At senior level, UEFA Nations League fixtures await our European stars while World Cup qualifying continues in South America. For Nicolas Jackson, AFCON qualifiers will take priority over the night fortnight.

Here is the full list of Blues players who represent their countries during the October international break...

England

Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke and Levi Colwill

Greece (h) – Thursday 10 October

Finland (a) – Sunday 13 October

France

Wesley Fofana and Christopher Nkunku

Israel (a, in Hungary) – Thursday 10 October

Belgium (a) – Monday 14 October

Portugal

Joao Felix, Pedro Neto and Renato Veiga

Poland (a) – Saturday 12 October

Scotland (a) – Tuesday 15 October

Spain

Marc Cucurella and Robert Sanchez

Denmark (h) – Saturday 12 October

Serbia (h) – Tuesday 15 October

Ukraine

Mykhailo Mudryk

Georgia (h, in Poland) – Friday 11 October

Czechia (h, in Poland) – Monday 14 October

Argentina

Enzo Fernandez

Venezuela (a) – Thursday 10 October

Bolivia (h) – Tuesday 15 October

Ecuador

Moises Caicedo

Paraguay (h) - Thursday 10 October

Uruguay (a) - Tuesday 15 October

Senegal

Nicolas Jackson

Malawi (h) – Friday 11 October

Malawi (a) – Tuesday 15 October

At youth level, there are important European Under-21 Championship qualifiers for several of our players – and friendly matches for plenty of other Academy youngsters…

Denmark Under-21s

Filip Jorgensen

Iceland (h) – Tuesday 15 October

Finland Under-21s

Lucas Bergstrom

Switzerland (a) – Friday 11 October

Montenegro (h) – Tuesday 15 October

France Under-21s

Malo Gusto

Cyprus (a) – Friday 11 October

Austria (h) – Tuesday 15 October

Italy Under-21s

Cesare Casadei

Republic of Ireland (h) - Tuesday 15 October

England Men’s elite squad

Max Merrick, Josh Acheampong

Italy (a) – Thursday 10 October

Czechia (h) – Monday 14 October

England Under-19s

Kiano Dyer, Harrison Murray-Campbell, Reiss Denny, and Ted Curd

Portugal – Wednesday 9 October

Netherlands – Saturday 12 October

France – Tuesday 15 October

All played in Spain

Portugal Under-19s

Leonardo Cardoso

England - Wednesday 9 October

Denmark - Saturday 12 October

Netherlands - Tuesday 15 October

All played in Spain

Scotland Under-19s

Harrison McMahon

Hungary (a) – Thursday 10 October

Hungary (a) – Sunday 13 October

Spain Under-19s

Marc Guiu

Germany - Wednesday 9 October

Norway - Saturday 12 October

Romania - Wednesday 15 October

All played in Romania

England Under-18s

Frankie Runham, Ollie Harrison, Shumaira Mheuka and Olutayo Subuloye

Sweden – Friday 11 October

Netherlands or Ukraine – Monday 14 October

All played in Spain

Morocco Under-18s

Yahya Idrissi

Denmark (h) - Friday 11 October

Denmark (h) - Monday 14 October

Sweden Under-18s

Genesis Antwi

Japan - Wednesday 9 October

England – Friday 11 October

Japan - Sunday 13 October

All played in Spain