Arsenal had 15 players and two loanees called up for the October internationals, let’s take a look at how they’re all getting on.
With the international break now underway, Arsenal have 15 players from Mikel Arteta’s squad and two Gunners loanees involved with their countries.
David Raya, Mikel Merino, and Martin Zubimendi are all with Spain, whilst Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, and Myles Lewis-Skelly are with England. Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Magalhaes are both in the Brazil squad, and William Saliba is back involved with France.
Jurrien Timber is with the Netherlands, Riccardo Calafiori with Italy, Leandro Trossard with Belgium, Viktor Gyokeres with Sweden, and Christian Norgaard with Denmark. The loanees on international duty are Jakub Kiwior (Poland) and Karl Hein (Estonia).
Gabriel Jesus (Brazil), Kai Havertz (Germany), Noni Madueke (England), Martin Odegaard (Norway), and Piero Hincapie (Colombia) are all missing out through injury, as is loanee Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine).
Ben White also wasn’t called up, with Thomas Tuchel officially suggesting they were just sticking with the same squad from the September break. Though it’s notable that when Reece James pulled out through injury, Nico O’Reilly was his replacement, not White.
Maldini Kacurri also didn’t receive a call-up from Albania, suggesting his start in a September friendly against Gibraltar was more of a token gesture for the future than a sign he’s immediately about to become a regular.
With that, let’s take a look at how each Arsenal international is getting on.
Arsenal October international fixtures
Thursday, October 9th
- England 3-0 Wales – Friendly – Saka played 70 minutes for England and scored, winning the Player of the Match award. Rice played 69 minutes, Lewis-Skelly played 10 minutes as a substitute, and Eze was rested.
- Malta 0-4 Netherlands – World Cup qualifier – Timber played 90 minutes for the Netherlands as a centre-back, helping them to keep a clean sheet.
- Belarus 0-6 Denmark – World Cup qualifier – Norgaard played 26 minutes for Denmark as a substitute.
- Poland 1-0 New Zealand – Friendly – Kiwior played 45 minutes for Poland as a substitute.
Friday, October 10th
- South Korea 0-5 Brazil – Friendly – Gabriel played 90 minutes for Brazil and helped them to keep a clean sheet.
- France 3-0 Azerbaijan – World Cup qualifier – Saliba played 90 minutes for France and helped them to keep a clean sheet.
- Belgium 0-0 North Macedonia – World Cup qualifier – Trossard played 74 minutes for Belgium.
- Sweden 0-2 Switzerland – World Cup qualifier – Gyokeres played 90 minutes for Sweden.
Saturday, October 11th
- Spain 2-0 Georgia – World Cup qualifier – Zubimendi played 81 minutes for Spain and Merino played the full 90, whilst Raya was an unused substitute.
- Estonia 1-3 Italy – World Cup qualifier – Hein played 90 minutes and saved a penalty for Estonia, whilst Calafiori played 90 minutes as a centre-back for Italy.
Sunday, October 12th
- 17:00 – Netherlands vs Finland – World Cup qualifier
- 19:45 – Denmark vs Greece – World Cup qualifier
- 19:45 – Lithuania vs Poland – World Cup qualifier
Monday, October 13th
- 19:45 – Iceland vs France – World Cup qualifier
- 19:45 – Wales vs Belgium – World Cup qualifier
- 19:45 – Sweden vs Kosovo – World Cup qualifier
Tuesday, October 14th
- 11:30 – Japan vs Brazil – Friendly
- 17:00 – Estonia vs Moldova – World Cup qualifier
- 19:45 – Spain vs Bulgaria – World Cup qualifier
- 19:45 – Latvia vs England – World Cup qualifier
- 19:45 – Italy vs Israel – World Cup qualifier