International fixtures - who's playing where and when?
There are new beginnings for several of our international players this week as they begin work under new bosses.
Our England quintet of Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Harry Kane, Danny Rose and Kyle Walker reported for duty at St George’s Park yesterday (Monday, August 29) ahead of their first game under new Three Lions manager Sam Allardyce against Slovakia on Sunday.
Toby Alderweireld, Mousa Dembele and Jan Vertonghen are also making a fresh start with Belgium after ex-Everton boss Roberto Martinez took over from Marc Wilmots at the helm of the Red Devils. His first game in charge takes place on Thursday with a home friendly against Spain before they begin their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign against Cyprus next Tuesday (September 6).
Here’s a run-down of the fixtures for all of our players during the international break (kick-off times are UK)…
Tuesday, August 30
Victor Wanyama – Kenya away friendly against Uganda – kick-off 2pm
Wednesday, August 31
Christian Eriksen – Denmark home friendly against Liechtenstein – kick-off 7pm
Thursday, September 1
Toby Alderweireld, Mousa Dembele and Jan Vertonghen – Belgium home friendly against Spain – kick-off 7.45pm
Vincent Janssen – Netherlands home friendly against Greece – kick-off 7.45pm
Heung-Min Son – South Korea home 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against China – kick-off 12pm
Josh Onomah and Kyle Walker-Peters – England Under-20s home friendly against Brazil – kick-off 3pm
Jaden Brown and Jon Dinzeyi – England Under-18s home match against Italy – kick-off 7pm
Friday, September 2
Erik Lamela – Argentina home 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uruguay – kick-off 12.30am
Saturday, September 3
Clinton Njie – Cameroon home Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Gambia – kick-off 3.30pm
Sunday, September 4
Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Harry Kane, Danny Rose and Kyle Walker – England away 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Slovakia – kick-off 5pm
Nabil Bentaleb – Algeria home Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Lesotho – kick-off 8.30pm
Christian Eriksen – Denmark home 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Armenia – kick-off 5pm
Victor Wanyama – Kenya away Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Zambia – kick-off 4.30pm
Josh Onomah and Kyle Walker-Peters – England Under-20s home friendly against Brazil – kick-off 2.30pm
Monday, September 5
Ben Davies – Wales home 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Moldova – kick-off 7.45pm
Kevin Wimmer – Austria away 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Georgia – kick-off 5pm
Jaden Brown and Jon Dinzeyi – England Under-18s home match against Israel – kick-off 7pm
Tuesday, September 6
Toby Alderweireld, Mousa Dembele and Jan Vertonghen – Belgium away 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Cyprus – kick-off 7.45pm
Vincent Janssen – Netherlands away 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Sweden – kick-off 7.45pm
Clinton Njie – Cameroon home friendly against Gabon – kick-off 7pm
Wednesday, September 7
Erik Lamela – Argentina away 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Venezuela – kick-off 12am