Benito Carbone will be slapped with a hefty fine today and warned about his future conduct after refusing to sit on the City bench against Preston.
The Italian faces a carpeting from angry boss Nicky Law following his petulant pre-match outburst when he discovered he had not been named in the starting line-up. It forced City to change their team sheet five minutes before the deadline.
The maximum a player can be fined under PFA guidelines is two weeks' wages - the equivalent of £80,000 for Valley Parade's top earner.
Law raged: "He's let the people of Bradford down and he will have to face the consequences. I would think there are rules laid down and they have to be stuck to whether it's me, an apprentice or a top player.
"There isn't one set of rules for everybody else and another for one certain person.
"If he'd been on the bench, he'd have probably been on at half-time. But if he decides he doesn't want to play then there's not much I can do - I can't physically make him play.
"He couldn't come back from Derby and expect to walk back into the team. The lads have been here and worked hard and ground two decent results out.
"The money aspect is irrelevant, you are coming in to do a job of work. What job do you do when you refuse to do what you're asked? In any other job you wouldn't be there next day."
Carbone, who has another two seasons on his £2m-a-year contract with the Bantams, is desperate to get back into the big time - but last night's episode will hammer his chances of a move elsewhere.
Law added: "Would anybody want a player who refuses to play if he's not in the team? Who picks the team?"
The Italian's tantrum set the tone for a bitterly disappointing performance from City who were booed off at the end of a 1-0 defeat. It was their first league loss under the new manager.
"I feel sorry for the people who've come here and paid hard-earned money to watch that," he said. "I will always stick up for players if they give me 150 per cent and have a right good go.
"They can have a bad day and you accept that - but not a level of performance like that."
City must also decide whether to extend goalkeeper Carl Muggleton's loan which runs out today.
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