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Euro 2024 has been scheduled to take place in Germany from Friday, June 14, 2024.
The 2024 European championships is fast approaching and respective national teams have announced their provisional squad or in other cases their final squad.
Expectedly many top players have been named as a part of the tournament outfit, while many others have had their names scrapped out or as a matter of their nation’s fate won’t feature having not made the qualification benchmark.
Here are some of the biggest names that will miss out on the 2024 European Championships.
Thibaut Courtois
The Belgian goalkeeper has gradually worked his way back to full fitness following an anterior cruciate ligament rupture in training earlier this campaign. Even after suffering a relapse, his shown no signs of rustiness as he’s featured for the Los Blancos in the tailend of the season.
Belgium head coach Domenico Tedesco has however chosen not to call him to the Red Devils squad. The picked contingent include VfL Wolfsburg’s Casteels, Nottingham Forest shot-stopper Sels and Thomas Kaminski with the hatters.
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Jean-Phillipe Mateta
The French forward has been the biggest recipient of good fortune following Oliver Glasner’s arrival in London with Crystal Palace. The Eagles forward has returned hefty goal returns over the turn of the year and has returned arguably one of the campaign’s best forms in that period.
Didier Deschamps is sticking with the veteran Olivier Giroud, Randal Kolo Muani and Inter Milan’s title winning forward Marcus Thuram.
Marcus Rashford
The Mancunian has had a difficult campaign this season with Manchester United’s troubled season coinciding with successive injury woes. From being one of the consistently named players in the Three Lions squad, he’ll sit out Gareth Southgate’s trusted ones this tournament. Away from the internationals, Rashford has a major decision to make during the summer on if his time with United will continue or he’ll pursue a career change elsewhere.
Leon Goretzka
Julian Nagelsmann has opted against the inclusion of Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka in his tournament squad.
Despite being one of his trusted deputies during his time with the Bavaria, Goretzka is a victim of Germany’s rich midfield contingent.
The veteran Toni Kroos has returned from international retirement for a brevity to take on the campaign. Joshua Kimmich has had to settle for a spot at right back while Ilkay Gundogan, Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala and Kai Havertz are all pushed further up the pitch in a bid to accomodate the various talents in the middle of the pack.
Reece James
Chelsea’s skipper has spent most of the campaign on the sidelines with a prolonged period of recuperation.
James returned to full fitness at the tailend of the campaign and Gareth Southgate has deemed he’s not shown enough to earn himself a place in the Three Lions squad.
The right back spot is arguably the most competitive spot in the English national team.
Kieran Trippier, Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold and Manchester City captain Kyle Walker will take charge of the full back duties in the tourney.
Erling Haaland
Erling Haaland follows the quality rich players in the Norwegian national team to sit out this tournament having gone through an unsuccessful qualification period. Norway’s golden generation which includes the star forward, teammate at club level Oscar Bobb, captain Martin Odegaard, and Villarreal forward Sorloth will also miss out on the tournament.
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