Raheem Sterling has become embroiled in more controversy after being pictured allegedly smoking a shisha pipe.

Sterling was shown in the Sunday Mirror taking a drag from an orange pipe said to contain fruit-scented tobacco. The photograph on social media was accompanied by a caption that read “1 down another 3 to go” – suggesting there was more to be smoked.

Sterling is the latest Premier League footballer to be photographed with a shisha pipe following Jack Wilshere.

Sterling is in the middle of a contract showdown with Liverpool.