Who is doing what this Interlull?
Today at 03:47 AM
Mikel Arteta’s first team squad* is split straight down the middle when it comes to involvement in October’s Interlull. 13 players will head off for matches with their countries, seven will remain at London Colney because they are injured and a further six haven’t been called-up.
In yesterday’s pre-Southampton press conference, Mikel Arteta admitted he’s nervous about losing his players after what happened last month to Riccardo Calafiori, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Martin Odegaard.
He said: "I prefer not to watch the games, listen to nothing, and just pray that everybody is going to be fine, because the last one was a really difficult one to handle in many ways.”
He’s not wrong. Anyway, here’s what the lads are up to.
David Raya
Selected by Spain for Nations League clashes with Denmark and Serbia.
Norberto Neto
Not selected by Brazil.
Takehiro Tomiyasu
Injured, not selected by Japan.
Oleksandr Zinchenko
Injured, not selected by Ukraine.
Riccardo Calafiori
Selected by Italy for Nations League friendlies with Belgium and Israel.
Ben White
Injured / playing Uno with his wife.
Gabriel Magalhaes
Selected by Brazil for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Peru.
William Saliba
Selected by France for Nations League matches with Israel and Belgium.
Jakub Kiwior
Selected by Poland for Nations League matches with Portugal and Croatia.
Kieran Tierney
Injured.
Jurrien Timber
Injured, not selected by the Netherlands.
Mikel Merino
Selected by Spain for Nations League clashes with Denmark and Serbia.
Thomas Partey
Selected by Ghana for two AFCON qualifiers against Sudan (one in Ghana, the other in Libya)
Jorginho
Not selected by Italy.
Declan Rice
Selected by England for Nations League friendlies with Greece and Finland.
Martin Odegaard
Injured, not selected by Norway.
Bukayo Saka
Selected by England for Nations League friendlies with Greece and Finland.
Kai Havertz
Selected by Germany for Nations League friendlies with Bosnia and Herzegovina & the Netherlands.
Gabriel Martinelli
Selected by Brazil for World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Peru.
Raheem Sterling
Not selected by England.
Gabriel Jesus
Not selected by Brazil.
Leandro Trossard
Selected by Belgium for Nations League friendlies with Italy and France.
Ethan Nwaneri
Selected by England under-19s for friendlies with Portugal, the Netherlands and France.
Tommy Setford
Injured.
Ayden Heaven
Not selected by England under-19s.
Myles Lewis-Skelly
Not selected by England under-19s.
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*those included in last month’s squad photo.
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