Arsenal have received 12 call-ups for the October international break, with a surprisingly large number of players either unavailable or left out.

PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 06: Mateo Retegui of Italy competes for the ball with William Saliba of France during the UEFA Nations League 2024/25 League A Group A2 match between France and Italy at Parc des Princes stadium on September 06, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE: Mateo Retegui of Italy competes for the ball with William Saliba of France during the UEFA Nations League 2024/25 League A Group A2 match between France and Italy at Parc des Princes stadium on September 06, 2024. (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images)

Arsenal have quite a long list of internationals that won’t be involved with their countries over the upcoming break, largely due to injury.

Jurrien Timber, Kai Havertz, Kieran Tierney, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Oleksandr Zinchenko, and Martin Odegaard will all miss out on the break due to their various fitness concerns. As will Ben White, though it’s likely White wouldn’t have been involved anyway.

Then Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, and Jorginho are among Arsenal’s experienced internationals to be excluded from their national teams on this occasion, presumably over their inconsistent minutes this campaign so far.

Italy's Jorginho and Riccardo Calafiori celebrate after winning the UEFA Euro 2024 Group B football match between Italy and Albania at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund on June 15, 2024. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
Italy’s Jorginho and Riccardo Calafiori celebrate after winning the UEFA Euro 2024 Group B football match between Italy and Albania at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund on June 15, 2024. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

That brings us to those who have been called up: Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka (England), Gabriel Magalhaes and Gabriel Martinelli (Brazil), David Raya and Mikel Merino (Spain), William Saliba (France), Jakub Kiwior (Poland), Thomas Partey (Ghana), Riccardo Calafiori (Italy), and Leandro Trossard (Belgium).

From Arsenal’s list of loanees, Karl Hein of Estonia is the one player involved with his national team. Though on current form, it may not be long until Nuno Tavares is involved with Portugal.

Let’s have a look at when Arsenal’s international fixtures will take place.

Arsenal internationals’ October fixtures

STUTTGART, GERMANY - JULY 05: Mikel Merino of Spain celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the UEFA EURO 2024 quarter-final match between Spain and Germany at Stuttgart Arena on July 05, 2024 in Stuttgart, Germany. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
STUTTGART, GERMANY: Mikel Merino of Spain celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the UEFA EURO 2024 quarter-final match between Spain and Germany at Stuttgart Arena on July 05, 2024. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

All times in BST

Thursday, October 10th

  • 17:00 – Ghana vs Sudan (AFCON qualifiers)
  • 19:45 – England vs Greece (Nations League)
  • 19:45 – Israel vs France (Nations League)
  • 19:45 – Italy vs Belgium (Nations League)

Friday, October 11th

  • 01:00 – Chile vs Brazil (World Cup qualifiers)
  • 17:00 – Estonia vs Azerbaijan (Nations League)

Saturday, October 12th

  • 19:45 – Poland vs Portugal (Nations League)
  • 19:45 – Spain vs Denmark (Nations League)

Sunday, October 13th

  • 17:00 – Finland vs England (Nations League)

Monday, October 14th

  • 14:00 – Sudan vs Ghana (AFCON qualifiers)
  • 19:45 – Belgium vs France (Nations League)
  • 19:45 – Italy vs Israel (Nations League)
  • 19:45 – Estonia vs Sweden (Nations League)

Tuesday, October 15th

  • 19:45 – Poland vs Croatia (Nations League)
  • 19:45 – Spain vs Serbia (Nations League)

Wednesday, October 16th

  • 01:45 – Brazil vs Peru (World Cup qualifiers)