The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco will feature 24 nations across a month-long tournament. Several Premier League clubs will lose players during the congested winter schedule; others will be unaffected.<\/p>\n
Six clubs avoid any absences: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Bournemouth, Leeds United and Newcastle United have no players called to AFCON. Sunderland are the most affected Premier League side, sending six players to Morocco, twice the number of the next-most impacted clubs.<\/p>\n
Manchester United, Fulham and Burnley each have three players away for the tournament. Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City will each be without two players. Liverpool have a single absentee: Mohamed Salah of Egypt.<\/p>\n
Full list by club:
\nArsenal: none
\nAston Villa: none
\nBournemouth: none
\nBrentford: Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso), Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)
\nBrighton & Hove Albion: Carlos Baleba (Cameroon)
\nBurnley: Axel Tuanzebe (DR Congo), Lyle Foster (South Africa), Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia)
\nChelsea: none
\nCrystal Palace: Isma\u00efla Sarr (Senegal)
\nEverton: Idrissa Gueye (Senegal), Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal)
\nFulham: Calvin Bassey (Nigeria), Alex Iwobi (Nigeria), Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria)
\nLeeds United: none
\nLiverpool: Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
\nManchester City: Rayan A\u00eft-Nouri (Algeria), Omar Marmoush (Egypt)
\nManchester United: Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon), Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast), Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco)
\nNewcastle United: none
\nNottingham Forest: Willy Boly (Ivory Coast), Ibrahim Sangar\u00e9 (Ivory Coast)
\nSunderland: Bertrand Traor\u00e9 (Burkina Faso), Arthur Masuaka (DR Congo), Noah Sadiki (DR Congo), Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco), Reinildo (Mozambique), Habib Diarra (Senegal)
\nTottenham Hotspur: Yves Bissouma (Mali), Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)
\nWest Ham United: Aaron Wan-Bissaka (DR Congo), El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal)
\nWolverhampton Wanderers: Emmanuel Agbadou (Ivory Coast), Tawanda Chirewa (Zimbabwe)<\/p>\n
Additional squad notes from the Premier League: a long-term injury to Yoane Wissa has ruled him out of DR Congo selection and he will instead train with Newcastle over the winter. Simon Adingra was omitted from the Ivory Coast squad. Nigeria did not select Nottingham Forest right back Ola Aina and Wolverhampton striker Tolu Arokodare, the former due to injury. Ghana\u2019s failure to qualify means Antoine Semenyo and Mohammed Kudus will not be competing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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