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Djalminha could be on his way out of Deportivo La Coruna after the controversial Brazilian playmaker headbutted coach Javier Irureta at a training session on Wednesday.
The midfielder had to be restrained by team-mates when he attacked Irureta after he was sent off in a practice match. The 32-year-old flew into a rage when Depor's assistant coach Paco Melo signalled a penalty.
"I'm fed up with the coach here and I can't stand it anymore," he shouted as he stormed back to the dressing-room amid verbal abuse from onlooking fans.
The player nevertheless attemptedto play down the seriousness of the incident when his notoriously fiery temper cooled.
"This is just part of football and will be forgotten soon. I personally do not attach any importance to what happened. We will talk about it, but it will stay behind closed doors. I see no reason to blow this out of all proportion."
Irureta said:"The only thing I want to say is that authority and discipline will prevail.It must be the club that makes the decisions on what happens next.
He was also keen to minimise ramifications."It is not that big a thing. It was a minor event which took place because the player was on edge.
Djalminha always wants to be involved in everything.It is near the end of the season and is nervous because he has been training alone.Things like this tend to happen towards the end of the campaign."
But Depor are nevertheless set to fine the player, who has a contract until June 2005.
"We cannot consent to seeing the image of the club hurt by incidents like this," president Augusto Cesar Lendoiro told onefootball.com.
Djalminha's outburst has inevitably caused a huge commotion in Spain as a phalanx of TV channels caught the act of aggression on camera.
It is not the first time that the veteran has fallen out with Irureta. He threatened to quit Depor in October unless he was handed his first-team place back at the expense of Juan Carlos Valeron.
"Depor fans love me for the way I play and I can't return their love if I don't play," he whimpered. "I'm waiting but my patience has a limit and it's wearing thin. If I can't play here, I'll play somewhere else."
The Brazilian is famously tempremental. He was the first ever Liga player to go to a civil court to try to overturn a ban imposed by the Spanish footballing authorities after he was handed a two-game suspension for clashing with team-mate Victor last season.
A month later, though, he stifled talk that he was set to leave. "I am enchanted with the people and the city and I want see out my contract, and maybe even my career, at the Riazor," he said.
The Santos-born player, whose full name is Djalma Feitoza Dias Maia, joined Depor in 1997 from Palmeiras and proved integral in the club's 1999-2000 title-win.
The midfielder had to be restrained by team-mates when he attacked Irureta after he was sent off in a practice match. The 32-year-old flew into a rage when Depor's assistant coach Paco Melo signalled a penalty.
"I'm fed up with the coach here and I can't stand it anymore," he shouted as he stormed back to the dressing-room amid verbal abuse from onlooking fans.
The player nevertheless attemptedto play down the seriousness of the incident when his notoriously fiery temper cooled.
"This is just part of football and will be forgotten soon. I personally do not attach any importance to what happened. We will talk about it, but it will stay behind closed doors. I see no reason to blow this out of all proportion."
Irureta said:"The only thing I want to say is that authority and discipline will prevail.It must be the club that makes the decisions on what happens next.
He was also keen to minimise ramifications."It is not that big a thing. It was a minor event which took place because the player was on edge.
Djalminha always wants to be involved in everything.It is near the end of the season and is nervous because he has been training alone.Things like this tend to happen towards the end of the campaign."
But Depor are nevertheless set to fine the player, who has a contract until June 2005.
"We cannot consent to seeing the image of the club hurt by incidents like this," president Augusto Cesar Lendoiro told onefootball.com.
Djalminha's outburst has inevitably caused a huge commotion in Spain as a phalanx of TV channels caught the act of aggression on camera.
It is not the first time that the veteran has fallen out with Irureta. He threatened to quit Depor in October unless he was handed his first-team place back at the expense of Juan Carlos Valeron.
"Depor fans love me for the way I play and I can't return their love if I don't play," he whimpered. "I'm waiting but my patience has a limit and it's wearing thin. If I can't play here, I'll play somewhere else."
The Brazilian is famously tempremental. He was the first ever Liga player to go to a civil court to try to overturn a ban imposed by the Spanish footballing authorities after he was handed a two-game suspension for clashing with team-mate Victor last season.
A month later, though, he stifled talk that he was set to leave. "I am enchanted with the people and the city and I want see out my contract, and maybe even my career, at the Riazor," he said.
The Santos-born player, whose full name is Djalma Feitoza Dias Maia, joined Depor in 1997 from Palmeiras and proved integral in the club's 1999-2000 title-win.
