England manager Gareth Southgate ruffled feathers on Tuesday when announcing his initial squad for this summer's Euro 2024 competition. Chelsea, Manchester United and Newcastle United stars are all left out of a new-look side heading into preparations for the tournament.
Some of those snubs are less surprising than others given injuries and form this season but, 12 months ago, many of the Premier League first-team stars would have been blocking out the weeks in their calendar to prepare for the international competition.
LondonWorld looks at just 11 of the players absent from the England squad to make up a pretty phenomenal starting XI that, according to Transfermarkt, has an eye-watering worth of £349 million.
1. GK - Nick Pope, £17m
Had the credentials to challenge Jordan Pickford for the starting role between the sticks but missed the majority of the campaign with a shoulder injury. Played his first game back against Brentford on the last day but it was all a little too late for this summer. | Getty Images
2. LB - Ben Chilwell, £26m
Another whose season was ruined by injury and his Euro 2024 hopes too as a result. It would have been a risk for Southgate to take the Chelsea man. | Getty Images
3. CB - Ben White, £47m
Usually a full-back but slotting in here at centre-back, it may well have been more a case of White snubbing Southgate than the other way around. The England boss said, "As far as I'm aware, he's not available to us." | Arsenal FC via Getty Images
4. CB - Levi Colwill, £43m
Before a hamstring injury in January and a toe injury in March, Colwill may have been one of Gareth Southgate's top defensive choices. No Premier League minutes since March won't have helped his case. | Getty Images