Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce is demanding a personal apology from Ross McCormack over the so-called 'gate-gate' saga, talkSPORT can reveal.
The 30-year-old striker has had a bitter falling out with the boss over his attendance record for the club.
McCormack – a £12million signing from Fulham in the summer – has been absent from training five times this season, and has subsequently been dropped from the Villa first-team by Bruce.
The Scotland international had claimed his latest absence from a training session was due to faulty security gates at his home which would not open.