Seven England players missing on the final list of European Championship selection

Gareth Southgate has excluded seven names while 26 others will participate in the European Championship. There are different reasons that Southgate addressed while the seven England players will not represent for the Three Lions in the European Championships.

Here are the seven stars that are missing on his squad:

1. FRANK LAMPARD

This professional footballer was part of the winning Champions League at Chelsea. Lampard later struck down with a thigh injury, while Liverpool star Jordan Henderson was brought into the squad for the then-33-year-old as the replacement.

2. IAN WRIGHT

Wright is again unfortunate to have him dropped from the Euro 2020 after not being picked in 1992 and 1996 either. However, he did earn 33 caps for his country, but never in a major tournament.

3. MATT LE TISSIER

Les Tissier is another name who was never given a chance by England in major tournaments including the current Euros. There were clamors for his inclusion at Euro ’92 and Euro ’96, but then the competition was fierce at all times.

4. RIO FERDINAND

Although Rio was at his best during Euro 2012, the then 33-old was out of England’s squad. Manager Roy Hodgson explained the decision was made for footballing reasons, but Ferdinand’s omission did avoid any potential conflict with the selected John Terry.

5. ANDY COLE

This impressive footballer had a great time when scoring impressive goals for both Newcastle and Manchester united. However, he lacked to draw fanship at the international level after facing a toe injury post Euro 2000 in which he scored 19 goals out of 28 games.

6. LAURIE CUNNINGHAM

This well-known Real Madrid player hadn’t proved to be good at England comparatively. He had faced a car crash at 33 while he joined Los Blancos after starring at West Brom for £950,000 in 1979.

7. GARY PALLISTER

This name was always there on Sir Alex Ferguson’s team-sheet. The 6ft 4in centre half Garry however had no scope to play for England in European Championships held during 1988 and 1992 under the operations of Bobby Robson or Graham Taylor.