Key Players To Miss Euro 2024

The UEFA European Championship 2024 begins on June 14 through July 14. 24 European nations will compete in the Euro 2024. While the event would witness big guns firing on the field, some key players would be missing from action.

Here are the football stars whose absence would be felt in the Euro 2024:

Erling Haaland (Norway)

Erling Halaand, Manchester City’s power striker, would be out of action at the Euro 2024 after his country Norway failed to qualify for the tournament.

Halaand had an impressive outing at the English Premier League as his team won the title four times in a row. However, he would be unable to show his prowess in Germany as Norway failed to book a spot for the big tournament.

The Norwegian’s massive six-goal haul during the Euro 2024 qualifiers was not enough for the team to seal a spot after they failed to secure an automatic berth as they lagged behind Spain and Scotland.

Harry Maguire (England)

England’s star defender Harry Maguire will miss the Euro 2024 owing to a calf injury that has kept him out of action since mid-April.

He said: “I’m devastated not to have been selected to play for England at the Euros this summer. Despite my best efforts, I’ve not been able to overcome an injury to my calf. Maybe I pushed myself too hard, to try and make it. Simply, I am absolutely gutted.”

Jack Grealish (England)

 

Jack Grealish has been left out of the England’s manager Gareth Southgate for the Euro 24 campaign. The left- winger could not find a place in the final squad as the coach had many other options.

“The fact is we’ve got some players who have been playing extremely well all season in the league and we just feel other players have had stronger seasons – particularly in the past six months or so.

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Paul Pogba (France)

Paul Pogba, who played a crucial role in France’s World Cup victory in 2018, was forced to miss the 2022 edition in Qatar due to injuries.

Despite returning to fitness this season, Pogba will not contest in the upcoming Euros after the midfielder was handed a four-year doping ban for testing positive for a banned drug.

Gavi (Spain)

Barcelona midfielder Gavi will miss the championship in Germany as he is still recovering from an ACL injury. He would be missing out of action until the start of the 2024-25 season. Gavi’s absence would be massive for Spain.

Lyndon Dykes (Scotland)

Scotland striker Lyndon Dykes will miss Euro 2024 after sustaining injuries during training in a seemingly freak accident.

This comes as a blow for Scotland which is already missing Aaron Hickey, right-back Nathan Patterson and midfielder Lewis Ferguson through injury.

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Francesco Acerbi (Italy)

Injured Francesco Acerbi has been ruled out of Euro in Germany as he suffers from a groin injury that requires surgery.

The center-back would have definitely played his home country had it not been for the injury.

David Alaba (Austria)

David Alaba suffered an injury in December and has no chance of return till the end of the Euro campaign.

He was missing from the second half of the La Liga season.

Serge Gnabry (Germany)

Serge Gnabry inclusion in the German squad was in doubt following a stint of setbacks. His hopes of playing the Euro in front of the home crowd ran into a bummer after he suffered a hamstring injury during a match in the second leg of a Bayern Munich match against Real Madrid. The forward was subsequently ruled out of action for an unspecified period of time, making him unavailable for the Euro 2024.