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Season 9, Level 9

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Magnificent Seven

Go Leo have strengthened their squad with no less than seven new faces for the new season.

While the core of the team comprising the likes of Mathis Madrid, Barnabas Kovacs, Walter Gallo and Daniel Lindskog retained, a new look midfield comprising of Jamie Campbell, Lubomir Cap and Gregory Kaminski has been brought in to bolster one of their weaknesses last season.

Experienced left-sided defender Tim van Rooijen, central defender Emanuel Olalekan - both 32, and rising star Aqeel Tuma have been recruited to help plug in the defence that had cost them the defence of their title.

Strikers Hector Bala and Jose Freitas has been offloaded to make way for Ivorian striker Mathias Bamba who is expected to give Stephen Devine some competition for the lone striker position.

The Boss commented that a lot of work will be done to keep it tight at the back this season, "Championships are won by having a good solid defence and we did not have that last season. Because of that we will play a different brand of football that provides a balance between defence and attack."

"Last season, we tried to play one advanced midfielder with (Barnabas) Kovacs providing the cover in a defensive midfielder role, but that obviously did not turn out well."

"Having two midfielders will hopefully provide more protection in the middle of the park."

A majority of the players were part of the title-winning squad of Season 7 and the Boss hopes that some of that hunger will rub off on the new players.

"I expect players like Mathias (Madrid) and Walter (Gallo) to lead the club this year having been with us for three seasons now."

The Boss also announced that Madrid will take over the captain's armband from Barnabas Kovacs and Gallo will be made vice-Captain.

Go Leo currently lead the league table with a 100% record and are still competing on all three fronts.

Current Squad - Season 9, Level 9
*Bold denotes new season signing

GK - Eladio De Speegler, Belgian (Joined S7)
GK - Brian Marinez, Mexican (S8)
DC, Header Specialist - Cole Case, Malaysian (S7 Academy Graduate)
DC/DR, Wall - Marshall Law, Malaysian (S4 Academy Graduate)
DL/DC - Johan Evestal, Swedish (S8)
DL/DC, Wall - Martin Tellefsen, Danish (S8)
DL/DC - Emanuel Olalekan, Nigerian (S9)
DC/DMC, Wall - Aqeel Tuma (S9), Iranian
DMC/DML, Playmaker - Tim van Rooijen, Dutch (S9)
DMC/DMR, Playmaker - Barnabas Kovacs, Hungarian (S7)
MC, FK specialist - Jamie Campbell, Scottish (S9)
MC, FK specialist - Lubomir Cap, Czech (S9)
MC - Gregory Kaminski, Polish (S9)
AML, Corner Specialist - Matias Madrid, Argentinian (S7), Captain
AMC/AML - MacField Dinamo, Malaysian (S8 Academy Graduate)
AMR/MR - Walter Gallo, Italian (S6)
ST, One-on-One - Stephen Devine, Irish (S6)
ST - Daniel Lindskog, Swedish (S6)
ST - Mathias Bamba, Ivorian (S9)