Following five withdrawals, 14 Arsenal players will be involved in the March internationals, so let’s take a look at when they’ll all be in action.
The various international team managers confirmed their lists of call-ups last week, but William Saliba (France), Gabriel Magalhaes (Brazil), Eberechi Eze (England), Jurrien Timber (Netherlands), and Leandro Trossard (Belgium) have all since withdrawn, citing various injury problems.
Martin Odegaard (Norway) and Mikel Merino (Spain) also miss out due to injury, whilst Gabriel Jesus and Kepa Arrizabalaga weren’t called up.
With the exception of Myles Lewis-Skelly and Max Dowman, who will both be with the England youth teams, everyone else in Mikel Arteta’s squad was called up.
Viktor Gyokeres (Sweden), Christian Norgaard (Denmark), Riccardo Calafiori (Italy), and loanee Jakub Kiwior (Poland) have all been called up for vital World Cup qualifiers. This is the last chance for their teams to make the final tournament.
The others will be involved in friendlies, with Gabriel Martinelli (Brazil), Kai Havertz (Germany), Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, and Ben White (England), David Raya, Martin Zubimendi, and Cristhian Mosquera (Spain), and Piero Hincapie (Ecuador) all set to feature for their countries.
This will be Havertz’s first appearance since 2024, White’s first since 2022, and Mosquera’s first-ever senior call-up. So it’s a big break for those three, despite the lack of competitive fixtures.
It should be noted that Saka and Rice have only been called up for the second of England’s two friendlies, against Japan. Neither will be involved in the opening game against Uruguay.
Arsenal March international fixtures
Times are in GMT until Sunday, March 29th, when the UK clocks change. After that, times are in BST.
Thursday, March 26th
- 19:45 – Ukraine vs Sweden – World Cup qualifier semi-final
- 19:45 – Poland vs Albania – World Cup qualifier semi-final
- 19:45 – Denmark vs North Macedonia – World Cup qualifier semi-final
- 19:45 – Italy vs Northern Ireland – World Cup qualifier semi-final
- 20:00 – Brazil vs France – Friendly
Friday, March 27th
- 19:45 – Switzerland vs Germany – Friendly
- 19:45 – England vs Uruguay – Friendly
- 20:00 – Spain vs Serbia – Friendly
- 20:15 – Morocco vs Ecuador – Friendly
Monday, March 30th
- 19:45 – Germany vs Ghana – Friendly
Tuesday, March 31st
- 19:45 – Possible World Cup qualifier finals for Sweden, Poland, Denmark, or Italy
- 19:45 – England vs Japan – Friendly
- 19:45 – Netherlands vs Ecuador – Friendly
- 20:00 – Spain vs Egypt – Friendly
Wednesday, April 1st
- 01:00 – Brazil vs Croatia – Friendly