When a new manager comes into a team, there are always going to be big changes. From a different approach to tactics in matches to introducing new rules for players, a new manager usually means an overhaul in most things.
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Arsenal’s players will have seen a big difference in how Unai Emery works compared to the old style of their long-serving previous manager Arsene Wenger. After Arsenal finished 37 points off the top of the league last season, it was clear that big changes were needed and in came Unai Emery.
Emery has introduced a stricter menu
As well as bringing in some of his own signings, Emery is making changes in regards to the players’ diets, with fruit juice being one of the items that have been taken off the menu for his players. Emery wants to improve the fitness of his players and has introduced a higher level of intensity into the training sessions. He has also instructed for a new fitness tent to be added next to the training pitches, with gym equipment that is integrated into their sessions.
Fitness monitoring
Emery is also reported to have brought in a stricter monitoring of body weight and fitness levels, to ensure his players are in the peak physical condition that he requires, to play the high-tempo pressing style of football that he favours. Arsenal plays Cardiff on Sunday and the biggest selection dilemma will be whether to include Ozil who had called in sick prior to the match against West Ham. Ozil has been at the centre of controversy all summer, following Germany’s early exit from the World Cup and his racism row with the German football authorities.
Arsenal game-winning odds for the GameWeek 4
Arsenal’s win against West Ham gained their first points of the season, after a difficult start that included matches against champions Manchester City and also their London rivals Chelsea. A win against Cardiff will help them to start climbing the table, no doubt also boosted by their healthier, juice-free diet.