AXE THREAT FOR CITY BINGERSROBERTO MANCINI has told his Manchester City millionaires to cut out the boozing or face the axe from Eastlands. Mancini has been left reeling after several of his players were caught taking part in a drinking binge in Scotland earlier this week. The England trio of Gareth Barry, Adam Johnson and Joe Hart were videoed downing drinks at a student party in St Andrews. The incident came just 24 hours after City’s home thrashing by fellow title challengers Arsenal and left Mancini furious. Starsport understands the Italian has fined the three involved and issued a serious dressing down to the rest of his squad. He has told them to cut down on their party lifestyles and focus on keeping fit as City look to challenge for the Premier League crown. Clean-living Mancini will not stand for such behaviour and admits he finds the English culture difficult to accept. Harry Redknapp has suffered similar problems at Tottenham and the City boss is desperate to avoid a drinking culture developing at Eastlands. The former Inter Milan chief said: “I don’t understand it. The last video was on Monday and that was a day off, so the players can do what they want. “But I don’t understand why they have chosen this and I am unhappy about it. We are playing every three or four days at the moment and it is difficult enough to recover. “I want to resolve this problem in the dressing room, not here. “It was a day off and the players can go where they want, but when we are playing every three days, the players need to know it’s important they recover well between games. “This is not a problem only for us, it is a problem for many British players. It’s a cultural thing. “I read that Aston Villa and Tottenham had the same problem. “I want to solve the problem in the dressing room because here is not good.”
Gérard Houllier implores Aston Villa players to avoid alcohol and nightclubsGérard Houllier has warned his Aston Villa players there is no place for nightclubs and alcohol in a modern footballer's life.Houllier was well known for his no-nonsense attitude to players and their private lives while Liverpool manager between 1998 and 2004.He has impressed upon his young Villa players a similar message, saying they must dedicate themselves entirely to football if they want to succeed. "If you go off the track, with booze and nightclubs, you can imagine what happens," he said. "Players have got to live for the job. That is sometimes why their marriage breaks. "They marry young girls who want to go out and go to restaurants. But the life of a player, they usually play every three days, they have to be at home, put their feet up. "You cannot succeed otherwise. If you love football, you have to live for football. For 10 years at least. "All big players, their rest, their diet, their off-the-field life is for football. "They can enjoy life afterwards when they become TV pundits or managers."
I don't think there is a drink problem and houllier is very hard on such things, there's no way he would allow it to happen .
What on earth has salsa dancing got to do with it?
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