Last Updated: Mon, 05 May 2008 13:36
Reading's record signing Emerse Fae says he wants to quit the club after he was fined a fortnight's wages and suspended.
The penalty was handed out to Fae, and Ibrahima Sonko, after they refused to take part in a reserve games last week but while Sonko says he wants to stay and make a fresh start, Fae wants out.
Fae, a £2.5million club-record signing from French club Nantes, has been something of a flop in his first season and now the midfielder wants to move on.
He told the Reading Evening Post: "I refused to play with the reserves when I was asked to on Sunday. They said 'okay let's meet on Thursday' and in the meantime I received a letter saying I am axed.
"They are not courageous enough to tell me things in the eyes, man to man, in five minutes. I am a father, an adult. I am able to recognise when I make mistakes. I can also admit to people when I am wrong.
"They do not need to suspend me to show everybody that it has not worked, I am not a kid. If you make a mistake you admit it, but it is just a pretext.
"They did not treat me well during the season. I never caused any controversy. I have been a professional, but they are showing that I do not have my place at the club.
"There is no need for me to fight or to persevere. For sure my future is not with Reading, a challenge in England, Germany or wherever would attract me, but this time I will not make the mistake not to speak with the coach before I sign."