You were dropped by your country for the World Cup and omitted by your club after failing to impress your manager in training.
You then get a boost by being recalled to your national side as they look to recover from their worst World Cup in 80 years.
What better way could there be to be welcomed back into the fold by being hung out to dry by one of your more senior teammates?
Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos marked Leroy Sane’s return to international football by publicly criticising him at the press conference for Germany’s upcoming Nations League match against France.