The Euro 2020 will return after being postponed last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Slated for June 11 till July 11 in eleven different European venues (Check the home page for the profiling of the stadiums), the 2021 date for the competition has come too early and also too late for some of the biggest football stars for the competitions.

Star Players Who Will Miss Euro 2020
Due to covid-19 situations and the huge number of games played by players since the return of football last year has made UEFA increase the number of players allowed in the final man squad to 26.

However, we take a look those who will couldn’t be accommodated even with the increase in the number as well as those who have been ruled out by fitness and not to forget those whose countries are absent all together.

Erling Halaand & Martin Odeegard (Norwegian)Halaand and Odegaard didn’t offend anybody, Norway wasn’t just good enough for Euro qualification after losing to Serbia in the Playoffs after extra time.


The hottest youngster and one of the best young player in world Football will miss the Euros. Robert Lewandowski will be glad he won’t have to compete with Borrusia Dortmund’s striker for the highest goal scorer gong.

Martin Odeegard is one for the future at Real Madrid and having posted decent performances during his loan spell at the Emirates Stadium, it would have been lovely to see how mature the midfielder has become since his transfer to Real Madrid as a teenager.

However, the Norwegian national team has a potentially interesting future with this duo being the core of the team and with Halaand scoring 11 goals in his first FIFA World Cup competition at the U20 in 2018, football fans will miss the goal scoring machine.

Marc Andre Ter-Stegen
Goalkeeper
Germany.

Barcelona goalkeeper and Germany’s second choice in between the sticks has been ruled out after opting for a knee surgery after Barcelona dropped from the La Liga title race last weekend having lost 2-1 to Celta Vigo.

The goalkeeper wants to have the surgery and regain full fitness before the start of the new season and missing the Euros is a sacrifice he is ready to make.

Virgil Van Dijk
Defender
Netherlands

Liverpool defender missed a bigger chunk of the 2020/2021 after suffering a torn ACL injury on his knee in a 2-2 draw with Everton in October.

Definitely the Euros have come to early to be a part of the Oranjes team to the tourney. Liverpool missed him, u believe the Netherlands will miss him as well, and will it cost the 2018 Nations League finalists, we will have to wait to see.

Star Players Who Will Miss Euro 2020

Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Striker
Sweden

Initially, retirement from international football would have ruled Zlatan out of the competition but after posting impressive performances on his return AC Milan in December 2019.

His form has seen him score 25 goals in 37 games for the Milan team which earned him a recall out of retirement into the Swedish national team.

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