Premier League footballers using personal chefs to tell them what to eat and when as some of them ‘don’t have a clue’
The latest craze sweeping the top flight is to have private chefs make nutritious meals for them throughout the week
THERE'S a new craze sweeping the Premier League.
It's not crazy hair, custom-wrapped Ferraris or blinging watches - it's private chefs that cost more than £500 a day.
A huge number of Prem stars are turning to professionally trained chefs to come into their homes and cook them healthy, nutritious meals to ensure they are at peak fitness throughout the season.
Some of them have personal chefs in their home because they can't cook themselves.
But plenty of stars believe that getting their dinners cooked by quality chefs not only treats them to a great meal - but actually improves their performances.
The likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kevin De Bruyne and Harry Kane all swearing by their private chefs.
Back in 2015, Jonjo Shelvey, then at Swansea, hit the headlines when he advertised for a live-in chef.
It circulated on social media and had a wage of up to £65,000 plus a bonus.
"It is footballers who really struggle to get vegetables, different greens and the right carbs.
"Basically, they need telling what to eat and when to eat.
"Some of them just don’t have a clue."
Yuda Galis, who founded personal chef service Galor added: "“It has really grown in the last few years.
"It is mainly Premier League footballers, although we do have others, like boxers, runners and dancers."
Harper even revealed that one unnamed footballer even used him to impress his other half on Valentine's Day.
"He really wanted to impress his missus," he said, "he wanted to show off, I think, but he had really ballsed things up.
"I think I really saved him."
A number of Manchester City stars, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Kyle Walker, have all started using Michelin star-trained chef Jonny Marsh to start cooking them meals.
De Bruyne was pictured with Marsh holding a number of Tupperware containers with a variety of meals.
He also visits them at home to cook them dinner.
But it's not the usual shepherd's pie, the players have carrot or swede instead of potato mash and lean turkey rather than fatty beef mince.
He even turned his back on his training to cut out oil, instead using lemon juice and soy sauce as the basis for his dressings, while using a sous-vide water bath to cook meats.