Which big name players will miss Euro 2024 in Germany?

You know how this will play out. You settle yourself in for one of the group games expecting to see some cracking players you discovered whilst playing FIFA or Championship Manager.

Then you learn they are not on the pitch or even on the extended bench. Eh?

For the next game you go to the pub, where some newbie asks you where Erling Haaland is. Deary dear.

But never fear Planet Sport is here to give you all the ammo so you know exactly who won't be at Euro 2024 this summer.

 

Group A

 

Germany

Injured
Serge Gnarby (Bayern Munich), Timo Werner (Tottenham), Bernd Leno (Fulham)

Not picked
Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), , Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund)

 

Scotland

Injured
Jacob Brown (Luton), Ben Doak (Liverpool), Lyndon Dykes (QPR), Lewis Ferguson (Bologna), Aaron Hickey (Brentford), Nathan Patterson (Everton)

Not picked
Craig Gordon (Hearts), John Souttar (Rangers)

 

Hungary

Not picked

Palko Dardai (Hertha Berlin), Balazs Toth (Fehervar), Zalan Vancsa (Lommel)

 

Switzerland

Not picked

Kevin Mbabu (Fulham), Andi Zeqiri (Genk), Filip Ugrinic (Young Boys), Albian Hajdari (FC Lugano), Uran Bislimi (FC Lugano), Pascal Loretz (FC Luzern), Marvin Keller (Winterthur), Haris Seferovic (Al Wasl), Djibril Sow (Sevilla), Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz O5)

 

Group B

 

Spain

Injured
Alejandro Balde (Barcelona), Gavi (Barcelona)

Not picked

Pau Torres (Aston Villa), Pedro Porro (Tottenham), Marco Asensio (PSG), Aleix Garcia (Girona), Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona), Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid)

 

Croatia

Not picked

Duje Caleta-Car (Lyon), Josip Brekalo (Hajduk Split)

 

Italy

Injured

Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta), Destiny Udogie (Tottenham), Nicolo Zaniolo (Galatasaray)

Not picked

Manuel Locatelli (Juventus), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Ivan Provedel (Lazio), Samuele Ricci (Torino), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), Marco Verratti (Al-Arabi)

Suspended

Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United)

 

Albania

Not picked

Frederic Veseli (Fatih Karagumruk), Keidi Bare (Espanyol), Myrto Uzuni (Granada), Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City), Simon Simoni (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Retired before tournament

Sokol Cikalleshi (Konyaspor)

 

Group C

 

Slovenia

Not picked

Matevz Vidovsek (Olimpija Ljubljana), Zan Zaletel (Viborg FF), Luka Zahovic (Pogon Szczecin), Miha Zajc (Fenerbahce)

 

Denmark

Injured

Mohamed Daramy (Reims)

Not picked

Matt O'Riley (Celtic), Gustav Isaksen (Lazio), Jacob Rasmussen (Brondby), Mads Roeslev (Brentford), Mathias Jorgensen (Brentford), Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), Philip Billing (Bournemouth), Jesper Lindstrom (Napoli), Andreas Hansen (Nordsjaelland), Jens Stryger Larsen (Malmo)

 

Serbia

Not picked

Jan-Carlo Simic (AC Milan), Strahinja Erakovic (Zenit Saint Petersburg), Nemanja Radonjic (Mallorca)

 

England

Injured

Sam Johnstone (Crystal Palace), Harry Maguire (Man Utd)

Not picked

Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Jack Grealish (Man City) Jordan Henderson (Ajax), Reece James (Chelsea), James Maddison (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan), Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton), Jarell Quansah (Liverpool), Curtis Jones (Liverpool), James Trafford (Burnley)

Withdrawn

Ben White (Arsenal)

 

Group D

 

Poland

Injured

Arkadiusz Milik (Juventus) Matty Cash (Aston Villa), Oliwier Zych (Aston Villa)

Not picked

Pawel Wszolek (Legia Warsaw), Mateusz Kochalski (Stal Mielec), Pawel Bochniewicz (Heerenveen), Jakub Kaluzinski (Antalyaspor), Dominik Marczuk (Jagiellonia Bialystok)

 

Netherlands

Injured

Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), Marten de Roon (Atalanta), Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta), Sven Botman (Newcastle), Quilindschy Hartman (Feyenoord)

Not picked

Nick Olij (Sparta Rotterdam), Quinten Timber (Feyenoord), Jurrien Timber (Arsenal), Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna)

 

Austria

Injured

David Alaba (Real Madrid) but selected as a non-playing captain, Alexander Schlager (Red Bull Salzburg), Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig)

Not picked

Tobias Lawal (LASK), Stefan Lainer (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Thierno Ballo (Wolfsberg)

 

France

Injured

Lucas Hernandez (PSG), Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa)

Not picked

Christopher Nkunku (Chelsea), Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), Axel Disasi (Chelsea), Malo Gusto (Chelsea), Wesley Fofana (Chelsea), Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice), Matteo Guendouzi (Lazio), Michael Olise (Crystal Palace), Jordan Veretout (Marseille)

Suspended

Paul Pogba (Juventus)

 

Group E

 

Belgium

Injured

Romeo Lavia (Chelsea), Thorgan Hazard (Anderlecht)

Not picked

Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Michy Batshuayi (Fenerbahce), Ameen Al-Dakhil (Burnley), Koni De Winter (Juventus), Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), Leander Dendoncker (Napoli), Dries Mertens (Galatasaray), Dennis Praet (Leicester City), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge)

 

Slovakia

Not picked

Dominik Holly (AS Trencin), Dominik Takac (Spartak Trnava), Jakub Kadak (FC Luzern), Matus Kmet (AS Trencin), Michal Tomic (Slavia Prague), Robert Mak (Sydney FC), Robert Polievka (Dukla Banska Bystrica)

 

Romania

Injured

Olimpiu Morutan (Ankaragucu)

Not picked

Andrei Radu (Inter Milan), Raul Oprut (Hermannstadt), Cristian Manea (CFR Cluj), Florin Tanase (Al-Okhdood), Razvan Sava (CFR Cluj), Constantin Grameni (Farul Constanta)

 

Ukraine

Not picked

Oleksandr Karavaev (Dynamo Kyiv), Vitaliy Buyalskyi (Dynamo Kyiv), Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk), Denys Popov (Dynamo Kyiv), Dmytro Riznyk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vladyslav Kabaiev (Dynamo Kyiv, Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford)

 

Group F

 

Turkey

Injured

Caglar Soyuncu (Fenerbahce), Enes Unal (Getafe), Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim)

Not picked

Abdulkadir Omur (Hull City), Cenk Ozkacar (Valencia), Berat Ozdemir (Trabzonspor), Oguz Aydın, Can Uzun (Nürnberg), Dogan Alemdar (Troyes)

 

Georgia

Withdrawn

Jaba Kankava (Slovan Bratislava)

 

Portugal

Injured

Raphael Guerreiro (Bayern Munich), Otavio (Al Nassr)

Not picked

Pedro Goncalves (Sporting CP), Goncalo Guedes (Villarreal), Matheus Nunes (Man City), Renato Sanches (Roma), Andre Silva (Real Sociedad), Fabio Vieira (Arsenal)

 

Czechia

Injured

Michal Sadílek (Twente)

Not picked

Vaclav Jurecka (Slavia Prague), Jaroslav Zeleny (Sparta Prague), Adam Gabriel (Midtjylland)

 

Star players whose teams didn't qualify

 

Erling Haaland and Martin Odegaard (Norway)

Norway last qualified for a major championship in 1998, proving that however good your best players are you need a decent squad to qualify.

 

Alexander Isak, Dejan Kulisevski and Victor Lindelof (Sweden)

Newcastle fans looking for their striker Alexander Isak will be disappointed as Sweden failed to qualify, it's unlikely that many Man Utd supporters would have been tuning in to see Lindelof though.

 

Lionel Messi (Argentina)

Argentina is not a European nation so you won't find Messi here, however hop over to the America's equivalent tournament - the Copa America - and you'll find him there.

 

Luke Littler (England)

I know he's everywhere at the moment, but he's a darts player so you won't find him here either. Although some broadcaster will no doubt try and lure him into some pre-match waffle. Poor chap, leave him alone.