Weirdest diets in football including 8 eggs a day, ice cream & kebab pizza

MOST footballers are renowned for having strict diets geared towards getting them in the best physical shape possible.

With the fixture list as crammed as it has ever been and the game played at a breathtaking pace, never has fitness been so important in the beautiful game.

Players are being pushed to limits never seen before, with bigwigs over at Fifa and Uefa only extending the football calendar, rather than stripping any of it back.

In fact, Fifa's new 32-team Club World Cup format and Uefa's Swiss model Champions League revamp will see top stars somehow have to play even more.

Most players tend to eat quite beige meals, with chicken and rice about as exciting as it gets.

In previous years, however, it was very different - with some footballers keeping to bonkers habits.And it's nice to see that, even now, there's room for a few mavericks that still swim against the tide when it comes to boring footballer dinners.

Let's take a look at some of the most unusual football diets past and present.

Erling Haaland was once described as a "freak" who "eats like a bear" by Norway team-mate Josh King.

The Manchester City star is known to eat six meals a day, consuming around 4,000 calories.

Haaland, 23, wolfs down chicken and pasta cooked without salt or oil.

While he's also known to enjoy swordfish, sea bass and sea bream all cooked with fresh vegetables.

For him, however, one meal stands out above others - the kebab pizza.

Italian goalkeeper Zoff is widely renowned as being one of the great stoppers of all time.

He may never have made it, however, if it wasn't for a dietary tip from his gran.

Hard as it is to believe, the man that would go on win the World Cup, Euros and six Serie A titles, was snubbed by Inter Milan and Juventus when he