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Eleven Liverpool stars are leaving Melwood to join up with their countries for this international break, and Brendan Rodgers will be desperate for them to remain healthy in time for crunch upcoming Premier and Champions League fixtures.
Here’s the stars at risk of injury…
England:
Rickie Lambert, Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana, Raheem Sterling
The Three Lions have two easy fixtures against San Marino and Estonia, and Rodgers will only hope Roy Hodgson uses his players sparingly.
Belgium:
Simon Mignolet
Mignolet will likely start from the bench for his country at home to Andorra and away to Bosnia, unless Thibaut Courtois’s weekend head injury rules out the Chelsea man.
Slovakia:
Lazar Markovic
The summer signing has struggled so far for the Reds, and Liverpool will be happy for him to get more game time under his belt against Armenia and Albania.
Croatia:
Dejan Lovren
The centre-back should start against Bulgaria and and Azerbaijan.
Brazil:
Coutinho
The mercurial playmaker is now part of Dunga’s Brazil set-up, and is going to seriously rack up the air-miles while with his country. Argentina in Beijing, then Japan in Singapore three days later.
Spain Under-21s:
Alberto Moreno, Javier Manquillo
Liverpool’s starting fullbacks right now both start for the Spanish Under-21 side, who are readying themselves for a double header against Serbia.
