Romelu Lukaku was heading to his seat in the Finch Farm canteen carrying a plate with some bagels on it when Everton’s nutritionist spotted something wasn’t quite right.
‘Where is the protein on that?’ he whispered in Lukaku’s ear.
So back the now-Inter striker Lukaku went to get some poached eggs and only then did his breakfast tick all the right nutritional boxes. Footballers’ diets have come a long way.
The days of grabbing a McDonalds on the way to training Matt Le Tissier-style – albeit doing his performances no harm - Steve Bould scoffing nine dinners in an eating competition on the way back from a game or Steve Howey guzzling beer for breakfast, lunch and dinner are long gone.