TSB Guide to Tom Lees being wanted by the Serbian police - The Square Ball 22/9/22
FIGHTING RACISM Written by: Rob Conlon It’s always the ones you least expect. Tom Lees was loved at Leeds United for his unwavering commitment to being utterly inscrutable. It didn’t matter whether Lees was just breaking into the team as a promising youngster or trying to hold together a team falling apart around him with over 100 senior appearances to his name, nothing could shake Tom from his permanently morose expression. We all thought it was the face of a defender refusing to get carried away by the highs and lows of life as a footballer, a player who just wanted to be as professional as possible, keep his head down, and avoid the limelight. Then for a brief period in 2012, while he was trying his best to get through Leeds games without being unfairly blamed for defeats by Neil Warnock, he was accused of global criminality, deemed a wanted man by the Serbian police. The incident dates back to the second leg of England Under-21s’ European Championship qualification play-off...