Euro 2024: The best European players never to play at the Euros

For European player, the Euros rank second only to the World Cup in terms of prestige – but some of the game’s biggest stars never got the chance to play at the tournament.

Some were so cursed by bad luck that they didn’t feature at the World Cup either, while others simply came along at the wrong time.

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