Banish from English team taking on the French (5)
I believe the answer is:
exile
'banish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'english team taking on the french' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'team' becomes 'xi' (a football team, from Roman numerals for 11).
'taking on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'e'+'xi'+'le'='EXILE'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for exile that I've seen before include "Refugee" , "Ousted person" , "Drive away" , "One barred from their native land" , "Bar (someone) from their native country" .)