Fox in the Penalty Area

"To the delight of the Leeds City fans, the team's much-loved captain Lorenzo Esposito signed a two-year contract extension yesterday and said in his post-news conference, He will retire at Leeds City when his contract expires... The soap opera about whether the club will renew the captain's contract has finally come to an end at this moment. Anyway, we finally kept the captain. Satisfying result……"

In the TV news screen, the general manager of the club, Eric Duffy and Lorenzo Esposito, stood side by side, giving thumbs up to the camera, with bright smiles on their faces.

"If it wasn't for your support, Lorenzo would have been sold." Sam Randyll turned to look at Tony Clark and said. "The world is really impermanent. We were still discussing how to sell him last season..."

Clark smiled: "This time is now, Sam. I think that although Lorenzo is old, he can still be a useful addition to the lineup. After all, we will inevitably fight on multiple lines in the new season."

"Understood, understood." Sam held up his hands, "So we brought in a lot of players this summer. But there is one problem, Tony. We brought in so many new players, but because of the World Cup, they couldn't get along with the ball. The team is running in very well...Hu Lai didn't return to the team until the 6th, and Jay didn't join the team until the 10th. And Pete is even worse, he may have to wait until October to return to the team..."

Clark raised his hand to signal Sam to stop broadcasting the bad news. He also had a headache, but what could be done?

England's World Cup journey is not going well.

In the first game of the group stage, they failed to win the Czech Republic 0:0. Although they won the second game 2:0 against Egypt, they drew 1:1 with Mexico in the final round of the group stage. , can only qualify as the second in the group.

In this game, Pete Williams came off the bench in the second half and performed well, which won the approval of national team coach Jason Riley.

So in the quarter-finals with the German team, Williams got the chance to start, squeezing out Harry Bernard, who was in poor health after removing his meniscus.

Williams, who started for the first time in the World Cup, was very excited and very active.

His outstanding performance made England commentator Matthew Cox full of praise, thinking that the young player cultivated by Leeds City will be England's future midfielder after the "captain midfielder".

As a result, towards the end of the first half, he collided with German defender Patrick Eiswein in a tackle.

Fracture of the right fibula.

The injury caused Pete Williams to bid an early farewell to the World Cup.

After fifty minutes, the England team followed suit and bid farewell to this World Cup.

Williams was injured this time. At first, the media expected that he would be sidelined for two months due to the injury. In this way, he would completely miss Leeds City's pre-season training this season and a period of games at the beginning of the season.

Later, after surgical treatment, his absence was determined to be three and a half months. When he returned from injury and returned to the team, he could start training with the team and have the possibility of playing games. It was already mid-October. son...

As the core of the team's midfield, the injury of Pete Williams has dealt a considerable blow to Leeds City.

Fortunately, the team bought Jay Adams from London Bridge last season.

Although he has switched from the front midfielder to the defensive midfielder, he can organize the offense anyway, and it is not to say that the midfielder does not even have an organizer.

It's just that if Jay Adams comes to organize the offense, he needs to be reinforced in the position of the midfielder.

Of course, even if Williams was not injured and Adams replaced him, Leeds City originally planned to strengthen the midfielder position.

In the Premier League last season, Leeds City scored a total of 86 goals, the most goals scored in the Premier League.

But it also conceded forty-two goals. The number of goals conceded is not the most in the Premier League. Peterborough United, which is ranked last and relegated, conceded 75 goals. They are the team that conceded the most goals.

But 42 goals conceded is the most among the top four in the Premier League.

This performance is hard to say that they should have won the Premier League last season.

So it's no wonder that there are voices who think that Leeds City's ability to win the championship is due to good luck-not how good they performed, but the performance of several teams that usually compete for the league championship last season.

The Stan Park Rangers performed very well at first, but in the game against Leeds City, they not only lost their home court, but also encountered an extreme accident in which captain Bernard was seriously injured.

It can be said that Stan Park Rangers are unlucky, while Leeds City's tone is too good.

In the end, there was no one who could play, which allowed Leeds City to win the Premier League championship trophy.

To use an old Chinese saying, that is, "There are no heroes in the time, but Shuzi is famous".

Clarke also knew that there were some unexpected factors in the team's victory last season, and his team's defensive performance was not good enough-although it was better than last season when they were able to relegation, when Leeds City lost 67 goals in one season. The ball -- so keep building up the defense.

Jay Adams played well in the defensive midfielder position last season, but after all, he still has to take care of organizing offense and controlling the rhythm, and cannot defend wholeheartedly. And because he first stepped into the football world to cultivate his midfielder, so his defensive ability itself is not strong. His defense now relies on tireless running and tenacious will.

Spanish midfielder Jose Vieira is a true defensive midfielder, but his problem is that his speed is too slow and his frontal interception ability is acceptable. Once he is broken through, he will be finished. It’s okay to be a substitute, expecting him to play the main force and cover the entire midfield for defense... It’s really beyond his capabilities-the opponent has already moved the football away before he gets to the position, so he can only run exhausted.

The signing of the midfielder position has become the top priority of the club's signings this summer. In the end, the club spent 25 million pounds to purchase the team's main midfielder from the Bundesliga Gossen United. The Ghana international Salif Seydoux.

It is hoped that the arrival of this midfield iron gate can improve Leeds City's defense in the midfield.

At the same time, the transfer fee of 30 million pounds is also the "standard king" of Leeds City so far-not only the current season, but also the most expensive player bought in the history of Leeds City.

Seydoux has played seven seasons in the Bundesliga Berlin Gerson United, and has always been the main force. He was also selected as the best XI of the Bundesliga season five seasons ago, and his strength is naturally beyond doubt.

This is why Leeds City is willing to spend 30 million pounds for him.

In addition to the defensive midfielder, signings on the front line are also the top priority.

Because Lorenzo has been embarrassed, the position he vacated needs to be filled.

Although Hu Lai was the top scorer in the Premier League last season, it must also be considered that the defensive pressure he will receive in the new season must be unprecedented, and someone must be found to share the pressure with him.

During the World Cup, Leeds City and the Polish Warsaw Club reached an agreement to introduce the team's young talented striker Dominic Laski with a transfer fee of 25 million pounds.

The 23-year-old Polish striker is 1.84 meters tall and has a well-proportioned figure, but he is definitely not strong.

Compared with Lorenzo, what stands out most about him is his excellent foot skills. In the Polish league, he can often stage a wonderful scene where one person controls the ball and breaks out of the encirclement of two or three people.

Comprehensive technology, able to carry, shoot and pass. Last season he finished third in the Polish Bundesliga top scorer list, with 18 goals and 10 assists.

Goals and assists are in double figures, which shows his versatility in passing and shooting.

And this performance is also an important reason why Leeds City fancy him.

There are many ways to share the defensive pressure for Hu Lai. One is to shoot and score in person, and the other is to attract the opponent's defensive forces and then pass the ball to Hou Lai who is in the open space.

And what this requires is good scoring ability and ball handling ability.

Laski just so happens to have both.

He is different from Lorenzo's powerful center who relies on his body to protect the football and then plays the ball for Hu Lai. He relies on excellent foot skills to control the football and then distribute the football.

In fact, Laski is also a rising supernova in Polish football. He has long been watched by major European teams, and many of them are much more famous than Leeds.

But why Laski finally chose Leeds City?

On the one hand, Leeds City is willing to pay 25 million pounds, which is about 30 million euros, to buy a 23-year-old young player. Other giants may not be as clean as Leeds City's money-not to say that other The giants are not as rich as Leeds City, but they feel that Lasky may not be worth 30 million euros.

On the other hand, Leeds City promised to give Laski the main position.

This is the deciding factor.

Leaving the Polish domestic league to go to the real mainstream stage of European football, Laski, as a top representative among young Polish players, of course has his own ambitions.

What's the point if you go to those wealthy families but can only be a water fountain watchman?

Although he is a young player, he is not so young at the age of twenty-three.

Another season or two wasted on the bench, and the achievements of his career may be lowered by more than one or two grades.

At this point, Lasky, a young man, has a maturity and vision that does not match his age.

So he rejected those famous wealthy families, and did not guard the drinking fountains to satisfy his vanity.

Instead, he chose to join Leeds City, which had just won the Premier League title "by luck".

For him, it's the Premier League title anyway.

Even if it is not a wealthy family, no one will think that a player with the third highest scorer in Poland moving to join the Premier League champions is "condescending".

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Sedu and Laski are the two major signings of Leeds City this season. In addition, Leeds City has also made reinforcements in other positions.

For example, in response to the lack of manpower on the wing, they spent 18 million pounds to introduce Welsh right midfielder Jack Walsh from Liverpool United. This Welsh international can play on both sides, with good speed and a certain ability to attack. , is a winger. He will compete with Charlie Voight for the starting spot on the right wing.

In addition, Leeds City has also added in many positions such as full-back and central defender.

Some are recruited through transfers, some are on loan, and some are promoted from their own youth teams and reserve teams.

As a result, the number of registered first-team players in Leeds City has reached as many as 30.

These are all arrangements made to cope with the multi-line operations in the new season.

Unlike before, just staying in England, this time, Leeds City will participate in the Champions League as the Premier League champion.

In this football event that truly represents the highest technical content on the planet, they will compete with giants and strong teams from Europe.

They might become a blockbuster, or they might get beaten to the bum, witnessing the cruelty of the rich and powerful game table.

But in any case, this is already a great leap for their team, which was still struggling with how to avoid relegation two seasons ago.

After all, to be able to sit at the poker table and dance with the bigwigs who could only look up to before is already quite remarkable.

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