A week of international football gets underway on Wednesday and, as ever, there will be plenty of Premier League representation across the world over the coming seven days.
We’ve put together our usual club-by-club guide to which players will be away with their nations, detailing the countries they are representing and when their matches are scheduled for.
There are a few notable omissions from the list below, with several well-owned Fantasy Premier League assets having a welcome fortnight off.
Jamie Vardy (£9.6m) called time on his England career last year, while David Silva (£7.6m) has also retired from international duty with Spain.
Anthony Martial (£7.7m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.3m) have been overlooked by Didier Deschamps, while right-backs Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.4m) and Kyle Walker (£5.9m) aren’t part of Gareth Southgate’s England squad.
Mohamed Salah (£12.3m) and Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) weren’t meant to have a two-week recuperation period, of course, but both Liverpool assets have withdrawn from their respective countries’ squads over the last few days.
Salah’s bothersome ankle has seen him ruled out of Egypt’s forthcoming internationals but only after the premium midfielder had travelled to Africa for a consultation with the national team doctor and head coach.
Salah had been pictured with ice on his ankle after the Gameweek 12 win over Manchester City and was spotted wearing a protective boot when joining up with his country on Tuesday.
A statement from the Egyptian FA said:
After medical tests, Mohamed Salah will not play against Kenya and The Comoros. The injury needs a period of treatment to recover.
Robertson, along with Ryan Fraser (£7.0m) and Scott McTominay (£5.1m), withdrew from the Scotland squad on Tuesday.
The Liverpool left-back himself said:
For the last two and a half weeks, I’ve not trained at all for Liverpool. I’ve trained the day before a game, could only play the last 15 minutes against Genk in the Champions League and missed the Arsenal game in the League Cup.
It’s a niggling injury which won’t go away unless I give it time. My ankle was already injured when a tackle from Rodri on me late in the game against Manchester City on Sunday opened it up again.
I was already a doubt for Scotland but, unfortunately, that made it even worse. I don’t want to pick up more injuries and ruin my season because of it. The call has been made and it has been taken out of my hands. It hurts as captain to miss out. I know a lot has been said about these two games being meaningless but we don’t believe that.
The in-form Christian Pulisic (£7.4m) won’t be part of the USA’s squad for their CONCACAF Nations League games over the next week, meanwhile.
Pulisic picked up a hip injury in the win over Crystal Palace and USA head coach Gregg Berhalter said:
This was a collaborative decision with the club looking after the best interest of the player. These decisions are always difficult because this group and the coaching staff want nothing more than to have Christian here, but it was a risk we weren’t willing to take at this time.
At the time of writing, Raul Jimenez (£7.3m) is still on course to be representing Mexico in their own CONCACAF Nations League ties.
Jimenez picked up a leg injury in the dying stages of Sunday’s win over Aston Villa but has reported for international duty, with a decision still to be made on his involvement in games against Panama and Bermuda.
The last of those games takes place in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Mexico so, if he is involved, a late flight back to England awaits Jimenez ahead of Wolves’ Gameweek 13 meeting with Bournemouth the following Saturday.
Looking on the positive side for his owners, on just one occasion has Jimenez been benched by Nuno Espirito Santo after international duty (March 2019).
Elsewhere on the long-haul flight watch, DeAndre Yedlin (£4.4m), Steven Alzate (£4.5m), Yerry Mina (£5.4m), Davinson Sanchez (£5.3m) and Jefferson Lerma (£4.8m) are all due to feature for their respective countries just after midnight on Wednesday.
Brazil and Argentina are in international friendly action in the Middle East, rather than the Americas, so the Premier League players in action for those two countries at least have a little longer to recover from their exertions given the time difference.
Sergio Aguero (£12.0m), recalled by Argentina, will face teammate Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m) in Riyadh this Friday.
Son Heung-min‘s (£9.6m) South Korea side will encounter Brazil next Tuesday afternoon in Abu Dhabi, having played Lebanon in a World Cup qualifier five days beforehand.
Sadio Mane (£12.1m) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang‘s (£11.0m) international duty will be done by Sunday, with both premium FPL assets representing their countries in 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The 22 Premier League-based players in England’s squad will also be packed up early, with the Three Lions taking on Montenegro and Kosovo on Thursday and Sunday.
Raheem Sterling (£12.0m), of course, won’t be featuring for Gareth Southgate’s side in the first of those games, having clashed with Joe Gomez (£5.1m) in training.
FPL PLAYERS ON INTERNATIONAL DUTY – IN FULL
ARSENAL
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Gabon – Nov 14+17
- Matteo Guendouzi – France – Nov 14+17
- Sead Kolasinac – Bosnia & Herzegovina – Nov 15+18
- Bernd Leno – Germany – Nov 16+19
- Gabriel Martinelli – Brazil Under-23s – Nov 14+17
- Emi Martinez – Argentina – Nov 15+18
- Reiss Nelson – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Nicolas Pépé – Ivory Coast – Nov 16+19
- Bukayo Saka – England Under-19s – Nov 13+16+19
- Lucas Torreira – Uruguay – Nov 15+18
- Joe Willock – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Granit Xhaka – Switzerland – Nov 15+18
ASTON VILLA
- Conor Hourihane – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- Lovre Kalinić – Croatia – Nov 16+19
- Douglas Luiz – Brazil – Nov 15+19
- John McGinn – Scotland – Nov 16+19
- Tyrone Mings – England – Nov 14+17
- Marvelous Nakamba – Zimbabwe – Nov 15+19
- Orjan Nyland – Norway – Nov 15+18
- Trezeguet – Egypt – Nov 14+18
- Wesley – Brazil – Nov 15+19
BOURNEMOUTH
- Nathan Aké – Netherlands – Nov 16+19
- Joshua King – Norway – Nov 15+18
- Jefferson Lerma – Colombia – Nov 16+20
- Chris Mepham – Wales – Nov 16+19
- Aaron Ramsdale – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Mark Travers – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- Callum Wilson – England – Nov 14+17
- Harry Wilson – Wales – Nov 16+19
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION
- Steven Alzate – Colombia – Nov 16+20
- Tudur Baluta – Romania – Nov 15+18
- Shane Duffy – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- Aaron Mooy – Australia – Nov 14
- Davy Propper – Netherlands – Nov 16+19
- Mat Ryan – Australia – Nov 14
- Leandro Trossard – Belgium – Nov 16+19
BURNLEY
- Robbie Brady – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- Jeff Hendrick – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- Kevin Long – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- Dwight McNeil – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Bailey Peacock-Farrell – Northern Ireland – Nov 16+19
- Nick Pope – England – Nov 14+17
- Chris Wood – New Zealand – Nov 14+17
CHELSEA
- Tammy Abraham – England – Nov 14+17
- Kepa Arrizabalaga – Spain – Nov 15+18
- Michy Batshuayi – Belgium – Nov 16+19
- Andreas Christensen – Denmark – Nov 15+18
- Billy Gilmour – Scotland Under-21s – Nov 15
- Olivier Giroud – France – Nov 14+17
- Marc Guehi – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Callum Hudson-Odoi – England – Nov 14+17
- Reece James – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Jorginho – Italy – Nov 15+18
- N’Golo Kante – France – Nov 14+17
- Mateo Kovacic – Croatia – Nov 16+19
- Mason Mount – England – Nov 14+17
- Emerson Palmieri – Italy – Nov 15+18
- Fikayo Tomori – England – Nov 14+17
- Willian – Brazil – Nov 15+19
- Kurt Zouma – France – Nov 14+17
CRYSTAL PALACE
- Jordan Ayew – Ghana – Nov 14+18
- Christian Benteke – Belgium – Nov 16+19
- Wayne Hennessey – Wales – Nov 16+19
- Cheikhou Kouyate – Senegal – Nov 13+17
- Luka Milivojevic – Serbia – Nov 14+17
- Patrick van Aanholt – Netherlands – Nov 16+19
- Wilfried Zaha – Ivory Coast – Nov 16+19
EVERTON
- Tom Davies – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Lucas Digne – France – Nov 14+17
- Lewis Gibson – England Under-20s – Nov 14+19
- Anthony Gordon – England Under-19s – Nov 13+16+19
- Alex Iwobi – Nigeria – Nov 13+17
- Moise Kean – Italy Under-21s – Nov 16+19
- Yerry Mina – Colombia – Nov 16+20
- Jordan Pickford – England – Nov 14+17
- Richarlison – Brazil – Nov 15+19
- Gylfi Sigurdsson – Iceland – Nov 14+17
- Cenk Tosun – Turkey – Nov 14+17
LEICESTER CITY
- Ben Chilwell – England – Nov 14+17
- Jonny Evans – Northern Ireland – Nov 16+19
- James Justin – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- James Maddison – England – Nov 14+17
- Wilfred Ndidi – Nigeria – Nov 13+17
- Ricardo Pereira – Portugal – Nov 14+17
- Dennis Praet – Belgium – Nov 16+19
- Kasper Schmeichel – Denmark – Nov 15+18
- Çaglar Söyüncü – Turkey – Nov 14+17
- Youri Tielemans – Belgium – Nov 16+19
- Danny Ward – Wales – Nov 16+19
LIVERPOOL
- Alisson – Brazil – Nov 15+19
- Trent Alexander-Arnold – England – Nov 14+17
- Rhian Brewster – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Fabinho – Brazil – Nov 15+19
- Roberto Firmino – Brazil – Nov 15+19
- Joe Gomez – England – Nov 14+17
- Jordan Henderson – England – Nov 14+17
- Naby Keita – Guinea– Nov 14+17
- Sadio Mane – Senegal – Nov 13+17
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – England – Nov 14+17
- Divock Origi – Belgium – Nov 16+19
- Virgil van Dijk – Netherlands – Nov 16+19
- Georginio Wijnaldum – Netherlands – Nov 16+19
MANCHESTER CITY
- Sergio Aguero – Argentina – Nov 15+18
- Claudio Bravo – Chile – Nov 19
- Joao Cancelo – Portugal – Nov 14+17
- Kevin De Bruyne – Belgium – Nov 16+19
- Phil Foden – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Eric Garcia – Spain Under-21s – Nov 14+19
- Ilkay Gündogan – Germany – Nov 16+19
- Gabriel Jesus – Brazil – Nov 15+19
- Riyad Mahrez – Algeria – Nov 14+18
- Benjamin Mendy – France – Nov 14+17
- Nicolas Otamendi – Argentina – Nov 15+18
- Rodri – Spain – Nov 15+18
- Bernardo Silva – Portugal – Nov 14+17
- Raheem Sterling – England – Nov 14+17
- John Stones – England – Nov 14+17
MANCHESTER UNITED
- Tahith Chong – Netherlands Under-21s – Nov 14+19
- David de Gea – Spain – Nov 15+18
- Mason Greenwood – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Daniel James – Wales – Nov 16+19
- Victor Lindelöf – Sweden – Nov 15+18
- Harry Maguire – England – Nov 14+17
- Marcus Rashford – England – Nov 14+17
NEWCASTLE UNITED
- Miguel Almiron – Paraguay – Nov 14+19
- Ciaran Clark – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- Martin Dúbravka – Slovakia – Nov 16+19
- Emil Krafth – Sweden – Nov 15+18
- Matthew Longstaff – England Under-20s – Nov 14+19
- DeAndre Yedlin – USA – Nov 16+20
NORWICH CITY
- Max Aarons – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Ben Godfrey – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Kenny McLean – Scotland – Nov 16+19
- Adam Idah – Republic of Ireland Under-21s – Nov 14+19
- Jamal Lewis – Northern Ireland – Nov 16+19
- Michael McGovern – Northern Ireland – Nov 16+19
- Teemu Pukki – Finland – Nov 15+18
SHEFFIELD UNITED
- Muhamed Bešić – Bosnia & Herzegovina – Nov 15+18
- John Egan – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- John Fleck – Scotland – Nov 16+19
- Dean Henderson – England – Nov 14+17
- Oli McBurnie – Scotland – Nov 16+19
- David McGoldrick – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- Callum Robinson – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- Enda Stevens – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
SOUTHAMPTON
- Stuart Armstrong – Scotland – Nov 16+19
- Jan Bednarek – Poland – Nov 16+19
- Sofiane Boufal – Morocco – Nov 15+19
- Kevin Danso – Austria Under-21s – Nov 15+18
- Moussa Djenepo – Mali – Nov 14+17
- Pierre-Emile Højbjerg – Denmark – Nov 15+18
- Maya Yoshida – Japan – Nov 14
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
- Toby Alderweireld – Belgium – Nov 16+19
- Serge Aurier – Ivory Coast – Nov 16+19
- Brandon Austin – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Ben Davies – Wales – Nov 16+19
- Christian Eriksen – Denmark – Nov 15+18
- Juan Foyth – Argentina – Nov 15+18
- Son Heung-min – South Korea – Nov 14+19
- Harry Kane – England – Nov 14+17
- Giovani Lo Celso – Argentina – Nov 15+18
- Tanguy Ndombele – France – Nov 14+17
- Troy Parrott – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- Danny Rose – England – Nov 14+17
- Davinson Sánchez – Colombia – Nov 15+20
- Ryan Sessegnon – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Moussa Sissoko – France – Nov 14+17
- Oliver Skipp – England Under-21s – Nov 15+19
- Victor Wanyama – Kenya – Nov 14+18
- Harry Winks – England – Nov 14+17
WATFORD
- Craig Cathcart – Northern Ireland – Nov 16+19
- Pontus Dahlberg – Sweden Under-21s – Nov 19
- Adrian Mariappa – Jamaica – Nov 16+19
- Ismaila Sarr – Senegal – Nov 13+17
WEST HAM UNITED
- Albian Ajeti – Switzerland – Nov 15+18
- Fabian Balbuena – Paraguay – Nov 14+19
- Arthur Masuaku – DR Congo – Nov 14+18
- Winston Reid – New Zealand – Nov 14+17
- Declan Rice – England – Nov 14+17
- Andriy Yarmolenko – Ukraine – Nov 14+17
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
- Patrick Cutrone – Italy Under-21s – Nov 16+19
- Leander Dendoncker – Belgium – Nov 16+19
- Matt Doherty – Republic of Ireland – Nov 14+18
- Raul Jimenez – Mexico – Nov 16+20
- Diogo Jota – Portugal – Nov 14+17
- João Moutinho – Portugal – Nov 14+17
- Rúben Neves – Portugal – Nov 14+17
- Rui Patrício – Portugal – Nov 14+17
- Romain Saiss – Morocco – Nov 15+19
PLAYERS WHO HAVE WITHDRAWN
- Tom Heaton – Aston Villa/England
- Neil Taylor – Aston Villa/Wales (personal reasons)
- Ryan Fraser – Bournemouth/Scotland
- Lloyd Kelly – Bournemouth/England Under-21s
- Aaron Connolly – Brighton/Republic of Ireland
- Ross Barkley – Chelsea/England
- Christian Pulisic – Chelsea/USA
- Fabian Delph – Everton/England
- Harvey Elliott – Liverpool/England Under-17s
- Caoimhin Kelleher – Liverpool/Republic of Ireland Under-21s
- Andrew Robertson – Liverpool/Scotland
- Mohamed Salah – Liverpool/Egypt
- Scott McTominay – Manchester United/Scotland
- Marcos Rojo – Manchester United/Argentina
- Fabian Schar – Newcastle/Switzerland
- Josip Drmic – Norwich/Switzerland
- Michael Obafemi – Southampton/Republic of Ireland Under-21s
- Roberto Pereyra – Watford/Argentina
- Pedro Neto – Wolves/Portugal Under-21s
- Rúben Vinagre – Wolves/Portugal Under-21s
- Adama Traore – Wolves/Spain
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