Park Ji-sung reveals disgusting detail about his conditioning regime
The Manchester United cult hero has revealed the stomach-turning secret behind his endless stamina
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Park Ji-sung: Duracell Bunny of Sir Alex Ferguson's third great Manchester United team; the jack-of-all-trades South Korean who would willingly run his blood to water for the cause.
Well, the former midfielder has volunteered the secret behind his stamina and, at a guess, FFT isn't sure it'll catch on.
“My father went to catch wild frogs. I was skinny and weak and my father heard their juice would give me size and strength," Park revealed.
“It tasted very, very bad but I had to drink it because I wanted to be a footballer and everyone said I needed to be bigger and stronger.
“They said it was good for my health to become stronger and I ate everything that would improve my health.”
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We'll never know if Park Snr. was right, but things certainly turned out OK for Jr. – as four Premier League titles, two in the Eredivisie and a Champions League winners' medal neatly demonstrate.
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Seb Stafford-Bloor is a football writer at Tifo Football and member of the Football Writers' Association. He was formerly a regularly columnist for the FourFourTwo website, covering all aspects of the game, including tactical analysis, reaction pieces, longer-term trends and critiquing the increasingly shady business of football's financial side and authorities' decision-making.