Internationals: Fourteen Gunners in action

There is a host of Arsenal players away on international fixtures over the next two weeks. Here's a comprehensive guide to who will be lining up where

Theo Walcott
Kazakhstan v England, June 6
England v Andorra, June 10.
In addition to his Under-21 commitments, Theo joins up with the senior side for table-topping England’s World Cup qualifiers against Group Six’s two bottom sides, Kazakhstan and Andorra.

Abou Diaby, Bacary Sagna
France v Turkey, June 5.
After being shocked by Nigeria in their friendly on Tuesday, France are back in non-competitive action against Turkey in Lyon. Injuries to William Gallas and Gael Clichy mean that Abou and Bacary are the only Gunners on show.

Cesc Fabregas
Azerbaijan v Spain, June 9.
Spain are in friendly action for the last time before their Confederations Cup campaign later this month. Cesc is included in the squad that will travel to Azerbaijan on Tuesday.

Robin Van Persie
Iceland v Holland, June 6
Holland v Norway, June 10.
The Dutch currently lead Group Nine by eight points and can all but guarantee their place South Africa with victories in their qualifiers against Iceland and Norway. As usual, Robin will fly the Arsenal flag for Marco van Basten’s men.

Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Eboue
Guinea v Ivory Coast, June 7
Ivory Coast v Cameroon, June 13.
Emmanuel and Kolo are both included in the Ivory Coast squad for their World Cup qualifier against Guinea on Sunday and their friendly with Cameroon a week later.

Carlos Vela
El Salvador v Mexico, June 6
Mexico v Trinidad and Tobago, June 10.
After parting company with Sven-Goran Eriksson earlier this year, Mexico will look to get their World Cup qualifying bid back on track with vital clashes against the two teams below them in Concacaf Group, El Salvador and Trinidad and Tobago. Carlos Vela has been included in new manager Javier Aguirre’s first squad.

Aaron Ramsey
Azerbaijan v Wales, June 6.
Aaron played 67 minutes in Wales’ friendly victory over Estonia on May 29 and the 18-year-old has been included in John Toshack’s squad for their World Cup qualifier in Azerbaijian on Saturday too.

Alex Song
Cameroon v Morocco, June 7
Ivory Coast v Cameroon, June 13.
After losing their first World Cup qualifier against Togo in March, Cameroon will look to bounce back against Morocco. The Indomitable Lions will then travel to the Ivory Coast to face Toure and Eboue in a friendly match on June 13.

Andrey Arshavin
Finland v Russia, June 10.
Guus Hiddink’s men can close the gap on Group Four leaders Germany to just one point if they beat Finland in their World Cup qualifier in Helsinki on Wednesday. Andrey is in the squad

Lukasz Fabianski
South Africa v Poland, June 6
Iraq v Poland, June 9
With their World Cup qualifying campaign in a healthy state, Poland travel to host nation South Africa and then Iraq in the space of three days. Lukasz is included in the squad for these two friendly clashes.

Emmanuel Adebayor
Gabon v Togo, June 6
Morocco v Togo, June 20
After their shock win over Cameroon in March, Togo travel to Gabon then Morocco in their latest round of 2010 qualifying matches. Adebayor, scorer of the winning goal against the Indomitable Lions, is included in the squad for the games.

Nicklas Bendtner
Sweden v Denmark, June 6
It doesn’t get much bigger than this in Scandinavian international football. Denmark, sitting pretty at the top of Group One, travel to arch-rivals Sweden on Saturday. Nicklas Bendtner is expected to start for the visitors.

[Friday, June 05, 2009]

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