The episode involving the Senegalese striker comes after a troubled week for Hoffenheim in which coach Ralf Rangnick, who led them from the third division to the Bundesliga, quit over the sale of defender Luiz Gustavo to Bayern Munich.
"Demba's behaviour will naturally entail consequences," general manager Ernst Tanner told the club's website. "There's no way that this unauthorised action against his employer and also against his team mates will be tolerated.
"We've already had one situation in Hoffenheim, in which Demba Ba wanted to leave by hook or by crook. The way and manner in which the player has tried to put pressure on his employer for a second time is unique in the Bundesliga."
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