Former Tottenham midfielder Danny Murphy has told Eric Dier to stop moaning about fans abuse.

Dier, who is back in the England squad after an 18-month absence, revealed that members of his family have stopped going to matches because supporter behaviour has become worse in recent years.

"That's life," Murphy said on talkSPORT. "I've been there, I've had it. My mum went to a couple of games, she didn't like it, so she stopped going.

"If you can't put up with some verbals and some detrimental comments… you're either resilient enough to deal with that and understand the situation you're in, or you're not. It's part and parcel of going to a football match, People pay their money to do it.

"And what is abuse? What are we talking about? There is a level of abuse nobody deserves to take, of course, so it depends. He is not very specific about what was said.

"I think some people throw the word 'abuse' around. If someone is talking about how poor his performances are or how bad a footballer they think he is, and they say it with a swear word, is that abuse?

"It's not abuse, it's an opinion, one that's just stated poorly. I think there's not enough resilience anymore. This is not anything new. When he says 'these days', these are not 'these days'.

"I have had it, my brother used to come and watch me, my dad, my mum. Some put up with it, sometimes my mates would share their opinion with someone else in the ground, but they don't then come to me and put that pressure and burden on me. They just deal with it like grown ups.

"Come on, you're a big boy playing for your country! I know it's not ideal that you feel like your family can't go to every game if they feel a little bit offended, but that's just the way it is. So suck it up and get on with it!

"The same happened to me! I am him! My mum stopped going to games because she didn't like it, so I said to her, 'just don't go'."

Asked what Dier should tell his mother, Murphy said: "Go home to the nice big house I've bought you from playing."