8. Eric Cantona – France
Cantona is hailed as one of the driving forces behind Manchester United surge the greatness in the 1990s.
The Frenchman had quite a temper, though, and that anger got the better of him when he openly criticised French head coach Henri Michel’s decision to drop him for a qualifier in 1990. Consequently, Cantona was banned from international matches.
He did eventually return to the France fold, but only temporarily. He was capped 48 times in total, but not once after his infamous kung-fu kick at Crystal Palace in 1995.
