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We're all loving watching the World Cup – and we're not the only ones. There are plenty of big names who were left behind by their managers (hi Phil, hi Cole), but today, we'd like you to name the ones who failed to get there in the first place.
As per Transfermarkt , we've listed the 20 players with the highest value in the world who failed to qualify for the tournament. Six minutes to do so…
Handpicked football quizzes we know you'll love
FourFourTwo is proud to present a vast vault of football quizzes, all courtesy of Kwizly . We've a gaggle of World Cup quizzes ready for you, including a tricky test of naming every capital city of each nation at the 2026 World Cup .
Next is one for the international veterans, as we invite you to name every player at the 2026 World Cup with over 100 caps .
The goals have started flying in across the Atlantic, but can you name every World Cup hat-trick scorer since 1998? And then it's one of our favourites, as we serve you up 20 historic World Cup shirts with the badges removed to see how well you know your kit history.
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