Love them or hate them, international breaks are a fixture of the football calendar – and the first one of the 2024/25 season is now underway.
It’s not just the interruption to domestic football but the threat of injury and illness that will cause much gnashing of teeth.
Well over 200 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) players will be on international duty over the next week, so there’ll be a nervous wait to see if any Fantasy flags are added ahead of Gameweek 4.
In this article, we bring you all you need to know about your globe-trotting FPL stars.
ANY LATE RETURNEES?
Players representing countries from outside of Europe are generally the last ones back through the door at their respective clubs. They are, therefore, typically the biggest concerns for starts or game-time in the following Gameweek.
Often, those concerns amount to nothing – but there are instances where international exertions have been a factor. Benchings for Luis Diaz (£7.6m) and Darwin Nunez (£7.3m) and just 45 minutes for Alexis Mac Allister (£6.4m) when Liverpool contested a 12.30pm kick-off after the September break a year ago stick in the mind as just one example.
As usual, there are some international fixtures taking place in the Americas in the early hours of next Wednesday morning.
Brazil, in fact, kick off at 1.30am BST against Paraguay. Joao Pedro (£5.7m), who was a very late call-up to the Selecao squad after an injury elsewhere, will be among those returning late to England:
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