As usual, Arsenal have received plenty of call-ups for the upcoming international break, but there are a few notable absentees as well.
William Saliba (France), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine), Mohamed Elneny (Egypt), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Japan), Gabriel Martinelli (Brazil), and Nicolas Pepe (Ivory Coast) have all been left out with their existing injuries.
Leandro Trossard is also an injury absentee for Belgium, after undergoing a minor operation following the end of the Premier League campaign.
Then Gabriel Magalhaes and Gabriel Jesus have both been left out of Brazil’s squad for their upcoming friendlies. There’s no suggestion of injuries there, but given Brazil are only playing friendlies, they may be looking to rotate a bit.
That brings us to the official call-ups Arsenal players have received for the June break so far.
Arsenal international call-ups
- England – Aaron Ramsdale, Bukayo Saka
- Scotland – Kieran Tierney
- Ghana – Thomas Partey
- USA – Matt Turner, Auston Trusty, Folarin Balogun
- Italy – Jorginho
- Switzerland – Granit Xhaka
- Norway – Martin Odegaard
- Iceland – Runar Alex Runarsson
- Estonia – Karl Hein
- Poland – Jakub Kiwior
Emile Smith Rowe is with the England u21s, whilst Fabio Vieira and Nuno Tavares are with the Portugal u21s. The u21 European Championship takes place between June 21st and July 8th.
Arsenal June international fixture list
Times in BST
Thursday, June 15th
- Spain 2-1 Italy – Jorginho played 59 minutes for Italy.
Friday, June 16th
- USA 3-0 Mexico – Balogun played 74 minutes on his debut for the USA, drawing a red card for Cesar Montes, whilst Turner played the full 90 and kept a clean sheet.
- Malta 0-4 England – Saka played 45 minutes for England, coming off at half-time with a knock.
- Andorra 1-2 Switzerland – Xhaka played 90 minutes for Switzerland.
- Poland 1-0 Germany – Kiwior played 90 minutes and scored for Poland, helping them to keep a clean sheet.
Saturday, June 17th
- Norway 1-2 Scotland – Odegaard played 90 minutes for Norway, Tierney played 65 for Scotland.
- Azerbaijan 1-1 Estonia – Hein played 90 minutes for Estonia.
- Iceland 1-2 Slovakia – Runarsson played 90 minutes for Iceland.
Sunday, June 18th
- 14:00 – Italy vs Netherlands – UEFA Nations League third-place play-off
- 15:00 – Madagascar vs Ghana – AFCON Qualifier
Monday, June 19th
- 01:30 – USA vs Canada – CONCACAF Nations League final
- 19:45 – England vs North Macedonia – EURO Qualifier
- 19:45 – Switzerland vs Romania – EURO Qualifier
Tuesday, June 20th
- 19:45 – Scotland vs Georgia – EURO Qualifier
- 19:45 – Norway vs Cyprus – EURO Qualifier
- 19:45 – Iceland vs Portugal – EURO Qualifier
- 19:45 – Estonia vs Belgium – EURO Qualifier
- 19:45 – Moldova vs Poland – EURO Qualifier