Another international week

Following the 2-0 defeat at Atlético, club football now takes a break for internationals. Eleven regulars for the senior squad have been called up by their countries: Eric Garcia, Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto and Gavi for Spain; Frenkie de Jong, Memphis Depay and Luuk de Jong for Holland; Ter Stegen for Germany; Yusuf Demir for Austria; Ronald Araujo, for Uruguay; and Sergiño Dest for the USA.

The players staying behind in Barcelona will train as normal at the Ciutat Esportiva on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 11.00am CEST, before getting some rest for the remainder of the week.

They’ll be back on Monday 11 at 5.00pm CEST, where they will be progressively re-joined by the returning internationals building up to the weekend Liga fixture on Sunday at 9.00pm CEST at home to Valencia.

International schedule

NOTE: All days given as they are locally

SPAIN (Eric Garcia, Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto and Gavi)

Wednesday 6: UEFA Nations League semi-final v Italy
Sunday 10: UEFA Nations League 3/4 playofff or final v Belgium or France

HOLLAND (Frenkie de Jong, Luuk de Jong and Memphis)

Friday 8: World Cup qualifier v Latvia
Monday 11: World Cup qualifier v Gibraltar

GERMANY (Ter Stegen)

Friday 8: World Cup qualifier v Romania
Monday 11: World Cup qualifier v North Macedonia

AUSTRIA (Yusuf Demir)

Saturday 9: World Cup qualifier v Faroe Islands
Tuesday 12: World Cup qualifier v Denmark

URUGUAY (Ronald Araujo)

Thursday 7: World Cup qualifier v Colombia
Sunday 10: World Cup qualifier v Argentina
Thursday 14:  World Cup qualifier v Brazil

UNITED STATES (Sergiño Dest)

Thursday 7: World Cup qualifier v Jamaica
Sunday 10: World Cup qualifier v Panama
Thursday 13:  World Cup qualifier v Costa Rica