Which Leeds United players are on international duty, and when do they play? Including Welsh trio and £5m man

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Leeds United have a host of players set to represent their respective countries on international duty.

The qualification for next summer’s EUROs is now reaching crunch time and so this international window could be make or break for many of their chances of playing at next summer’s tournament.

Daniel Farke, though, will be hoping all of his squad are able to return to Thorp Arch next week injury free ahead of the resumption of the Championship campaign.

Leeds have more than most away with their nation in the coming days, which, of course, raises the risk of one of them picking up an injury.

So, with that in mind, here is a full round-up of where each of Leeds’ first team players will be over the next week.

Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu, Dan James – Wales

Leeds’ Welsh trio Rodon, Ampadu and James face two matches during the break from club football, one of which is vital to their chances of qualifying for next summer’s tournament.

First, Wales host Gibraltar tomorrow evening in a pretty pointless friendly, before then playing Croatia in Cardiff on Sunday 15 October (kick-off 7.45pm), where realistically, nothing but a win will be enough.

Liam Cooper – Scotland

Having missed the last break through injury, Cooper is back in the Scotland squad as they look to seal their passage to Berlin.

Scotland are all but there already but a win away in Spain on Thursday 12 October (7.45pm kick-off) would seal it, before they then face a friendly in France a week today.

Glen Kamara – Finland

Kamara and Finland have a real chance of qualifying for next summer, though this international break could well prove decisive.

First, Finland face a trip to Slovenia at 5pm on Saturday, who currently top the group and sit one point ahead of them.

Finland then host Kazakhstan next Tuesday at 5pm, a side who are level on points with them heading into this set of fixtures.

Ilia Gruev – Bulgaria

Having not seen many minutes for Leeds yet, Gruev will be looking to use this period to build up match sharpness with Bulgaria already all but out of the running for qualification.

Bulgaria host Lithuania at 5pm on Saturday in a bottom of the group clash, before then facing a trip to Albania next Tuesday at 5pm in a friendly.

Charlie Cresswell – England U21s

Like Gruev, Cresswell is another who will be keen to get some minutes for his country to build some sharpness ahead of his return to Leeds.

England’s U21s face two matches in their EUROs qualifying campaign, hosting Serbia at 7.45pm on Thursday, before then facing a trip to Ukraine at 5.30pm on Monday.

Archie Gray – England U19s

Having withdrawn from the squad last time around, Gray faces a very busy week with England U19s as they begin their qualification campaign for the EUROs.

The Young Lions face three matches, first hosting Montenegro at 5pm tomorrow, then at home to Wales at 2pm on Saturday, before rounding off the week with a trip to Austria a week today at 5pm.

Leo Hjelde – Norway U21s

Having started the season as first choice at left-back, Hjelde has found himself completely out of the picture recently and so will probably be looking forward to some minutes for Norway U21s.

Their first game is a friendly away in Austria on Thursday, kick-off 7.30pm, before then facing an away qualifier in Italy a week from now, kick-off 4.45pm.