Poor Bastian.
The Manchester United midfielder has been frozen out of the side under manager Jose Mourinho. Having been stripped of his place in the squad, the 32-year-old has coped with a testing situation very admirably.
Schweinsteiger continues to go to games and train at the team's Carrington base, but has been the biggest casualty of the short Mourinho era.
Even on Wednesday night, ahead of the EFL Cup game with Manchester City, the World Cup winner was ever the professional in supporting his teammates.
Manchester derby tonight. Looking forward to the game! Good luck, guys! ðŸ‘🼠@ManUtd pic.twitter.com/TVKF3icX7a
— Basti Schweinsteiger (@BSchweinsteiger) October 26, 2016
While he continues to hope for a future with United, Mourinho is doing all he can to force the German away.
The latest example came on Thursday morning, when Schweinsteiger was the notable omission from Manchester United's squad picture for the season.
Manchester is Red! 🔴
Get your 2016/17 #MUFC squad photo wallpaper: https://t.co/UiEq6IEu0x pic.twitter.com/ZjOLhJnDpe
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 27, 2016
Schweinsteiger's best chance of leaving Old Trafford will come in January, with a move to America looking most likely. Although not as effective as he once was, the German's demeanour in what has been a very testing time, must be applauded.
