Leeds United defender Pontus Jansson is liking two signings in particular.
Pontus Jansson has told LUTV that he likes the look of new Leeds United team-mates Matthew Pennington and Ezgjan Alioski.
All three played on Sunday as Leeds rounded off their pre-season trip to Austria with a 4-2 defeat against Primera Division outfit Eibar.
Alioski, who scored in the defeat, joined from Lugano, while Pennington, who started alongside Jansson in central defence, signed on a season-long loan from Everton.
It is early days but the Swedish defender – who signed from Torino on a permanent basis this summer – believes both can be big assets, and likes the Macedonia attacker because he is fluent in Italian.
He told LUTV: “Alioski, yeah he is good. I like him. He talks Italian so I’ll take him under my wing and help him into the team. He’s a good guy also.”
On Pennington, the Swede added: “He is good. I haven’t seen him so much before and he was good against Gladbach. I think he’ll be good for us.”
Pennington is likely to start alongside Liam Cooper in central defence on August 6 when Leeds visit Bolton Wanderers in their Championship opener – unless, of course, the Whites bring in another central defender before then.
Jansson will be suspended for United’s first two competitive games this season, having picked up 15 yellow cards last term.
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