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Stoke City boss Steven Schumacher has revealed that striker Ryan Mmaee has been sidelined by the Championship club for disciplinary reasons – and is still not available for selection.<\/span><\/p>\n But Schumacher says he is now training with Stoke’s Under-21s.<\/span><\/p>\n “We had an internal disciplinary issue with Ryan,” he told BBC Radio Stoke.<\/span><\/p>\n “A few issues that have happened. I won’t go into the details, but there were a few things that weren’t the behaviour we expect from one of our players.<\/span><\/p>\n “We spoke to him after the Sunderland game and told him that this was the situation and that, for the time being he wouldn’t be considered for selection<\/span><\/p>\n “That’s what happened and that’s still the case. He wasn’t involved in the week leading up to the Leicester game and for now he isn’t available.<\/span><\/p>\n “This week he has been training with the fitness coaches and he will continue training at the back end of the week with the Under-21s.”<\/span><\/p>\n Stoke, 20th in the table, just four points clear of trouble, head for a crucial away game on Saturday at fellow strugglers Blackburn, just a point above them.<\/span><\/p>\n Morocco international Mmaee is one of 25 players to have arrived at Stoke since the end of last season.<\/span><\/p>\n Twenty were signed by then boss Alex Neil, who was sacked in December – and Schumacher added five more in the January window, <\/span><\/p>\n Although they also chose to let Dwight Gayle go, they also <\/span>signed Niall Ennis from Blackburn<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Having starred for Schumacher in League One at Plymouth last season, Ennis has so failed to make an impact a level higher, having not yet netted in 11 appearances, only three of which have not been from the bench. <\/span><\/p>\n