Alpay refuses to play for reserves

"I could make him play for the reserves if I chose to do that, but I would be destroying the game for the rest of the players – which I am not prepared to do.

"He doesn’t want to play in the reserves. We had a situation against Everton when we put out an experienced reserve side and he said he preferred not to play.

"He didn’t say ‘I’m not playing’ but that he preferred not to play – and for me that tells you everything. Any senior player playing for the reserves has to have the right attitude."