IT IS TRUE ENGLISH FOOTBALLERS DRINK MORE.

It is Indeed very true that the English footballers are more famous for their drinking bouts. Like Paul Mearson Paul Gascoigne , wayne Rooney.
But you never hear of footballers in Spain , say the Barcelona famous players like Messi, Xavi and the others , even Ronaldo has not been caught drinking and reporting next day for training.
One English player who has been clean of this problem is David Beckham, who does not drink,the footballers in England are paid far to much,their reason is they pay 50 percent tax.While Italian and Spanish footballers pay less tax, so the best footballers are found there.