Spain

Dani Ceballos has received a call-up to return to Spain’s senior national team, after playing for the u21s over the summer.

Santi Cazorla says he has fulfilled one of his dreams, after captaining Spain for the second half in their 4-1 over the Faroe Islands.

Arsenal scouts are set to watch Portugal face Spain in the two countries’ World Cup opener on Friday, with Gelson Martins, Goncalo Guedes and Rafael Guerreiro all potentially taking part.

Speaking in a Q&A with fans, Henrikh Mkhitaryan named his favourites to win the World Cup this summer, but left out two major contenders for the competition.

Gareth Southgate’s England side were drawn in League A/Group 4 and will face Croatia & Spain. Group 1 features Netherlands, France & Germany. Ireland drew Wales in League B/Group 4.

Aaron Ramsey’s Wales have failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Mesut Ozil has been called-up for Germany’s upcoming international games but it was a different story for two other Arsenal players.

Germany and Chile both qualified for the knockouts as the Confederations Cup group stages drew to a close.

Hector Bellerín believes England is a better place for young players to develop in comparison to his native Spain due to a higher level of professionalism and more opportunities being available.

Calum Chambers and Rob Holding are aiming for the semi-finals of the U21 European Championships tonight.

Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal says club and country teammate Hector Bellerin will stay at the club, despite rumours suggesting Barcelona are close to completing a deal to sign him.

It was another mixed evening for Arsenal players on international duty yesterday. How did they fare?

Three Arsenal players were involved in international duty for their respective countries on Wednesday evening. So how did they fare?

Alexis Sanchez, Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud, Mohamed Elneny, David Ospina, Joel Campbell and Ainsley Maitland-Niles have all been in action for the respective countries.

Juventus are expected to be in the crowd on Monday night to scout Hector Bellerin when Spain’s u21s take on Italy in Rome.

Santi Cazorla will be at Spain’s friendly against England at Wembley tonight (Tuesday).

Nacho Monreal netted his first international goal as Spain beat Macedonia 4-0 and he was clearly delighted with the whole thing.

Nacho Monreal scored his first ever goal for Spain on Saturday as they beat Macedonia 4-0.

Hector Bellerin recently spoke to Arsenal’s official podcast about what it was like to get his first call up for Spain’s senior team during the Euros.

Olivier Giroud, Shkodran Mustafi and Nacho Monreal have all received call-ups ahead of the international break next week.