Monday 9 January 2017 14:19, UK
Southampton's Sofiane Boufal is out of the Africa Cup of Nations with a knee injury.
Saints' record signing left for the tournament after his side's Premier League defeat at Everton last week having been named in his country's 23-man squad.
But a statement from the Morocco Football Federation confirmed he will play no part in Gabon this month.
"Sofiane Boufal has left the camp after examination of his injury showed he would not be capable of playing at the Nations Cup," the statement read.
Boufal is the latest Morocco player to be ruled out after Younes Belhanda, Oussama Tannane and Nordin Amrabat.
The Morocco statement gave no details on the injury, but Southampton boss Claude Puel later gave an update at his press conference ahead of Wednesday's League Cup semi-final against Liverpool.
"Sofiane Boufal has a knee injury and cannot go to the Africa Cup of Nations," he said. "I hope he can return in three weeks."
