Spurs players staying in N17 over this break
By Tom Vinall
With the second international break of the season upon us, let's take a look at which Spurs players will not be representing their countries over the break.
James Maddison, most controversially of all , as the only one of the three here that is not an enforced exclusion, will be staying at Spurs over this break, having not been named in Lee Carsley's squad for the upcoming nations league games against Greece and Finland. That being said, Morgan Gibbs-White did go off with an injury in Forest's draw with Chelsea on Sunday, so there could be hope of Maddison being drafted in as his replacement.
That said, Morgan Rogers has also been in fine form for Aston Villa, and did play for Lee Carsley when he was manager of the England U21s. That too, and the fact that Rogers has been picked for the U21s this time, and England often pick players that are currently away with the 21s to be drafted into the first team when there is an injury.
Heung Min-Son was initially called up to the South Korea national team, for World Cup qualifiers against Iraq and Jordan, but has since been withdrawn, in order to fully get over the hamstring issue that has kept him out of all of Spurs' last three games. Whilst he was a miss against Brighton, it is mightily relieving news that the Spurs captain will not be jetting off to the other side of the world over the break.
Rodrigo Bentancur will not be available for Uruguay's upcoming CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Ecuador, as he is currently serving an international ban for his part in the aftermath of Uruguya's Copa America semi final defeat to Colombia over the summer. Once these two games are played, his ban will be over and he will be available for selection for their games in November.
Keep in note that this international ban is completely unrelated to any ban he might pick up for derogatory language used towards South Korean people back in June, which is still currently pending, though has gone quiet recently. Perhaps we will here more on that front either way over this coming international break.