Celtic and Rangers strikers Albian Ajeti and Cedric Itten have been snubbed by national side Switzerland for the coming international break.
Vladimir Petkovic's men face a trip to Belgium to face the current FIFA world number one side in a friendly - before a home double-header against Spain and Ukraine in the Nations League.
Ajeti has five strikes for the Hoops in the Scottish Premiership and the best goals-to-minutes ratio in the country, while fellow Glasgow arrival Itten has begun to play more of a role at Steven Gerrard 's Light Blues.
But Petkovic opted to leave both forwards out of his squad, although he hinted they may be on a standby list in case of any Covid-related issues.
He explained: "I think we have other players who can help us instead.
"But both of them have also done well in their teams lately. I'm glad I have them in the pool of players for the future.
"We are lucky because we have a very good group of players who are on the stand-by list in case any of the squad tests positive for Covid."
Itten has four caps for Switzerland and has netted an impressive three goals - he scored a double against Gibraltar and also a goal against Georgia. Celtic frontman Ajeti has 11 caps for his country, but has only scored once against Iceland.
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