Over the years, there have been some star-studded national teams, with some world-class players featuring for the Three Lions. It's no surprise, with the being the biggest league in the world, and football originating in England that there are plenty of quality players from the country who excel. With that being said, the England men's team hasn't won anything of note since the 1966 World Cup.
Despite the amount of talent available to the team over the years, they've failed to ever really live up to expectations. Looking at a list of players who had the chance to play for the country, but eventually turned it down, things could have been a little different. Would some of these guys have made the difference between failure and success? No one knows, but it's an interesting question to ponder anyway.
Here is an entire XI of current footballers who could have played for England, but ultimately chose not to. Best XI of players England missed out on Kasper Schmeichel Jeremie Frimpong, Ethan Pinnock, Chris Mepham, Antonee Robinson Scott McTominay, Yunus Musah, Jamal Musiala, Gio Reyna Evan Ferguson, Erling Haaland GK: Kasper Schmeichel Considering who his father is, it would have felt wrong for Kasper Schmeichel to play for any country other than Denmark, but there was a chance he could have turned out for the Three Lions instead. Son of legendary shot-stopper Peter Schmeichel, the former Leicester City man spent the majority of his life in England but was born in Copenhagen.
Early.
