Accra Hearts of Oak are resigned to losing the services of defensive stalwart Robin Gnagne who is not keen on signing a contract extension on his current deal which expires at the end of the season.
The Phobians insist that a one-year deal the player signed with Hearts has a clause which mandates him to sign for another year if the club does not receive an offer for his services from abroad within the period.
However, the Ivorian import after four years, is bent on leaving Hearts for greener pastures in the Gulf or Europe when his current deal which sees him pocket $500 a month runs-out.
The 22-year-old has fallen-out with demoted coach Sergio Traguil and management of the club, who are said to doubt the veracity of an injury which has ruled him out action in recent weeks.
Indeed, the club have been unaware of the location of the player only communicate with him through his manager.
However, the Administritative Manager of Hearts, Hackman Aidoo, insists that the clause in Gnagne's last contract means Hearts fans can rest easy even though management have been unable to communicate directly with the player.
"Robin's contract is such that, it's not just as simple as people may think," Mr Aidoo said.
"We were to enter into a two year contract and because he was expecting a foreign transfer, we agreed that he does one and in case he doesn't travel outside, he extends by another year.
"He was not training, at a point he complained of injuries and people even thought that he was faking it. So he was not making himself available for games and before we realised he was out of the city and we didn't even know where he was.
"We have spoken to his manager and I got to know that he will come back to Accra today but whatever it is when you get a copy of the contract you will realise that he cannot just walk out of Hearts of Oak like that".
He explained that Gnagne's manager said the player left Accra to seek herbal treatment for his injury problems but will hold talks with the club on his return.