{"id":239194,"date":"2023-10-23T09:31:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T09:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=239194"},"modified":"2023-10-23T09:31:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T09:31:56","slug":"im-a-former-england-star-i-was-stunned-when-i-joined-barcelona-and-was-given-wine-in-my-pre-match-lunch-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/im-a-former-england-star-i-was-stunned-when-i-joined-barcelona-and-was-given-wine-in-my-pre-match-lunch-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm a former England star – I was stunned when I joined Barcelona and was given wine in my pre-match lunch | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
GARY LINEKER was shocked when he joined Barcelona and found out the team would drink wine pre-match.<\/p>\n
The former England striker played for the Catalan giants from 1986 to 1989. <\/p>\n
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And when Lineker arrived from Everton, he was left stunned by the Spanish drinking culture. <\/p>\n
The 62-year-old revealed that players would sit on tables of four and finish a bottle of wine the night before and again in the afternoon with lunch prior to going out at the Nou Camp.<\/p>\n
He told the Rest is Football podcast: "I remember we went down, me and Mark Hughes, and we sat at the table, saying: 'There's wine on the table that's a bit weird'.<\/p>\n
"It was the same routine every match. There was a salad put on the table, one of the players would mix that salad with olive oil, vinegar and salt.<\/p>\n