Sturridge admits he wears fragrance during matches; Jamie Carragher gently weeps
By Tom Bogert
Less than a week after Jamie Carragher said that modern footballers are too soft, Daniel Sturridge admits to spraying fragrance on his kits pre-match.
Daniel Sturridge told GQ Magazine that he likes to spray fragrance on his kit before match. My initial thought was ‘oh, maybe it’s like raw garlic or something else unpleasant that’d make a defender hesitant to track him closely for 90 minutes.’
Nope. It’s quite the opposite, actually. It’s strawberry-scented moisturizer. *face palm*
Unfortunate timing for this story to come out, with England disappointing mightily at Euro 2016 and Jamie Carragher, among others, slamming the team for being too soft. But here’s what Sturridge had to say for himself.
“People might think it’s strange, but I like smelling it, so it’s not about what anyone else thinks,” he told GQ. “Fragrance probably shows people who you are as much as your clothes do.”
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I feel this is a revelation that is best kept to yourself. Especially as he says he’s only doing it for himself. I wonder how well strawberry-scented moisturizer mixes with sweat, grass and whatever else can find its way onto a football shirt over the course of 90 minutes, though.
Somewhere, Carragher is throwing his face into his hands, lamenting the “good ol’ days” of when players would kick the living hell out of each other over 90 minutes.
Have defenders noticed? The next step for GQ is to find the Premier League defender who has played against Sturridge that’s prepared to go on record to comment on if he picked up the scent. Did he like it? Did it make him think less of the striker?
You know, maybe this could have had a designed effect for competitive edge. If you were marking some fella who smelled like he was on his way to a date, would you take him seriously? Probably not. You’d definitely make fun of him, I sure would. Maybe it lulls a defender to a false sense of security then BOOM, he’s gone and slotting beyond the keeper.
Maybe? Hopefully? Please, Daniel, please.