No gambling rule the best bet, says Pardew

WEST HAM manager Alan Pardew insists highly-paid footballers have a responsibility not to gamble “incomprehensible” amounts of money.

Gambling hit the headlines again this week with reports that Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney owes £700,000.

Pardew discourages young players at West Ham from frittering away their wages; anyone who even encourages gambling is immediately fined.

“I am worried about gambling, it is a concern,” said Pardew.

“For the man on the street the figures being bandied around are incomprehensible. Players have to take responsibility in terms of the wages they are putting on.”