Euro 2016 Complete breakdown in manager-player relationship

It was under Vicente del Bosque that Iker Casillas's road to footballing stardom began, but a lot has changed since their time together at Real Madrid, and a lack of a goodbye to the keeper following the coach's exit only serves to highlight the same.

Del Bosque stood down as Spain coach on Thursday after the European champions surrendered their crown to Italy but there was no love lost for a player whose career he had catapulted over 15 years ago.

"I sent messages to all the players but one, Casillas", he told Cadena SER.

David de Gea's status as La Furia Roja's designated first-choice goalkeeper is a move which has long been known by everyone, including Casillas.

Despite that changing of the guard, Del Bosque chose to take the 35-year-old to Euro 2016 out of respect to the World Cup-winning captain.

However the body language between the pair at Madrid's Barajas airport when Spain's players returned home was telling after the Porto stopper had failed to feature in any of his country's encounters in France this summer.

Del Bosque pointed to the manner in which Xavi Hernandez called time on his international career after the 2014 World Cup as justification for his handling of Casillas, despite the playmaker making the decision of his own volition.