Chapter 59: The Young Guard

At the beginning of July, Leeds United had already started training for the new season, and as a promotion horse back to the English Premier League, manager Simon Grayson still hopes to make a difference, not just lead the team to relegation, especially since the team has invested a lot of money in the transfer market and is always ready to buy a real star.

When the transfer of "Beast" Tevez was finalized, Simon Grayson was even more ambitious, and now Leeds United not only has almost put together the player lineup, but the coaching team has also been rebuilt, he used a high salary to bring in Sunderland's Scottish coach Eric Braque as an assistant, and recombined the power in his hands, and Zach Thompson and Jonny Howson have become England internationals, which has an unimaginable boost to their confidence and fighting spirit. As a result, the overall strength of the team will be further enhanced.

In fact, in Simon Grayson's opinion, his team's left-back Ben Parker is also good, this kid can be called the "Leeds Three Musketeers" with Zach Thompson and Jonny Howson, and he definitely has the potential to become an England international.

Twenty-year-old Ben Parker already has 136 professional league games, and last season he contributed 1 goal, 10 assists and 3.87 tackles per game for the team, such a left-back is already very good, but the current "Three Lions" have stars such as Ashley Cole and Layton Bynes, and there is no chance for Ben Parker to come out for the time being, but the main left-back of Leeds United next season must still be him.

Zach Thompson will return to the team late because he is playing in the European Championship, but on July 13, captain Jonny Hausen, who returned to the team two days early, attended a press conference with head coach Simon Grayson and "The Beast" Tevez to officially announce the signing of the Argentine goalscorer, as well as summer transfer signings Dawson, Glenn Wilan, Bentley and Sasa Papac.

Although it had been known three days earlier that Tevez had already become a member of Leeds United through Tevez's presence at the Thorpe Arch training base, the press conference attracted a lot of journalists who wanted too much to know the story between Tevez, the world's top striker, and the 'Young Guard'.

At the press conference, 21-year-old captain Jonny Hausen looked confident, and Leeds' confidence has indeed increased after playing for England at the European Championships, and Jonny Hausen smiled confidently when asked if he was worried that he would struggle to manage the dressing room because of his age.

"Why worry? I'm glad to see that we have brought in a number of strong new team-mates, which will make our squad stronger, we will have more capital to play in the Super League, and ...... I've always been the captain of the team, but I don't have to manage the dressing room because we always have a common goal! I don't know what we want to do this season, but I hope that by next season we can still qualify for Europe. ”

Jonny Howson's words caused a sigh from reporters, before they just saw Leeds United as a team that was going to fight for relegation, who thought it was just a summer, Zach Thompson and Jonny Hausen have become England international players, especially "Shaq", a talented midfielder who has sprung up, has almost become the main midfielder of England's iron fight, which will be immeasurable for the promotion of the "Young Guard", plus the addition of a "beast" joining, Obviously, Leeds United have improved significantly in their overall quality and it is only natural that they want to continue to qualify for Europe next season.

Tevez said: "I chose to join Leeds United for two reasons, one was because I was surprised by how much the team valued me, and then Ken Bates and Simon Grayson, the chairman, told me that Leeds United needed my help! ”

Drink!

The reporters are all excited, "Beast" deserves to be the most talked about star in the past two years, his experience in Manchester City is like a roller coaster is dizzying, from Mancini's most relied on star, the team's leader, in less than two years has become the team's abandoned "garbage", this is really wonderful!

When everyone thought that Tevez would leave England in disgrace, "The Beast" chose to take a pay cut to join the promoted "Young Guard", is he trying to prove something to others?

And he's also very urgent, Leeds United need him...... Tsk, that's crazy enough!

Of course, reporters won't know that Tevez's annual salary has indeed decreased, but his income is really no worse than when he was in Manchester City, or even more, and Tevez really has a lot of energy, the more you Manchester City don't want me, the more I want to stay in front of you, and I have to use my outstanding performance to make you regret!

As for Leeds United's dressing room...... Tevez really didn't think about it that much, he just knew that the team needed him desperately at the moment, and he didn't think about fighting for a captain or anything, because he didn't even think about staying at Leeds United for the rest of his life.

Zach Thompson took Melissa on a tour of the majestic Potala Palace before returning to Yenching, from where he flew back to England.

On July 20th, Zach Thompson officially returned from his leave to report to Thorpe's Arch training base, and with his agent Glenn Oxley, he signed a new contract with Leeds United for three years, including a "maximum earning in the team" clause of £2.7 million a year, and then he began training for the new season.

It should be said that Leeds United's transfer work this summer is still very good, the five players introduced are quite strong, but these players are not all honest people, "Beast" Tevez needless to say, his surname is as strong as his football skills, and Bentley is a more controversial figure.

Bentley, who became famous at Arsenal, was regarded as the hope of English football early on, becoming a member of the England youth team at the age of fifteen, and then played one level at a time, but in 2007, he was promoted by McClaren, and he arrogantly refused the call of the U21 England team, and then Bentley, who was criticized as "not big or small", was also kicked out by the England team, and England fans were very dissatisfied with him, thinking that his personality and football skills were completely inversely proportional to the opposite of the type.

Since then, although Bentley transferred to Tottenner for 15 million pounds, his career has deteriorated, gradually losing his main position at Tottenham, and later loaned to Birmingham City and West Ham United, it can be said that he has been abandoned by Tottenham, until this time Simon Grayson bought him for 1.2 million pounds, which can be regarded as a real return to the Super League, and at this time he is already twenty-eight years old, and he may be really mature.

As for the teenager Dawson, although he is also a defender, his name is Clegg Dawson, and Tottenham Hotspur's Michael Dawson is just the same surname, but his strength is still quite good, and he was once favored by Tottenham Hotspur, but Clegg Dawson prefers to join a team that he can play, and the "Young Guard" can provide him with these conditions, so he became a member of Leeds United.

As for Glenn Wilan and Sasa Papach, they are not the main players in Simon Grayson's heart, but more important team additions.

Zach Thompson, who was running slowly in the team, looked at his teammates who were not weak in front of him and behind him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, Tevez, Ameobi, Beccio, Snodgrass, Bentley, Glenn Wilan, Whitehead, Jonny Hausen, Ben Parker, Clegg Dawson, Pugh, Sasa Papac, Konnorie, Red, Ronedgan, etc., the "Young Guard" with these powerful players is indeed worth looking forward to in the new season!

After a day's training, Simon Grayson and his new assistant coach Eric Black looked at the training report with great satisfaction, Zach Thompson and Jonny Hausen were in quite good shape for the two boys who played the European Cup on behalf of the England team, Zach Thompson did not miss his training when he was on vacation, and Jonny Howson was also the same as him, the excitement of Leeds United's return to the English Premier League was enough to make the captain of the "Young Guard" crazy with excitement, and every time he remembered that the team was going to play in the Super League, Jonny Hausen would have trembled with excitement.

It's just that Zach Thompson's state is still much more violent, he can now go to a fierce confrontation anytime and anywhere, after all, he is with a "black foot" system open and hanging, as long as he usually pays a little attention to his living habits and does not overeat, his state will not be bad, and it can even be said that the training in Ping Yu is not very effective for him, and his improvement still depends on continuous competition, but if he is not serious enough to train and cannot show good condition, If you don't know the manager, you won't let him start, and then you won't have any skill points.

In order to prepare for the new season, Simon Grayson arranged a total of four friendly matches for his team, and Leeds United also performed quite strongly, winning 5-2 at home to Pumas from Mexico on July 27, La Liga side Sevilla 2-0 on July 30, Blazing City 5-0 in Scotland on August 2, and a week later returning to England to narrowly beat Newcastle 3-2.

So far, the "Young Guards" have won all four warm-up games, and they will start to compete in the new English Premier League in the best condition.

However, before that, Leeds United, as the champion of the FA Cup last season, still had to play a Community Shield game with the Premier League champion "Manchester City", and the manager Simon Grayson and everyone in the team attached great importance to this Community Shield, because although it is not as precious as the league championship and the FA Cup, and even less important than the League Cup, it is also a trophy, and the most important thing is that this will be an official game, what is the strength of the team, will be reflected in this real test.

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