Picture the scenario. You are arguably the best player in your position in your home country and have become a regular starter for the full international team.
You're similarly regarded as one of finest exponents of your role at your club, for whom you netted the winner in a cup final last season. Your boss is on the record as a huge admirer of your game, and you're still not even close to the prime of your career and have several years of contract remaining.
But despite being available for the majority of the season while so many of your team-mates have struggled for fitness, you've barely had a sniff of first-team football - and probably won't for the remainder of the campaign.
