Chapter 59: Young Guards

Leeds United had already started the training camp for the new season in early July. As a newly promoted team returning to the English Premier League, head coach Simon Grayson still hopes to make a difference, not just lead the team to relegation, especially 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 became even more ambitious. Now Leeds United not only has the team of players, but the coaching team has also been rebuilt. He used a high salary to invite Scottish coach Eric Brack to be an assistant and combined the strength in his hands again. Moreover, Zach Thompson and Jonny Hausen have both become England internationals, which has unimaginable improvements to their confidence and fighting spirit, thus further enhancing the overall strength of the team.

In fact, in Simon Grayson's opinion, his team's left-back Ben Parker is also good. This kid is not a false reputation as the "Three Musketeers of Leeds" along with Zach Thompson and Jonny Hausen. He definitely has the potential to become an English international.

The 20-year-old Ben Parker has experience in 136 professional league games. Last season, he even contributed one goal, 10 assists, 3.87 steals per game. Such a left-back is already very good. However, the current "Three Lions" have stars like Ashley Cole and Leiden Bynes, and there is no chance for Ben Parker to make a comeback yet, but next season, Leeds United's main left-back will still be him.

Zach Thompson will return to the team later because he participated in the European Cup. However, on July 13, captain Jonny Hausen, who returned to the team two days in advance, attended a press conference with head coach Simon Grayson and "Beast" Tevez, officially announced the joining of the Argentine scorer. In addition, Dawson, Glenn Veran, Bentley, and Sassa Papachi signed in the summer transfer.

Although it was possible to appear at the Thorpe Arch training base three days ago that the "Beast" has become a member of Leeds United, the press conference still attracted many reporters. They really wanted to know the story between Tevez, the world's top striker and the "Young Guards".

At the press conference, 21-year-old captain Jonny Hausen seemed very confident. After having the experience of playing the European Championship for England, Captain Leeds's confidence has indeed increased. When asked whether he was worried that he would find it difficult to manage the locker room due to his age and qualifications, Jonny Hausen showed a confident smile.

"Why worry? I'm very happy to see the team introduce a number of powerful new teammates, which will make our team stronger, and we will have more capital to compete in the Super League, and... Although I have always been the captain of the team, I don't need to manage the locker room, because we always have a common goal! I don't know the team's goals this season, but I hope that by next season, we can still be qualified to compete in the European arena."

Jonny Hausen's words aroused the reporters' sighs. They had just regarded Leeds United as a team that was about to fight for relegation. Unexpectedly, it was just a summer. Zach Thompson and Jonny Hausen both became England's international players, especially "Shake", a genius midfielder who emerged, has almost become the main players of England's iron midfielder. This will be immeasurable for the improvement of the "Young Guards". In addition to the joining of a "beast", it is obvious that Leeds United's overall strength has been significantly improved. It is reasonable for them to continue to qualify for European war next season.

When speaking, Tevez said: "There are two reasons why I chose to join Leeds United. One is because the team is surprised by the importance this team attaches to me, and the other is that Mr. Chairman Ken Bates and head coach Mr. Simon Grayson told me that Leeds United need my help!"

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The reporters were all excited. The "wild beast" is worthy of being the most talked about in the past two years. His experience at Manchester City is like a roller coaster that makes people blindfold. From the star Mancini relies on the most, the team's leading figure has become the "trash" that the team abandoned in less than two years. This is really wonderful!

When everyone thought Teves would leave England in shame, the "Beast" chose to reduce his salary and join the newly promoted "Young Guards". Is he trying to prove to others?

And he was also very rushing to speak. Leeds United needed him... Tsk tsk, this is crazy enough!

Of course, the reporters would not know that Tevez's annual salary has indeed decreased, but his income is really not much different from when he was at Manchester City, and even more. Moreover, Tevez really has the energy to be willing to make peace. The more you don't want me in Manchester City, the more I will stay in front of you and use my outstanding performance to make you regret it!

As for the locker room of Leeds United... Tevez really didn't think about that much. He just needed to know that this team urgently needed him at the moment. He didn't think about fighting for a captain or something, because he never thought about staying in Leeds United for the rest of his life.

Zach Thompson took Melissa to visit the majestic Potala Palace before returning to Beijing, from there, by plane to England.

On July 20, Zach Thompson officially ended his vacation and reported to the Thorpe Arch training base, and accompanied by his agent Glenn Oxley, signed a new contract with Leeds United, a three-year contract with an annual salary of £2.7 million, including the "team's highest income" clause, and then he started training for the new season.

It should be said that Leeds United has done a very good job in transfer this summer. The five players introduced are all very capable, but these players are not all honest people. Needless to say, the "Beast" Tevez is as strong as his football skills, and Bentley is a more controversial figure.

Bentley, who became famous in Arsenal, was regarded as a hope star of English football early on. He became a member of the English youth team since he was fifteen, and then he played one level after another. However, in 2007, when he was promoted by McLaren, he actually refused the call of the U21 England team. Bentley, who was criticized as "no big or small", was also kicked out by the England team. England fans were even very dissatisfied with him, believing that his personality and skills were completely inversely proportional to the negative.

Since then, although Bentley has transferred to Tottenham for £15 million, his career has been deteriorating. He gradually lost his main position at Tottenham and was later loaned to Birmingham. West Ham United can be said to have been abandoned by Tottenham. It was not until Simon Grayson bought him for £1.2 million this time that he was truly returning to the Super League. At this time, he was already twenty-eight years old, and he might have become more mature.

As for young player Dawson, although he is also a defender player, his name is Clegg Dawson. He only has the same surname as Michael Dawson of Tottenham Hotspur, but his strength is still quite good and was once spotted by Tottenham Hotspur. However, Clegg Dawson is more willing to join a team that he can play in the game. The "Young Guards" can provide him with these conditions, so he became a member of Leeds United.

As for Glenn Weilan and Sassa Papachi, they are not the main players in Simon Grayson's mind, but are just more important team additions.

Zach Thompson, who was jogging slowly in the team, looked at his teammates who were not weak in strength, and smiled. Tevez, Ameobi, Bechio, Snold Grass, Bentley, Glenn Welan, Whitehead, Jonny Hausen, Ben Parker, Clegg Dawson, Pew, Sasa Papachi, Conori, Red, Ronegan, etc. The "Youth Guards" with these powerful players are indeed worth looking forward to in the new season!

After the day of training, Simon Grayson and his new assistant coach Eric Black looked at the training report with satisfaction. Zach Thompson and Jonny Hausen, two kids who played in the European Cup for England were in very good shape. Zach Thompson did not leave his training during the vacation. Jonny Hausen was just like him. The excitement of Leeds United returning to the English Premier League was enough to make the captain of the "Youth Guards" so excited that he went crazy. Every time he thought of the team going to play in the Premier League, Jonny Hausen would tremble with excitement.

However, Zach Thompson is still much more powerful. He can now engage in a fierce confrontation anytime and anywhere. After all, he has a "black feet" system on the system. As long as he pays a little attention to his living habits and does not overeat, his condition will not be bad. It can even be said that the training on weekdays is not very effective on him. His improvement still depends on continuous competitions. However, if he is not serious enough during training and cannot show good condition, the head coach may not let him start, and there will be no skills at that time.

In order to prepare for the new season, Simon Grayson arranged a total of four friendly matches for his team, and Leeds United's performance was also quite strong. On July 27, he won Pumas from Mexico 5:2 at home, and on July 30, he defeated La Liga team Sevilla 2:0, and on August 2, he won the White Green City 5:0. A week later, he returned to England and narrowly defeated the "Magpie" Newcastle with a score of 3:2.

At this point, the "Youth Guards" have won all four warm-up matches, and they will also start to compete in the new season's English Premier League in the best condition.

However, before this, Leeds United, as the champion of the FA Cup last season, still had to play a Community Shield against Premier League champion "Manchester City". Head coach Simon Grayson and everyone in the team attached great importance to this Community Shield because although it is not as precious as the league champion, the FA Cup and even less important than the League Cup, it is also a trophy after all. And the most important thing is that this will be a formal game. Whatever the team's strength is, it will be reflected through this real test.
Chapter completed!