A.C. Milan have a fantastic history, they have won Serie A an amazing 17 times, that is only 2nd to Juventus with 27 and have won the European Cup 7 times which makes them the 2nd most successful club behind real Madrid with 8. But the one thing that they do come first in is there training methods and the facility they use.

The clubs facility is called the Milanello, it is situated in a small village 50 kilometers from Milan called Varese. It was completed in 1963 but really took form as a leading institution in medical sports science in the late 80's when current A.C owner Silvio Berlusconi took over the club. The facility has 14 permanent staff working there, who study in the leading views in soccer training.

The club over the past 10 years has had an exceptional amount of players continue there careers into there late 30's and even 40's. Players like Baresi, Maldini, Cafu, Favalli and Costacurta have all had prolonged careers due to these techniques. One technique that is used is daily muscle scans, that detect if any player has small tears that could lead to injury. This is not used by any other club in the world.

This facility is the worlds best and is not just used by A.C Milan, the Italian national squad have used it for the past 10 years as a base before big competitions. It is based on a hill and has a running/biking path 1,200m long, with varying altitudes to keep players physically premium and injured players recuperate quicker. It consists of 6 regular pitches, 1 synthetic grass pitch (35m x 30m) and a covered pitch, there is also a cage pitch that keeps the ball in play at all times so that increases the players speed and execution in thinking and technique.

The last thing is the 'MilanLab', they have created a program to help keep players at there peak of performance throughout the season. It consists of 3 levels - (neuro) structural area, biochemical are and mental well being area. The Neuro structural area looks at the chiropractic way in helping there players body to recover without drugs or surgery. Next is the biochemical level that looks into how a players body responds biochemically, when put through different levels of exercise. The final level is mental in which the club makes each individual spend 20 minutes everyday in a 'mind room' to help relieve stress and relax the players.

All of this information is amassed and scrutinised methodically to create a portfolio on each individual and help develop a programme for the player in training that will optimize his ability. Only Arsenal can even be put close to this level of scientific player development due to Arsene Wenger studying there techniques when he was younger.

This is a truly ground breaking area within sport let alone soccer. All the top clubs in 20 years will have this but it is A.C leading the way.