NAPOLI have threatened to throw out Romelu Lukaku after he failed to return to training.
The striker has endured a difficult season since the death of his father Roger in September.
He has played just seven games and finds himself behind Rasmus Hojlund and Giovane in the pecking order.
Lukaku, 32, was called up by Belgium but did not feature in their matchday squad for teh 5-2 win over USA.
He since revealed he is suffering with an injury, but Napoli are still threatening disciplinary action as they claim Lukaku refused their call to return to training.
A club statement read: “SSC Napoli can confirm that Romelu Lukaku did not respond to today’s call to return to training.
“The club reserves the right to consider taking the appropriate disciplinary action, as well as to determine whether the player will continue to train with the team for an indefinite period.”
Lukaku said he chose to remain in Belgium to undergo rehab on his injury issue.
He described the problem as taking its toll on him mentally and physically, particularly given the difficult few months he has had.
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Lukaku said in a statement: “This season has been a lot for me from dealing with the injury and the personal loss.
“I know there has been a lot of noise about my situation in the last few days and it’s important to clarify the whole situation.
“The truth is the last few weeks I wasn’t feeling right physically and I had it checked out while I was in Belgium and it showed me that there was an inflammation and liquid on my hip flexor muscle next to my scar tissue since it is the 2nd problem I had since coming back early November.
“I chose to do the rehab in Belgium so I can help when called upon. I think most of you saw the interview I did in Verona.
“There’s nothing more I would love to do than play and win for my team.
“But right now I have to make sure I am clinically 100 per cent cause I haven’t been recently and it took a toll mentally.
“It’s been a lot this year. But in the end I will get there and help Napoli and national team to their respective objectives when called upon. That’s all I want.”
