England soccer manager Fabio Capello warned his pampered players on Tuesday (GMT) that they cannot afford to let their private lives get in the way of his World Cup preparations.
The Italian has grown weary at fending off a barrage of questions about the late-night liaisons of defenders John Terry and Ashley Cole.
Speaking before a friendly match against Egypt, he made it clear that this sort of behavior could cost a player his place at the World Cup in South Africa later this year.
"You have to be careful in every moment in your life," he declared.
"I think the next three months will be okay for all the players. If there is a problem and it is the private life we have to decide about what will happen."
"They are important players. They have to make an example for the children and all the fans. They have to stay careful in every moment and sacrifice something in their life.
"They are young players and young rich boys. This is the problem. It is not only here, in Italy, in Germany, in Spain, in every country where football is important like here.
"I remember in Spain sometimes one player went to a disco to drink something but not big problems between players about different women."
Terry's alleged affair with the former girlfriend of international colleague Wayne Bridge forced Capello to strip the Chelsea defender of the England captaincy.
Bridge has since announced he will not play for the national team.
The situation surrounding the team worsened when media reports of Cole's string of extra-marital flings led to his separation from pop star wife Cheryl.
Cole is out injured but Terry's form has been under extreme scrutiny.
"I saw two games that he played against Inter Milan and Man City. He played a normal game. The form of John Terry is good. He played without problems," Capello said.
"I followed him during training and he was good. He is absolutely not affected. I haven't spoken to him. I have another 24 hours to speak to him.
"Usually I speak with a lot of players individually. I have to decide whether to speak or not to speak. It depends on the moment.
"Always the teams wins together and loses together. It is possible to do some mistakes during the game."
