Wayne Rooney is the last on a long list of footballers to have been the subject of tabloid headlines.
Redknapp said: “There’s one common problem – I’ve said it all along. It’s called drink.
“These things don’t happen unless people have a drink 99 per cent of the time.
“People have a drink; we all drink.
“I’m not sitting here saying I never have; of course I have. I’ve liked to drink all my life.”
He added: “These lads now, everyone’s got a camera.
“I’m the only person in the country who’s got a phone without a camera on it!”
“They shouldn’t be putting themselves in that position,” he continued on the players.
“If they dedicate themselves for 10 years, they come out of it with so much money, they never have to work again.
“They can live a fantastic life. They’ve got to be super-fit now.”
“They’re the ones they should look at, aren’t they?” he added on Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville.
“Why is Giggs playing so well at 30-whatever-he-is?
“Still fit, still fantastic.
“You look at Italian players. Look at some of the greats. They’re 38, 39, 40 years of age, still playing Champions League football. Because they look after themselves so well.
“(Paolo) Maldini: what an example he is. What and incredible professional.
“You never read about him being drunk and disorderly, do you, falling over and fighting somewhere?”
