Ange Postecoglou, the manager of Tottenham, seemed to have received an unexpected boost from his international colleagues ahead of Saturday’s Premier League matchup with Luton Town.

After the crushing loss against Fulham before to the international break, Spurs will be back in action on Saturday afternoon as they attempt to resume their winning ways. This week, Postecoglou’s players have begun returning to Hotspur Way for training, and the Australian coach may not have anticipated how many of them he would be able to put back into full training right away.

This is because the most of his important players had to return to the Enfield training complex because they either did not start for their nations in their second match of the international break or they played a very short amount of minutes.

Pape Matar Sarr did not play in Senegal’s victory over Benin in France. Despite playing the entire game against Ecuador on Thursday night, Destiny Udogie was left out of the squad for Italy’s friendly victory over that country on Sunday. After watching on for the first game, Guglielmo Vicario made his debut in the second game, starting and keeping a clean sheet.

Rodrigo Bentancur played the entire second half for Uruguay in their loss to Ivory Coast in France, whilst Radu Dragusin only participated in the first half of Romania’s match against Colombia in Madrid. James Maddison only played for England for around twenty minutes, but in that time, he provided the ideal assist for Jude Bellingham’s dramatic late equalizer versus Belgium at Wembley.

In Senegal’s victory over Benin in France, Pape Matar Sarr also started the game on the bench. Although Destiny Udogie played the entire game against Ecuador on Thursday night, she was left out of the squad for Italy’s friendly victory against them on Sunday. After spectating the first game, Guglielmo Vicario made his debut in the second, starting and maintaining a clean sheet.

Radu Dragusin only participated in the first half of Romania’s loss to Colombia in Madrid, whilst Rodrigo Bentancur played the entire second half of Uruguay’s matchup with Ivory Coast in France. James Maddison played just about 20 minutes for England, but in that time, he provided Jude Bellingham with the perfect assist to tie the score at the very end against Belgium at Wembley.