Premier League players who will miss the January action due to Africa Cup of Nations

The African Cup of Nations is just around the corner with 24 Nations taking part in the tournament. AFCON kicks start on January 13 with the finals set to take place on 11th February at the Olympic stadium of Ebimpe in the Ivory Coast. 

Several players from the Premier League will be missing almost four-game weeks worth of Premier League football as they travel to the Ivory Coast for International duties. The absence of some of these players could well affect the season of several clubs drastically. Only Manchester City and Newcastle United remain the only clubs unaffected as they have no players involved in AFCON.

Team-wise list of players who’ll miss the Premier League due to AFCON

Here is a full list of players from each club that could miss a whole month of Premier League football with important matches coming up. 

Aston Villa

• Bertrand Traore – Mali

Chelsea

• Nicolas Jackson – Senegal

Liverpool

• Mohamed Salah – Egypt

Arsenal

• Mohamed Elneny – Egypt
• Thomas Partey – Ghana

Luton Town

• Issa Kabore – Burkina Faso
• Pelly Ruddock Npanzu – Democratic Republic of Congo

Tottenham Hotspur

• Pepe Matar Sarr – Senegal
• Yves Bissouma – Mali

Wolves

• Rayat Ait-Nouri – Algeria
• Boubacar Traore – Mali

Burnley

• Lyle Foster – South Africa
• Anass Zaroury – Morocco

Everton

• Abdoulaye Doucoure – Mali
• Idrissa Gana Gueye – Senegal

Fulham

• Alex Iwobi – Nigeria
• Calvin Bassey – Nigeria
• Fode-Ballo Toure – Senegal

Crystal Palace

• Jordan Ayew – Ghana
• Jeffrey schlupp – Ghana
• Cheick Doucoure – Mali

Brighton

• Tariq Lamptey – Ghana 
• Simon Adingra – Ivory Coast
• Carlos Baleba – Cameroon

Bournemouth

• Antoine Semenyo – Ghana
• Dango Ouattara – Burkina Faso
• Hamed Traore – Ivory Coast

Brentford

• Bryan Mbeumo – Cameroon
• Yoane Wissa – Democratic Republic of Congo
• Frank Onyeka – Nigeria

Manchester United

• Andre Onana – Cameroon
• Sofiyan Ambrabat – Morocco
• Hannibal Mejbri – Tunisia
• Amad Diallo – Ivory Coast

West Ham United

• Mohamed Kudus – Ghana
• Said Benrahma – Algeria
• Nayef Aguerd – Morocco
• Maxwel Cornet – Ivory Coast

Sheffield United

• Ismaila Coulibaly – Mali
• Anis Ben Slimane – Tunisia
• Beanie Traore – Ivory Coast
• Yasser Larouci – Algeria

Nottingham Forest 

• Taiwo Awoniyi – Nigeria
• Ola Aina – Nigeria
• Serge Aurier – Ivory Coast
• Willy Bolly – Ivory Coast
• Ibrahim Sangare – Ivory Coast
• Moussa Niakhate – Senegal
• Cheikhou Kouyate – Senegal