Kevin De Bruyne's attitude has been criticised by Belgium's national press as pressure on the midfielder begins to grow.
The country's media turned on De Bruyne on Sunday following another disappointing display in his side's 2-0 defeat to Morocco, which came after Jan Vertonghen took a dig at his team-mate in an interview.
Images have been shared of the 31-year-old's poor body language before Sunday's game began, with the media in Belgium accusing his poor attitude of frustrating other players in the side.
Belgium's Twitter account shared an image from inside a pre-match huddle at the Al Thumama Stadium, with substitute Romelu Lukaku giving a pre-match team talk to his side.
De Bruyne is the only player not embracing the rest of his team in the image, as he stands with his arms by his side, seemingly motionless as Lukaku speaks.
The picture was picked up by Belgian website HLN, with former Red Devils striker Gilles De Bilde picking it apart in his post-match analysis.
De Bilde added that De Bruyne's frustrations are rubbing off on others, saying: 'He is the best player in this selection, but he frustrates the others and is frustrated because it is not working himself. And that's not a good sign.'
This is potentially the last shot at success for Belgium's regularly-branded 'golden generation', with several of the players probably playing at their final World Cup in Qatar.
De Bruyne slammed his team ahead of the tournament, admitting he felt they had 'no chance' of winning it because they are 'too old'.
For good measure, the 31-year-old, who has spoken out against manager Roberto Martinez in the past, said the team's younger players are 'not of the same level as the players who said goodbye after the 2018 World Cup'.
Though manager Roberto Martinez tried to defend his star man, Vertonghen took aim following the defeat to Morocco, saying: 'We probably also attack badly because we are too old, that must be it now, surely?
'We have a lot of quality up front, but so does Morocco, and they came out better today. This is very frustrating.
'There's so much going through my mind right now, things I shouldn't say in the open air. I don't think we created any chances. Where did it go wrong?'
Amid the Belgium press' attack on De Bruyne, De Standaard provided possibly the harshest assessment of the lot, with the headline reading: 'Defeat against Morocco exposes mutual distrust among Red Devils.'
They added: 'Can someone shake De Bruyne awake?'