A week of international fixtures gets underway today, with two African Cup of Nations qualifiers and a cluster of friendlies kicking off a nervy period in which we keep our fingers crossed in the hope of our Fantasy assets returning to England unscathed.

This article gives a club-by-club rundown on which assets will be away from their sides during this period, also detailing the dates in which these players will be competing for their respective countries.

There are four players in action in the early hours of Wednesday, October 17 who then face a long-haul flight back from the Americas: Alexis Sanchez (£10.0m), DeAndre Yedlin (£4.5m), Davinson Sanchez (£5.8m) and Raul Jimenez (£5.6m).

Davinson was among the substitutes in Spurs’ Premier League match against Liverpool immediately after the September international break, though Yedlin was thrust straight back into the Newcastle United starting XI for the visit of Arsenal. Alexis Sanchez sat out Chile’s previous two fixtures last month, while Jimenez was recalled early by Wolves as a precautionary measure in plenty of time ahead of Gameweek 5.

Manchester United are in action in the lunchtime kick-off on Saturday, October 20, so it remains to be seen whether Alexis features from the start against Chelsea after his exertions in Mexico next Wednesday morning. Jimenez and Wolves, meanwhile, take on Watford at 3pm on that same Saturday.

The good news for owners of Fantasy assets playing for Brazil and Argentina is that their meeting on Tuesday, October 16 will take place in Saudi Arabia, meaning an earlier-than-usual finish time for the likes of Roberto Firmino (£9.4m), Alisson (£5.6m), Ederson (£5.7m), Richarlison (£6.8m), Lucas Moura (£7.4m) and Roberto Pereyra (£6.2m) and a shorter flight back to the UK.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10.7m), Mohamed Salah (£12.8m), Sadio Mane (£9.9m), Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) and Son Heung-min (£8.3m) are among the FPL players who are in action in Africa and Asia next Tuesday, meanwhile.

Sergio Aguero (£11.3m), Alexandre Lacazette (£9.6m), Aymeric Laporte (£5.7m) and Benjamin Mendy (£6.2m) are some of the more notable “uninjured” players who won’t feature for their respective national teams over the coming week.

The FPL assets on duty over the next week are as follows:

Arsenal

Danny Welbeck – England – Oct 12 + 15
Aaron Ramsey – Wales – Oct 11 + 16
Sokratis – Greece – Oct 12 + 15
Granit Xhaka – Switzerland – Oct  12 + 15
Bernd Leno – Germany – Oct 13 + 16
Henrikh Mkhitaryan – Armenia – Oct 13 + 16
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Gabon – Oct 12 + 16
Alex Iwobi – Nigeria – Oct 12 + 16
Mohamed Elneny – Egypt – Oct 12 + 16
Lucas Torreira – Uruguay – Oct 12 + 16

Bournemouth

David Brooks – Wales – Oct 11 + 16
Josh King – Norway – Oct 13 + 16
Asmir Begovic – Bosnia – Oct 11 + 15
Nathan Ake – Netherlands – Oct 13 + 16
Lewis Cook – England under-21s – Oct 11 + 16

Brighton and Hove Albion

Lewis Dunk – England – Oct 12 + 15
Gaetan Bong – Cameroon – Oct 12 + 16
Shane Duffy – Ireland – Oct 13 + 16
Leon Balogun – Nigeria – Oct 12 + 16
Beram Kayal – Israel – Oct 11 + 14
Yves Bissouma – Mali – Oct 12 + 16
Alireza Jahanbakhsh – Iran – Oct 11 + 16

Burnley

Kevin Long – Ireland – Oct 13 + 16
Jeff Hendrick – Ireland – Oct 13 + 16
Sam Vokes – Wales – Oct 11 + 16
Johann Berg Gudmundsson – Iceland – Oct 11 + 15
Matej Vydra – Czech Republic – Oct 13 + 16

Cardiff City

Neil Etheridge – Philippines – Oct 13
Bruno Ecuele Manga – Gabon – Oct 12 + 16
Jazz Richards – Wales – Oct 11 + 16
Harry Arter – Ireland – Oct 13 + 16
Junior Hoilett – Canada – Oct 16

Chelsea

Ross Barkley – England – Oct 12 + 15
Eden Hazard – Belgium – Oct 12 + 16
Mateo Kovacic – Croatia – Oct 12 + 15
Andreas Christensen – Denmark – Oct 13 + 16
N’Golo Kante – France – Oct 11 + 16
Olivier Giroud – France – Oct 11 + 16
Jorginho – Italy – Oct 10 + 14
Emerson Palmieri – Italy – Oct 10 + 14
Cesar Azpilicueta – Spain – Oct 11 + 15
Marcos Alonso – Spain – Oct 11 + 15
Alvaro Morata – Spain – Oct 11 + 15
Kepa Arrizabalaga – Spain – Oct 11 + 15
Ethan Ampadu – Wales – Oct 11 + 16

Crystal Palace

Aaron Wan-Bissaka – England under-21s – Oct 11 + 16
Wayne Hennessey – Wales – Oct 11 + 16
Mamadou Sakho – France – Oct 11 + 16
Wilfried Zaha – Ivory Coast – Oct 12 + 16
Alexander Sorloth – Norway – Oct 13 + 16
Patrick van Aanholt – Netherlands – Oct 13 + 16
Cheikhou Kouyate – Senegal – Oct 13 + 16

Everton

Cenk Tosun – Turkey – Oct 11 + 14
Lucas Digne – France – Oct 11 + 16
Kurt Zouma – France – Oct 11 + 16
Gylfi Sigurdsson – Iceland – Oct 11 + 15
Jonjoe Kenny – England under-21s – Oct 11 + 16
Tom Davies – England under-21s – Oct 11 + 16
Dominic Calvert-Lewin – England under-21s – Oct 11 + 16
Ademola Lookman – England under-21s – Oct 11 + 16
Jordan Pickford – England – Oct 12 + 15
Richarlison – Brazil – Oct 12 + 16
Idrissa Gueye – Senegal – Oct 13 + 16

Fulham

Marcus Bettinelli – England – Oct 12 + 15
Ryan Sessegnon – England under-21s – Oct 11 + 16
Steven Sessegnon – England under-19s – Oct 11 + 16
Cyrus Christie – Ireland – Oct 13 + 16
Stefan Johansen – Norway – Oct 13 + 16
Kevin McDonald – Scotland – Oct 11 + 14
Aleksandar Mitrovic – Serbia – Oct 11 + 14
Floyd Ayite – Togo – Oct 12 + 16
Neeskens Kebano – DR Congo – Oct 13 + 16
Ibrahima Cisse – Guinea – Oct 12 + 16
Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa – Cameroon – Oct 12 + 16
Jean Michael Seri – Ivory Coast – Oct 12 + 16

Huddersfield Town

Philip Billing – Denmark under-21s – Oct 12 + 16
Jon Gorenc Stankovic – Slovenia under-21s – Oct 12 + 16
Abdelhamid Sabiri – Germany under-21s – Oct 12 + 16
Florent Hadergjonaj – Switzerland – Oct 12 + 15
Steve Mounie – Benin – Oct 12 + 16
Zanka – Denmark – Oct 13 + 16
Jonas Lossl – Denmark – Oct 13 + 16
Isaac Mbenza – Belgium under-21s – Oct 16

Leicester City

Danny Ward – Wales – Oct 11 + 16
James Maddison – England – Oct 12 + 15
Harry Maguire – England – Oct 12 + 15
Ben Chilwell – England – Oct 12 + 15
Wilfred Ndidi – Nigeria – Oct 12 + 16
Kelechi Iheanacho – Nigeria – Oct 12 + 16
Kasper Schmeichel – Denmark – Oct 13 + 16
Caglar Soyuncu – Turkey – Oct 11 + 14
Jonny Evans – Northern Ireland – Oct 12 + 15
Rachid Ghezzal – Algeria – Oct 12 + 16
Daniel Amartey – Ghana – Oct 12

Liverpool

Trent Alexander-Arnold – England – Oct 12 + 15
Joe Gomez – England – Oct 12 + 15
Jordan Henderson – England – Oct 12 + 15
Dejan Lovren – Croatia – Oct 12 + 15
Dominic Solanke – England under-21s – Oct 11 + 16
Andrew Robertson – Scotland – Oct 11 + 14
Virgil van Dijk – Netherlands – Oct 13 + 16
Georginio Wijnaldum – Netherlands – Oct 13 + 16
Simon Mignolet – Belgium – Oct 12 + 16
Xherdan Shaqiri – Switzerland – Oct 12 + 15
Naby Keita – Guinea – Oct 12 + 16
Mohamed Salah – Egypt – Oct 12 + 16
Sadio Mane – Senegal – Oct 13 + 16
Alisson – Brazil – Oct 12 + 16
Fabinho – Brazil – Oct 12 + 16
Roberto Firmino – Brazil – Oct 12 + 16

Manchester City

Vincent Kompany – Belgium – Oct 12 + 16
John Stones – England – Oct 12 + 15
Kyle Walker – England – Oct 12 + 15
Raheem Sterling – England – Oct 12 + 15
Leroy Sane – Germany – Oct 13 + 16
Bernardo Silva – Portugal – Oct 11 + 14
Oleksandr Zinchenko – Ukraine – Oct 10 + 16
Nicolas Otamendi – Argentina – Oct 11 + 16
Ederson – Brazil – Oct 12 + 16
Danilo – Brazil – Oct 12 + 16
Gabriel Jesus – Brazil – Oct 12 + 16
Riyad Mahrez – Algeria – Oct 12 + 16
Phil Foden – England under-21s – Oct 11 + 16

Manchester United

Sergio Romero – Argentina – Oct 11 + 16
Romelu Lukaku – Belgium – Oct 12 + 16
Marouane Fellaini – Belgium – Oct 12 + 16
Alexis Sanchez – Chile – Oct 13 + 17
Fred – Brazil – Oct 12 + 16
Marcus Rashford – England – Oct 12 + 15
Paul Pogba – France – Oct 11 + 16
Scott McTominay – Scotland – Oct 11 + 14
Eric Bailly – Ivory Coast – Oct 12 + 16
David De Gea – Spain – Oct 11 + 15
Victor Lindelof – Sweden – Oct 11 + 16

Newcastle United

DeAndre Yedlin – USA – Oct 12 + 17
Fabian Schar – Switzerland – Oct 12 + 15
Christian Atsu – Ghana – Oct 12
Ki Sung-yeung – South Korea – Oct 12 + 16
Ciaran Clark – Ireland – Oct 13 + 16
Martin Dubravka – Slovakia – Oct 13 + 16

Southampton

Jan Bednarek – Poland – Oct 11 + 14
Cedric Soares – Portugal – Oct 11 + 14
Stuart Armstrong – Scotland – Oct 11 + 14
Angus Gunn – England under-21s – Oct 11 + 16
Maya Yoshida – Japan – Oct 12 + 16
Mario Lemina – Gabon – Oct 12 + 16
Steven Davis – Northern Ireland – Oct 12 + 15
Alex McCarthy – England – Oct 12 + 15
Mohamed Elyounoussi – Norway – Oct 13 + 16
Shane Long – Ireland – Oct 13 + 16
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – Denmark – Oct 13 + 16
Jannik Vestergaard – Denmark – Oct 13 + 16

Tottenham Hotspur

Victor Wanyama – Kenya – Oct 10 + 14
Ben Davies – Wales – Oct 11 + 16
Hugo Lloris – France – Oct 11 + 16
Kyle Walker-Peters – England under-21s – Oct 11 + 16
Davinson Sanchez – Colombia – Oct 12 + 17
Son Heung-min – South Korea – Oct 12 + 16
Serge Aurier – Ivory Coast – – Oct 12 + 16
Lucas Moura – Brazil – Oct 12 + 16
Toby Alderweireld – Belgium – Oct 12 + 16
Eric Dier – England – Oct 12 + 15
Harry Kane – England – Oct 12 + 15
Danny Rose – England – Oct 12 + 15
Kieran Trippier – England – Oct 12 + 15
Harry Winks – England – Oct 12 + 15

Watford

Nathaniel Chalobah – England – Oct 12 + 15
Craig Cathcart – Northern Ireland – Oct 12 + 15
Sebastian Prodl – Austria – Oct 12 + 16
Christian Kabasele – Belgium – Oct 12 + 16
Roberto Pereyra – Argentina – Oct 11 + 16
Isaac Success – Nigeria – Oct 12 + 16
Domingos Quina – Portugal under-20s – Oct 11 + 16

West Ham United

Andriy Yarmolenko – Ukraine – Oct 10 + 16
Lukasz Fabianski – Poland – Oct 11+ 14
Robert Snodgrass – Scotland – Oct 11 + 14
Marko Arnautovic – Austria – Oct 12 + 16
Arthur Masuaku – DR Congo – Oct 13 + 16
Fabian Balbuena – Paraguay – training camp (no fixtures)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Jonny Otto – Spain – Oct 11 + 15
Helder Costa – Portugal – Oct 11 + 14
Rui Patricio – Portugal – Oct 11 + 14
Ruben Neves – Portugal – Oct 11 + 14
Matt Doherty – Ireland – Oct 13 + 16
Raul Jimenez – Mexico – Oct 12 + 17
Romain Saiss – Morocco – Oct 12 + 16
Ruben Vinagre – Portugal under-21s – Oct 11 + 16
Diogo Jota – Portugal under-21s – Oct 11 + 16
Morgan Gibbs-White – England under-19s – Oct 11 + 16

Withdrawn through injury

Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth and Scotland)
Davy Propper (Brighton and the Netherlands)
James Tarkowski (Burnley and England)
Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea and Germany)
Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town and Australia)
Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City and Germany)
Nemanja Matic (Manchester United and Serbia)
Luke Shaw (Manchester United and England)
Paul Dummett (Newcastle United and Wales)

Gameweek 9 Fixtures

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