I was going to write all of this up with flowery prose, but there doesn't seem to be to be too much point. Here's a list of the Chelsea players (including loanees) on international duty this week:

I'm not entirely sure why Ramires isn't with Brazil, but he'll sit round of fixtures out. So too will Frank Lampard, Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba, with the latter nursing a knee injury picked up against Bolton. John Terry is, of course a long-term absentee for England thanks to his knee problem.