You’ll hear a lot of European soccer fans claiming that turf is terrible for the beautiful game… But did you know many of their top clubs — including Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester United — don’t even technically play on grass, but rather a frankenstein-like system that includes both authentic — and artificial elements…

The most popular of these systems is called Desso Grassmaster — designed to help reinforce natural grass surfaces, the incredibly tedious installation process involves injecting some 20 million polypropylene fibers ,, 7 inches deep into the ground. As the grass roots grow, it’s said to entwine with the fibres and grow deeper, ensuring a stable and even playing surface… This is particularly important during wet-weather games, and also helps prevent the field from getting unessarily torn up.

The downside? It’ll run you somewhere between 500,000 and 1m pounds to install a Grassmaster system… 😳💵 #shorts #football #footballshorts #viral #turf #grass #premierleague #soccer #futbol #futebol #england #brasil