other teams to dig it?" stimulated him.

He trained many good players in Monaco, but they couldn't escape the fate of being poached. Even George Weah, who was grateful to him, still left him.

"My captain, do you want to take away £1.5 million?"

"Well, I won't be bothered, £3 million, isn't that enough for a defender?"

"It is the value of a first-class star. Although there is still a value gap between a superstar, you must know that Maradona's transfer value was only 3 million pounds at that time more than ten years ago. Of course, it is much stronger than today's equivalent purchasing power. And just seven years ago, the world record worth of Gullit was no more than 5 million pounds, and just two years ago, the transfer value of the top Premier League stars was only about 3 million pounds, and the transfer value of offensive players was generally A higher level, Aldrich out of the price enough to impress the Monaco club.

And he believes that the contracted treatment he offers can also tempt Thuram. In this era, if you want a player like Juventus to offer Baggio tens of thousands of weekly salary, what kind of pride must he be? How many stars can let a TV station track life reports as a program like Gascoigne, and still have extremely high ratings in the UK?

What's more, there are annual salary increase clauses and bonuses in the contract offered by Aldrich.

Wenger just sighed heavily and agreed to Aldrich's proposal.

As for Henry, Aldrich wanted it, but he knew he had no chance.

When Henry becomes famous in Ligue 1 next season, I am afraid that 1 million pounds will not be able to take away. After the dust settles on the Bosman Act next year, he will have no loopholes to take advantage of to poach players off their hands.

After chatting with Wenger in the cafe all day, Aldrich rushed to Nantes, an Atlantic city in western France the next day, where he also had an important transfer agreement to be reached.

An offer of 1.5 million pounds has been sent to the Nantes club for Claude Makelele!

The final negotiated price was fixed at £2 million.

Aldrich also successfully tempted Makelele with a high salary, but for these outstanding players, Aldrich also did not hesitate to include in the contract a clause that cannot be promoted to the next season and automatically terminated.

After returning to London, Aldrich received a call from Italy.

"Mr. Hall, please forgive my presumptuousness, but your team is chasing my son. I don't know what that means. Although your team is in Division one of England (Nowadays it is called Championship), I think the level of competition should be high. It is higher than the Italian Serie C, I hope my son can get better exercise, but I want to know your sincerity and your plan for building the team."

Listening to the broken English on the other end of the phone, Aldrich stared confusedly and asked calmly, "Excuse me, may I ask who you are?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Giuseppe Materazzi, Marco's father."

Aldrich suddenly realized, and then said respectfully: "Hello sir, I do intend to introduce your son. I have high expectations for the team next season, and even the next 5 to 10 years. I need a lot of young talents to achieve this goal, your son, Marco, is an important part of my plan, if you pay attention to my club, you will know that we have signed a lot of strong players recently."

"But I don't want Marco to develop in England for a long time. "

"But as you said, he stayed in Italy and only played in the third division. When he comes to Millwall, he will play in the English first division next season. After a year, he will appear in the top game in England. Isn't it better for his growth to compete with top teams like Arsenal, Manchester United, and Liverpool? Excuse me, if Marco stays in Italy, how many years will it take before he can compete with top teams?

"Marco is going to England, can you guarantee his main position?" "

"Sir, there are 46 league matches in a season in League One, plus two cup matches. It is conservatively estimated that there are 50 games in a season, if Marco can play 20 games, he will make great progress."

The other end of the phone pondered for a moment, and finally, Giuseppe Materazzi said, "Mr. Hall, thank you for your sincerity. , but I also hope to get a guarantee from you that if one day, one day, a more competitive team in Italy wants to get Marco, you will not stop it."

Aldrich sighed in his heart, and the opposite Giuseppe Materazzi is not an ordinary player's father, but a well-known coach in Italy. It is reasonable to imagine his son's future, and in his bones, the other party must not look down on English football, but only hopes for his son's development there is only a bigger springboard, no matter how you compare it, it is better than the Italian Serie C, and the salary is also good. Coupled with experience in different environments, Marco Materazzi can accumulate richer experience.

However, in the future, he should go back to Serie A, the highest arena in the minds of Italians.

"Sir, I can assure you that if Marco wants to leave one day, I will not stop him. I run the club and coach the team with a simple philosophy, get together and leave."

"Oh? Mr. Hall, Do you want to coach the team yourself?"

"Yes, I have been preparing and waiting for this day since I was eight years old."

"Oh, then I wish you good luck, and I look forward to seeing you directing from the sidelines. sorry to bother you, goodbye."

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