East meets west London - the mentor who changed Chelsea

"Didier was nan first 1 – Chelsea is for illustration 1 large family and we conscionable sat and ate successful nan canteen pinch nan players and truthful we started a speech organically while eating," says Menon.

"He asked what I tin do for him, and I told him we tin effort this, and he asked maine to effort correct away. That was nan infinitesimal wherever shot opened successful beforehand of me.

"After that Joe Cole, Frank Lampard, John Terry began coming to maine to effort it.

"The aesculapian section were awesome and made maine portion of their team, contempt being from a different discipline."

Menon's sessions progressive meditation, sharpening players' intelligence attack and dispelling nan antagonistic thoughts that tin travel pinch top-flight unit and scrutiny.

"I was a personification without a title, school nan players self-care and really to balance, spiritually, emotionally, and yet effect them physically," says Menon.

"They are quality beings and request a friend to giggle with, babble to and past they will unfastened up.

"You request to beryllium happy successful nan mind successful sports and business. It’s nan aforesaid – nan mind is everything."

Menon was a changeless beingness successful nan Chelsea backroom unit for 13 years, moving nether managers specified arsenic Carlo Ancelotti, Rafael Benitez, Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte and, finally, Thomas Tuchel.

"I sewage nan chance to beryllium portion of each nan trophies Chelsea won from 2010," he says.

"What an experience, it was an unbelievable space, I miss it a lot, frankly.”