Kevin De Bruyne has withdrawn from the Belgium squad to face Iceland on Wednesday and returned to Manchester City.

The Royal Belgian Football Association cited a fitness issue after the City playmaker was substituted after 73 minutes of Sunday’s Uefa Nations League loss to England at Wembley.

The 29-year-old will now be assessed ahead of City’s Premier League clash with Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

A tweet from the Belgium team’s official account read: ‘@DeBruyneKev returned to his club. He couldn’t be fit enough to play against Iceland.’

The nature of De Bruyne’s problem has not been specified.

UPDATE: @DeBruyneKev returned to his club. He couldn’t be fit enough to play against Iceland.

— Belgian Red Devils (@BelRedDevils) October 12, 2020

Belgium manager Roberto Martinez played down any potential issue after the 2-1 defeat by England, saying the player had been taken off as a precautionary measure.

‘I wouldn’t say it was an injury,’ Martinez said. ‘It is too early to say, there was a feeling that he wasn’t right – it was more precaution that we had to avoid [something], he wasn’t 100%.’