Leicester City have issued a statement condemning reports in the Daily Mirror yesterday that there is a booze culture at City.

The main story focussed ion Matt Elliott, reporting that he did not miss Saturday's game at Everton due to a slight knock in training, but because micky Adams had decided not to play him.

*Alledgedly* Matty had turned up to training smelling of booze.Players are currently banned from drinking 48 hours before a game and the night before training.

So Micky apparently fined him and sent him home.

The Club though have claimed that the story is 'complete nonsense' and "they do not wish to afford any credence to the article by making any formal comment on the tabloid story". A further statement on the club's official website reads:

"All players are fully aware of their professional responsibilities and the need for the highest possible standards of fitness.

"Management and players will be closing ranks and concentrating solely and exclusively on collecting a Premiership victory against Aston Villa at Filbert Street on Saturday."

The report even suggested that new boss Micky Adams was going to bring in a breathalyser to training in future!

So, is there any truth in this? There's usually smoke if not fire in tabloid's crappy stories. And we all know what some of the London lads are like. Although we don't here so many stories about drunken City players from taxi drivers now Lenny has moved to Celtic, some of the London lads are reknowned for getting booze down their necks in various Leiceser pubs after the games.

But Matty? Family man? At training? All seems very odd.

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