Every fourth Premier League club has installed intelligent urine in the dressing rooms. They analyze players’ urine and send hydration data to medical staff within seconds.
According to Flashscore, the device, called S-Urinal, was developed by the Spanish company Kamleon. Manchester United was among the first to present him at their training center in Carrington, and later joined Arsenal, Manchester City and Aston Villa. The last user is Ipswich Town.
The procedure is simple. The player prints his name on the touch screen and urinates normally, while optical sensors analyze urine. They measure the specific weight, volume, color, and concentration of electrolytes.
The player immediately sees a hydration score of between 1 and 100 on the wall, marked in green, yellow, or red. The same data is sent to club doctors at the same time. When the result is yellow or red, the coach staff advises the player how much and what to drink.
According to Flashscore, the system is also used by stars such as Erling Haaland, Declan Rice, and Ryan Cherky.
The benefits of the equipment were publicly praised by Mark Ashton, the executive director of Ipswich, during a visit to the new training centre.
The player’s face appears on the screen, he clicks on it and uses the toilet as usual, Ashton said, adding that hydration data is essential for club operations.
Hydrating is a serious problem in high-level football. A 2020 analysis published in the European Journal of Sports Science included 24 studies and found that two thirds of professional football players were unhydrated or dehydrated. /Telegraphy/