Ezri Konsa is set to miss England’s first game of the international break, but he’s expected to be available for the second.
Arsenal defender Ezri Konsa has been called up by England for the November internationals, but the FA have confirmed that he won’t be involved in the team’s opening game of the break.
Writing on social media, the FA stated: “Ezri Konsa will miss Thursday’s match against Croatia, but will return to full training later this week.”
Konsa dealt with a couple of injury setbacks over the last international break with England, playing through initial discomfort in their opening game against Spain, missing the match against Czechia, then receiving a hit to the quad against Croatia that forced him out of the camp.
The defender was fit enough to feature for Arsenal in between the breaks, but England have evidently decided he needs a rest now.
That’s good news from an Arsenal perspective, particularly as England have confirmed the player is still expected to be involved in full training later in the week. There’s no suggestion the problem is serious enough to force a withdrawal, the 29-year-old is just getting some time off.
Arsenal will still have multiple players set for involvement in the England squad against Croatia, with Ben White, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Declan Rice, and Eberechi Eze all having been called up for the current break.
Konsa will then return ahead of the final Nations League group game away to Spain on Sunday, November 15th.
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