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Sleep is the ‘most important aspect of health by a country mile’ so clubs are doing everything to ensure players rest properly
By Richard Foster for The Football Mine
Bill Shankly was aghast at the idea of disturbing one of his players’ sleep. “What do you mean, giving one of my players orange juice?” railed the Liverpool manager. “I’m not having him spoiling his beauty sleep by having to get up in the night for a pee.” There was no space for a dedicated sleep consultant in the cramped confines of the Boot Room in 1973, but Shankly knew his players needed an uninterrupted night’s rest.
Clubs now employ a host of professionals to ensure their players receive the requisite number of hours, as well as the right type of sleep, to help them perform to their highest ability. Anna West is one of those, having joined Brentford in 2016 when Dean Smith was still in charge. She has actually been at the club longer than her Danish compatriots, manager Thomas Frank and his assistant Brian Riemer.
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