manager Ronald Koeman has greater issues with Ross Barkley not signing a new contract than he does over the midfielder's social activities.
The 23-year-old was left with a bruised face after allegedly being punched while on a night out in Liverpool following Sunday's win over Leicester.
Koeman had no worries about Barkley's conduct in respect of that matter but his ongoing contract impasse - the England international has just over one year left on his current deal - remains a bone of contention.
"It is not what you like to read in the press about your players," Koeman said of the nightclub incident.