Somewhat surprisingly, ten members of West Ham’s senior squad have been called up to their countries’ squads for the forthcoming internationals.
Tomas Soucek (Czechia), Mads Hermansen (Denmark), Joel Piroe (Suriname), Mohamadou Kanté (Mali), Dinos Mavropanos (Greece) and Manor Solomon (Israel) are all amongst the players involved in seniors football during the break.
Arguably, one of those with most to gain is West Ham’s veteran midfielder Tomas Soucek, who has been missing from the national side since his injury at the World Cup ruled him out for several months, rendering him a sidelined West Ham star now only making the bench instead of the starting eleven.
A two-game run back in the first team with good showings against Spain and Croatia would do Soucek’s confidence, his match fitness and his chances of impressing new coach Scott Parker no harm at all.
Mads Hermansen is not certain of selection for his national side after his recent struggles at West Ham
The same could be said for Hammers’ under fire goalkeeper Mads Hermansen, if he gets into the Danish side: However he’s competed with Chelsea loanee goal keeper Filip Jørgensen in recent games and is by no means a guaranteed starter based on his current form.
Denmark have two highly competitive ties in their Nations League qualifying campaign against Wales and Norway: West Ham’s much criticised number one could do himself a huge favour with a couple of battling performances before the domestic competitions restart in ten days time.