Leeds City players finished their two-hour training in the morning, showered and changed in the locker room, and then went to the restaurant to have a meal together. After lunch, they would go to the lounge area prepared for them by the club to take a nap.

 This is the new rule made by the new coach Tony Clark after he took office.

 Previously, many players would drive home after training in the morning, then go out to eat and shop with their wives, children, and girlfriends, and then drive back to the training base in the afternoon to continue training in the afternoon.

Lauren Galli doesn't care what they do in the hours between morning and afternoon training.

He once said publicly that as long as his players can devote themselves fully to training, he doesn't mind if they go back to have sex with their women at noon.

　　Is it true that some players would use their little break at noon to have sex with their women?

No one knows, but at least when Lauren Galli was coaching, the atmosphere in the Leeds City team was indeed relatively relaxed, even a little...disorganized.

Of course, many Leeds City fans and players like this relaxed atmosphere, which makes them feel at home.

They call Gary, who likes to smoke, "Dad" and make random jokes in front of him, but Gary won't care - as long as he doesn't lose. If he loses, he guarantees that he will taunt everyone in the locker room.

He scolded him so much that they fully understood why he was the "dad" of all the players.

When Tony Clark replaced Gary, he promulgated a series of new disciplinary rules within the team. He was in charge of everything from diet to work and rest, including not being allowed to leave the training base during the lunch break during two training sessions a day. All players were required to do so.

Napping is a must - for this purpose the club has specially opened up a space in the building and installed two rows of high and low beds to ensure that each first team player has his own bed.

The original relaxed atmosphere inside has disappeared, and the players are very uncomfortable with it. Some people secretly miss "Dad" Gary, and some want to leave...

 Under such circumstances, it’s a wonder if the team’s results can be good.

However, the club's top management seemed to be determined to stand by Tony Clark this time. After they dealt with two players who publicly had disagreements with Tony Clark at a low price during the winter break, everyone knew about this.

One point - unless you have already found a new home, you can only accept the new coach's new rules in the team.

 Although the current head coach's power has been reduced a lot, in the English team, the head coach still has a lot of power. If you go against the head coach, except for the top stars, no one else will get any good results.

 Just like life, if you can't resist, just "enjoy" it...

 At least many players are now accustomed to taking a nap after morning training.

 After all, after a good night's sleep, many of them will indeed feel that they are more energetic when training again in the afternoon, and their training results will be better than before.

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  Pete Williams followed his teammates into the restaurant and saw many media reporters in a corner of the restaurant. They were filming, and the lenses of their machines were all focused on a person sitting by the window.

 Then he heard his teammates whispering.

“Look, that person is our coach’s pet peeve...”

 “That Chinese player?”

 “Who else could it be?”

 “WOW, this scene, I thought it was some England international football player coming?”

“It is said that he is a genius who is spotted by both the King of Madrid and the Catalan United..."

“Why did such a powerful talent come to us? Leeds City is actually more attractive than the two giants in La Liga? When did Leeds City become so powerful?”

“There is no way, Mr. Hodge gave too much...”

"Ha ha……"

  Pete Williams did not participate in his teammates' teasing about the new player. He just glanced at the figure and then lowered his head and waited in line to pick up the food.

 Looking indifferent.

 Compared with his own contract extension, a newly joined teammate cannot attract his attention.

 Behind him, Falek Quinn has been staring at the Chinese player.

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Hu Lai, who was chatting with Nevin Ball, noticed someone looking at him, so he raised his head and looked over.

When Nevin Ball saw this, he turned around and saw the first-team players walking in: "Ah, the team training is over. Just in time, I called Lorenzo to come and get to know you. He is the captain of the team.

.After I hand you over to him, I won’t have anything to worry about."

With that said, he stood up and walked towards the group of players, and after saying a few words to a bald man with a beard in the crowd, the bald man with a beard walked over with Nevin Ball.

Hu Lai quickly stood up.

"Hello, young man." The bald man with beard spoke English with a slight accent, "I am Lorenzo Esposito, the captain of this team. Although this occasion is somewhat informal, I

Still want to welcome you to Leeds City."

 He grabbed Hu Lai's outstretched hand and shook it.

“Hello, captain, my name is Hu Lai. My surname is Hu and my given name is Lai. You can call me Hu or you can call me Hu Lai.” Hu Lai also introduced himself.

Beside them, Chinese reporters and CCTV camera crews recorded the whole scene.

"You speak English very fluently..." Lorenzo showed a surprised expression after hearing Hulay's self-introduction, "I have been here for four years before I can speak like this. By the way, I am an Italian. An Italian.

You are the captain of an English team, so you don’t have to worry at all, even though you are the first Chinese player in the history of our team in the past century... We at Leeds City are an inclusive group, and there are English people in our team.

, Scots, Dutch, Spanish, Italians, Germans, Cameroonians... Now we have another Chinese. This is good, world peace."

Lorenzo and Hulay sat down to chat, while Nevin went to help the captain get his meal.

 At the dining table, he was asked by the players: "Mr. Ball, is that our new teammate?"

"Of course. He just arrived in Leeds yesterday." Ball answered the team members' questions while waiting to pick up the meal.

"This is the first time I've seen a new player bring a camera crew with him..." One player said a little sourly.

 Nevin Ball glanced at him: "Xiao Qiao, do you know how many fans Hu has in China?"

 The player who spoke, Joe Taylor, asked: "How much?"

 Bauer raised two fingers: "Twenty million."

Taylor opened his mouth wide, and the other Leeds City players around him also showed surprised expressions.

Mikay van de Ven exclaimed in a low voice: "My God... what is the concept of twenty million?"

Bauer said: "Fortunately, it is only two million more than the total population of your country, the Netherlands."

 Fan Dewen fell silent.

Ball shrugged: "Although he is a newcomer here, in his own country, he is a well-known superstar. Why are there photographers around him? Because the Chinese fans can't wait to know what he is here with us.

Everything. Their national TV station also filmed a documentary specifically for him, just to record his coming to our Leeds city from China."

 Everyone else, including Joe Taylor, had nothing to say.

 After hearing what the director of football said, Pete Williams looked up at the figure again.

And Falek Quinn snorted softly.

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When Lorenzo and Hu Lai were talking, the latter's attention was almost entirely on Lorenzo's hands. They kept waving in front of his eyes, changing various gestures, just like in "Naruto"

It's hard not to notice the seals.

  He remembered a joke: When you tie the hands of Italians, it is equivalent to gagging their mouths.

Now he feels that this is not a joke, but the truth...

To Hu Lai's expectation, this tall and fierce-looking captain was actually very talkative. He didn't know whether he spoke so hard to prevent Hu Lai, a newcomer, from feeling nervous and embarrassed, or because he just liked talking so much.

 In short, thanks to the Italian's constant chatter, there was no silence between the two of them until Nevin Ball came back.

“It looks like you guys were having a good chat, so I’m relieved.” The football director handed the plate to Lorenzo, “Lorenzo, you are the captain, I’ll leave it to you.”

"Don't worry, Mr. Ball. I was worried that Hu couldn't speak English before, so it would be troublesome for him to communicate with the team, but now the biggest obstacle no longer exists. If he can communicate smoothly, it won't be a big deal to integrate into the team.

The problem."

"That's good. I won't disturb you anymore. You can chat slowly." After Nevin Ball finished speaking, he patted Hu Lai's shoulder lightly, stood up and left.

Lorenzo Esposito watched the football director leave, then turned back to Hulay and said: "Come on, I will introduce you to the players now. Don't worry, the boys are all great, we are a small team

, small teams also have the advantage of small teams, that is, everyone is relatively simple. If it is a wealthy club... some local gang, or someone sent from outside, you have to choose a side first when you join the team, otherwise you will not be able to play well...

"

 “It’s up to you, captain.” Hu Lai followed Lorenzo and stood up.

 He had long noticed that some of the players would always look this way from time to time.

The CCTV camera crew also wanted to follow the shooting, but Lorenzo reached out to stop him. He shook his head and said: "Sorry, the players don't want to have cameras around, it will make them feel awkward."

The photographer looked at Hu Lai for help, and Hu Lai shook his head: "If the captain says it can't be done, it can't be done."

Lorenzo glanced at Hulay and seemed to be satisfied with his reply.

“Then what if I shoot here? If I go over there and take a panoramic view, I won’t be able to record what you are talking about...” The photographer worked hard for his job.

Hulay translated what he said to Lorenzo, who thought about it after hearing it, then shrugged: "No problem."

So the photographer could only sit where he was and take pictures from a distance.

In the camera, Hulay followed Lorenzo to the table where Leeds City players were. Under Lorenzo's introduction, he shook hands and high-fived his new teammates one by one.
To be continued...