'Coach told us to take a day off if we had too much sex!'

An ex-England star has now revealed that one of his former managers told his players to "take the day off if they had too much sex" the night before.

Retired fullback Wayne Bridge had a career spanning 21 years before his decision to call time on professional football in 2014.

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During his lengthy career, he represented eight clubs, including Chelsea, Manchester City, and Southampton, although all four of the major titles he won came during his time at Stamford Bridge.

Bridge, who represented the Three Lions on 36 occasions, also had a season-long stint at Brighton & Hove Albion in the EFL Championship after he was loaned out by City in 2012/13 campaign.

Speaking about his favourite manager during his playing career recently, the now-43-year-old recalled what then-Seagulls boss, Gus Poyet, used to say to the team about going out at night and taking women home from a nightclub.

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"[In 2013,] it was do I stay at Brighton or do I go to Reading, those are my options, and because Gus was leaving Brighton, I was really unsure of staying, because I really liked him as a manager," Bridge revealed on That Peter Crouch Podcast.

"... What I liked about Gus is he could be harsh sometimes, but if he was being harsh, then people deserved it.

"He was very open [with] the players.

"There's one thing that stands out. I remember a meeting, he went, 'Look, I know what being a footballer is all about. One of you might be chasing a girl, it ends up being a night before training, you've gone out, you've had a wild one, you've had loads of sex... just call me, you can have the day off. Just don't do it all the