5. Liam Brady

The Irish hero never got to reach the promised land after a falling out with, then manager, Jack Charlton led to the winger being dropped. The Dubliner missed World Cups in Italy and America.
4. George Weah
3. Eric Cantona

‘The King’ as he was known to the Old Trafford faithful, never really figured for ‘Les Blues’ and possibly the biggest footballing shame of world cup ’98 was that their best striker wasn’t playing.