Wolves boss Gary O’Neil has revealed he consumes a staggering 20 cups of tea every day.
The embattled manager was among several Premier League officials who shed light on his drinking habits in a video produced by the league’s media department and believed to have been made before the start of the season.
O’Neil, who is clinging to his job at Molineux after a dismal start to the campaign, admitted to consuming an extraordinary amount of tea a day and revealed that he makes most of it himself.
“I drink a lot of tea, probably 20, I’d say,” the 41-year-old responded when asked how his routine is. ‘Yes, I drink a lot of tea a day.
‘I tend to make them myself. The staff sometimes offers but I usually do it myself. I like to have a cup of tea when we’re in the office, when I finish working and last thing before I go to bed.’
More conventional levels of consumption were given by O’Neil’s contemporaries, including Mikel Arteta, who claimed to consume around “three coffees and one or two teas”.
Gary O’Neil has revealed that he consumes around 20 cups of tea a day and claimed that he makes most of it himself.
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner and West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui said “too much” when asked about the number of hot drinks they drink each day, while Bournemouth manager Andoni Irola insisted who is trying to reduce his consumption.
In fact, the Spaniard claimed to have felt motivated to change his way of acting after discovering that “it is not good for your health.”
While not much attention is paid to the health impacts of this topic, a recent international study of more than 25,000 people found that drinking more than four cups of coffee a day increased the risk of having a stroke by almost 40 percent. hundred.
Meanwhile, the same amount of tea reduced the risk by almost a fifth.
In the study, published in July in the International Journal of StrokeThe researchers recruited 26,950 adults from 32 countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada, about half of whom had survived a stroke in the past few days.
The team found that drinking four or more cups of coffee a day increased the risk of stroke by 37 percent. However, drinking the same amount of either type of tea reduced the risk by 19 percent.
Black teas, which include Earl Gray and breakfast tea, had the lowest overall risk of stroke at 29 percent, while green tea reduced the risk by 27 percent.
There was no link between drinking three or fewer cups of coffee and stroke.
Experts have long debated whether coffee or tea has more health benefits. However, a new study suggests that coffee may increase the risk of stroke, while tea reduces it.
Ange Postecoglou said you can spend up to an hour on a single cup of coffee, depending on what it is
Other revelations came from the likes of Tottenham manager Postecoglou, who revealed that he can be quite happy with just one coffee depending on what it is.
Alluding to his Mediterranean heritage, he said: “If I have what the Greeks call a Freddo cappuccino, I could drink it for about an hour.” In Greece I learned that you take your time.
Meanwhile, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca claimed to have had “four or five coffees” in a presumably nervous five-hour morning and Everton manager Sean Dyche said his drink of choice is a black coffee with sweetener.
O’Neil, like his colleagues, has one of the most stressful jobs on the planet. The tension is magnified during the periods currently experienced by the Englishman, whose team is 19th in the Premier League with only two wins in its first 14 games.
The poor run continued on Wednesday with a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Everton and sees the former midfielder’s job hanging in the balance ahead of a big clash against West Ham and fellow manager Lopetegui.
On Thursday, Mail Sport revealed that Wolves are actively seeking replacements for O’Neil and are believed to have held tentative talks with Graham Potter last month.
Although Wolves recorded wins over Southampton and Fulham in November, as well as drawings with Brighton and Crystal Palace, O’Neil’s stock fell again when his team conceded eight goals in two games against Bournemouth and the Toffees.
Mail Sport understands the hierarchy have been assessing potential new managers since before the November international break and it is believed there have been initial talks with Potter.
O’Neil faces dismissal from Wolves after a dismal start to the season which leaves the club in 19th place.
Like Potter, Leicester sounded out David Moyes before appointing Ruud van Nistelrooy and, given the 61-year-old’s track record, he would be an attractive option for Wolves. However, Moyes was unconvinced about the Leicester role and may also feel the same about the job at Molineux.
Although O’Neil and his staff received enhanced four-year contracts last summer, the compensation package is believed to be roughly the same as would have been the case under the original three-year deal the 41-year-old signed when replaced Lopetegui. in August 2023.
Wolves’ form dipped badly in the second half of last season amid an injury crisis and captain Max Kilman was sold to West Ham during the summer, while Pedro Neto, the club’s best attacking player, left. He moved to Chelsea.
Those sales generated around £100m, but Wolves failed to sign the Premier League quality centre-back O’Neil wanted and O’Neil does not consider Neto’s effective replacement, Rodrigo Gomes, ready to start regularly. .