Stoke City boss Steven Schumacher has revealed that striker Ryan Mmaee has been sidelined by the Championship club for disciplinary reasons - and is still not available for selection.
Mmaee, 26, who had not scored in the Potters' five previous games, was left out for last weekend's 5-0 home defeat by Championship leaders Leicester City.
But Schumacher says he is now training with Stoke's Under-21s.
"We had an internal disciplinary issue with Ryan," he told BBC Radio Stoke.
"A few issues that have happened. I won't go into the details, but there were a few things that weren't the behaviour we expect from one of our players.