After another disappointing performance and defeat in the Premier League, attention for many of Liverpool’s top stars switches to international football for the November break.

Many of Liverpool’s first-team and youth stars will be on international duty over the November break. | Liverpool FC via Getty Images

As many as 15 Reds stars have been called up to represent their country at senior level, amidst several first-team injuries which may have seen that number approach 20 otherwise.

Alisson Becker, Jeremie Frimpong and Geovanni Leoni are out injured and unavailable to be called up, while Federico Chiesa, Curtis Jones and Joe Gomez have again missed out on selection. Alexander Isak may feature for Sweden despite his recent injury lay-off for the Reds.

This international break could prove a crucial one for several of Liverpool’s stars, with the World Cup on the horizon in just seven months’ time. Come the return of club football in late November, several further nations could have secured qualification for what is set to be the largest World Cup in terms of number of nations competing in history.

Which Liverpool stars will be away on international break?

Several Liverpool stars will be away representing some of the biggest and best nations in the world, all of whom will have aims of winning the World Cup next summer. None will be representing England at present, though, following the departure of Trent Alexander-Arnold in the summer and the snubs of Jones and Gomez.

Alexis Mac Allister will be representing the reigning World Champions in Argentina, taking to the field alongside the likes of Lionel Messi as the already-qualified Argentines face a friendly against Angola on November 14.

The same goes for Mohamed Salah and Wataru Endo, whose nations, Egypt and Japan respectively, have also both already qualified. Both men are the captains of their national teams and will lead their sides out in friendlies against Uzbekistan in the case of Salah, and both Ghana and Bolivia at home for Endo and Japan.

Liverpool boast three players on the Netherlands international team, including captain Virgil van Dijk, alongside Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch. The Dutch face qualifiers against Poland and Lithuania.

The Reds also have two representatives in 2018 World Cup winners France’s squad, though neither of Ibrahima Konate or Hugo Ekitike were playing when Les Bleus were crowned champions of the world in Russia. They face Ukraine and Azerbaijan as they look to secure qualification for the 2026 tournament.

The rest of Slot’s international Reds

Elsewhere, Liverpool now have two players within the Hungary side. Dominik Szoboszlai, arguably the Reds’ player of the season so far, is the Hungarian captain, while new club team-mate Milos Kerkez will line up alongside him. Hungary face Armenia and the Republic of Ireland over the break.

Conor Bradley, aged just 22, also captains Northern Ireland, who will face Slovakia and Luxembourg as they look to continue a strong qualification campaign and keep their World Cup chances alive.

Florian Wirtz will represent Germany as they face Luxembourg and Slovakia, while British-record signing Isak will hope to return to action for Sweden against Switzerland and Slovenia. Finally, Giorgi Mamardashvili will face Spain and Bulgaria for Georgia while Scotland captain Andy Robertson will lead his troops into clashes with Greece and Denmark.

On the youth international stage, the Reds also boast several young stars who will represent their nations at various youth levels. These include Rio Ngumoha and Trey Nyoni, both of whom will represent England U19s in their internationals against Lithuania and Latvia.

Other Reds youth internationals called up include Trent Kone-Doherty (Republic of Ireland U21s vs England and Andorra), Kieran Morrison (Northern Ireland U21s vs Latvia and Greece) and Armin Pecsi (Hungary U21s vs Croatia).

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