Sevilla have made a point of dropping Manchester United loanee Hannibal Mejbri with a patronising statement, claiming the 'boy' needs to 'apply himself'.
Hannibal was not in the squad for the Copa del Rey quarter-final loss to Atletico Madrid on Thursday and will not feature against Osasuna on Sunday - or in any upcoming games until his issue is resolved.
The 21-year-old joined Sevilla on loan this January and has made one appearance off the bench for the LaLiga strugglers.
Manager Quique Sanchez Flores said: 'After being with him, talking to him and having seen his first minutes in Girona, we are going to give him the necessary space to understand where he is, that he is at Sevilla and what it means.
'He has to know where he is and we want to see him. We have spoken with him and we believe that he has to have some time to learn, we wanted to give him space, time for him to see things from the outside and then he will return to the squad.
'In the end they are kids who have come and suddenly land in a huge club like Sevilla in circumstances of maximum demand. And they need a bit of location. And that location may be seen better from the outside than from the inside. You should take a step to understand what we want.
'Let's see if the boy applies himself and I think that in the end he will understand perfectly what we want.'