Morlaye Sylla has been left out of the Guinea squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations after falling out with the manager over a shirt he swapped with Vinicius Junior.
Guinea will kick-off their campaign when they take on Cameroon on January 15 before facing Gambia and reigning champions Senegal.
They will be without midfielder Sylla who has failed to make the squad after reportedly getting into an argument with team-mates and the manager after their 4-1 loss to Brazil in June.
Following the defeat, the 25-year-old swapped shirts with Real Madrid superstar Vinicius Jr before the shirt mysteriously vanished in the dressing room.
An aggrieved Sylla started to point fingers at team-mates before accusing manager Kaba Diawara of theft.
Morlaye Sylla has been left out of the Guinea squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations
The midfielder swapped shirts with Brazilian star Vinicius Jr after a friendly last summer
Sylla accused manager Kaba Diawara of stealing the shirt after it mysteriously went missing
He is then said to have insisted on undergoing a thorough search of the whole dressing room, intensifying tensions further.
Sylla is yet to apologise and has paid the high price of missing the highly-anticipated tournament despite being capped 23 times.
A midfielder that will be involved for Guinea will be captain and former Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita.
The 28-year-old, who joined Werder Bremen last summer, has missed a number of games through injuries through injuries but is fit once again and will be on the plane to Ivory Coast in the coming week.
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