Morgan Amalfitano is reported to have been ordered to train with the Under 21s by manager Slaven Bilic after he failed to attend a team meeting.
According to a story by Adrian Kajumba (Mirror), the two clashed after Bilic questioned the French winger about his absence in the presence of the rest of the squad.Amalfitano is reported to have taken exception to being quizzed in front of his fellow professionals which led to the former French international "giving the manager attitude" - leading to his omission from the first team set up just one week into the new campaign.
The 30-year-old has previous for becoming embroiled in internal disputes, for in August of last year - shortly before his move to east London - he was similarly ordered to train with the reserves by Marseille coach Marcelo Bielsa after he failed to follow the manager's orders.
Bilic has been beset by problems with his squad since arriving at the club; having lost Enner Valencia to injury he then failed to land Atletico striker Raul Jimenez on loan - despite appearing to believe the deal was all but done.
A series of red cards were partly responsible for West Ham's unexpectedly early Europa League exit, whilst earlier today Bilic became embroiled in the row surrounding the possible signing of former Man City and QPR bad boy, Joey Barton - following which it was revealed that Diafra Sakho had been arrested on suspicion of assault.
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