Chapter 701 Conquer them like Hu did
After having a simple dinner at an outside restaurant, Kamala and his agent Fataki strolled from the restaurant back to their hotel.
Leeds is not very hot at night in early July, and the occasional cool breeze is refreshing.
After eating, taking a slow walk back to the hotel is not only a pastime for Kamala and Fataki, two new arrivals, but also a way to get familiar with the city where they will live next.
The hotel was booked by the club, and the conditions are actually good in all aspects. The only problem is that it is a little far from the training base - this hotel is close to the city center, and the surrounding area is quite prosperous, both for eating and shopping. convenient.
But to train, you must use a car as a means of transportation.
"We should buy a car. It doesn't need to be too good at first. Buy one for transportation first." Agent Fataki was helping Kamara analyze.
Kamala shrugged: "You have the final say, Archie, and I believe you."
"Then find a house to live in. You can't always stay in a hotel..."
"No problem, I leave it all to you."
When Fataki heard what he said, he smiled and asked him: "What about you? You don't care about anything, Ismail?"
Kamala did not immediately answer Fataki's question. He saw a small football field surrounded by barbed wire on the street ahead with lights on.
There were two groups of people playing a game inside.
So he rushed forward with a quick stride, jumped up the steps, stood outside the barbed wire wall, and watched the game inside.
He thought of the scene he saw this morning. In a similar street football field, there were goalscorers imitating Hulay's celebrations.
That Chinese player has only been with this team for half a season, right?
In comparison, when he and Fataki came out from dinner and walked along the way, no one looked at them twice and regarded them as ordinary people in this city.
When he learned that the Premier League team Leeds City wanted to sign him, he was very excited and looked forward to the life of becoming a superstar - walking on the street, even though he was wearing a hat and sunglasses, there would still be a steady stream of fans. recognized him. Those fans came in droves, asking to take photos with him and asking for his autograph. There were even hot female fans who took the opportunity to take a photo and stuffed a piece of paper with their phone number into his pocket or hand...
This was really the wonderful life he had dreamed of.
But obviously, this goal is still far away from him now.
At least in the city where he joined the team, he was just a nobody.
But the Chinese man has already made the taxi driver willing to take him for free...
When Fataki ran over panting, Kamara said: "I will work hard to play football. Starting here, let this city know me first, then let Europe know me, and finally the whole world will know me." ! ”
"Amazing!" Fataki gave him a thumbs up, "Then come on, Ismail!"
"Yes!" Kamala nodded vigorously and made a promise.
Just then, someone scored a goal on the court. The goal scorer once again made the same celebration that Kamara had seen in the morning. He knew that this was the Chinese player's signature celebration.
Not only that, while doing this set of celebrations, the scorer also shouted.
This time Kamala finally heard clearly what the other party was shouting:
"HUUUUUU!!"
Kamara looked at the man and said to Fataki beside him: "I will be like Hu and conquer them in half a season."
※※※
On July 1st, all Leeds City players reported back to the team and began pre-season training for the 2025-2026 season.
Every player must undergo a physical examination by the club before the official start of training to help the team's coaching staff understand their physical condition during the holiday and make targeted training arrangements.
Some people overindulge during the holidays, so they have to undergo more exercise training to help them lose fat.
Some people played with injuries last season. After a holiday, the injuries have eased, but they still need to gradually recover through some recovery training.
But more people are because after a holiday, their bodies are exhausted. Both endurance and strength have declined seriously, and they need to gradually recover through specialized physical training.
Generally speaking, for professional athletes, vacation is not a recharge, but a discharge process, emptying out all the energy in their bodies. If they do not insist on systematic and regular training during the season, their physical fitness will slowly decline. This is equivalent to discharging.
After the electric discharge, professional players cannot start the game directly because there is no energy and their physical condition cannot adapt to the fierce competition. This is why every team’s pre-season training begins with physical training.
Physical training should be used to recharge the players and gradually return their physical condition to normal levels.
In view of the physical condition of the team, Tony Clark's coaching staff arranged four weeks for the team to conduct physical training, of which the first three weeks were intensive to allow the players to feel tired before stimulating them.
Those Leeds City players who had gone through last season's pre-season training were a little uncomfortable at first, because the training volume was really too much...much greater than the training volume of "Dad" Lauren Galli.
Before giving the players a heavy dose, Clark explained to them why he was doing this:
"...Modern football has increasingly higher requirements for running ability. Failure to run means being eliminated. The average time you have the ball in each game is only three to five minutes, and most of the time is spent running without the ball... ...Whether it is due to lack of enthusiasm in running due to laziness or lack of physical fitness, no matter how good the tactics are in the 1960s, they cannot be executed. In the 1990s, it was enough for each player to run an average of six kilometers during a game, but now, an average running distance of ten kilometers is the passing mark-this is why midfielders run even more. I ask that you all pay attention to physical training and enhance your running ability, no one is exception to this!”
"In the team's tactical system, running ability is very important. Whoever can run better and who is more willing to run will be able to get more opportunities than others. So some of you want to be the main force in the new season and consolidate yourself. As for the position, we have to work hard in training. There is no other way. Relegation last season was just a test of the waters. This season is when we make a big move! On the field, it will definitely be your loss to fall behind..."
After successfully leading the team to avoid relegation in the Premier League last season, Tony Clark, a head coach that no one paid attention to before, also gained a lot of experience and confidence.
Moreover, he took over in a hurry last season and almost missed the whole pre-season training period. Under such circumstances, he can still lead the team to avoid relegation, which shows that he is by no means a mediocre person, but he lacked the stage and opportunity before.
Now he plans to show off his talents at the right time and on the right stage.
※※※
Leeds City did not stay locally and start training directly. After a few days of repairs, the whole team left Leeds and went south to London to conduct training in the suburbs.
There are a large number of professional teams in London, and there is also a training camp owned by the Football Association of England. Non-rich teams and teams with tight budgets often choose to come here for training, which can save a lot of money. At the same time, you can also find nearby opponents who can conduct warm-up matches.
It is undoubtedly a more economical and practical training plan.
Leeds City is not like the traditional giants of the Premier League. They do not have the ability or qualification to fly out of the UK to travel around the world for competitions and flight training.
In fact, if it were not for the convenience of playing a warm-up match, they might not leave Leeds...
After the start of the training camp, the composition of the Leeds City team is also constantly changing.
Some faces that Hulay became familiar with last season suddenly left the team midway through training and never came back.
Needless to say, everyone knows - regardless of transfer or loan, these people have left the team.
At the end of the league last season, we all ate Red Chili Peppers together and happily took photos in the Red Chili Pepper Restaurant.
Now they can only stay in the team as people in the painting.
When someone leaves, someone will naturally come.
During the training process, new faces continued to appear on the team, and Lorenzo introduced his teammates to new players time and time again.
Many of them were opponents last season, but now they have become teammates.
Hu Lai met the big defender Ben Grist who defended him in the last round of the league last season.
At first, his frontal defensive ability left a deep impression on Hu Lai, but he was not flexible enough, so he was still scored by Hu Lai.
That's the thing about professional football.
There are no eternal enemies, and no one knows whether the opponents who were so red-faced at the beginning will suddenly want to fight side by side.
So unless you have made up your mind not to join a certain team, try to be a good person and stay on track so that we can meet again in the future.
Of course, mortal enemies are another matter.
Naturally, sworn enemies will fight each other to death when they meet, and they will yell and curse at each other until the end.
It's just that based on Leeds City's historical record, they don't have any mortal enemies yet - there are regional competitors, but they are not mortal enemies.
For example, the two cities of Manchester and Leeds have a history of grudges, but for the Manchester team to regard Leeds City as their mortal enemy, Leeds City is still not qualified. After all, the teams in the two cities had not had many opportunities to compete before, and they lacked the accumulation of hatred. On the other hand, Manchester's two teams, Tramed and Manchester United, are mortal rivals in the same city. Every time they meet, it's like sparks hitting the earth.
No matter which of the two teams, Leeds City was not taken seriously.
Leeds City fans naturally have no idea of prohibiting players from their own team from transferring to the two Manchester teams.
There is no bad blood between Leeds City and other teams in the Premier League, not just with the Manchester teams.
So no matter who transfers to this team, there will be no grievances that cannot be sorted out.
For most professional players, transfer means changing their jobs.
But for Jay Adams, moving from London Bridge to Leeds City is not as simple as changing places...
※※※
PS, please give me a guaranteed monthly pass in March! (End of chapter)