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About 33 African players have left their various English Premier League side to team up with other national teammates in preparation for 2023 AFCON billed to take place in Cote D’Ivoire from the 13th of January to the 11th of February.
Nottingham Forest is the worst hit as it would be missing the services of six African players for the duration of the tournament.
Fulham and Manchester United are the second most affected EPL side with three players each.
However, Manchester City and Newcastle have got no representation in both AFCON and the Asian Cup.
Below is the list of players Going for AFCON
CRYSTAL PALACE:
Jordan Ayew (Ghana)
EVERTON:
Idrissa Gana Gueye (Senegal)
FULHAM:
Fode-Ballo Toure (Senegal)
Calvin Bassey (Nigeria)
Alex Iwobi (Nigeria)
LIVERPOOL:
Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
LUTON:
Issa Kabore (Burkina Faso)
MAN CITY:
n/a
MAN UTD:
Andre Onana (Cameroon)
Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco)
Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast)
NEWCASTLE:
n/a
ARSENAL:
Mohamed Elneny (Egypt)
ASTON VILLA:
Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso)
BOURNEMOUTH:
Dango Quattara (Burkina Faso)
BRENTFORD:
Yoane Wissa (Congo)
Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)
BRIGHTON:
Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast)
Tariq Lamptey (Ghana)
BURNLEY:
n/a
CHELSEA:
Nicolas Jackson (Senegal)
NOTTINGHAM FOREST:
Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast)
Willy Boly (Ivory Coast)
Ibrahim Sangare (Ivory Coast)
Cheikou Kouyate (Senegal)
Moussa Niakhate (Senegal)
Ola Aina (Nigeria)
SHEFFIELD UNITED:
Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia)
Yasser Larouci (Algeria)
TOTTENHAM:
Pape Sarr (Senegal)
Heung-Min Son (South Korea)
Yves Bissouma (Mali)
WEST HAM:
Nayef Aguerd (Morocco)
Mohammed Kudus (Ghana)
WOLVES:
Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria)
Boubacar Traore (Mali)