BRUGGE star Emmanuel Dennis will miss a Champions League game tonight because ‘he couldn’t sit in his favourite seat on the team bus’.
The 23-year-old striker will not feature against Borussia Dortmund and could be fined by his club, reports in Belgium say.
Emmanuel Dennis will miss tonight’s return clash with Borussia DortmundCredit: AFP
Belgian outlet Het Laatste Nieuws report that the Nigerian forward stormed off the bus when he was told he couldn’t sit where he wanted.
Brugge manager Philippe Clement said on Monday that Dennis was dropped for disciplinary reasons but didn’t elaborate.
The 23-year-old has been with Brugge since 2017 and scored twice in a Champions League clash at Real Madrid last year.
He also scored in the 2-1 win over Zenit St Petersburg on match day one in this season’s competition.
Brugge trained at Signal Iduna Park on Monday in preparation for tonight’s Group F clash.
Dortmund are top of the group having won the first meeting between the teams 3-0 on November 4.
Lazio sit second ahead of Brugge with Zenit St Petersburg last.
Dortmund wizkid Youssoufa Moukoko is set to become the youngest ever player in the Champions League today.
Brugge trained in Dortmund on Monday ahead of their Champions League clashCredit: EPA
16-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko could make history for Dortmund tonightCredit: EPA
The club announced the 16-year-old was added to their squad for their match against Club Brugge.
The forward broke the Bundesliga record on Saturday when he made his debut for Dortmund during their 5-2 hammering of Hertha Berlin.
Moukoko could break the record currently held by former Chelsea star Celestine Babayaro (16 years, 87 days old) who featured for Belgian club Anderlecht in 1994.
The youngster only turned 16 on Friday and comes with a huge reputation after scoring 141 goals in only 88 matches in Dortmund’s underage teams.
Black and Yellow boss Lucien Favre said he is pondering over giving Moukoko game time.
He said: “It’s hard to say and to answer immediately. We will see today in training and we have a lot (of players) up front.
“We have a lot of options up front and we will see.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
