19 Liverpool Players On International Duty: Wirtz, Isak, Van Dijk & Youngsters

As a change to the usual schedule, this season's international breaks have been combined. Normally, there are two separate two-week breaks, one in September and one in November.

However, to combat complaints that these international periods cause a stop-start nature at the beginning of a new season, it was decided that there would be just one three-week international duty from the back end of September to the middle of October. 

Due to this extended amount of time, some national team coaches have called up extra players, with one manager in particular calling up two separate squads.

So here are the Liverpool players who will be featuring for their countries in the next few weeks:

Georgia's number one goalkeeper has unsurprisingly been called up to represent his nation in three games in the Nations League.

After his impressive display against Tottenham in the Carabao Cup, Mamardashvili will be looking to build upon that impressive display by playing more top-level football over a sustained period, which will only enhance his development.

One of the teams that Mamardashvili will be facing will be Hungary, meaning he will likely come up against LFC duo Milos Kerkez and Dominik Szoboszlai. 

Both of these are mainstays in the Hungarian national team, with the latter being Szoboszlai, the captain of his nation. They will be hoping for a more successful international duty than their last competitive one, when they failed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

The 'Greek Scouser' will once again represent his nation as they play their opening three games of the Nations League.

Despite being given minimal minutes for Liverpool so far this season, Tsimikas is still an important part of this Greece team and adds valuable high-level experience to a relatively young squad. 

The central midfielder has been outstanding for large parts of the start of this season for Liverpool, proving to be the missing piece in a very unbalanced midfield after the opening game of the season away to Newcastle. 

And while the middle of the pitch is still not perfect, the performances of Mac Allister have certainly helped cool people's criticism of the club's lack of midfield additions in the summer window. 

The World Cup winner heads off to international duty full of confidence and playing his best football, and it will undoubtedly be an emotional international break for him and the entire Argentina squad as Lionel Messi plays his final game for the country that adores, loves and worships him. 

The German playmaker has been selected for one of the two squads that new German national team boss Jurgen Klopp has named for his sides' four games in the next three weeks. 

Wirtz has struggled this season and has been under fire from fans and pundits in recent weeks. But just as Andoni Iraola has thrown support around Wirtz, so has Jurgen Klopp, and Reds fans will be hoping that Klopp can work his magic and help get Florian Wirtz ticking in the national team. 

Because if he can play well in Klopp's high-intensity system, then the transition back to Iraola's similar style should be pretty seamless for the creative midfielder.

The nation with the most Reds players is the Netherlands, as new manager Xavi has called up four into his first squad.

Gakpo and Van Dijk have started this season impressively, with Virgil being his imperious and brilliant best as always, and Gakpo bouncing back from a really difficult season and a collapsed move to Manchester City in the summer, and has been in very good form for Andoni Iraola's side. 

Frimpong and Gravenberch, on the other hand, have had difficult starts under the new head coach at the club.

Gravenberch played 50 times for Liverpool last season, being seen as a key cog in the Liverpool team under Arne Slot. But Iraola hasn't, so far, used the Dutchman anywhere near as much, with Gravenberch only starting two of the first five league games.

Frimpong has been under intense scrutiny for his poor defensive displays in the first couple of weeks of the season, resulting in his being dropped from the starting XI in favour of Ronald Araujo.

But both will be hoping that they can regain some form and confidence on the international stage.

Araujo has had a dream start to life on Merseyside since his surprise arrival on an initial loan, with an option to buy from Barcelona in the transfer window.

Calm on the ball, strong aerially and combative when defending, the experienced Uruguayan has been a welcome addition to LFC's backline.

However, after a poor World Cup showing from Uruguay, manager Marcelo Bielsa departed, with legend Diego Forlan appointed as the interim manager of the national team. So Araujo will be looking to make the same first impression he made at Anfield when away with his country under new management.

After building up his match fitness away with Sweden at the World Cup, Isak has come back to the Reds looking a lot closer to the £125 million striker the club signed in 2025. So far, he has four goals from 5 games in the Premier League, and looks much sharper than he did at any point last campaign. 

With the striker going away with his country in such positive form, the desire will be for Isak to get minutes for his nation, while also being given some rest ahead of a busy schedule when he returns to Liverpool.

After winning the World Cup, Munoz arrived at pre-season full of energy and enthusiasm for the season ahead, and that has correlated to on the pitch as well. 

The Spanish winger has started this season strongly, winning a penalty off the bench against Newcastle and then scoring his first goal for the club at home against Nottingham Forest. 

Since the arrival of Bradley Barcola, Munoz's appearances have largely been from the bench, but that has deterred the 23-year-old, who has come on and had a positive impact on almost every game he has featured in. 

Joining back up with the Spain squad will be a great environment for the young man, who will no doubt be trying to learn from the top-quality players around him, just as he will do at LFC.

Someone Victor Munoz may face this coming week is teenage sensation Rio Ngumoha. The young starlet has been called up to the senior England squad after being part of Thomas Tuchel's pre-World Cup training camp in June. 

A standout performer last season in a struggling Reds side, Ngumoha has managed to impress Tuchel enough to receive a call-up, which will be an amazing experience for the 18-year-old.

James McConnell and Trey Nyoni have also been included in the U21 and U20 England teams, respectively.

A new era in French international football has begun, after Didier Deschamps ended his 14- year stint in charge of 'Les Bleus' and has been replaced by France icon Zinedine Zidane. And in his first squad, Zidane has called up two Liverpool players, Bradley Barcola and Jeremy Jacquet. 

Barcola is not too surprising given how highly he is thought of in France and in particular within the national team setup. Jacquet is someone who has never been capped at the senior level for France, but he has clearly impressed Zidane through his mature and impressive performances for LFC this season. 

And the final player called up this month to his national team is Lewis Koumas, who will be going off and playing for Wales over the next few weeks.

Koumas, who has received glowing praise from Andoni Iraola, is also highly thought of by Wales boss Craig Bellamy. 

He believes that the Liverpool man has what it takes to be the main man for Welsh football in the years to come, and that show of faith by both his managers will do his confidence the world of good.

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