Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 350 Brain holes and lucky ones
The time has come to mid-July, and preparations for the new season are about to begin.

At this point in time, the media discussion has also shifted from the past World Cup to summer transfer news and the preparations for the new season of each team.

Millwall was the Premier League champion last season, and it was also the focus of discussion in the media. The topic that many football media like to discuss is, "Whether Millwall can continue the good results of last season."

It's not about continuing to win championships, but about continuing good results.

This is not to underestimate Millwall, but the law of the natural development of the league. Often a team performs well in one season, but it does not mean that it can continue to perform well. Millwall performed well last season, which is worthy of everyone's surprise. But in the new season, It's like a new beginning.

"If Millwall can continue to do well, as long as they can finish in the top three, no, stick to the top six, it will be quite a big deal."

This is how most people see it.

The reason why the media is not optimistic about Millwall is also related to the fact that Millwall is a small club. Even with foreign investment, Millwall is still only a small club, and the economic situation has not improved to the extent compared with the giants.

It also has something to do with history.

Before Millwall was a small club, the youth training system, commercial expansion and infrastructure, such as the stadium, training ground, club interior, etc., were just small club structures, and the gap with the top teams was huge. To measure, the gap with the giants in all aspects is calculated in the unit of '[-] million pounds'. Just take the stadium as an example. The value difference between the Neal Stadium and Chelsea's home stadium, Stamford Bridge, is more than [-] million pounds. How much is the investment?The real investment is only tens of millions of pounds, and even the gap in the stadium cannot be made up, let alone the gap in other aspects.

Millwall still has a long way to go to develop.

Although Millwall is not very optimistic, the media still believes that they can achieve good results. Many media set Millwall's results as 'top six' or 'top four', mainly because of Millwall's performance. The main lineup has not changed, and top players such as Zambrotta and Pires have joined, and the strength must have increased to a certain extent.

When it comes to Millwall, you have to talk about the changes in Millwall's lineup after most of the transfers are over.

The media listed Millwall's player list and said, "Millwall has become an undoubted 'multinational force' from a local team in England."

At present, among the Millwall first-team players, the nationalities belong to ten countries including Canada, Ireland, England, Mali, France, Italy, Spain, Jamaica, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Trinidad and Tobago. Put Northern Ireland and Scotland both under 'United Kingdom' and there are still players from eight countries.

This is the 'multinational' force.

In addition, the number of "British" local players in Millwall's first team is only nine, which will exceed the "eight" standard stipulated by the FA. There are six players from the youth training of the team, which exceeds the FA The total prescribed four quantities.

"Congratulations to Millwall for officially becoming a multinational team! Starting from this season, they are no longer a purely local team."

Some media sighed ironically.

There are also supporting media from Millwall who believe that the situation of the team is very normal. When a team develops to the top, it will definitely become a multinational team, especially for a team that suddenly rises. It is very impractical to rely on the team's youth training. Only by changing the lineup on a large scale can the team be stronger.

That's the case with Chelsea.

Chelsea is a strong team in the Premier League. After Abramovich settled in Chelsea, they are constantly changing their lineup. For two consecutive seasons, the number of players produced by Chelsea's youth training has only reached the four stipulated by the FA. There are two still to 'make up the number', it is difficult to play for Chelsea.

In this regard, Millwall has done quite well, not only is the number more than Chelsea, Millwall's "team youth training players" are also very strong, such as Josh Simpson, Kevin Blaney Jeff, Darren Ward, Livermore, etc., every player can be said to be a real star.

In addition to the lineup, the media's criticism of Millwall also lies in the team's salary issue.

After the transfer and salary increase in the summer, Millwall's salary expenditure level has increased by 5000% compared with last season. All the players signed together will make Millwall's salary investment in the new season reach [-]%. On the order of [-] million pounds.

That's a pretty high level.

According to the data of last season, the team with the highest salary investment is Chelsea, and the salary expenditure alone reached 1000 million pounds.

No.2 Manchester United is 400 million pounds.

Liverpool, £300 million.

Arsenal, £900 million.

The semi-finals of the Premier League are the first echelon, and the second echelon Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur are also approaching the order of 5000 million pounds.

This season, the salary investment of each Premier League team will increase. Some data websites predict that it will be around 15.00%. Mu Hotspur is too small. In other words, Millwall's salary investment will already be at the end of the second echelon.

It's pretty amazing.

Just last season, Millwall's salary investment was only 700 million pounds, which was at the end of all teams.

Seventh this season?
Some media analysts said, "If Millwall can't continue their good performance, the high salary level will directly drag down their finances!"

This is not sensational.

The gap between Millwall and the top teams is all-round. With the same results, the financial income cannot be compared with the top teams. Coupled with the financial income affected by the decline in attention and the decline in TV broadcast costs, the club's income will be greatly reduced, and naturally it cannot support high wage expenditures.

This is also a problem that a team that has risen hastily must face.

Everything is grades.

If the Millwall club wants to maintain its development, it must continue to maintain good results.

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As time passed, Millwall's first-team training ground began to gain popularity. It was Vardy who returned to training first, and then Livermore and Simpson also returned one after another.

Several people discussed the holidays.

Vardy learned from Simpson that he spent the vacation with Livermore, and stayed together for half of the time. Perhaps it can be explained from another angle that Simpson stayed with Livermore’s sister Irina. Livermore is the 'overseer', acting as a light bulb.

This emotional dispute is really worthy of gossip.

"Maybe the two of you are a natural pair." Vardy's mind was wide open, "If you are not with Irina, you can consider being with David. Maybe he is not supervising his sister, but fell in love with you."

Vardy's brain hole made Simpson angry, and then Vardy was "hunted" for a whole day.

Joking aside, all three of them worked very hard.

They returned to the club three days in advance and took the initiative to come to the stadium for training. Few other players can do it. If they don’t arrive late, they are already working hard. Some players, the team is about to gather for training, and they are still hugging on a certain beach. Live beautifully.

That's the holiday reality for pro players.

On the second day, two newcomers joined the training, one was the new player Ricardo Quaresma, and the other was the young Chinese goalkeeper Li Wei.

Quaresma came early because he had already arrived in London. Since the official signing, he has not returned to Portugal, and he has arranged his personal life to adapt to the environment in advance.

Quaresma hopes to meet new teammates, but his experience is not very good, because his English is very poor and he can only understand basic vocabulary, and the others do not speak Portuguese.

Fortunately, Quaresma is a cheerful person, and he barely communicated with Simpson and others.

Li Wei is also a new player, but his mentality is completely different from that of Quaresma.

It's hard for him to fit in.

In fact, standing on the Millwall training ground, Li Wei felt like he was dreaming, not to mention coming here for training, even if he was traveling, taking a photo with a star, he could go back and show off to his friends.

Before coming to Millwall, Li Wei was just an ordinary person. He was a youth player of the Jinhua Club, and that was all. He was not a genius among them, and his dream was limited to landing in the Super League.

As for Europe?

He didn't even think about it, let alone the Premier League.

Although it was said that he was favored to join Millwall, Li Wei still knew that he was different, as many media said, he might just be lucky to be brought to Millwall by Zhang Yang, even though Zhang Yang was really optimistic about him , He will not be able to play for Millwall in the new season.

This is due to the UK's 'Labor Certification' regulations.

Li Wei is a non-EU player. To participate in the Premier League, he must first apply for a labor certificate. One of the conditions for applying for a labor certificate is to represent the national team and play a certain number of games.

Li Wei was not even considered a professional player before, so how could he be selected for the national team?
So his only way out in the future is to train with the Millwall youth team, and then be loaned out if he has the opportunity.

After slowly becoming famous, there will be a chance to return to Millwall, or transfer to other clubs, and gradually grow into a real professional player.

Li Wei knows that his career has just begun.

Maybe the experience in front of him will be the pinnacle of his career, or maybe it's just an ordinary scene of his career?
Li Wei hoped it was the latter.

(End of this chapter)