Hatem Ben Arfa has been left out of the Paris Saint-Germain squad to face Arsenal in the Champions League, despite playing all five of the French club's games at the start of the new season.
The French midfielder has not been included by new manager Unai Emery for his first European game, having started the club's draw with Saint Etienne on Friday night.
Goal are reporting that PSG assistant manager Juan Carlos Carcedo informed Ben Arfa of the news on Monday, before telling him to report for an individual training session on Tuesday morning.
'There is no reason for Ben Arfa's absence - Hatem is not injured, and he had no problem with the coach,' Carcedo told Goal.
Ben Arfa is said to have taken the snub as something of a humiliation, but is thought to have told friends and family of his determination to fight for his place in the French capital.
It is not the first time the forward, tipped for stardom during his early days with Lyon, has been sidelined.
He resurrected his career as he exited his Newcastle 'hell' by moving to French club Nice in 2015, having previously been placed in the reserves by Alan Pardew before then being loaned out to Hull.
Ben Arfa scored 17 goals during his one season at Nice, the same club where Mario Balotelli is in the process of getting his career back on track, which was enough for him to earn a move to PSG.
But just a month into the season Emery has already suggested he needs to work harder and find the 'right mentality'.
'He has played in every game. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but he has played every time,' he told RMC.
'He needs to work to improve himself so that if he plays a good 10 minutes, he can play 20 minutes the next time and so on.
'This is the process. He has to work hard and have the right mentality.'
Thiago Silva, Serge Aurier, Javier Pastore and Maxwell are all involved despite doubts over their fitness.
Angel di Maria, Edinson Cavani and one of Lucas Moura or Pastore are set to lead the line line in Ben Arfa's absence.
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