Switzerland

With so many Arsenal players potentially away on international duty, we took a look at the matches you should keep an eye out for this summer.

Four first-team players were in action for their respective countries on international duty, while some Ladies also featured during international friendlies.

Two Arsenal players were in action for their countries on Thursday. Here’s how they got on:

Granit Xhaka has been pictured with quite literally a massive weight on his shoulders.

Switzerland’s national team’s manager, Vladimir Petkovic, has spoken about Granit Xhaka’s recent red card for Arsenal, revealing that he hopes the midfielder learns from it

Granit Xhaka captained Switzerland for the first time during his country’s 2-1 win over Andorra on Monday night.

It’s that guy again, Ricardo Rodriguez, creeping into Granit Xhaka’s social media pictures.

FIFA have issued a statement clarifying the situation of players who wanted to play for Kosovo but had represented other nations and it has proven Granit Xhaka right in his assertion that they’ve blocked him from changing.

Granit Xhaka thanked fans for their support after Switzerland beat Portugal 2-0 on Tuesday night in a match which saw the Arsenal man pick up another red card.

Granit Xhaka picked up another red card (two yellows) for his country as Switzerland beat Portugal 2-0 on Tuesday night.

Granit Xhaka has picked up another red card during Switzerland’s 2-0 triumph over Portugal.

Since leaving Arsenal on international duty, Granit Xhaka has done a lot of talking to the press.

At this point you have to feel a little sorry for Granit Xhaka, as every time he opens his mouth about his international situation, he seems to annoy someone else.

Currently on international duty with Switzerland, it seems as if Granit Xhaka has issued a statement saying he will do whatever he can to get to play for Kosovo.

Granit Xhaka has decided to remain a Swiss player after he was invited to declare for Kosovo following their ratification by FIFA according to Albanian reports.

Granit Xhaka is one of a number of big name players who have been invited to play for Kosovo after they were finally granted FIFA status in May this year.

Despite both Granit Xhaka and Mesut Ozil putting in a decent shift during the Euros so far, they also have something else in common: they’ve both missed penalties.

Granit Xhaka has no plans to shirk his penalty taking responsibilities despite missing for his country and costing them a place in the quarter finals in France.

Stoke’s Xherdan Shaqiri has defended Granit Xhaka after the Arsenal midfielder blasted his penalty wide, costing his country a place in the quarter finals.

Things have, perhaps not unexpectedly been a bit quite over the last few days. With no actual football to talk about and the UK tearing…