Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney banned from Twitter
The likes of Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney will be banned from using social networking sites, including the popular Twitter.
Twitter has become a phenomenon amongst footballers. Along with Messi and Rooney for Argentina and England, players of Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Holland and Germany will also be banned from using Twitter.
Recently, Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk imposed the ban on his players after Liverpool winger Ryan Babel had streamed two hours of live footage of him and his teammates playing Pro Evolution Soccer on a console in the hotel room.
The coach of Chile, Marcelo Bielsa, has also banned all social networking activity and has even put a curfew on regular and non-social use of the internet during the evening.
Twitter is very popular around the world, and the talented starts on show will not be able to use social networking sites like Twitter to keep football fans informed of what they are up to.
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