Much has been made of the impact of diet and nutrition on performance in the modern sporting world.
However, insiders at one particular Premier League club believe that that things may have gone a little too far inside their own building.
A new arrival in the medical department has taken to measuring out portions for every player at the club’s canteen – and is doing likewise for meals to take home.
It has led to some disgruntled and famished members of the squad, according to the source, being left to order takeaways.
‘If everyone is ordering curries and Chinese it kind of defeats the object,’ the insider added.