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Chelsea have a total of 31 players on international duty during the November break, and below is a list of all of those on the books at Stamford Bridge, and when they will be in action.
Chelsea’s injury list is extensive at the moment, with Josh Acheampong the latest player to get injured. The defender missed the trip to Sunderland and has not been included in England’s U21 side this month.
Joao Pedro, Reece James, Maxence Lacroix, Jamie Gittens and other injured stars have not won a call-up, but Emi Martinez is one of three players selected by Argentina despite missing the defeat at Sunderland.
Morgan Rogers (England): England face Croatia and Spain in the last two of their Nations League games, but Rogers will not be joined by Cole Palmer. Steven Gerrard thinks Palmer and Tuchel have an issue.
Emi Martinez, Valentin Barco, Aaron Anselmino (Argentina): Anselmino is in line for his first cap after a surprise call-up, given he’s yet to play this season. Argentina face Uruguay and Costa Rica this month.
Geovany Quenda, Pedro Neto (Portugal): Like Anselmino, Quenda could win his first Portugal cap this month as he joins Neto in a Portugal side lacking Cristiano Ronaldo. They play Denmark and Wales.
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Mike Penders, Romeo Lavia (Belgium): Lavia and Penders have enjoyed bouts of good form with the Blues since the last break. They will be pushing to start in Nations League games against Turkey and Italy.
Estevao (Brazil): Despite starting just one Premier League game all season, Estevao is included in a squad to face Japan and Singapore. Pedro misses out through injury for a second time, due to a thigh problem.
Marco Palestra (Italy): Palestra is back in the Italy squad and will be looking to add to his two caps, after missing the September break. He will be looking to help The Azzurri beat Penders and Lavia on Sunday.
Kendry Paez, Moises Caicedo (Ecuador): Costa Rica will take on Chelsea’s Argentine trio, but first, they will face Paez and Caicedo. Paez is with the CNG at the moment, but will also face Bolivia this month.
England U21s: Tayo Subuloye, who is on the fringes of making a senior Chelsea debut, is included, while Jesse Derry and Shim Mheuka – on loan at Sporting and Celtic – will also face Czechia and Portugal U21s.
England U20s: Four Chelsea players have been included for games against Slovenia, Belarus and Austria. Freddy Bernal, Chizaram Ezenwata, Celtic’s Landon Emenalo and Wigan loanee Reggie Walsh are included.
England U19s: Five Chelsea players are in the 19s, facing Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. Calvin Diakite, Gabriel Sambou, Mathis Eboue, Jashayde Greenwood and Ryan Kavuma-McQueen got the call.
England U18s: Three more are in the 18s. Reggie Walsh and Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli, after making their Chelsea debuts this season, are picked alongside Josh Henry. They face Montenegro, Poland and Ukraine.
Three senior players currently out on loan have also won call-ups. Filip Jorgensen is on fire at Strasbourg and is with Denmark’s squad. He will face Neto and Quenda’s Portugal, and Erling Haaland’s Norway.
Genesis Antwi, Jorgensen’s Strasbourg teammate, is in the Sweden squad for the first time, called up by Graham Potter. They host Bosnia before going to Poland, again, in their final two Nations League games.
Senegal are in the midst of their African Cup of Nations qualifying campaign, and Mamadou Sarr is in the squad after his questionable comments last week. Alongside Nicolas Jackson, Senegal face Sudan twice.
Finally, Scotland’s U19 side have included Alfie Osborne. He will come up against Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Belgium during the break, taking the overall total of Chelsea players on international duty to a huge 31.