Daniel Farke and Leeds United are gearing up for an important fortnight at Thorp Arch but a handful of new faces will be absent after their international call-ups. The break will give the head coach a vital opportunity to get his ideas across to his new players, who joined prior to the window closing.

Glen Kamara and Djed Spence made their debuts from the bench against Sheffield Wednesday, but Ilia Gruev missed out all together. Both Kamara and Gruev will be in action for their respective countries

Speaking ahead of the break, Farke said: “I’m experienced to know it’s a long season, you don’t have to be where you want to be after five game days or after 10 game days. Just about where you have 46 games and we have proper group and we have something to build on.

“I’m looking forward to have some time on training pitch with these lads and I’m also quite sure that we’ll find also some times when we find it definitely easier to find the back of the net.”

Leeds Live has compiled a full list of internationals below.

Glen Kamara

New arrival Glen Kamara will not be at Thorp Arch after his international call-up with Finland. They will face Kazakhstan in Astana (September 7) and Denmark in Helsinki (September 10) in the European Championship qualifiers.

Ilia Gruev

Ilia Gruev has been called up for the Bulgarian national team, who will take on Iran in a friendly match on 7th September 2023, before playing Montenegro three days later in a qualifier for EURO 2024.

Bulgaria will face Hungary, Serbia, Lithuania, and Montenegro in Group G of the qualifying round. Ilia Gruev’s team have lost and drawn two matches so far, and are sitting in fourth place with two points on the board.

Diogo Monteiro

José Lima has named his Portugal U19s squad for the upcoming Nations Cup Slovenia 2023 Tournament, with Academy defender Diogo Monteiro called up. Portugal will face Kazakhstan (September 6), Iceland (September 9) and Mexico (September 12), with the matches played in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

Monteiro has played every minute for Leeds United’s U21s this season, including the 2-1 win over Manchester United, and captained the side in the most recent game against West Ham. He was also linked with a move away from Elland Road in the summer but that wouldn’t come to fruition.

Archie Gray

Midfielder Archie Gray has been one of the standout performers for Leeds so far this season and has been named in Simon Rusk’s England U19s squad, ahead of their trip to Spain to face Germany and Switzerland. A squad of 24 players will be on the trip to Spain, which will kick-off with their game against Germany on Wednesday 6th September, before they tackle Switzerland on Saturday 9th September.

Gray makes the jump up from England’s U17s, after starting all six of Leeds’ league and cup games this season.

Charlie Cresswell

Defender Charlie Cresswell retains his place in Lee Carsley’s England U21s squad after winning the U21s Euros title in the summer. The young Lions prepare prepare to face Luxembourg next week with Carsley selecting a much-changed 23-man squad for the first match of the new qualifying campaign, which takes place on Monday 11 September (5pm BST) at the Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange.

Cresswell has played in five of Leeds’ six opening games this season, racking up 307 minutes across both the Championship and Carabao Cup.

Joe Rodon and Ethan Ampadu

Leeds United duo Ethan Ampadu and Joe Rodon have been named in Rob Page’s latest 25-man Wales squad, for their upcoming fixtures against South Korea and Latvia. The Red Dragons host South Korea at the Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday 7 September, before heading to Riga for their UEFA EURO 2024 qualifier on Monday 11th September against Latvia.

Jerimiah Mullen

Scotland U21s Head Coach Scot Gemmill has named defender Jeremiah Mullen in his squad for their opening UEFA Under-21 EURO 2025 qualifier against Spain. The young Scots will spend a few days training in Scotland before flying out to Jaen for the match at the Estadio Municipal De La Victoria on Monday 11th September .

Scotland’s U21s face a tough qualification campaign, as they face Spain, Belgium, Hungary, Kazakhstan and Malta. Mullen has also played every minute for Leeds United’s U21s this season, which has seen the Whites pick up two wins out of three, including a 2-1 win over Manchester United.

Willy Gnonto

Wilfried Gnonto has retained his place in the Italy squad, despite Leeds United’s relegation from the Premier League. New Azzurri boss Luciano Spalletti has named the 19-year-old in his 29-man squad for their upcoming EURO 2024 qualifiers against North Macedonia and Ukraine.

Spalletti was appointed Italy boss last month following the surprise resignation of Roberto Mancini, who stepped down after five years in charge of his country to take the job of Saudi Arabia national team head coach on a lucrative deal.

Former Manchester City boss Mancini was a huge fan of Gnonto, handing the Leeds forward his national team debut and making him a regular in his squads.

Leo Hjelde

Leo Hjelde has been named in the Norway Under-21s squad for their upcoming #U21EURO qualifiers against San Marino & Latvia.

Van den Heuvel

Ven den Heuvel is part of the Jong Oranjie squad to face Moldova and Macedonia in the U21 European qualifiers. They take on Moldova on September 8th before travelling to Macedonia on September 12th.

Darko Gyabi

England men’s under-20s will begin the 2023-24 season with a training camp at St. George’s Park as they prepare to start the new Euro U20 Elite League in October. There’ll be no international games for the young Lions but Joe Edwards has assembled a 24-man squad at St. George’s Park for five days of work on the training pitch.

They will kick-off their games next month with a trip to play Romania in Bucharest on 12 October before taking on Portugal at home, with the venue and date for that game still to be confirmed.