After having a simple dinner at an outside restaurant, Kamala and his agent Fataki strolled from the restaurant back to the hotel where they were staying.
It was not very hot at night in Leeds in early July, and the occasional cool breeze was 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 vehicle as a means of transportation.
“We should buy a car. It doesn’t need to be too good at first, but buy one for transportation first.” Broker Fataki was helping Kamala analyze.
Kamara shrugged: "You have the final say, Archie, I believe you."
“Then find a house to live in, you can’t always stay in a hotel...”
“No problem, I’ll 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?"
Kamara 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 are two groups of people playing a game inside.
So he rushed up 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, a goal scorer imitated Hulay's celebration.
That Chinese player has only been with this team for half a season, right?
In comparison, no one he and Fataki met during their walk after eating had a second look at them, and they just 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.
He recognized him instantly. Those fans flocked to him, asking for photos with him and asking for his autograph. Some female fans even took advantage of the opportunity to take photos and stuffed notes with their phone numbers into his
In your pocket or in your hand...
This is really the beautiful life he has 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.
As for the Chinese, he was able to make 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!”
“Yeah!” Kamala nodded vigorously and made a commitment.
At this moment, someone scored a goal on the court. The 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."
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On July 1st, all Leeds City players reported back to the team and began pre-season training for the 2025-2026 season.
Each 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 injury has eased, but some recovery training is still needed to gradually recover.
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 discharge.
After the electricity is discharged, 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 allow their physical condition to gradually return to normal levels.
In view of the team's physical condition, 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 too great...much greater than the training volume of "Dad" Lauren Galli.
Before giving the players a large amount, 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 you spend most of the time running without the ball...
...Whether it is due to laziness or lack of physical fitness, etc., the running is not active enough, so no matter how good the tactics are, they cannot be executed. In the 1960s, on average, each player only ran six kilometers per game.
But now, the average running distance of ten kilometers is the passing line-the running distance of midfielders is even more. This is why I ask you all to pay attention to physical training and enhance your running ability.
No one is exempt!"
"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 to go. Last season's relegation was just a test of the water. This season is when we have a big fight! When we work hard!
When it comes to playing, it will definitely be your loss if you 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.
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Leeds City did not stay locally and start training directly. After a few days of training, 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. In addition, 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, it can be found nearby.
Opponents who can conduct warm-up matches.
It is undoubtedly a more economical and applicable intensive 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 training camps.
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 in the middle of training camp and never came back.
Needless to say, everyone knows - whether it is a transfer or a loan, these people have left the team.
At the end of the league last season, everyone even ate red pepper together and happily took a group photo in the red 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 camp, new faces continued to appear in the team, and Lorenzo introduced his teammates to new players time and time again.
Many of them were once opponents last season, but now they have become teammates.
Hule met the big defender Ben Grist who defended him in the last round of the league last season.
His frontal defensive ability left a deep impression on Hu Lai at first, but he was not flexible enough, so he was still scored by Hu Lai.
This is the characteristic of professional football.
There are no permanent 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 so that we can meet each other easily in the future.
Of course, mortal enemies are a different matter.
It’s natural for mortal enemies to fight each other when they meet, and when the fight ends, they will yell and curse at each other without stopping.
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 can't be considered mortal enemies.
For example, Manchester and Leeds have a history of grudges between the two cities, but if the Manchester team is to regard Leeds City as its mortal enemy, then Leeds City is not qualified. After all, the teams from the two cities have not had any chance to face each other before, and they lack hatred.
Accumulation. On the other hand, the two teams in Manchester, Tramed and Manchester United, are mortal enemies in the same city. Every time they meet, it's like sparks hitting the earth.
Neither of the two teams takes Leeds City 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 the vast majority of professional players, transfer means changing jobs.
But for Jay Adams, moving from London Bridge to Leeds City is not as simple as changing places...
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