Nine Aston Villa players set to play away

Yes, we've once again reached an international break and yes, everyone's aware that you hate the international break. But put aside the moaning for a bit because you might as well take a look at where the Aston Villa players are heading.

By Kirsten Schlewitz Oct 8, 2014, 4:23pm BST

The bad news: there's no Aston Villa match this weekend. The good news: the players get to recover from a series of tough matches. Sort of, anyway - because quite a few of them have commitments over the next few days.

There are nine Villans set to represent their respective countries this week, most with full international caps to collect, but three that will play at the younger levels.

Players

Ciaran Clark, Ireland
Fabian Delph, England
Brad Guzan, United States
Alan Hutton, Scotland
Carlos Sanchez, Colombia
Philippe Senderos, Switzerland
Jores Okore, Denmark U21s
Callum Robinson, England U20s
Kevin Toner, Ireland U19s

Schedule

Wednesday, October 8

Sweden U19s vs. Ireland U19s, 7:30 p.m.
Friendly
Kevin Toner

Thursday, October 9

England vs. San Marino, 7:45 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group E
Fabian Delph

Slovenia vs. Switzerland, 7:45 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group E
Philippe Senderos

England U20s vs. Germany U20s
Four Nations Tournament
Callum Robinson

Friday, October 10

USA vs. Ecuador, midnight
Friendly
Brad Guzan

Sweden U19s vs. Ireland U19s, 2 p.m.
Friendly
Kevin Toner

Denmark U21s vs. Portugal U21s, 5 p.m.
Euro U21 Qualifying, Group 2
Jores Okore

Saturday, October 11

Colombia vs. El Salvador, 1 a.m.
Friendly
Carlos Sanchez

Ireland vs. Gibraltar, 5 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group D
Ciaran Clark

Scotland vs. Georgia, 5 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group D
Alan Hutton

England U20s vs. Netherlands U20s
Four Nations Tournament
Callum Robinson

Sunday, October 12

Estonia vs. England, 5 p.mm.
Euro Qualifying, Group E
Fabian Delph

Monday, October 13

England U20s vs. Turkey U20s
Four Nations Tournament
Callum Robinson

Tuesday, October 14

Germany vs. Ireland, 7:45 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group D
Ciaran Clark

Poland vs. Scotland, 7:45 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group D
Alan Hutton

San Marino vs. Switzerland, 7:45 p.m.
Euro Qualifying, Group E
Philippe Senderos

Iceland U21s vs. Denmark U21s, 5:15 p.m.
Euro U21 Qualifying, Group 2
Jores Okore

Wednesday, October 15

Canada vs. Colombia, 2:15 a.m.
Friendly
Carlos Sanchez

Who's Missing?

Ron Vlaar
Calf injury, as we all know. Thank goodness Gus Hiddink didn't insist on picking Captain Vlaar for Netherlands as he needs to get healthy like, yesterday.

Christian Benteke
This time, Marc Wilmots is playing nice, and not bringing in Benteke like the last time the poor boy had barely recovered from an injury. Or perhaps the coach just doesn't think Belgium will have troubles with Andorra or Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Jack Grealish
Pulled out of Ireland U21 duty to deal with contract negotiations with Villa. We're certainly not going to begrudge him that.