Man City international round-up as 20 first-team squad members called up

Manchester City will see a total of 20 first-team squad members jet off for international duty over the next fortnight.

The March international break will see a host of matches over the two weeks between City's 6-0 FA Cup quarter-final win over Burnley and their Premier League meeting with Liverpool on April 1. European nations will kick off their qualifying campaigns for Euro 2024 in Germany while African countries have AFCON qualification to contend with. South American countries and under-21s sides, meanwhile, have set up various friendlies.

A huge number of City players have been called up for international duty, with all five of John Stones, Kyle Walker, Kalvin Phillips, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden set to feature in qualifiers against Italy and Ukraine.

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Elsewhere, Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva will join up with the Portugal squad for games against Liechtenstein and Luxembourg while Aymeric Laporte and Rodri will feature for Spain against Norway and Scotland.

World champions Argentina have a couple of friendlies against Panama and Curacao, for which Julian Alvarez and Maximo Perrone have been called up, while Ederson and Riyad Mahrez will join up with their compatriots from Brazil and Algeria respectively.

Erling Haaland (Norway), Nathan Ake (the Netherlands), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) and Manuel Akanji (Switzerland) will all take part in qualification for the European Championships over the next fortnight, while a few young Blues have been called up to their respective under-21s.

Rico Lewis and Cole Palmer will join up with the England under-21s squad for games against France and Croatia, while Sergio Gomez will represent Spain's under-21s in friendlies