There was a time when international was a rest time in West Ham terms!
But now we now have more internationals and this season in particular it means the bectic schedule is worse than usual..
Declan Rice and Pablo Fornals were both called up by their countries. Rice is once again named in Gareth Southgate’s England squad as the Three Lions continue their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with two more Group I fixtures.
England will first head to Andorra a week on Saturday, before returning to Wembley to take on Hungary on Tuesday 12 October.
Fornals was also on the scoresheet for Spain in September’s internationals – notching as La Roja defeated Kosovo 2-0 – and the Hammers midfielder is selected again as they take on the 2021 UEFA Nations League finals in Italy.
They’ll play a semi-final against the hosts in Milan on Wednesday 6 October, with a final or third place play-off awaiting against either Belgium or France.
Hammers trio Tomáš Souček, Vladimír Coufal and Alex Král were all called-up by Czech Republic for the upcoming brace of World Cup qualifiers. The Czechs face Wales at home next Friday, before travelling to Belarus on Monday 11 October, and are currently second in their group, level with third-placed Wales on seven points.
Said Benrahama is a regular for Algeria, Kurt Zouma plays for France, Michail Antonio for Jamacia, Andriy Yarmolenko for Ukraine and Nikola Vlašić for Croatia