Brendan Rodgers is a busy man.
Not only is he trying to mastermind Champions League qualification out of a season that never looked like it would reach this stage, but he also has to deal with a couple of problem children.
In recent days he’s had to come down hard on Raheem Sterling after he was pictured smoking a shisha pipe, and also videoed inhaling nitrous oxide (laughing gas to you and me).
Now it seems he’s going to have to have a couple of stern words with another one of Liverpool’s hotshots after Jordan Ibe has become involved in the shisha pipe story.
The Daily Mail have published photos of the players puffing away while on a night out in London recently, and it now looks like Rodgers will have plenty of more non-football related questions to answer at his next press conference.
Rodgers said yesterday that he’d be taking Sterling aside to talk to him about his off-field behavior following the 2-0 win against Newcastle on Monday, adding that his players must behave like professionals at all times.
“You’re a professional sportsperson at the top level of the game, I don’t think it’s something you should be doing, it’s as simple as that.
“We want players here that are super professional, that are focused on their football.”
