Breakdown: Reds on international duty A strong contingent of Liverpool players have been called up to represent their country on international duty during the next week - find out all of the details with our breakdown of their commitments. Quartet Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert and Raheem Sterling are all part of the England squad for a double-header of European Championship qualifiers. The Three Lions welcome San Marino to Wembley on Thursday October 9 in Group E, before travelling to Estonia for their third fixture in the section three days later. Reds goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and centre-back Dejan Lovren have also been selected for their countries respective qualifying ties for the tournament in 2016. The former is in the Belgium party for a home clash against Andorra on Friday October 10 and a subsequent trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday October 13. Meanwhile, the latter will line up for Croatia on exactly the same dates. They first face Bulgaria in Sofia and then host Azerbaijan. Martin Skrtel has been selected for two Slovakia encounters, beginning with the significant challenge of taking on Spain on October 9. A journey to Belarus follows for the defender. The Liverpool representation continues with Serbian winger Lazar Markovic. His nation kick off their Group I campaign at Armenia on Saturday October 11 and home to Albania three days on. Compatriots and fellow full-backs Javier Manquillo and Alberto Moreno will aim to help Spain U21s reach the European U21 Championship finals next summer in their play-off with Serbia, with two legs on October 10 and Tuesday October 14. Philippe Coutinho retained his spot in the Brazil squad and the South American heavyweights navigate friendlies against Argentina in China on October 11 and Japan in Singapore on October 14.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:00:00 +0000
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