Bellerin - How sport science has changed the game

The Premier League may have become the most-watched division over the past 25 years, but some of the most significant developments have actually happened behind closed doors.

Having broken into our first team just three years ago, Hector Bellerin is one of the youngsters to have benefitted from the advent of sport science, and the 21-year-old says it would have been ‘impossible’ for the English game to be as successful without it.

06:05 Close Up: Bellerin

“It’s proven that all the stuff in your recovery and working on your power helps when you’re on the pitch,” he told Arsenal Player. “Obviously you need to have the right mentality, you need to be good technically, but football is getting so…