The Real Madrid captain is just one of several high-profile players to have missed out on inclusion in this summer's tournament
Squads have been finalised for the European Championship and while competing nations were permitted to extend their ranks to include 26 players each, there are still some notable absentees…Getty ImagesGK: Kepa
The most expensive goalkeeper of all time will play no part in this summer's European Championship.
Chelsea signed Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Club in 2018 for a record-breaking €80 million (£69m/$88m) but the Spain international has since struggled terribly to live up to his historic price tag.
Indeed, the 26-year-old was relegated to the role of understudy following the arrival of Edouard Mendy at Stamford Bridge last summer.
Kepa may now be a Champions League winner but his bit-part role in Chelsea's 2020-21 campaign made his omission from the Spain squad wholly unsurprising.
AdvertisementGettyCB: Dayot Upamecano
Dayot Upamecano has just signed for Bayern Munich for €42.5m (£37m/$52m). He's considered one of the most promising centre-backs in world football right now.
However, Didier Deschamps could find no place in his France squad for the RB Leipzig defender, who was instead included in his country's Under-21s starting line-up for their European Championship quarter-final loss to Netherlands on Monday night.
GettyCB: Sergio Ramos
Real Madrid's captain, leader and defensive legend. But excluded from Spain's squad for Euro 2020. How? Why?
The sad fact of the matter is that the veteran centre-back hasn't played that much in 2021 because of a succession of niggling injuries.
La Roja coach Luis Enrique could, of course, have taken a gamble on Ramos, who is the most-capped player in the history of the Spanish national team.
However, the former Sevilla man has completed 90 minutes just once since January.
Getty ImagesCB: Sven Botman
One of the signings of the 2020-21 season, Sven Botman joined Lille from Ajax last summer for just €8m (£6.9m/$9.8m).
The left-footed Dutch defender was a colossus at the back for Lille, starting 37 of 38 games as Christophe Galtier's side sensationally pipped Paris Saint-Germain to the Ligue 1 title.
However, despite receiving his first Netherlands call-up last November, Botman failed to make Frank de Boer's panel for the European Championship.