Riyad Mahrez has gone a third day without reporting to Leicester in a move that is expected to see him fined two weeks' wages.
The Algerian winger is said to have missed training on Thursday having failed to show at Belvoir Drive on Tuesday or travel with the squad for Wednesday's game at Everton.
Mahrez was desperate to force through a transfer to Manchester City and has told Leicester he is not in the right frame of mind having seen the deal collapse.
Leicester sources have indicated a straight cash offer of £80million may have been enough to prise the 26-year-old from the club but City's best bid was £50m plus a player rated at £15m.