With the array of talent in Manchester City’s team, fans will have expected that most of the players would be selected in their country’s squad for this summer’s continental tournaments this summer.
However a limp club campaign for a lot of City’s players, coupled with injuries, has meant that they have lost their place in the pecking order with their countries and will not being appearing in either the European Championships in France or the Copa America which is currently being held in the United States of America.
In a surprising turn, there have been more City players missing out on the chance to play for their country this summer than those selected for their respective tournaments.
The following slideshow includes all of the players that could have, and perhaps should have been, picked for their country this summer.
P.S. This does not include any players who could miss out on their country’s squads for the Olympics. Samir Nasri has also been excluded from this slideshow as the fallout between him and Didier Deschamps meant that he was never going to be picked for France’s squad.
