Seven VfL Wolfsburg players linked up with their respective national teams following Saturday’s game at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach. The Wolves septet are set to feature in a number of different competitions in the coming days.
Casteels and Lukebakio eye Nations League success
Dutch striker Wout Weghorst and Swiss duo Renato Steffen and Kevin Mbabu all have two World Cup qualifiers on the horizon, while Koen Casteels and Dodi Lukebakio are hoping to reach the final of the UEFA Nations League with Belgium. Aster Vranckx has been named in Belgium’s U21 squad for their two upcoming games, with Anselmo Garcia MacNulty called up by the Republic of Ireland’s U19s for a week-long international training camp.
VfL players on international duty
Koen Casteels and Dodi Lukebakio (Belgium / UEFA Nations League)
Thursday 7 October (A / Turin / 20:45 CEST) France [Semi-final]
Sunday 10 October (A / Turin / 15:00 CEST) Play-off for third place or (A / Milan / 20:45 CEST) Final
Anselmo Garcia MacNulty (U19 Ireland / International Training Camp)
5 October – 11 October [No games]
Kevin Mbabu and Renato Steffen (Switzerland / FIFA World Cup qualifiers Europe Group C)
Saturday 9 October (H / Geneva / 20:45 CEST) Northern Ireland
Tuesday 12 October (A / Vilnius / 20:45 CEST) Lithuania
Aster Vranckx (U21 Belgium / U21 EURO qualifiers Group I)
Friday 8 October (H / Leuven / 20:00 CEST) Kazakhstan
Tuesday 12 October (H / Leuven / 20:00 CEST) Denmark
Wout Weghorst (Netherlands / FIFA World Cup qualifiers Group G)
Friday 8 October (A / Riga / 20:45 CEST) Latvia
Monday 11 October (H / Rotterdam / 20:45 CEST) Gibraltar
