The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will return in the new year with the 24 teams now confirmed for the biennial tournament.
Premier League clubs are set to lose a number of names for the mid-season competition, which has been rescheduled from the Northern Hemisphere summer and will now conflict with the European league campaigns.
The 2023 AFCON competition is scheduled to take place between January 13th and February 11th 2024 and we’ve looked at the players Premier League clubs are eligible to lose.
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AFCON 2023: Which Premier League clubs will be most impacted?
Arsenal
Mohamed Elneny (Egpyt), Thomas Partey (Ghana)
Aston Villa
Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso)
Bournemouth
Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso), Antoine Semenyo (Ghana), Hamed Traore (Ivory Coast)
Brentford
Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon), Yoane Wissa (DR Congo), Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)
It’s been a dream start to the season for @BrentfordFC‘s Bryan Mbeumo ???? pic.twitter.com/2cASNznfDH
— Premier League (@premierleague) September 7, 2023
Brighton
Tariq Lamptey (Ghana), Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast), Samy Chouchane (Tunisia)
Burnley
Anass Zaroury (Morocco), Lyle Foster (South Africa)
Chelsea
Nicolas Jackson (Senegal)
Crystal Palace
Jordan Ayew, Jeffrey Schlupp (both Ghana), Cheick Doucoure (Mali)
Everton
Abdoulaye Doucoure (Mali), Idrissa Gueye (Senegal)
Fulham
Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi (both Nigeria)
Liverpool
Joel Matip (Cameroon), Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
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Luton
Issa Kabore (Burkina Faso), Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (DR Congo)
Manchester City
None.
Manchester United
Andre Onana (Cameroon), Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast), Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco), Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia)
Newcastle
None.
Nottingham Forest
Serge Aurier, Willy Boly, Ibrahim Sangare (all Ivory Coast), Ola Aina, Emmanuel Dennis, Taiwo Awoniyi (all Nigeria), Cheikhou Kouyate, Moussa Niakhate (both Senegal)
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Sheffield United
Benie Traore (Ivory Coast), Ismaila Coulibaly (Mali), Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia)
Tottenham
Yves Bissouma (Mali), Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)
Yves Bissouma is the only player in Europe’s big-five leagues so far this season with:
◉ 10+ interceptions
◉ 10+ tackles made
◉ 10+ take-ons completedBOSSouma™ pic.twitter.com/MyEg3FPtGF
— Squawka (@Squawka) September 4, 2023
West Ham
Said Benrahma (Algeria), Mohammed Kudus (Ghana), Maxwel Cornet (Ivory Coast), Nayef Aguerd (Morocco)
Wolves
Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria), Boubacar Traore (Mali)
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