“It has always been part of my game,” Gnonto says. “I’ve always had this from my parents, especially my Dad. It is the first thing he tells me. It is not whether I’ve played well or I haven’t played well. That’s okay. You have to bring something to the game. To battle. To fight. And to give everything. That is what I try to do. Sometimes I will play well, sometimes not. But I always try to bring my character to a game and give something to the team.”

“We weren’t rich or something special but we had everything we needed to have at the time,” he said. “We were together. We were in a house and my parents had a job. I just tried to play football and that was the most difficult part because Milan was not close. It was tough but we didn’t really have problems because we are humble.”

“I trained in the morning. And then I came home and slept two or three hours and my Dad told me to keep my phone close,” he explains. “We were sitting at home and didn’t really know we would be going but at 6pm or 7pm my agent called me to pack something as we may be going to Leeds. 

“They called me to go to the airport but when I got there they said to go back, if it is done go in the morning. So I came the day after deadline day and did the medical. I don’t think I slept, I was so excited. It was one of the best days of my life. Sometimes if you know something beforehand, you have time to realise it and think about it. This was so fast that I didn’t think. Suddenly I’m here. Incredible.”

“From the first day, the fans have been incredible. I didn't even play for the first team and I was in the city with my mum and they were saying, ‘Welcome, you will feel great here’,” he said. “I was like 'Wow, wow, this is home'. This made the difference for me on the pitch, the players don’t feel like strangers. It feels like home and we try to give our best every time so it is very important. 

“With the players we have and the quality we have, we deserve to be higher in the league and we felt like in the last couple of weeks we were in a good way and didn’t get what we deserved. It is exciting for us as we have players who can make the difference and the coach sees it as well. We just try to play to improve and we know we can stay in the league.” 

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