Chatting with the media in New Jersey, Italian international Willy Gnonto spoke very highly of Leeds United\u2019s US pre-season tour of the United States.<\/p>\n
After getting important minutes in the tank in the summer\u2019s opener with Sky Bet Championship side Wrexham, the Whites were then victorious over Premier League outfit Sunderland, with Lukas Nmecha\u2019s long-range effort the difference at the Sports Illustrated Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been really good,\u201d Gnonto began, reflecting on the hard yards being put in as preparations for the upcoming campaign intensify. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was my second time in the US, actually, so it is just nice to be changing the environment a little bit, training in different facilities. It has just been amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the top-flight opener against Nottingham Forest quickly approaching, the 22-year-old is embarking on a fifth campaign with the club, something he does not take for granted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think, obviously, being at Leeds is a privilege,\u201d he smiled. \u201cI have been here for a long time and being in the Premier League as well is a big challenge, so I would say we just have to build on this.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did well last season but we want to get even better. Being a part of it is good for me and I try to enjoy every moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is such a family oriented, I want to say, club in a way. Everyone makes you feel so comfortable. I came here, I was quite young as well, so everyone just took care of me, whether it was staff, whether it was players and obviously the fans as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I would say I feel like I feel proper Leeds now. I just enjoy every single person here, enjoy every moment and hopefully there are going to be many more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chatting with the media in New Jersey, Italian international Willy Gnonto spoke very highly of Leeds United\u2019s US…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-722515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}