The 18 senior Arsenal players confirmed for international duty after Gabriel Jesus decision
The first international break of the 2023/24 season has arrived and Arsenal will be well-represented.
It's been a near-perfect start to the campaign for the Gunners — in terms of results in the Premier League — so it remains to be seen if this break disrupts any momentum, especially after the weekend's high of coming from behind to beat Manchester United in dramatic fashion.
So after four matches, Arsenal are one of six sides still unbeaten as they trail early pace-setters Manchester City by two points. With a trip to Goodison Park to face Everton in the first fixture after the international break, Mikel Arteta will be hopeful all of his players return unscathed.
Although, as several senior stars are jetting off around the globe, with Euro 2024, South American World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers taking centre stage, the Gunners manager is going to be keeping everything crossed as he will lose 16 first-team players — currently at the club — for the next fortnight following Brazil's Gabriel Jesus announcement.
Not named in new manager Fernando Diniz's original squad for the upcoming games againstBolivia and Peru — presumably because of the knee injury that sidelined him earlier in the campaign — it was revealed on Monday evening that he has replaced Antony with the Manchester United winger being dropped amid accusations of assault.
An official statement reads: «Brazilian national team coach called up Arsenal player Gabriel Jesus for the first two games of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Due to the facts that became public this Monday (04/09), involving striker Antony, from Manchester United, and which need to be investigated, and in order to preserve the alleged victim, the player, the Brazilian team and the CBF,
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