Fabian Hurzeler had his team train with Christian Eckerlin, German MMA champion and former good footballer
The rumor had been around for a while, but it seemed to come more from a joke than from camp stories. Then, a few days ago Brighton midfielder Jack Hinshelwood confessed in a podcast that Fabian Hurzeler had actually made them train with an MMA fighter last summer. The reporters rightly asked the coach to account in the conference, and he explained: “My staff and I thought a lot about the new trends in free kicks, and we tried to adapt. We don’t always want to be considered a courteous and kind team.” And, specifically, he chose the right man: Christian Eckerlin is not only a high-level welterweight on the European scene, but also someone who, if it hadn’t been for a couple of sliding doors in a team like Brighton, could have even played there.
