United States midfielder Brenden Aaronson stated he has “unfinished business” with Leeds United after returning to the Championship group for the 2024-25 season.
Aaronson first joined Leeds in May 2022 from Red Bull Salzburg, signing a five-year contract with the membership. He performed in England for a 12 months earlier than being loaned to Bundesliga aspect Union Berlin for the 2023-24 season, the place he managed two targets and two assists in 38 appearances throughout all competitions.
Now, the 23-year-old is again at Leeds with a need to “prove himself.”
“My decision going back to Leeds was, of course, one that took decisions,” Aaronson stated at a information convention forward of a pair of U.S. friendlies this month. “I had unfinished business at Leeds and so a lot of things pointed me back to Leeds, you know. That was the biggest thing for me. It was like a feeling and wanting to go back and prove myself again.”
Since his return, Aaronson has recorded two targets and one help in 10 appearances to earn the group’s Player of the Month award for August. He performed an integral position in his first aggressive match again at Elland Road, coming off the bench to attain the equalizer within the 3-3 draw in opposition to Portsmouth.
“Since I’ve come back, I would say the first couple of weeks were pretty difficult mentally because you might see some fans getting upset with you and it’s just difficult,” Aaronson stated. “You got to reprove yourself again, but I’m proud of myself. I’ve come back and done really well. I won Player of the Month, which is really good for me. And that was a really great start. And now I just want to keep building and keep scoring and assisting and yeah, just keep getting better”
Aaronson will now shift his focus to the USMNT because the group readies for video games underneath new head coach Mauricio Pochettino for the primary time. Aaronson stated the group has already begun studying from the previous Tottenham, Chelsea and PSG coach, including to the “buzz and excitement.”
“We’ve already learned a lot,” Aaronson stated. “We learned about the style of play that we want to play today at training. One thing that we know for sure that we’ve really rehashed is the intensity of what we want to play at. We want to play at a high intensity. We want to play in the other team’s half. We want to have possession of the ball. He wants a confident team and that’s what we’re going to be.”
The U.S. performs Panama on Oct. 12 at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas earlier than touring to Guadalajara to for a match in opposition to Concacaf rivals Mexico.
Though the USMNT doesn’t have a set residence stadium, the match in opposition to Panama will likely be its fifth at Q2 Stadium. The Americans gained every of their earlier 4 video games in Austin, most not too long ago celebrating a 3-0 Concacaf Nations League victory over Trinidad and Tobago in November of 2023.
“We always seem to play well in Austin and have good games, so it’s always great coming back,” Aaronson stated. “The love that we get from the fans and the fan base in Austin is really good too, so yeah just really excited to play and it’ll be a really good game against Panama.”
