It’s sleepy time at Manchester United (Picture: Getty)

It’s tough being a footballer – getting paid millions of pounds to kick a ball around for a couple of hours each day, before playing one or two games a week.

But it’s about to get an awful lot easier for the hard-working souls at Manchester United, after the club reportedly gave the go-ahead for a sleeping area to be built at their training ground.

The Red Devils, who have endured a disastrous season, believe their stars such as Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Juan Mata are too tired to go home after a training session – so will install beds so they can sleep before going home.



It might be April, but this is no fool, with a United source confirming the news.


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United stars will have lovely beds to sleep in (Picture: eBay)

‘It may sound like sleepy-time at a nursery but the beds serve a real purpose,’ he said.

‘Going from nothing to two training sessions a day leaves even professional stars knackered.’

Absolutely. Poor things.

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