Across the vast expanse of a 47-day gap between Premier League matches for Leeds United, one small 24-hour window has seen everything change. While Tyler Adams and Brenden Aaronson were watching orange shirts dance in Qatar, their club colleagues were getting acquainted with their new Spanish lodgings.
As Adams and Aaronson face the last vestiges of American media attention in the 2022 World Cup this morning, Jesse Marsch and a large Whites contingent will be waking up in Spain. Leeds interest has seamlessly pivoted from their boys on the international stage to the business at hand.
Manchester City will visit Elland Road in 24 days and there is no moment to waste. After a week’s rest, the United squad began training programmes at home and then reported to Thorp Arch at the start of this week.