Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistorrooy taught one of his senior players after the midfielder refused to make a compromise on his 100-Mile shuttle service in training, according to reports.
The Dutchman was reportedly involved in a heated confrontation with former international Harry Winks in England after he rejected a request to spend the night once a week on the Foxes training field in North Leicestershire.
According to the Telegraph, Winks, 29, is one of the three senior Leicester players who travel more than 90 miles to the Seagrave training base of the club every day.
The newspaper claims that the former Tottenham star, who came to Leicester in July 2023 for a fee of £ 10 million, has allowed its own private reasons for commuting nearly 100 miles to training every day-a journey by ex-Foxes boss Enzo Maresca.
Van Nistelrooy, who was appointed in November in November as the new manager of Leicester after Steve Cooper's pocket, reportedly regards the living -working traffic as an indiscipline and wanted to spend the night on the training basis to help the preparation to the Premier League bumps on Wednesday.
The state-of-the-art £ 100 million training base from Leicester is equipped with hotel accommodation, as well as a golf course with nine holes.
With Van Nistelrooy who wanted to turn the fortunes in the midst of a gloomy form of form, he had his Leicester Squad train in the afternoon before he returned the next morning for a new session.
Winks, who played 25 games for Leicester this season and played for the last three games of the Foxes from the bank for the last three games, was the Squadron of Van Nistelrooy for the collision in the Etihad.
Sources near De Telegraaf claim that the confrontation of Van Nistelrooy with Winks was heated, where the Dutchman only recently spoke about his eagerness to put high standards at the King Power.
Leicester suffered a 2-0 defeat to the side of Pep Guardiola to the night, with goals from Jack Grealish and Omar Marmoush who sent the club to their 21st loss of the Premier League campaign.
Sitting in 19th and 12 points on the drift of safety, Van Nistelrooy has a seismic task to earn Leicester Survival with eight games to go.
It is not yet known whether Winks will return to the Leicester team for Monday's match against Newcastle.
Sheffield Wednesday Boss Danny Rohl is a possible target for relegation-threatened Leicester and Van Nistelrooy leaves in the summer.
Asked for his future last month, Van Nistelrooy said: 'I signed a contract two years after this one.
'I knew that when I arrived the challenge and how difficult it could be. I was aware of that and was committed to that future. '
But if he and Leicester separate, Mail Sport will understand that Rohl would be prominent in the thoughts of the club. The German did a good job on Wednesday and sent them to safety in his first senior role last season.
This term, the 35-year-old De Uilen kept well-free from problems and with an external chance of the play-offs.
Rohl, who is supposed to have an important compensation schedule in his contract, impressed Foxes Recruitment Chief Martyn Glover when both worked in Southampton.
The manager would also be a contender for the role of the saints, when Ivan Juric leaves in the summer.