September International Break: The Comprehensive Everton Guide

The first international break - aka the bane of club football - of the new season is upon us and Everton have a number of players from the senior and youth sides all away on national team duty.

With just Jean-Philippe Gbamin on the injured list right now, manager Marco Silva will be sweating on the fitness of all his players for the next ten days or so, here’s wishing them all safe travels and a prompt return with no issues to the Blues.

England

Senior team - Euro 2020 Qualifying: vs Bulgaria - Sat Sep 7; vs Kosovo - Tue Sep 10

Jordan Pickford and Michael Keane are the two representatives for the Blues in the Three Lions side looking to seal progress to Euro 2020.

Under-21s - UEFA Euro 2021 Qualifying: at Turkey - Fri Sep 6; vs Kosovo - Mon Sep 9

Tom Davies is the sole representative here as Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jonjoe Kenny and Kieran Dowell are now ineligible for the U21 side.

Under-20s - Friendlies: vs Netherlands - Thu Sep 5; at Switzerland - Mon Sep 9

Lewis Gibson has had a good summer and will play for the Under-20s looking to break into the U-21 side.

Under-19s - Friendlies: vs Greece - Thu Sep 5; at Germany - Mon Sep 9

Anthony Gordon is probably the most in-form Blue right now and will get a chance to keep his scoring streak going. Is there a call-up to the senior side in his near future? Silva is certainly going to be watching how he does during the break.

Under-17s - Syrenka Cup: vs Finland - Fri Sep 6; vs Austria or Romania Sun Sep 8; vs TBD - Tuesday Sep 10

Lewis Dobbin, Reece Welch and a midfielder to watch - Tyler Onyango - will be in action for the England U-17 side playing in the Syrenka Cup being hosted in Poland.

Republic of Ireland

Senior team - Euro 2020 Qualifying: vs Switzerland - Thu Sep 5; vs Bulgaria - Tue Sep 10

Club captain Seamus Coleman wears the armband for his national side too as he leads the boys in green looking to pick up the maximum six points for their qualification effort.

Under-17s - Friendlies: vs Russia - Fri Sep 6; vs Russia Mon Sep 9

The young goalkeeper Daniel Rose will feature for the Irish youth side during this break.

in the qualification for Euro 2021.

Brazil

Senior team - Friendlies: vs Colombia - Fri Sep 6; vs Peru - Tue Sep 10

Richarlison will take his newfound confidence after breaking his scoring duck against Lincoln City and then bagging a game-winning brace against Wolverhampton over the weekend.

Colombia

Senior team - Friendlies: at Brazil - Fri Sep 6; vs Venezuela - Tue Sep 10

Yerry Mina has looked solid in the middle of the Everton defence, and takes that form into a pair of friendlies for Los Cafeteros.

Iceland

Senior team - Euro 2020 Qualifying: vs Moldova - Sat Sep 7; at Albania - Tue Sep 10

Gylfi Sigurdsson was pulling the strings for the Blues in the games last week, and will look to reprise that role for his national team as well.

Turkey

Senior team - Euro 2020 Qualifying: vs Andorra - Sat Sep 7; at Moldova - Tue Sep 10

Cenk Tosun laid on the winner against the Imps, and is going to try to keep showing Silva that he needs to be getting more minutes for the Blues. It’ll be a surprise come next Thursday if he’s not been on the scoresheet during this break.

Nigeria

Senior team - Friendlies: at Ukraine - Tue Sep 10

Alex Iwobi has looked excellent for the Blues in just a few appearances, and will play for the Super Eagles in a friendly next week.

France

Senior team - Euro 2020 Qualifying: vs Albania - Sat Sep 7; vs Andorra - Tue Sep 10

Lucas Digne had a masterful performance midweek against Lincoln City, then got torn apart by Adama Traore over the weekend. Nothing that a couple of games for the defending World Cup champions against minnows can’t fix.

Wales

Under-19s - Friendlies: vs Denmark - Fri Sep 6; vs Norway or Sweden - Mon Sep 9

Duo Ryan Astley and Rhys Hughes will feature for the Welsh as they take on Scandinavian competition.

Under-17s - Friendlies: at Bosnia & Herzegovina - Thu Sep 5

Young winger Liam Higgins is the sole Everton representative here.

Scotland

Under-21s - UEFA Euro 2021 Qualifying: at Turkey - Thu Sep 5; at Croatia - Tue Sep 10

On-loan Fraser Hornby will play for the Tartan Army youth as they attempt to get a headstart

Italy

Under-21s - UEFA Euro 2021 Qualifying: vs Moldova - Fri Sep 6; vs Luxembourg - Tue Sep 10

Moise Kean has been dropped from the senior side by Roberto Mancini apparently due to some disciplinary issues early in the summer for the youth side.. but then he’s been named to the youth squad, so that’s odd. The striker has yet to open his Everton scoring account, but should come back with a hatful of goals from these two games.

Netherlands

Under-20s - Friendlies: at England - Thu Sep 5; vs Germany - Sun Sep 8

Nathangelo Markelo gets his chance with the Dutch Under-20s, looking to break into the Under-21 side for the Euro qualifiers before the October international break.

Norway

Under-19s - Friendlies: vs Sweden - Fri Sep 6; at Denamrk or Wales - Mon Sep 9

Teenage midfielder Einar Iversen has already been promoted to David Unsworth’s Under-23 side, and this week will try to show he truly belongs there too.