Manchester City will hold a midweek board meeting to decide the fate of Irish defender Richard Dunne.
The 22-year-old defender has been suspended for a 'serious breach of club discipline' and his future now looks in some doubt.
Dunne has previously encountered disciplinary problems connected with his failure to turn up for training.
However, a repetition of that would seem unlikely to involve senior club officials and though neither manager Kevin Keegan, nor chief operating officer Chris Bird would confirm the exact problem, Dunne is unlikely to figure in the City squad for some time, if at all.
"We will have a board meeting to discuss the matter next week," said Keegan following his side's thrilling 2-2 draw with Blackburn at Maine Road this afternoon.
"It is something to do with club discipline but I'll leave you to fill in the bits," he added. "We will give more details later in the week."
It is less than seven days since Keegan claimed Dunne's attitude had been "exemplary" following his previous problems.
Until today, the former Everton player has been on the substitutes' bench for all City's Premiership games, although his only involvement came in the second half of the opening day encounter with Leeds.