Alan Sheehan is to give Swansea City's non-international players some time off this week in an attempt to prepare for the brutal run of fixtures which is around the corner. A number of Sheehan's squad members have departed for duty with their respective national teams following defeat to Leicester City last weekend. While those left behind will do some training this week, Sheehan believes it is also important to "give them a couple of days" to recharge batteries.
Alan Sheehan is to give Swansea City's non-international players some time off this week in an attempt to prepare for the brutal run of fixtures which is around the corner.
A number of Sheehan's squad members have departed for duty with their respective national teams following defeat to Leicester City last weekend.
While those left behind will do some training this week, Sheehan believes it is also important to "give them a couple of days" to recharge batteries.
Swansea return to action after the break with a trip to Southampton on 18 October, which will be the first of seven games in three weeks before the November international window.
"I think everybody benefits from spending time with family," said head coach Sheehan.
"The lads that are here, if they want to go home for a couple of days, I think that's definitely beneficial.
"Then when the team is back in it's bang, bang, bang because it is seven games in 21 days, so it's quite mental."
Sheehan will be keeping an eye on his various international players as they jet around the world.
Lawrence Vigouroux's Chile are in action against Peru, Eom Jisung is with South Korea for games against Brazil and Paraguay and Cameron Burgess is in the Australia squad for friendlies in Canada and the USA.
Marko Stamenic's New Zealand play friendlies in Poland and Norway, Manuel Benson is in the Angola squad for matches against Eswatini and Cameroon and Zan Vipotnik is with Slovenia for games against Kosovo and Switzerland.
Ben Cabango and Liam Cullen are both in Craig Bellamy's Wales squad who travel to Wembley for a friendly against England on Thursday before hosting Belgium in a World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium next Monday.
Ben Cabango and Liam Cullen will be in action closer to home as Wales take on England and Belgium, with Ethan Galbraith facing home games for Northern Ireland against Slovakia and Germany.
Adam Idah is another of the Swansea players on international duty, with Republic of Ireland facing Portugal and Armenia.
"Everybody's telling me you need a day off, but you end up checking on every one of them," Sheehan said.
"We'll be without them until probably Wednesday, Thursday before the next game.
"You would love to have them there. I think it would be good to have that 10 days together just to put other things in place because we're not getting loads of time on the training pitch.
"But you also have to appreciate that representing your country is a great honour for any player."
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