Nedum Onuoha played 14 seasons in the Premier League with Manchester City, Sunderland, and Queens Park Rangers before finishing his career with MLS side Real Salt Lake. He joined ESPN in 2020, appearing on ESPN FC, and has since featured as ESPN's lead studio pundit in England. He'll also write columns periodically throughout the season, offering his perspective on the big issues of the day.
If I had to use one word to sum up the practice of separating players from the first team by forcing them to train at different times, often with just one or two others, simply because their club no longer wants them, it would be "spiteful.