Peterborough to sanction flat-wrecker Jason Cummings

Steve Evans, manager of the League One side, revealed the club would also offer support to the Scottish international as he is going through a "difficult spell" following a break-up with his girlfriend.

Cummings finds himself on loan from Nottingham Forest after a move fell through to join Rangers on a permanent deal, though the forward has started the season brightly with six goals. 

Speaking to 'Talksport', Evans said: "We know the bigger picture as we are inside the football club. The kid has just gone through a difficult [spell] splitting up from a girlfriend.

"Everyone then goes and has a couple of beers, when they shouldn't do, and gets emotionally upset... then sometimes you do things you obviously regret.

"Having been with Jason and having spoken to him there's no doubt that's the situation here.

"He'll get internally disciplined as you'd expect, but at the same time, he'll get all our support and love for a difficult situation at this time in his life.

"As a football club led by our chairman, we made it clear to Jason last night and this morning that we're here to support him but we expect a better code of conduct, we expect better discipline.

"But we're still here to support our personnel - our staff and our players - when difficult times arrive.

"We're flying high at the top of the league so it's good times for us. But we'd be supporting him if we were bottom of the league, that's our job."