Two Sheffield Wednesday players made notable appearances, however.
Sheffield Wednesday’s players were back training on Thursday, having been allowed time off in the aftermath of Friday’s derby draw against Sheffield United.
The Owls uploaded a gallery of the session on their official club website, featuring both notable omissions and inclusions.
Among those pictured at Middlewood Road were Almen Abdi and Sam Hutchinson, who have failed to feature for Wednesday since March and August respectively.
But a total of 12 senior players were missing from the slideshow, with only Steven Fletcher, Atdhe Nuhiu, Fraser Preston and Daniel Pudil currently away with their countries.
Josh Onomah pulled out of the England Under-21 squad earlier this week, and the on-loan Tottenham Hotspur player was himself nowhere to be seen, alongside recent absentees Keiren Westwood, Kieran Lee, David Jones, Gary Hooper and Sam Winnall – leaving Joe Wildsmith and Joost van Aken unaccounted for (although it is possible the pair simply avoided detection).
Sheffield Wednesday, whose U23s play Barnsley at Hillsborough on Friday (offering an alternative explanation as to the whereabouts of Wildsmith and Van Aken), are back in action against Derby County at the same venue a week on Saturday.
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