I Survived 24 Hours With a Pro Football Player

I'm spending the next 24 hours with a pro football player. He plays for Manchester United, Brian Mbumo. Do you think I can survive today? Well, I hope so. Let's see. Let's see. I've played football since I was five years old and like 80% of kids, I wanted to be a pro football player. But only 0.05% actually make it pro. And I obviously didn't make it. But Brian, also 26 years old, did make it pro. Big breaking transfer news. Manchester United have finally announced the signing of Brian Mbumo. And that deal is worth 71 million pounds. Starting in a small town in France as a kid to today, playing in the toughest and most expensive league in the world. But there are hundreds of fake workouts or even fake day in the lives out there claiming to know what a real pro footballers day looks like. But we will find out what it actually looks like. And making this possible took months because we are one of the few people that actually have such close access to a pro football player for an entire day. We are allowed to record everything. This is like a five year old me dream coming true. From eating his exec diet with him to using everything in his luxury villa. Even joining his football training. Training MMA against his personal special forces coach. Looks kind of dangerous. Face Brian in a 1v1 football battle. What? And even join his favorite hobby. What a flex, scoring with yourself. Just to find out of my years of working out and football made me fit enough to be a pro football player. And the first thing on his schedule is have breakfast at his house. At least I think it's his house. We're here at a secret location in Marbella. Brian spends part of his summer here to train and get ready for the upcoming season. They're calling it pre preseason training. And when I entered this beautiful looking villa, he welcomed me right away. Nice to meet you, man. How are you doing? Yeah, I'm good. Thank you. Good. Nice to meet you. Excited for today. Brian told me that we will already leave for his football training soon. But first, he always eats breakfast. What are we eating? A lot of fats, a lot of healthy fats. Yeah. A little bit of carbs. We got the carbs right here. Energy, carbs right there. A little bit of protein. Get some eggs in the salmon. So basically everything. Yeah, everything you need. How many calories do you eat a day? I don't know. The chef knows. For a meal, he needs to eat about the double of his weight in protein. Between 100 and 200 grams of vegetables. I give you train so much, I would expect a lot of carbs. But if you have three meals and you don't eat anything in between? Not really. Sometimes I'll have a little bit of snacks. Nice. So after breakfast, I'm just going to get ready, go and train. I've seen the schedule. You like training and you like training hard. Should be ready for today. Let's hope I survive. Let's go. On to training. Picked up in a Range Rover. So we stepped into the car and Brian's personal driver is bringing us to the pitch. Right now we're going to practice. Yeah, today is going to be like some activation in the gym. Probably technical drills. Technical drills? Yeah. Where are you mainly based? Are you in Manchester? Yeah. You like that or? To be honest, I'm not really going out. Oh yeah, you don't go outside? I just chill at home. Yeah, you're locked up between home and football. Yeah. So just watching a series, watching animes. Animes? Which one? At the moment, I'm catching up on One Piece. You think I will survive today? This training. So I played football since I was five and I still sometimes play in the weekends. But I actually started to get a little nervous being around actual pros. But first. All right, we're getting ready in the gym. We are luckily starting somewhere where I feel a little bit more comfortable. Do you do like any routines? I do a lot of training with body weight and weight. Oh, in the gym. How are your pull-ups? I don't like this. Just as I don't really like mobility and activation exercises, as you will see. You ever do this? What is it? This? No, I do this not often enough. To like just work up the muscles here. Blood flow. I do the bike like they do. Do you like train with weight? Squats? Yeah. You do? Yeah. Because you've got good legs. But my dad was a weightlifter. That's why we have like good legs. Good genetics. But we actually have like decent ones as well. Trying to get bigger legs. What was the big breakthrough for you? I think like obviously you have to work really hard. Luck as well. I think like there is always a part of luck in football to make it. Obviously, you need to want it as well. You know, you need to give everything for it. I'm getting a little bit nervous for the training. Because they were still doubting if I could actually join. They need to see my level. I'm ready. You feeling ready? Feeling ready. And we put on our football shoes. Look at that. That's the quality of my shoes. There's always this thing that goes around where they say football players have new boots every game. Not every game, but like every month. Because when they are new, like they are really tight. The football training is guided by a professional team of coaches who train footballers at the highest level. But Brian is still helping me wherever he can, for now. Because later in this training, we will actually be opponents. Same again, acceleration, five steps. Yeah, five steps. Yeah. And break. And again. So now rest. You are the trainer? Yes. Nice to meet you, Stan. Nice to meet you, Steve. How long have you been doing this? 20 years. I can see you. You look confident. You look knowledgeable. Yeah, I know. And I got just strength and conditioning. And you got football coach right there. There. You love what you do? Yeah, I like it. I can see it, man. I can see it. Thank you. Is this different from a training on Manchester United? Of course, like these less tactical things. Yeah. But to be honest, like you can't do the same. It's quite similar. So you're doing rondos now? Yeah, we do rondos now. A rondo is a possession drill where players stand in a circle and pass the ball, trying to keep it away from the defenders in the middle. And for me, this rondo is the moment where I can prove myself. Nervous? A little bit. Like, I hope I'm doing all right. The coaches are watching and deciding if I'm good enough to join the rest of the training. Because if I'm not, I would not just interrupt their training too much. But I can also now prove myself to Brian and ask him if he wants to sign the contract that I brought. This is so small. It's so crazy. And already after my first touch with the ball, I feel I have to go into the middle. And also being in the middle and trying to stop the passes from the pros seems to be nearly impossible. And genuinely, for a moment, I was afraid that we would miss out on experiencing a pro football training like no one before. Nice. Good pressing. How did I do? Quite good, to be honest. So the coaches are allowing me to join the full training. Yes, you can join this one. Wow. Yeah, I can join. This is like a five-year-old me dream coming true. Normally, no one is allowed to join pro football players in their training, but today I am. And the first of three drills before we play a match is focused on accuracy. And, of course, Brian easily does it. Damn, he finishes it. And right away, it's my turn. Oh, one touch, sorry. It's OK. No. One touch. Lucky. Unlike Brian, I am right-footed, which doesn't really help on this side of the field. But that can't be an excuse at this level. I have to score with left. I'm not left-footed. I'm going to try to get it to my right in one touch. Nervous. Brian, once again, proves his perfect accuracy. Well, I am improving. No. The next drill is focused on coordination. Again, passing the ball, then turning, getting it back from the other side and score. Wow, OK. It's crazy stuff. And once again, Brian does it first try. The post. We hit the post. I'm constantly being watched by the coaches. Lucky, lucky, lucky. You got this, you got this. Close, but not there yet. This is not easy. This looks like it's made up. But just as before, I score on my third attempt. But for the third and last drill, the coaches don't change the exercise. They only add one piece of information. It is now a battle. And this definitely showed the winner mentality of everyone on this field. I'll hate losing. Always want to win. The side that scores three goals first wins. Unlike a lot of fake routines out there, where they do a lot of random stuff during trainings, pro football players actually practice this same thing over and over again. They need to get extremely good at specific things. Let's go, boys. Let's go, Stan. Come on, Stan. You got it. Yes. Come on. Super. Excellent. We won. Let's go. How did I do? Very good, to be honest. Yeah. Very good. Scored three goals. Yeah. Amazing. It's not easy, I swear. You come up with these drills. Yeah. The team. We are a team. Good, good, good. I like it. Hard work. So before we go to the final part of this training, where it's going to be my team against Brian's team, I found out how much pro football players actually drink. There's electrolytes in there. My electrolytes, but that's it. Like, these are gel, yeah? You use these? Sometimes, yeah. Yeah? Especially before games. So I use gel. I use carbohydrate. This has electrolytes and carbs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I'm using the day before the game as well. They keep going. They're already there again. Yeah, yeah. Gotta be fast. You need to be fast. Go, Brownie. Have my protein for the biggest discount. Best High Protein Snacks and Supplements. The last part of the training is like a match. Two teams, but only one goal in the middle. Goals can be scored from both sides as soon as a team completes seven passes. After the seven passes, you are free. Okay. I'm against Brian now. Brian is the opponent now. No. The pace in this open field is even higher than before. But I do feel like I've adapted a little bit to their speed. Of course, this one training won't turn me into a pro football player right away. But I feel like this one training improved my focus so much because there is so much pressure on every decision being surrounded by so many talented football players. Let's go. I did something. Yes. And just when I thought we would score another goal... This is the best goalkeeper I've ever seen in real life. Crazy. Almost as crazy as the temperature here because running in this Spanish heat is no joke. And not just for me. Being surrounded by all these talented players is honestly insane. And for a moment, I forgot that we were recording a video and I was just enjoying playing football. And even though this felt like the highlight of the day, the next things on his to-do list are even more intense and more exclusive. Here we go. That was an intense training. Yeah. Also because of the heat. As well, yeah. What are we doing now? You will see. Okay. How far is the drive? Six, seven minutes. Six, seven minutes? Yeah. That's not far. No. But even if traveling takes long, Brian doesn't mind because he's enjoying his anime. And I also don't mind traveling, especially since I got my Revolut card, which is the sponsor of today. You don't have to get a physical card, but hey, I could even customize it with this epic bicep emoji. But with Revolut, I can easily pay in local currency, exchange money directly inside the app, keep everything in one place while traveling. It actually helps me to only focus on making videos and just enjoying it instead of wasting time on annoying things like, is my credit card going to work? And if you sign up to Revolut using this QR code on the screen or the link in the description or pinned comment, you get 40 bucks if you use your card for the first time. You shout out to Revolut for making this video possible and making me survive travel. But unfortunately, Revolut can't help me survive the next thing on Brian's to-do list. This is the most complete gym I've ever seen in my life. You can do everything here. Okay. I see some insane cars. What do you drive? Me? Aston Martin. Aston Martin. How is it? Yeah, it's really good. And Brian was definitely not joking. This gym is insane. Wow, what the... How big is this? This is insane. They have everything. But the only thing in here that we need is... This is it? Yeah. The octagon. Octagon. This is the boss. What is your name? David. I'm a former crisis negotiation in the special forces. Special forces? Yeah, in GIGN. I was 12 years in the special forces. Wow. And I helped Brian to have a strong mind. The first thing they do... Oh, this is interesting. ...is the complete opposite of what I thought they would do. I firstly never done MMA training. But this way of training to shoot the ball just seems genius. Very interesting. I did not expect this to be on the schedule today. I never connected these sports together. Look at this. It just makes so much sense. And it got a lot more intense as well. Looks physical. Looks kind of dangerous. Because they now got rid of the ball to get into some even more physical training. Is this for like being open and getting used to physicality? If you play football on the field, you have some physicality. But here you're really focused on something so specific. It looks like a unique training for a football player. Yeah, I've done some like boxing. But like this one is the first one, like MMA and contact physicality. Very cool, yeah. And I actually was allowed to try this. You need to just protect the ball. Let's go. So? Touch the ball, touch the ball, touch the ball. Yeah. Because if you don't touch the ball, he can take it. Yes, yes. Touch me, touch me. Ah, to create space. Yeah. He was doing perfectly. It looked easy. He arrives to keep his mind in the ball and to manage. Yeah. Let's go. On TV, you might think this looks easy when football players shield the ball. But this was honestly really hard. Wow, that is intense. He made it look easy. Okay, I will let him continue with the session. Like he said, it's really about focusing mentally. So I don't want to be the guy who interrupts him with the camera right now. So while Brian is working with his special forces coach, I got to know someone from the team a little better. It's good to have a driver just drive you around. He would have to drive himself. I mean, he's walking already a bit difficult. So you're enjoying the job? Yes, it's wonderful. Brian is a very good man. Brian is a good man? Everyone keeps saying that. And that's what I've experienced. Brian is such a nice dude. Is this like what you do? You drive footballers around or mainly Brian? It's a summer only for Brian. Only Brian. Talking about Brian. So how was that? That was good? I'm good, but tired, man. Tired? Yeah. You haven't had a lot of food yet, in my opinion. Yeah, we're gonna go back home and have some food. You're hungry? Oh, yeah. Luckily, while we are driving back, Brian's private chef is already preparing food at the villa. I have a few people around me to help me. I like to do things by myself, but obviously there are some tasks that people are better than me to do. I can see the difference. You're getting a little tired and now you need some energy again. But you're excited for the rest of the day? Yeah, of course. Always. So football-wise, what is your biggest goal? I would love to win the Premier League one day as well. Next year? Oh, who knows? Next year? At least doing as good as this year in the league and then competing in the Champions League. Is there still a player you want to play with? Or against? Or score on? I would say Messi. Messi? Yeah, Messi, because I already played against Ronaldo. And I think for me, he's like the two best footballers in the world. So with Danny driving us to the villa, making sure lunch is ready when we arrive, and even picking up Band-Aids for Brian's blisters from the MMA training... You have a really good team. I have a good team. ...we enter the private gated community to get into the villa again. I'm honestly used to eating a lot more during the day, so I'm happy it's time to eat again. Time to refuel, my friend. This was literally here when we arrived. It was just ready for you? Yeah. Do you choose your own meals? Or did... No, I let him choose. I eat everything anyways. Is this lunch? Is it all of it? No, this is just the starter. Do you eat dessert? Only fruits. Only fruits? Yeah. No chocolate mousse? Not now. Not now, pre-season? No, yeah. Fruits are underrated. Talking about something that's really good, this is really good. Not super high-protein yet. But the main course is definitely making up for it. Mashed sweet potatoes, vegetables, and high-protein tuna. This is my type of meal. This is what I'm talking about. You always have a chef? Yeah. Saves time. That's actually why I have a chef. I was too focused on my video games. I thought he was going to say football, but too focused on the video game. And he actually has his own gaming setup that he can bring everywhere in the world. And I will actually play against him today. What's next on your schedule? So next on my schedule is recovery. Sounds very important for an athlete. I'll make an ice bath in the bath. We're going to make an ice bath? Yeah. I love an ice bath. Almost as much as I love dessert. It's nectarine that has been roasted in the oven with just a little bit of honey and rosemary. That sounds perfect. So far, the total calories haven't been crazy for the amount of training you do. When the season starts, do you need to be lower in weight? When you're having a full break, obviously you take care a bit less of what you're eating. But now, of course, now you have to get back to shape. So now I'm 81, 82. Just have to lose a little bit. 79 to 80 is where you're going? Yeah. That can be done in three, four weeks. Minimal deficit. Three course lunch is something I didn't expect, but I'm happy. Last bite. So now that we have some energy again, it's time to recover. Let's go. One of the best parts of this house. Brian's physio already prepared everything for the treatment, including some fancy electric gloves. So now we start with the hammam. A hammam is a traditional steam bath that helps to calm the body and relax the muscles. So part one of the recovery session. Let's go. And Brian says we're staying in here for 10 minutes, which sounds crazy to me because... It is hot in here. It's really, really hot. How hot is it in here? Do you know? It's like 80. Five minutes. Yeah. Why are you doing this? Because after I'm going to do an ice bath. So I like the tradition of hot and cold. All right. Something to look forward to. Something cold. And I'm not going to lie. Yeah. This was one of the hottest things I've ever experienced. I was about to tap out. I thought these guys are crazy, but luckily they thought it was hot too. Everything you're seeing is sweat. Even for recovery, it's important. Sweat out all the toxins. I am ready for the ice bath, for which Brian even lets me go into his room. You made the ice bath. More than a driver. You help with everything. Thank you. His team is amazing. Almost as amazing as the ice bath feels after the insane heat. This and the lunch together is preparing me for the biggest challenge of today. And I'm not talking about our gaming battle, but our challenge on the field. That is cold. So after also Brian cooled off and our bodies are fully recovered. It feels so good. Like so, so good. It's time for his final treatment. So I'm connecting the machine with the frequencies to the gloves. And now with the gloves, I can work and doing all my manual stuff. I protect more or less myself that the frequency not going into my body through the gloves. So that the frequency is all going to Brian. I have honestly never seen a treatment like this. And because Brian's physio is all the way here from Germany. He gets the full two hour treatment right now. Do most football players do this? Or is he one of the few? He's one of the few. One of the few. Oh, you got an edge. But let's see if I have an edge playing FIFA against him. Because my chances of winning a 1v1 against a pro footballer on a real pitch are not that high. What's your favorite game by far? I think it would be GTA. GTA? Yeah. So you're going for GTA 6? Ah, come on, man. Watch. You already pre-ordered GTA 6? I'm just waiting now. The game will make myself stay at home every single day. After training. But GTA 6 is not out yet. So of course we play FIFA. I'll take United. One of the biggest flexes ever, playing yourself. First time I've been on FIFA, I was so happy. Yeah. I was like 19, I think. So you've been on FIFA for seven years already. Yeah. So who do you want to take? Hopefully PSV. You're good at FIFA? I am the best. Yeah? No. I don't really have time to game. So I don't game. And literally within the first few seconds of the game. No. Did you almost score? Almost scored with yourself. Meanwhile, this is what I'm doing. What? Nervous. I'm nervous, yeah. Never played FIFA before. It's been a long, long time, man. No. What a flex, scoring with yourself. Are you happy with your score on FIFA? Yeah, it's actually good. Hopefully next season higher, but... But from this moment... He just keeps scoring with himself. Do you play the ball to yourself? Yes. On purpose? Yes. I would do the same. No. And I am doing the exact opposite. Oh, that's not great. Look at that. Boom. Happy with that. I really hope I do better in the final challenge Brian has for me. Because this game just ended in... 6-1? It's fair, yeah. 6-1? Let's see if I'm a little bit better in real life. Yeah. Brian prepared three football challenges for me. What he doesn't know is that I also got something prepared for him. So we're gonna start with the classical one. It's the crossbar. We both have to shoot from this line right here. And whoever hits the crossbar first wins the first challenge. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot. I lost. So you start. That is not a good start to winning the challenges. Oh, okay. No, way too soft. Right, it's my go, yeah? Oh, we did the same, yes. No. No, no. Oh, so fast. Second try. So Brian now takes the lead and already has a match point. The next is two-touch. Two-touch. So we are keeping the ball up. Yeah. With only two-touch. First to three mistakes, lose. Okay, I'm tense. There we go. What is that? Yeah. But one mistake for me. Is it a mistake for you? Yeah, of course. Okay, okay. Comment down below how nervous you would be here. And which athlete we also have to spend 24 hours with. But I was definitely feeling the pressure of a pro watching. No. Yes, one-one. Gotta play it hard. No, that is too, that's too hard. That's a mistake on me. And the pressure was only rising. Because if I make another mistake now, Brian not just wins this challenge, but the entire battle. Ah, okay. Was that good? I'm a player. Two-two. Okay. All right. Okay. Yeah, is that too hard? No, it's my mistake. I have to deal with it. Oh, okay. One more challenge. The aim is to finish on the corners. In the corners? Yeah. So whoever scores in both corners first, wins this challenge and the entire battle. It's gonna be crazy. Brian goes first and right away, gets scary close. Look at that. I'm still alive. But also I get pretty close. That was so close. So close. Control. Got it. Oh, so close. Every time I miss. We're lucky. I feel like it's done for me. Yeah, it was in. That was beautiful. Yeah, it was in. It was in. Let's go. Good one, huh? Okay, so now I have to score. Yes! Oh my days. Crazy, bro. Oh my days. So now for Brian, it's only the right. And for me, only the left corner remaining. Brian started this challenge. So if I now make it, I actually win. No. Oh, unlucky. Remember what I said about actually using the chances given to you? Well, Brian is the pro after all. But... I started, so you have one chance. One chance left. This is literally my last chance to avoid losing. Yes. But if I'm honest, losing a football challenge against a pro football player that has been working so hard from such a young age, gave everything and made so many sacrifices and was actually an extremely nice guy, showing us around the entire day and letting us experience literally everything is probably not something to be ashamed of. Well done. You won. Deserved. Thank you. Once again, I got something for you. Right. Oh, look at that. The Manchester United jersey. You actually did very well today. Really happy with the work. Yes, so happy. Thank you so much. Let me try this on. Getting this jersey is so epic, but I still have something for Brian. Actually, not over here. I'm already wearing a jersey. You got a contract right here to be your team player. Is that right? Yeah, I don't think I can see this. No, you can't sign it? No, I can't sign this one. You did so great, but still need improvement. A little bit of work. Yeah. Okay, well, let us know who we should spend 24 hours with next. And thank you so much, man. Thank you. This is amazing. Also, go check out Brian's socials.