With the break now over, let’s take a look at the Arsenal call-ups and results for the June internationals.
As usual, Arsenal received plenty of call-ups for the international break, but there were 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) were left out with their existing injuries.
Leandro Trossard was 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 were both 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 did receive for the June break.
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 Nuno Tavares is with the Portugal u21s. Fabio Vieira had to pull out of the Portugal u21 squad with an injury. The u21 European Championship takes place between June 21st and July 8th.
Arsenal June international results
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
- Italy 3-2 Netherlands – Jorginho didn’t feature.
- Madagascar 0-0 Ghana – Partey played 90 minutes.
Monday, June 19th
- USA 2-0 Canada – Balogun played 76 minutes and scored and Turney played 90 minutes and kept a clean sheet as the USA won the CONCACAF Nations League final. Trusty came on for the final 11 minutes as a substitute.
- England 7-0 North Macedonia – Saka played 58 minutes and scored a hat-trick for England.
- Switzerland 2-2 Romania – Xhaka played 90 minutes for Switzerland.
Tuesday, June 20th
- Scotland 2-0 Georgia – Tierney played 78 minutes for Scotland.
- Norway 3-1 Cyprus – Odegaard played 90 minutes and provided an assist for Norway.
- Iceland 0-1 Portugal – Runarsson played 90 minutes for Iceland.
- Estonia 0-3 Belgium – Hein played 90 minutes for Estonia.
- Moldova 3-2 Poland – Kiwior played 90 minutes for Poland.