international window has already produced a growing list of injury concerns, with several high-profile players returning to their clubs for assessment or withdrawing from national-team fixtures. Players currently affected
Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷 — Real Madrid/FranceSuffered a left-knee tendon injury while scoring against Türkiye and has withdrawn from the France squad. Reports indicate he could miss around two to three weeks.
Jamal Musiala 🇩🇪 — Bayern Munich/GermanyPicked up a torn muscle fibre in his right thigh during the warm-up before Germany’s match against the Netherlands. Bayern confirmed he returned to Munich for rehabilitation.
Kai Havertz 🇩🇪 — Arsenal/GermanySuffered a muscle injury during Germany’s draw with the Netherlands and returned to Arsenal for further assessment.
Brian Brobbey 🇳🇱 — Sunderland/NetherlandsPicked up a hamstring problem against Germany and returned to England for assessment.
Cody Gakpo 🇳🇱 — Liverpool/NetherlandsWas forced off after only 17 minutes against Serbia after appearing to injure his ankle/lower leg. Further assessment is expected.
Bruno Fernandes 🇵🇹 — Manchester United/PortugalMissed Portugal’s match against Norway after reportedly playing through an injury he carried into the international camp from Manchester United.
Patrick Dorgu 🇩🇰 — Manchester United/DenmarkHas also joined the international-break injury list, although the full extent of his problem was still being assessed.
Daniel Ballard 🇬🇧 — Sunderland/Northern IrelandReportedly suffered a hamstring issue while playing against Georgia.
Jamie Gittens 🏴 — Chelsea/England U21Left the England U21 camp with an ankle injury and returned to Chelsea.
Other reported concernsCharalampos Kostoulas (Brighton/Greece), Amine Gouiri (Marseille/Algeria), Derek Cornelius (Marseille/Canada), Christian Kofane (Leverkusen/Cameroon), Albert Grønbæk (Hamburg/Denmark) and several others have also experienced injury or fitness problems during the international window.Several players are still undergoing medical assessments, so their exact recovery periods may change.
