The phrase "a team of close" is not correct and seems incomplete in written English.
It may be intended to describe a team that has a close relationship or bond, but it requires additional context or words to be clear.
Example: "The project was successful because we had a team of close-knit colleagues who supported each other."
Alternatives: "a close-knit team" or "a team of close colleagues".
Hours before the strike, Mr. Sharif announced his 25-member cabinet, a team of close aides who will work to solve Pakistan's entrenched economic, social and security problems.
Miliband was at home in his Doncaster constituency with his wife, Justine, and a team of close aides, including Stewart Wood and Bob Roberts.
Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, whose @NYGovCuomo is managed by a team of close aides, led by Liisa O'Neill, has been delivering hundreds of rapid-fire updates since late last week, becoming a must-follow for anyone looking for information about the recovery efforts.
Merrill Lynch has a team of close to 20 former research analysts whose job is to examine the e-mail communications of its analysts, as well as to review research reports and monitor voice mail messages that analysts leave for their clients.
The frontrunner had previously relied on a team of close aides with little political experience like himself.
Laszlo writes his Akashic Think entries for the Huffington Post with his A-Team of close colleagues: Charlie Stuart Gay, Györgyi Szabo, Kingsley Dennis, Alexander Laszlo, and Ibolya Kapta Laszlo has a PhD from the Sorbonne and is the recipient of four honorary PhD's (from the United States, Canada, Finland, and Hungary).
Moran will join a team of longtime close advisers who will work closely with Obama on a daily basis.
The authors of this work are a team of very close collaborators from three scientific generations who have continuously worked in this field since 2001, and some of us were involved in fullerene research as early as Fall 1992.
Today Booxmedia has a core team of close to 20 people in Helsinki, but also a similar-sized development team in Asia.
Every year, a team of researchers visits close to 200 sites between Graves Harbor, on the Alaskan panhandle, and Punta Abreojos, in Baja, Mexico.
What made it even more of an eye-opener was that a team of Miliband's closest advisers had worked on the speech for weeks.
