Attention is beginning to turn to this winter's World Cup, with England boss Gareth Southgate set to name his final 26-man squad on Thursday.
A provisional 55-man list has already been submitted to FIFA, with players from the Premier League and across Europe battling for a place on the plane. But despite having been heavily tipped to feature in the tournament, there are 12 players who can already be ruled out of contention.
Ever since the Three Lions were knocked out of the 2018 World Cup by Croatia, stars have been predicted to star in Qatar. Here, Mirror Football looks at 12 of those players and what went wrong for them in the four years since that semi-final.
