Premierliga footballers over and over again for Christmas

Most evils in Europe have a one or two weeks winter break around Christmas, when the games stop and the exercises are eased.

But festive football has been a steadfast British tradition for decades. That means, yes, most professional footballers will be trained on Christmas Day.

When you have kids there playing with their new toys and you have to go for training, that's a great sacrifice. It's not about money. It's just human nature.

With matches planned in high categories in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland for “Boxing Day” (26 December) as well as in the lowest English leagues a Christmas Day training session is the last chance for trainers to help players maintain physical shape and work on a game plan.

Photos featuring Santa Claus hat players and deer noses are often posted online by clubs training on Christmas Day.

Training sessions for home play teams at “Boxing Day” are usually held in the morning or early afternoon, before the players go home to spend time with their families later in the day.

But if a team plays outside the field on Box Day, things get more complicated.

Clubs often stay at a hotel at night before fights outside the field, especially when the game begins early or distance to travel, which means that a bus or flight trip, followed by one night to the hotel, is common.

Despite obvious privileges, some footballers find it difficult to find their time away from loved ones on Christmas Day, as Brown admits.

“I'll be honest, [the Christmas exercise] is a psychological challenge not to feel sorry for yourself,” he said.

Sometimes you think about everyone else having a good time, but you have to think about how many people would like to be in your place. You need to understand and reflect on what you're doing. ”

However, not every player should appear for work on Christmas Day. Teams that do not have planned matches for “Boxing Day” often give the team a break and train on December 26th.

This year Arsenal's assailant, Bukayo Saka, was one of the privileged.

We play home on 27, so I don't need to travel anywhere, so it's perfect, I couldn't ask for more from Santa Claus, the Englishman told the BBC before he had an injury to the back muscles that he'd keep out of the field for the next “over many weeks.

I'll be able to have a Christmas dinner for the first time after a long time, so I'm looking forward to it. I'll spend it with my family, so it'll be fun.