Overview
- Following Sunday’s Carabao Cup final in London, successive setbacks on Monday led multiple Arsenal first‑team players to pull out of national squads, with several outlets reporting the total absentees had risen to six.
- Brazil’s federation said scans showed Gabriel Magalhães had right‑knee pain and was unfit for friendlies against France in Boston and Croatia in Orlando, and it confirmed no replacement would be called.
- France’s federation announced William Saliba withdrew with a left‑ankle issue and named Maxence Lacroix as his replacement for the United States trip.
- Eberechi Eze left England’s camp with a calf injury, and BBC‑cited club sources indicated a four‑to‑six‑week layoff as Newcastle’s Harvey Barnes came in to replace him and Ben White received a first England call since 2022 after Jarell Quansah withdrew.
- Belgium and the Netherlands also adjusted plans as Leandro Trossard and Jurrien Timber stayed back to recover, leaving Arsenal to await scan results while planning for the FA Cup quarter‑final on April 4, a Champions League quarter‑final on April 7, and a league return on April 11.