Top 5 Players Never To Have Been Capped By Their Country

Top 5 Players Never To Have Been Capped By Their Country [Image from Flickr by: Mikel Arteta]

There are many strange quirks of football, particularly when it comes to the relationship between domestic and international sides. There are countless instances of truly great players barely getting a run in the national side throughout their careers. English managers have been particularly culpable for this over the years. For a startling example take this; Matt Le Tissier, Robbie Fowler, Andy Cole and Kevin Phillips together amassed over 1,000 goals in their careers, yet combined, they pulled on the 3 Lions shirt fewer times than Emile Heskey. All exceptional players, yet a series of England managers saw no place for any of them in their squads. This list will hopefully highlight some of the more extreme examples of players being left out in the cold.

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