International Duty - Real Madrid and Barcelona Have 17 Players Each Playing for Their National Teams This Week

Over the next few days FIFA World Cup qualifiers are taking place and top ranked clubs have to deal with losing their best players due to international duty.

As Sergio Ramos, the Real Madrid defender and Spanish international, best put it "Lets hope that everyone comes back in one piece".

Here is a list of top teams and their players who will be playing around the world for their countries over the next five or so days.


REAL MADRID (17) Arbeloa, Albiol, Ramos, X. Alonso, Nacho, Coentrao, Pepe, Cristiano, Di María, Higuaín, Kaká, Marcelo, Özil, Khedira, Modric, Benzema and Varane.

BARCELONA (17) Víctor Valdés, Piqué, Jordi Alba, Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta, Fábregas, Pedro, Villa, Montoya, Bartra, Tello, Thiago, Mascherano, Messi, Dani Alves and Alexis.

BAYERN MUNICH (15) Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Schweinsteiger, Müller, Kroos, Mario Gómez, Dante, Luiz Gustavo, Ribéry, Mandzukic, Robben, Shaqiri, Pizarro and Tymoshchuk.

JUVENTUS (14) Buffon, Chiellini, Barzagli, Bonucci, Marchisio, Pirlo, Giaccherini, Giovinco, Isla, Pogba, Vucinic, Lichtsteiner, Asamoah and Marrone.

DORTMUND (10) Reus, Götze, Gündogan, Schmelzer, Bender, Piszczek, Blaszczykowski, Lewandowski, Sahin and Subotic.

PSG (8) Shako, Jallet, Matuidi, Ménez, Thiago Silva, Ibrahimovic, Lavezzi and Sirigu.

GALATASARAY (8) Burak Yilmaz, Hamit Altintop, Selçuk Inan, Semih Kaya, Umut Bulut, Sneijder, Muslera and Nordin.

MÁLAGA (5) Isco, Lugano, Seba, Fabrice and Camacho.


Source: AS.com