Which Premier League players are at the Africa Cup of Nations and AFC Asian Cup?
The Premier League will feel different throughout January and early February, as the Africa Cup of Nations and AFC Asian Cup will see a long list of big-time players representing their countries, USAToday reports.
The Cup of Nations, which Ivory Coast will host, is set to start on January 13 and run through February 11. Meanwhile, the Asian Cup will occur in Qatar from January 12 to February 10.
That means Premier League clubs will have to do without some vast names. Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma, Manchester United goalkeeper André Onana, and Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson will all be away. At the same time, Nottingham Forest will have fewer than six players missing time.
Here is a complete list of all the Premier League players participating in the two major tournaments.
Arsenal – 2
- Mohamed Elneny (Egypt)
- Takehiro Tomiyasu (Japan)
Aston Villa – 1
- Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso)
Bournemouth – 2
- Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
- Antoine Semenyo (Ghana)
Brentford – 4
- Saman Ghoddos (Iran)
- Kim Ji-soo (Korea Republic)
- Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)
- Yoane Wissa (DR Congo)
Brighton – 1
- Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast)
- Kaoru Mitoma (Japan)
Burnley – 0
No Burnley players are on any team’s roster for the Africa Cup of Nations or AFC Asian Cup.
Chelsea – 1
- Nicolas Jackson (Senegal)
Crystal Palace – 1
- Jordan Ayew (Ghana)
Everton – 1
- Idrissa Gueye (Senegal)
Fulham – 3
- Calvin Bassey (Nigeria)
- Fodé Ballo-Touré (Senegal)
- Alex Iwobi (Nigeria)
Liverpool – 2
- Wataru Endō (Japan)
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
Luton Town – 1
- Issa Kaboré (Burkina Faso)
Manchester City – 0
No Man City players are on any team’s roster for the Africa Cup of Nations or AFC Asian Cup.
Manchester United – 2
- Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco)
- André Onana (Cameroon)
Newcastle – 0
No Newcastle players are on any team’s roster for the Africa Cup of Nations or AFC Asian Cup.
Nottingham Forest – 6
- Ola Aina (Nigeria)
- Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast)
- Willy Boly (Ivory Coast)
- Cheikhou Kouyaté (Senegal)
- Moussa Niakhaté (Senegal)
- Ibrahim Sangaré (Ivory Coast)
Sheffield United – 2
- Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia)
- Yasser Larouci (Algeria)
Tottenham – 3
- Yves Bissouma (Mali)
- Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)
- Son Heung-min (Korea Republic)
West Ham – 2
- Nayef Aguerd (Morocco)
- Mohammed Kudus (Ghana)
Wolves – 4
- Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria)
- Justin Hubner (Indonesia)
- Hwang Hee-chan (Korea Republic)
- Boubacar Traoré (Mali)
