them from appearing. there's a lot to explain so let's talk to our football reporter simon stone. how does this rule work and who's been affected? basically if international players are picked to play for their countries and are not released by their clubs countries and are not released by their clubs then countries and are not released by their clubs then that countries and are not released by their clubs then that country countries and are not released by their clubs then that country has their clubs then that country has the power to invoke a rule that stands down those players for five days from the end of that international period. we days from the end of that international period. days from the end of that international eriod. ~ . . ~' international period. we are talking about from friday _ international period. we are talking about from friday until— international period. we are talking about from friday until the - international period. we are talking about from friday until the end - international period. we are talking about from friday until the end of l about from friday until the end of tuesday, there are eight players affected, three at liverpool, alison, roberto firmino and fabinho, two at manchester city, gabriel jesus included. and thiago silva at chelsea and fred at manchester united. the last two players in addition to missing the game this