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Leeds United midfielder Marc Roca opens up about adjusting to life in Yorkshire

Leeds United midfielder Marc Roca has revealed what life has been like adjusting to living in Leeds and how it compares to living in Spain and Germany.

The 25-year-old has had an excellent start to his Whites career after joining from Bayern Munich in the summer, scoring his first Premier League goal against Brentford and has been one of the best new signings of the Jesse Marsch era so far.

Leeds have had a good start to their season, losing just two of their six games as they sit 11th in the table with a game in hand over six teams above them.

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When asked about what life was like in Leeds compared to back home in Spain as well as Germany on the Official Leeds United Podcast, Roca replied: "To be honest, I'm very happy here, playing in Leeds, playing for such an amazing club.

"I share these times with my teammates, the coaching staff, everyone at the club and it's really incredible and I'm very happy.

"Yeah, it [Moving from Spain to Germany in the past] was hard because it was with the pandemic, with Covid, and in the first few months in Germany everything was closed.

"You couldn't go out to eat, go to a cafe for a coffee but after that, it was ok. But now here in Leeds, I'm very happy, I'm playing well, I'm enjoying my football."

Roca then spoke about what people had told him before coming to England and what the Premier League has been like so far for him.

"Before, people said to me about the rhythm of the Premier League, how hard the league is but I think we did a very good pre-season. We had training every day, as hard as possible, we were doing everything that we can.

"I really think that we're ready to show everybody that we can play, we can fight, we can win games really well and to be honest, with my teammates, everything is easier."

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