From Klopp and Xavi to Furlan and Baup, these coaches pushed to the limit: “You have no private life, you are obsessed”. “Mental wear and tear comes from exhaustion, prolonged stress, excessive workload,” says Arsène Wenger, the former Arsenal coach (1996-2018).

“We quickly go from euphoria to depression. There is something at stake, the external judgment which is very important,’ says Wenger.