The first international break of the 2024/25 season is upon us, with players set to represent their nations at the conclusion of this weekend’s league matches. Barcelona always send plenty of talent to play for their countries each break, but the number is slightly smaller this time.
Only nine Blaugrana stars have been called up for national team duty in September, the first time in quite a while that the number hasn’t reached double figures. Most of the absences — like Frenkie de Jong, Gavi, Ronald Araujo and Andreas Christensen — are due to injury, and Raphinha has not received his usual Brazil call-up due to a suspension.