Raheem Sterling Pictured Using Shisha Pipe with Liverpool Team-Mate Jordon Ibe

Liverpool contract rebel Raheem Sterling has landed himself in hot water once again after pictures surfaced on Tuesday of the winger smoking shisha for the second time in under a week. Jordon Ibe, his team-mate, was also snapped in the second set of images.  

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Rodgers Provides Sterling and Ibe with Warning

Friday, April 17

BBC Sport's Ben Smith reports Sterling "has been reminded of his responsibilities as a role model" by Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers. The manager also spoke with Ibe on Thursday. Smith reports "the club insist the matter is now closed."

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Sterling/Ibe Snapped Using Shisha Pipe

Tuesday, April 14

The Daily Mail reported the original story:

Shisha is a form of smoking fruit-flavoured tobacco made popular in the Middle East, with the Daily Mail's Chris Cutmore alleging that an hour-long shisha session can have the same effect as smoking between 100-200 cigarettes.

The activity wouldn't appear to be affecting Sterling's standards just yet, with the star having scored in the recent 2-0 win over Newcastle United, but Cutmore goes on to quote the British Heart Foundation website as stating: "Like cigarettes [shisha] contains nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide and heavy metals, such as arsenic and lead."

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Sterling's stalled contract negotiations are the talk of the town on Merseyside at present, but his off-pitch antics aren't doing anything to boost his reputation among fans or the rest of the onlooking public.

This latest incident comes in the same week the 20-year-old was also shown allegedly inhaling nitrous oxide, or "laughing gas," per The Sun (via BBC Sport), leading Rodgers to address his player's antics:

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I don't think it is something you should be doing, it's as simple as that. We want players here who are super-professional and focused on their football - I know he is. It's not just on the field, it's off the field as well but I will speak with him on it and we'll move on. Young players make mistakes. As long as they learn from them, that is what is important.

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The BBC report makes reference to Sterling having recently rejected a £100,000-a-week contract to remain at Liverpool, perhaps suggesting the youngster is actively seeking a departure.

These latest images won't do much to enamour Sterling any further among the Anfield faithful, with serious questions now being raised as to how serious the starlet is about cutting a new deal with his current employers.