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Omitted him following a public dressing down by one of the club's elder statesmen, followed up by a post by their head of football providing veiled criticisms of Rachele's supposed lack of "team-first" commitment.No, they literally didn't. They omitted him from the team and nothing more.
Not sure how many 21-year-olds you know who would respond constructively to that kind of feedback from their supposed allies in public more than some stern words in private.
Myself, I can't think of too many.
Some trivial banter and gestures have been blown way out of proportion and that's not Rachele's fault.