Tottenham legend Paul Gascoigne says manager Harry Redknapp is wrong to slap a booze ban on his players.

Redknapp has vowed to ban alcohol following Ledley King's arrest for an alleged assault outside a London nightclub.

But Gazza says: "It's a little lesson for Ledley King. That's OK. He'll learn from that, there's not a problem, leave the kid alone. What can you do?

"Now there's twice as many paparazzis, I've got followed today all day from nine o'clock. Four paparazzi would not leave us alone and you're going to get that now. It's just how you cope with them.

"Players are under a lot of pressure, sometimes they need to relax. In Holland some players smoke after games, not many English players smoke. They get provoked like I was provoked."