Manchester United, Liverpool, and Glasgow Celtic are to test- drive Christmas Puds instead of a leather ball, in December Training Sessions.
Apart from the obvious festive aspect, the soft texture of the cooked sphere, will challenge the skill of the soccer -player's left foot, especially where the boot becomes embedded in the puddings' content, as this will require quick reactions, in order to extricate the foot from the soft interior.
Arsène Wenger and David Moyes have gone on record to say that all this may result in a scenario where the player 'may waste match time, trying to extricate his boot from the sticky pud, ' and 'risk the ball going dead ' as the whole item, 'falls, hopelessly apart'.
