In the past, I would drink a little wine with Carter. My friends talked about life trivia, and the atmosphere was very relaxed.

Talking about business now, Aldridge had restrained the idea of ​​having a drink with Carter. However, when Carter talked about this topic, Aldridge couldn't help but feel a little smug.

Millwall's Champions League wins have not yet surpassed AC Milan and Real Madrid, but fortunately, the Champions League trophy has been retained forever.

This great achievement can only be achieved by five teams.

The first team, Real Madrid, they keep the old-fashioned Champions League trophy forever, not the current big ear cup. From the appearance, it can be said to be the "small ear cup".

The other three are AC Milan. With a total of 5 wins, they can retain the Champions League trophy permanently. That was the glory of the Milan dynasty. Ajax and Bayern Munich won the Champions League three consecutive championships in the 1970s. Permanent preservation of the Champions League authentic trophy.

The last one is Millwall.

After winning the Champions League in the summer of 02, they permanently retained the authentic Champions League trophy, which is also the record of three consecutive Champions League.

There are also some reasons why he retired from the club. At that time, the club retained the authentic Champions League, which is a great glory, especially in England. This is the first team in history that can retain the authentic Champions League trophy!

To talk about these, Aldridge wanted to be serious and not serious, more or less a little floating, remembering the past and the past.

He still took a bottle of good wine, poured two glasses, handed Carter a glass, touched the glass, took a sip, and chuckled: "No problem, we can only keep a genuine Champions League trophy. In terms of UEFA rules, the UEFA Champions League has won three consecutive championships or won a total of five times. Whichever of these two is achieved, the number of championships will be reset to zero, and then it will have to be recalculated. Therefore, we won three consecutive championships in 2002. Save the UEFA Champions League trophy. In UEFA’s statistics, we want to get the second UEFA Champions League trophy. Then all the number of championship wins and consecutive championships before 02 are erased and restarted. So, last season , We won the Champions League, the fifth Champions League championship in the history of the club, but in the UEFA statistics, we are still two consecutive championships away or four championships away from the next goal-retaining statistics of authenticity. . Uh, I said, can you understand?"

Carter took a sip of wine, nodded when he heard it, and fell into contemplation.

Aldridge did not bother him either.

On the issue of the Champions League authentic trophy, he thought instead.

I think that UEFA changed the rules after 2009.

UEFA keeps authentic trophies forever!

It is probably that the event has been held for a long time, and there are more and more teams winning the championship, but the giants are always the main group of trophy predators, so many teams may be able to permanently use the rules of winning the Champions League 5 times under the accumulation of time. Save the Champions League authentic trophy.

In this way, the "authentic trophy" of authentic trophy may make the Champions League's supreme honor status be challenged.

Therefore, since 2009, UEFA has permanently preserved the authentic trophy. The trophy is only used for the award ceremony. Even the club cannot retain the authentic trophy for a period of time, and can only get a copy of the same size after the award.

Carter finished his thoughts, he said in a surprise: "I think the club and UEFA have a disagreement."

"Oh, it's not like that. The relationship between the club and UEFA is pretty good, especially when I and the president of UEFA, Johansson, occasionally talk on the phone and respect each other."

Aldridge is not bragging, UEFA President John Song is a Swede, not to mention that because of Millwall’s previous victory, Aldridge will have a meeting with the UEFA President. In 2002, Larsson will withdraw from the national team. The private communication between Aldridge and Johansson is frequent, and the position is the same. I hope to persuade Larson to stay in the national team and serve the country. This matter makes the personal relationship between Aldridge and Johansson pretty good. .

Although G14 put a lot of pressure on UEFA many years ago, Millwall’s role in the G14 is very calm, and does not belong to the kind of big brother-level figure who "raised the pole". In this position, Millwall and UEFA's public relations have also remained peaceful.

Carter frowned and said, "As a result, the issues I want to discuss with you may not be mature."

Aldridge shrugged and smiled, "It's okay. Come and listen, I think you have a lot of creative ideas that I don't have. Oh, who makes me read less books."

Carter shook his head with a smile, and immediately said: "I thought the club has two authentic Champions League trophy, then, the first, we will exhibit as usual, the second, even the third, the fourth, the future As long as we can keep the authentic Champions League trophy, we will engrave the name of the meritorious player on this trophy! Then continue to take the exhibition, which will make the Champions League authentic trophy will not become monotonous, because if there is only one authentic trophy, then This is very special and supreme, but if we have two or three seats, put them together, it seems that the shock will be reduced, but the name of the legendary Millwall player is engraved on it to make that one authentic. The Champions League trophy has become a story, a sense of history, what is this? This is our heritage, is our source as a propaganda to influence the next generation, the future generations of Millwall players, fans, nurturing the market, promoting the brand, etc. But now, we only have one UEFA Champions League trophy. I don’t think I can discuss this idea, or just leave it in the exhibition room for visitors to enjoy.”

Carter himself was a bit disappointed. He lowered his head and took a sip, then raised his head to look at Aldridge, only to find Aldridge smiling with his eyes shining brightly, and seemed to be a little excited about thinking about something.

Aldridge suddenly put down the glass and laughed: "Your proposal is good! Think about it, think about it. If you are a player, you can engrave your name on the Champions League authentic trophy, permanently! This may be more exciting than the excitement and encouragement of winning a Champions League!"

Carter looked at Aldridge, and suddenly felt like a laugh.

He thinks about business interests.

Aldrich thinks about the player's position.

Although the two people may not have the same idea, they have perfectly complemented each other on the same positive issue.

Carter couldn't help crying: "Calm down, we only have one authentic Champions League trophy now! At least one, uh, the original version, one original Champions League trophy, will be displayed at the club."

Aldrich got up and asked with a smile: "Why? Why keep that, the original one? The original one is not special! When visitors come to appreciate it, they suddenly think, oh, this trophy in Millwall, AC Milan also has One, Bayern Munich, Ajax too! Real Madrid, uh, no, the one from Real Madrid is really special and unique, and it can never appear in another authentic Champions League trophy in other clubs. Since it is not special , Then, we have to make it special, branded by Millwall, not just as simple as the Millwall exhibition."

Carter will not go mad with Aldridge, he is still thinking rationally.

It can be said that there are 5 Champions League authentic trophies in the Millwall exhibition. There are now 5 in the world!

Millwall, Ajax, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, and UEFA have one each!

Simply speaking, the trophy is almost the same. Even if there are differences, it is definitely a workmanship problem. There is no difference from the outside impression and sensory reading.

But if Millwall let the authentic Champions League trophy appear on the legendary player's name.

Will it make this authentic Champions League trophy even more special?

Become heavy?

Is it more helpful for Millwall's heritage accumulation and future development?

Carter fantasizes countless pictures, has contrasts, and has his own ideas as a tourist mentality to visit and appreciate.

In the end, he admitted that his original idea was slightly "conservative".

He hoped Millwall would retain an original authentic Champions League trophy.

Engrave the player's name with the authentic trophy obtained later to reward the player or stimulate the club's commercial market.

Think about it carefully, if the player's name is engraved on the second authentic Champions League trophy.

Well, the legendary players who have devoted their youth and loyalty to the first authentic Champions League trophy are definitely unfair to them!

This will cause the dissatisfaction of Millwall fans. The legendary players who have grown with countless fans, because they are old, because they have not waited for the arrival of the second authentic Champions League trophy, they have lost the opportunity to engrave their names on the trophy. The fans will be very, very dissatisfied!

Judging from Aldridge's words, he has planned to implement Carter's proposal to engrave the names of Millwall passers on the authentic UEFA Champions League trophy permanently retained by the club.

But the problem came again.

Carter asked doubtfully: "The first UEFA Champions League real trophy was won in the three consecutive seasons of 1999/2000-2001/2002. If we were to engrave the names of the players on the trophy, Nedvi Germany, Larson, the players who stayed in the team must be fine, but what about the main players at the time, Pirlo, Zambrotta, Gattuso, Materazzi?"

Aldridge's enthusiasm slipped slightly.

Hearing this problem, his brow furrowed.

Somewhat tricky.

To maximize the highlight of Millwall.

Therefore, he first affirmed one thing: it is impossible to engrave their names!

This is not his selfishness, but the club must be selfish!

Because, if their names are engraved, does the subtext tell other players: It doesn’t matter if they have a great success here, and then leave, they will still be remembered by the club, or their name will appear in the place where the supreme honor is. !

No way!

That does not work!

The club must let the legendary players remembered, remembered, yearned, and talked about in the next 20, 50, or even 100 years must have an important quality: loyalty to the club!

No matter how loyalty is obtained, as long as it is done, it is a loyal minister!

Since Aldrich decided not to engrave the names of players such as Pirlo.

Then, he has to think about how to reduce the negative effects of not doing so.