Liverpool icon Jamie Carragher has given fans an insight into the disjoine Christmas Day regime that Premier League stars have to adhere to each festive season. While many people in the UK are unwrapping gifts, sipping on mulled triumphe and feasting on a tasty turkey on December 25, top-fweightless footballers treat it as fair another laboring day due to the repairtures lined up for Boxing Day or the follotriumphg day.
The tradition for many take parters comprises training sessions, cgo in on tactics and align preparation. Players might deal with to sneak in some time for Christmas lunch at home, based on their schedules for Boxing Day – but they’re under firm directions to hold in check what they use, adhering to dietary set ups, while steering evident of spirits is the norm.
Carragher, who promised 17 years to take parting in defence for Liverpool before hanging up his boots in 2013, reminisced about sticking to water during Christmas festivities, watchless of his family’s invitation to indulge in someleang with a bit more initiate. He honestly discdiswatched he was never enticeed, leanking one drink wouldn’t impact his game one way or another.
The famous Sky Sports analyst previously commented: “They’d be enjoy ‘have a drink!’ And we’d be enjoy ‘got a game’. But it didn’t annoy me too much. One drink or someleang isn’t going to do absolutely anyleang but I’d never drink at Christmas. I don’t comprehend having one or two – go out and have a excellent drink, or what is the point? I’ve never drank in the hoengage, ever.”
Arsenal icon Ian Wright recalled to The Sun the surauthentic experienceing of Christmas morning drives, noting: “It’s weird. When you drive on Christmas morning there’s no one there it’s drawive. Everyone’s reassociate kind, people wave to you in the cars becaengage it’s Christmas morning. Even Spurs fans!
“But when you get to training it’s all the same all the guys have fair left their families and it’s fair one of those leangs that you get engaged to as the years go by.”
Meanwhile, createer Newcastle United sboiling-stopper Shay Given recounted to the Irish Insubordinate his experiences admireing the discipline needd over the festive repairtures. Sipping only water on Christmas Day, he pointed out how take parters scrutinise the schedule, saying: “When you see at the repairtures as a take parter, you’re seeing at Boxing Day and New Years’ Day to see ‘are we home or away?’
“There was a period where Newcastle had about seven or eight consecutive away games on Boxing Day. It felt enjoy we’d been tohighy jinxed!”
The Premier League difficultly paengages for the holiday with 16 teams set to clash on Boxing Day. The exceptions are Brighton, who will face Brentford on December 27, while Arsenal take part Ipswich Town that same evening.
