Arsenal have quite a long list of internationals that won’t be involved with their countries over the upcoming break, largely due to injury.
Jurrien Timber, Kai Havertz, Kieran Tierney, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Oleksandr Zinchenko, and Martin Odegaard will all miss out on the break due to their various fitness concerns. As will Ben White, though it’s likely White wouldn’t have been involved anyway.
Then Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, and Jorginho are among Arsenal’s experienced internationals to be excluded from their national teams on this occasion, presumably over their inconsistent minutes this campaign so far.
That brings us to those who have been called up: Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka (England), Gabriel Magalhaes and Gabriel Martinelli (Brazil), David Raya and Mikel Merino (Spain), William Saliba (France), Jakub Kiwior (Poland), Thomas Partey (Ghana), Riccardo Calafiori (Italy), and Leandro Trossard (Belgium).
From Arsenal’s list of loanees, Karl Hein of Estonia is the one player involved with his national team. Though on current form, it may not be long until Nuno Tavares is involved with Portugal.
Let’s have a look at when Arsenal’s international fixtures will take place.
Arsenal internationals’ October fixtures
All times in BST
Thursday, October 10th
- 17:00 – Ghana vs Sudan (AFCON qualifiers)
- 19:45 – England vs Greece (Nations League)
- 19:45 – Israel vs France (Nations League)
- 19:45 – Italy vs Belgium (Nations League)
Friday, October 11th
- 01:00 – Chile vs Brazil (World Cup qualifiers)
- 17:00 – Estonia vs Azerbaijan (Nations League)
Saturday, October 12th
- 19:45 – Poland vs Portugal (Nations League)
- 19:45 – Spain vs Denmark (Nations League)
Sunday, October 13th
- 17:00 – Finland vs England (Nations League)
Monday, October 14th
- 14:00 – Sudan vs Ghana (AFCON qualifiers)
- 19:45 – Belgium vs France (Nations League)
- 19:45 – Italy vs Israel (Nations League)
- 19:45 – Estonia vs Sweden (Nations League)
Tuesday, October 15th
- 19:45 – Poland vs Croatia (Nations League)
- 19:45 – Spain vs Serbia (Nations League)
Wednesday, October 16th
- 01:45 – Brazil vs Peru (World Cup qualifiers)