International break: Which London players will need to quarantine on return?

The latest international break will have a huge impact on Premier League clubs, with players in red list countries potentially having to quarantine when they return.

This means that teams could be without key players for the next round of games.

International matches have been affected by Premier League players already.

The game between Brazil and Argentina was abandoned due to the involvement of Premier League quartet Giovanni Lo Celso, Emi Martinez, Emi Buendia and Cristian Romero.

Brazilian health officials entered the pitch to stop play and ordered their deportation on grounds of failing to quarantine.

The players were initially blocked from traveling to South America by their clubs, as both Brazil and Argentina are on the red list of countries in the UK, meaning they would have to quarantine for 10 days on their return.

An agreement was eventually reached where the players would play the first two games and head to Croatia to quarantine for seven days before returning to the UK.

So with players having to quarantine when returning from international duty, we put together the list of all the players out on international duty for the London clubs.

Chelsea: 12

Players: Cesar Azpilicueta (Spain) , Andreas Christensen ( Denmark),  Kai Havertz (Germany), Reece James, Mason  Mount ( England)  Jorginho (Italy), Mateo Kovacic (Croatia),Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Edouard Mendy ( Senegal), Christian Pulisic (USA), Antonio Rudiger and Timo Werner (Germany)

Quarantine issues: Thiago Silva did not travel to Brazil due to the country being on the red list.

Arsenal: 11

Players: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), Granit Xhaka  (Switzerland), Kieran Tierney (Scotland), Takehiro Tomiyasu ( Japan), Emile Smith Rowe (England U-21), Albert Sambi Lokonga (Belgium), Bukayo Saka (England), Martin Odegaard (Norway),  Bernd Leno ( Germany), Sead Kolasinac (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Folarin Balogun (England U-21).

Quarantine issues: Mohammed Elneny did not travel to Egypt because the country is on the UK red list and Granit Xhaka has tested positive for Covid upon arrival back in north London.

Tottenham: 16

Players: Hugo Lloris (France), Giovani Lo Celso (Argentina - quarantine in Croatia), Joe Rodon( Wales), Cristian Romero (Argentina - quarantine in Croatia), Davinson Sanchez (Colombia - quarantine in Croatia), Dane Scarlett (England U-21), Ryan Sessegnon (England U-21) Oliver Skipp ( England U-21), Harry Kane (England), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Denmark), Son Heung-min (South Korea), Pierluigi Gollini (Italy), Bryan Gil (Spain U-21), Matt Doherty (Republic of Ireland), Ben Davies (Wales), Steven Bergwijn (Netherlands).

Quarantine issues: All South American players - Lo Celso, Romero and Sanchez - have an arrangement to quarantine in Croatia and train before returning to the UK. They are likely to miss the Crystal Palace and Chelsea league games.

Crystal Palace: 7

Players: Joachim Andersen (Denmark), Cheikhou Kouyate (Senegal), Marc Guehi (England U-21), Conor Gallagher ( England U-21), Jeffrey Schlupp and Jordan Ayew (Ghana) amd Christian Benteke (Belgium).

Quarantine issues: Both Jordan Ayew and Jeffrey Schlupp will only play in the game against Ethiopia, but will not travel with the team to South Africa because it is in the red list. They should be available for the Eagles’ Premier League fixtures.

West Ham:10

Players: Nikola Vlasic (Croatia), Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine), Kurt Zouma (France), Tomáš Souček (Czech Republic), Declan Rice (England), Alex Kral (Czech Republic), Michail Antonio (Jamaica), Said Benrahma (Algeria), Vladimír Coufal ( Czech Republic), Pablo Fornals (Spain)

Quarantine issues: Michail Antonio will not need to quarantine when he returns back to east London, because he will only play in Jamaica’s home game against Panama. The West Ham star will not travel with the team to Mexico and Costa Rica, which are all red-list countries.

Watford:10

Players: Josh King (Norway), Peter Etebo and William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria), Craig Cathcart (Northern Ireland), Daniel Bachmann (Austria), Juraj Kucka (Slovakia), Imran Louza and Adam Masina(Morocco), Ismaila Sarr (Senegal), Ken Sema (Sweden).

Issues: Imran Louza and Adam Masina’s game against Guinea has been called off due to a coup d’etat in the capital Conakry.

Brentford: 9

Players: Saman Ghoddos (Iran), Marcus Forss(Finland), Halil Dervişoğlu (Turkey), Mads Bidstrup (Denmark U-21), Kristoffer Ajer (Norway), Mathias Jensen and Christian Nørgaard (Denmark), Ethan Pinnock (Jamaica), Finley Stevens (Wales U-21).

Quarantine issues: Ethan Pinnock will not travel with Jamaica to red list countries, so will be available for Brentford’s Premier League games.