WERDER BREMEN have suspended Naby Keita for the rest of the season and imposed a “substantial” fine today after accusing him of walking out of Sunday’s Bundesliga clash with Bayer Leverkusen.

The 29-year-old former Liverpool midfielder did not feature in a 5-0 defeat at the Bay Arena, with his club claiming he had chosen “not to travel to the ground with the team and decided to go home instead” after discovering he was not in the starting line-up.

A statement on the club’s official website said Guinea international Keita “will no longer train with the team or be part of the first-team dressing room.”