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Four Forest Green players appear to have no future at the club under head coach Mark Cooper after being told to train separately from the first team.

Dayle Grubb, Adam Smith and Junior Mondal are currently out of favour and are continuing maintain their fitness but have been doing it away from the main squad with the physios.

It is also thought that striker Shawn McCoulsky is another player who has been told he is not in Cooper’s plans but he is currently out with a knee injury.

Lloyd James had already been banished away from the club despite still being under contract and has not trained with Forest Green all season.

Midfielder Grubb is Rovers’ longest serving player having joined from Weston-super-Mare in January 2018 but has not appeared since the 1-0 defeat at Carlisle in the FA Cup in December, making just three League Two starts this season.

Ex-Leicester City goalkeeper Smith only joined Forest Green from Bristol Rovers last summer but did not make his debut until the Football League Trophy defeat at Walsall in November after a loan spell at Yeovil Town with Lewis Thomas and Bristol City loan goalkeeper Joe Wollacott being preferred.

He did have a run into the team after gaining a shock start in the FA Cup replay at Carlisle but he has not played since the 2-1 defeat at home to Salford City last month with Rovers since bringing in Conrad Logan on loan from Mansfield Town.

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Forward Junior Mondal joined Forest Green from Whitby Town in January 2019 and has made 39 League Two appearances for the club but has not featured since the 2-1 defeat at Macclesfield on January 25.

McCoulsky also joined Forest Green at the start of 2019 from Bristol City but is yet to score a League Two goal after making just seven starts and has spent time on loan at Bromley and Halifax Town this season.

Mondal, Grubb and James are out of contract at the end of this season but Smith and McCoulsky have an extra year to run on their deals.

Forest Green have declined to comment.