2. Dimitri Payet
Dimitri Payet was expected to be part of the squad after a brilliant season with Marseille during which he scored nine goals and assisted 20.
However, fate played a cruel game on him, as he picked up an injury in the first half of the Europa League final, a day before the announcement of the France squad.
His agony of losing the final must have increased manifold when he learned that he wouldn’t be playing the FIFA World Cup.
Also, he is already 31, and this might have been his last chance to play at the biggest stage in football.