▁" high ▁j inks ". ▁Mod elling ▁contract s ▁and ▁de als ▁with ▁fashion ▁labels ▁like ▁Top ▁Man , ▁Hugo ▁B oss ▁and ▁Ar man i ▁cul min ated ▁in ▁their ▁collect ive ▁nick name , ▁the ▁" Sp ice ▁Boys ". ▁The ▁situation ▁was ▁further ▁ag gra v ated ▁by ▁stories ▁of ▁Mc Man aman ▁and ▁best ▁friend ▁Rob bie ▁F ow ler ' s ▁l ifest yles ▁off ▁the ▁pitch ▁following ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁the ▁magazine ▁Lo aded , ▁which ▁dep icted ▁the ▁du o ▁as ▁h ed on ists ▁and ▁' sc ally ' ▁characters , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁stories ▁about ▁Mc Man aman ▁and ▁F ow ler ' s ▁lack ▁of ▁decor um ▁and ▁dis rupt ive ▁influence ▁in ▁the ▁dress ing ▁room . ▁Mc Man aman ▁respond ed ▁by ▁joining ▁The ▁Times ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁week ly ▁column , ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁footballer ▁of ▁his ▁generation ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁ ▁Mc Man aman ▁was ▁also ▁critic ised ▁for ▁scoring ▁too ▁few ▁goals , ▁although ▁he ▁did ▁make ▁up ▁for ▁this ▁with ▁a ▁form id able ▁rate ▁of ▁ass ists ▁for ▁the ▁lik es ▁of ▁F ow ler ▁( with ▁whom ▁he ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁having ▁an ▁almost ▁' tele path ic ' ▁understanding ▁with ) ▁and ▁later ▁Michael ▁O wen , ▁with ▁O wen ▁saying ▁that ▁" L iver pool ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁was ▁built ▁around ▁Mc Man aman " ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁average ▁team ▁whenever ▁Mc Man aman ▁was ▁not ▁on ▁form . ▁Additionally , ▁Mc