Arsenal handed surprise boost by international break schedule
Mikel Arteta will be watching on nervously as his Arsenal players fly off for the three-week international break.
With the September and October breaks merged into one extended set of international fixtures, it is three weeks until the Gunners can try and bounce back from their heavy defeat to Brighton.
Arteta will be hoping for the best on the injury front, with the vast majority of the Arsenal squad called up to represent their countries.
Arsenal once again have a strong contingent in Thomas Tuchel's England squad.
Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ezri Konsa have all joined up with the Three Lions for Nations League matches against Spain, Croatia and Czechia.
David Raya, who is behind Unai Simon in the Spanish goalkeeping pecking order, will hope he gets at least some minutes over the international break.
The World Cup winners face England at Wembley this weekend, before taking on Czechia and Croatia.
Martin Zubimendi and Mikel Merino have also both been called up for Spain.
Jurrien Timber has been included in the Netherlands' squad after his return from injury for matches against Germany, Serbia and Greece.
After a summer off due to Italy's failure to qualify for the World Cup, Riccardo Calafiori returns to international duty against Belgium, France and Turkey.
Bruno Guimaraes and Gabriel face long trips with Brazil, who twice play Australia and then travel to Kolkata to face India.
Viktor Gyokeres will hope to rediscover some form when Sweden play Romania, Poland and Bosnia, while Kai Havertz has also been called up for the first two of Germany's games against the Netherlands and Greece.
Christos Tzolis is likely to start for Greece in that match, with the winger also coming up against Serbia and the Netherlands.
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Max Dowman has been called up to the England Under-19s squad, who face the Republic of Ireland and then travel to Marbella to play Norway, the USA and Belgium.
However, there have been reports that the 16-year-old could still join up with Tuchel's senior squad, if only to train.
Ben White would have been included in England's squad, Tuchel confirmed, but he is instead recovering from a groin injury.
Piero Hincapie was left out of the Ecuador squad to allow him to return to full fitness, while Cristhian Mosquera will not feature for Spain after his recent muscle issue.
Illan Meslier has not been selected by France, who are without William Saliba due to his long-term back injury.
It was announced on Monday that Declan Rice has withdrawn from the England squad.
That is believed to be due to load management rather than a fresh injury issue, and he will benefit from three weeks of rest.
Noni Madueke was not called up by Thomas Tuchel, while Marli Salmon has pulled out of the England U18s squad.
Havertz will return to Arsenal before the rest of his international team-mates.
With Jurgen Klopp naming two Germany squads, Havertz's final match of the break will be against Greece on September 27.
That gives him almost a full two weeks before Arsenal are next in action at home to Leeds on October 10.
The Nations League fixtures during this international break run through to October 6, meaning the majority of the Arsenal squad will not return to the training ground until a few days before that Leeds clash.
Those in action in South America usually return late, though that is not expected to be the case this time.
Brazil end their fixture list on October 3 against India, meaning key players Gabriel and Guimaraes will have the full week back at Arsenal before facing Leeds in a big boost for Mikel Arteta.