Having an international break come right after the close of the summer transfer window is almost cruel. There’s this rush of excitement — new players! new energy! we’re gonna win the league! — and then… crickets. For two whole weeks. It sucks. It’s like when the Masters comes on right after the Men’s NCAA basketball tournament — it doesn’t mean it’s not an interesting thing, it’s just vaguely disappointing.
So we pivot to other things, and one of those things is who exactly will Tottenham Hotspur be missing over the next two weeks? Well, there are actually 15 Tottenham players who are full internationals and who will be getting minutes with their national teams during the break.
List of Tottenham players participating in internationals
- Mohammed Kudus — Ghana
- Xavi Simons — Netherlands
- Micky van de Ven — Netherlands
- Pedro Porro — Spain
- Pape Matar Sarr — Senegal
- Rodrigo Bentancur — Uruguay
- Cristian Romero — Argentina
- Richarlison — Brazil
- Brennan Johnson — Wales
- Ben Davies — Wales
- Guglielmo Vicario — Italy
- Lucas Bergvall — Sweden
- Djed Spence — England
- Palhinha — Portugal
- Kevin Danso — Austria
That feels like a lot of players, and it is! In addition, Archie Gray (England), Mathys Tel (France) and Wilson Odobert (France) were also called up to their respective national teams’ U21 squads.
The senior squads will be participating in World Cup qualifiers, so at least this isn’t full of, IDK, Nations League or random friendlies. The best we can really hope for is that the players involved get good (but not too many) minutes and that none of them come back with an injury.
