Saturday 19 November 2016 08:12, UK
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has denied claims his players are banned from having sex after midnight.
City midfielder Samir Nasri suggested this week Guardiola imposed the rule so his squad "get a good night's sleep".
But the City boss dismissed the Frenchman's claims, and said he would even encourage more sex.
Guardiola said: "It's impossible to play good football if you don't make sex with your partner! I never did that [ban it] and I would never ban that. If you are doing it... better players!"
Since Guardiola took charge in the summer stories have emerged, via players, of a number of bans being imposed on the squad.
Pizza, fruit juice and wifi, in certain parts of the training complex, are now reportedly off limits at certain times.
Nasri, who was told he was overweight in the summer and had a spell training away from the first team before joining Sevilla on loan, this week appeared to have added to the list.
He told L'Equipe du Soir: "On a free day he says, 'Those who want to have relations, it's before midnight because you must have a good night's sleep'."
Nasri went on to claim former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager Guardiola had previously had success with such a policy with Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski.
