Manchester United players told Bastian Schweinsteiger to stop watching tennis and get fit when the Germany star was out injured last season.
Sportsmail understands a group of furious senior Old Trafford stars, fed up with seeing pictures of their team-mate watching his now-wife Ana Ivanovic as they laboured towards a fifth-place finish, approached the World Cup winner to make their feelings clear.
Outcast Schweinsteiger was informed in no uncertain terms that members of the squad were tired of seeing him globe-trotting while they thought he should have been concentrating on his recovery in Manchester.
The 32-year-old midfielder was told pictures of him supporting Serb Ivanovic in Miami and Madrid while United tried in vain to secure a top-four finish were sending out the wrong messages to the club’s youngsters and its fans.