Steven Gerrard is settling lower back into Premier League lifestyles as the new manager of Aston Villa and has discovered that his gamers have already been banned from having ketchup with their food.
There were plenty of rumours regarding a similar approach from Tottenham instruct Antonio Conte in north London, with condiments suddenly off the table for English pinnacle-flight performers.
For Gerrard, who has again to a department he knows well from a a success stint in price of Scottish champions Rangers, it's far all about securing minimal gains within the most traumatic and pressurised of companies.
Asked at his first pre-healthy press conference whether ketchup has been red-listed at Villa Park, Gerrard stated: "It changed into banned earlier than I had visible it!
"The players must have the right mentality. Go above and past. They want to try to be elite."
Gerrard’s first recreation as Villa boss is ready to look Brighton pay a go to to the West Midlands on Saturday.
He will then take in a experience to Crystal Palace before going through a testing run in opposition to Manchester City, Leicester and Liverpool.
Gerrard could be lower back at Anfield on December eleven and is already looking ahead to being reunited with a Champions League and Premier League name-winning boss on Merseyside.
The ex-Liverpool captain brought on what promises to be an emotional occasion for him: "I've been in contact with Klopp, I come across him whilst he walks his dogs.
"He sent me a message announcing he's 'searching ahead to a massive hug on the side' while Villa play Liverpool next month."
