Arsenal Internationals

According to YoungGuns, Rosicky has pulled out of the Czech squad. And Vermaelen may do likewise for Belgium. Hopefully it's just precautionary. With the Euros coming up it's obvious he will play but I'm hoping RVP plays no more than an hour, ideally a half. As for African nations playing friendlies a couple of weeks after the end of the AFCON... seriously. At least Song has a qualifier so it's understandable that he must play. But it's not the best preparation for a goddamn 12.45pm Saturday kick off at Anfield.


Theo Walcott
England v Holland
Wednesday, February 29
Theo Walcott has been named in Stuart Pearce's England squad for a friendly match against Holland at Wembley on Wednesday.

Robin van Persie
England v Holland
Wednesday, February 29
Robin van Persie has been named in Holland's squad to face England in a friendly at Wembley on Wednesday.

Thomas Vermaelen
Greece v Belgium
Wednesday, February 29
Thomas Vermaelen has been called up to the Belgium squad to face Greece in a friendly fixture in Heraklion on Wednesday.

Tomas Rosicky
Republic of Ireland v Czech Republic
Wednesday, February 29
Tomas Rosicky has been called up to the Czech Republic squad for a friendly fixture against Giovanni Trapattoni's Republic of Ireland in Dublin on Wednesday.

Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski
Poland v Portugal
Wednesday, February 29
Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski have been called up to the Poland squad for Wednesday's friendly match against Portugal in Warsaw.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
England Under-21s v Belgium Under-21s
Wednesday, February 29
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been called up to the England Under-21 squad for Wednesday's Euro 2013 qualifier against Belgium Under-21s at Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium.

Johan Djourou
Switzerland v Argentina
Wednesday, February 29
Johan Djourou has been called up to the Switzerland squad for a friendly against Argentina in Berne on Wednesday.

Gervinho
Ivory Coast v Guinea
Wednesday, February 29
Gervinho has been called up to the Ivory Coast squad for a friendly against Guinea in Abidjan on Wednesday.

Marouane Chamakh
Morocco v Burkina Faso
Wednesday, February 29
Marouane Chamakh has been called up to the Morocco squad for a friendly fixture against Burkina Faso in Marrakech on Wednesday.

Yossi Benayoun
Israel v Ukraine
Wednesday, February 29
Yossi Benayoun has been called up to the Israel squad for a friendly against Ukraine in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

Alex Song
Guinea Bissau v Cameroon
Wednesday, February 29
Alex Song has been called up to the Cameroon squad for the Indomitable Lions' 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Guinea Bissau.

Oguzhan Ozyakup
Turkey Under-21s v Denmark Under-21s
Wednesday, February 29
Oguzhan Ozyakup has been called up to the Turkey Under-21s squad for a fixture against Denmark Under-21s in Istanbul.

Nico Yennaris
England Under-19s v Czech Republic Under-19s
Tuesday, February 28
Nico Yennaris has been called up to the England Under-19s squad for a fixture against Czech Republic Under-19s at Leyton Orient's Brisbane Road on Tuesday.

Serge Gnabry
Italy Under-17s 0-1 Germany Under-17s, February 21
Italy Under-17s 0-5 Germany Under-17s, February 23
Serge Gnabry was called up to Germany's Under-17s squad for victories over Italy Under-17s.

Martin Angha
Switzerland Under-18/19s v Denmark Under-18/19s, February 27
Switzerland Under-18/19s v Denmark Under-18/19s, March 1
Martin Angha has been called up to the Switzerland Under-18s squad for two international fixtures against Denmark Under-18s in Baden.

Hector Bellerin
Bulgaria Under-17s v Spain Under-17s, February 21
Bulgaria Under-17s v Spain Under-17s, February 23
Hector Bellerin was called up to Spain's Under-17 squad for matches against Bulgaria Under-17s.

Kyle Ebecilio
Switzerland Under-19s v Holland Under-19s
Wednesday, February 29
Kyle Ebecilio has been called up the Holland Under-19s squad for a fixture against Switzerland Under-19s in Locarno on Wednesday.

Sean McDermott & Ben Glasgow
Turkey Under-19s v Republic of Ireland Under-19s, February 28
Turkey Under-19s v Republic of Ireland Under-19s, March 1
Sean McDermott and Ben Glasgow have been called up to the Republic of Ireland Under-19s squad for fixtures against Turkey Under-19s in Istanbul.

An injury to any of our starters could be devastating for our season, must do our best to keep all our guys away from international duty.

Vermaelen and Rosicky called up ?? Wenger said they were injured and would definetly miss the mid-week games..

ralph avedikian wrote:Vermaelen and Rosicky called up ?? Wenger said they were injured and would definetly miss the mid-week games..

well i think they have pulled out of the matches now.squad must have been decided before NLD

Doesn't anyone think that AW is pulling a Fergie and saying key players are injured so they don't travel? I mean it was clear RvP was fine but Rosicky and TV looked tired and had knocks...? I wouldn't mind that. We've been done in by these intl breaks so much in the past!

ralph avedikian wrote:Vermaelen and Rosicky called up ?? Wenger said they were injured and would definetly miss the mid-week games..

It happens sometimes that club managers state players are injured and international managers call them up anyway and even put them through fitness tests, ridiculous.

Rooney and Cleverley have been declared out of the England game...

Not blowing my own trumpet but FIRE CALL!! And I haven't seen the news all day, was at uni

Bendtner scored in a friendly against Brazil.

Fabianski may be out of the Euros, injured.

Nicklas Bendtner, scores goal against Brazil, reaffirms status as The Best Striker In The World.

Mertesacker fit and playing!

Mertesacker hasn't looked very convincing so far.

I think it was Per who was nowhere near Derdiyok and was out-jumped for the Swiss' 3rd goal.

Podolski is playing too.

Per's been out for a while, lets give him time.

Of course, can't place all the blame on him. Germany (from what I saw) were totally shambolic defensively. 5-3, even without Bayern players, is not good enough. They were all over the place.

Mario Leontiou wrote:Of course, can't place all the blame on him. Germany (from what I saw) were totally shambolic defensively. 5-3, even without Bayern players, is not good enough. They were all over the place.

All over the place, but still, out of our league.

Not such a good game for Szczesny. Rosicky was alright. Arshavin looked pretty good.

kique.canto wrote:Not such a good game for Szczesny. Rosicky was alright. Arshavin looked pretty good.

Less chance of an injury tho....bit of a bonus lol

Very true haha. I didn't even realize till today that Fabianski was out of the tournament.

The last thing anyone needs 3 days before a new season starts is to disrupt important preparation with pointless international friendlies, especially in places as far as Puerto Rico, but alas FIFA don't care so here we are, hoping everyone returns in one piece.


Wojciech Szczesny
Estonia v Poland
Wednesday, August 15
Wojciech Szczesny has been called up to Poland's squad for Wednesday's friendly against Estonia in Tallinn.

Thomas Vermaelen
Belgium v Holland
Wednesday, August 15
Thomas Vermaelen has been called up for international duty with Belgium ahead of Wednesday's friendly against Holland in Brussels.

Olivier Giroud
France v Uruguay
Wednesday, August 15
Olivier Giroud has been called up to France's squad for Wednesday's friendly against Uruguay in Le Havre. Laurent Koscielny was forced to withdraw from the squad with a calf issue.

Santi Cazorla
Puerto Rico v Spain
Wednesday, August 15
Santi Cazorla has been called up to Spain's squad to face Puerto Rico in Bayamon on Wednesday.

Robin van Persie
Belgium v Holland
Wednesday, August 15
Robin van Persie could line up against team-mate Thomas Vermaelen on Wednesday when Holland travel to Brussels to face Belgium in their international friendly.

Theo Walcott
England v Italy
Wednesday, August 15
Theo Walcott has been called up to Roy Hodgson's England squad to face Italy in Berne on Wednesday. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was forced to withdraw with an ankle injury.

Aaron Ramsey
Wales v Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wednesday, August 15
Aaron Ramsey has been called up to the Wales squad for Wednesday's friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Llanelli.

Gervinho
Russia v Ivory Coast
Wednesday, August 15
Gervinho has been called up to Ivory Coast's squad to face Russia in Moscow on Wednesday.

Ryo
Japan v Venezuela
Wednesday, August 15
Ryo has been called up to Japan's squad to face Venezuela in Sapporo on Wednesday.


Johan Djourou
Croatia v Switzerland
Wednesday, August 15
Johan Djourou has been called up to the Switzerland squad to face Croatia in Split on Wednesday.

Marouane Chamakh
Morocco v Guinea
Wednesday, August 15
Marouane Chamakh has been called up to Morocco's squad to face Guinea in Rabat on Wednesday.

Francis Coquelin
France Under-21s
Francis Coquelin has been called up to France Under-21s' preparation camp this week.


Nicklas Bendtner
Denmark v Slovakia
Wednesday, August 15
Nicklas Bendtner has been called up to Denmark's squad to face Slovakia in Odense on Wednesday.

Andrey Arshavin
Russia v Ivory Coast
Wednesday, August 15
Andrey Arshavin has been called up to the Russia squad for Wednesday's friendly against Ivory Coast in Moscow.

Whats the betting that the morning after the dutch game it is reported that VP has picked up an injury...

I just cannot understand the point of a friendly days before the start of the season...nothing to do with the fa....FIFA yet again arranging pointless games..good on arsenal pulling Theo and the ox out with slight injuries.....

Fucking pointless.....soon see Mr Rooney and co pulling out of this one too.....wonder if everybody will be slating them....I think not....

Jenks1981 wrote:Whats the betting that the morning after the dutch game it is reported that VP has picked up an injury...

You could bet your house on that one....cor you could almost imagine verm taking him out too lol

More likely Vertonghen to do the scum a favour and lose us 20m in the process

Ha.....yes too true...how jinxed could one game be..