4. MICHAEL LAUDRUP (1993) Creative differences with coach Richard Moller Nielsen led to Laudrup walking away from the national team during qualifying for Euro 92. Although only 26, he’d

already been an international regular for eight years. While his team-mates were on their way to winning the tournament, the playmaker was on holiday in St Lucia and New York, constantly

trying to get goal updates from indifferent barmen while impatiently awaiting the implementation of the mobile internet. He finally returned to the side in August 1993, after almost three

years out, and helped Denmark win the Intercontinental Cup in 1995. Alongside brother Brian, he was later named in the All-Star Team at the 1998 World Cup after captaining Denmark to the