Frings not to do if you want to play for your country

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Torsten Frings' absence from Germany's squad is another example of why it always pays to keep your national team coach on side.

The combative midfielder has been left out of the starting line-up by coach Joachim Loew for the last two international matches, and he will be missing again for Wednesday's friendly with England in Berlin.

His team-mate Kevin Kuranyi is also absent after he walked out on the team during their 2-1 win over Russia on 11 October. Loew has said he will never select Kuranyi again.

If a player doesn't get along with the man who picks the team at club level, they can always be transferred elsewhere. Read more football at Football Fanzone.

But when it comes to their country, there's nowhere else to go. Colors are tied to the mast from their first cap and a fall-out with the boss means the international wilderness beckons.

Frings and Kuranyi do not have a monopoly on nose cutting and face spiting.

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Igor Biscan hasn't been picked for his country since 2001 after he walked out on a Croatia get-together. The lanky midfielder then went on a drinking binge with team-mate Mario Stanic soon after.

Playmaker Clarence Seedorf, the only man to lift the Champions League with three different clubs, has missed huge chunks of his international career over disagreements with successive Dutch coaches.

And for the mother of all falling outs, look no further than Roy Keane. The Republic of Ireland powerhouse lambasted coach Mick McCarthy for, among other things, the inadequacies of the team's 2002 World Cup preparations, and promptly flew home from Japan.

Reasons for the dispute with the coach tend to center around said player not being selected -- but biting your tongue and knuckling down is still the best way of getting back in the team.

Earlier this season, Rangers' prolific marksman Kris Boyd told Scotland manager George Burley he was too good to be sat on the bench. He may have had a point, but now he doesn't have a place.

Apologizing to the coach is one route back in, but as history has shown there are plenty of very rich footballers with just as much pride as money.

But there is hope for the international outcast: pray for a change of coach. But that would mean needing your country to do badly. Talk about a catch-22...