Internationals: Where are the Reds this week?
As always, a number of Liverpool players will be representing their countries during this international break – here is a breakdown of who is in action and when before club football returns.
A quartet of Reds are on duty for England, with Danny Ings joining Nathaniel Clyne, Adam Lallana and James Milner in Roy Hodgson’s squad after earning a maiden call-up as reward for his impressive Anfield form.
The Three Lions have two Euro 2016 qualifiers – Estonia at Wembley on Friday October 9 and Lithuania away from home three days later.
Joe Gomez and Jordon Ibe will hope to be in action for England’s U21s, meanwhile. They have been selected for an U21 European Championship qualifying clash with Kazakhstan on Tuesday October 13.
Central defender Mamadou Sakho is back in the France squad for their friendly double-header, against Armenia on Thursday October 8 and Denmark on Sunday October 11.
Belgian duo Simon Mignolet and Divock Origi are in contention for Euro 2016 qualifiers with Andorra and Israel on Saturday October 10 and October 13 respectively.
Emre Can maintains his spot in the Germany selection for the ongoing tournament preliminaries, with the world champions facing Republic of Ireland and Georgia on October 8 and October 11.
Wales need only a point from fixtures against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Andorra to book a place at Euro 2016 and Joe Allen could be involved for Chris Coleman’s team.
Goalkeeper Adam Bogdan will be on Hungary duty for their meetings with the Faroe Islands and Greece in Group F of European qualifying.
Martin Skrtel could help Slovakia secure progress to the competition proper if they gain positive results against Belarus and Luxembourg.