The African Cup of Nations will be played in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6. But the attention will be very far from there, specifically in England.
The Premier League will lose no less than 39 players, many of them stellar for their clubs and also for their national teams.
These are the casualties that the teams will have during the continental tournament:
ARSENAL
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)
Mohamed Elneny (Egypt)
Thomas Partey (Ghana)
Nicolas Pepe (Ivory Coast)
ASTON VILLA
Marvelous Nakamba (Zimbabwe)
Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso)
Mahmoud Trezeguet (Egypt)
BRENTFORD
Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Ghana)
Julian Jeanvier (Guinea)
Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)
BRIGHTON
Yves Bissouma (Mali)
BURNLEY
Maxwel Cornet (Ivory Coast)
CHELSEA
Edouard Mendy (Senegal)
CRYSTAL PALACE
Jordan Ayew (Ghana)
Cheikhou Kouyate (Senegal)
Jeffrey Schlupp (Ghana)
Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast)
EVERTON
Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Ivory Coast)
Alex Iwobi (Nigeria)
LEICESTER
Daniel Amartey (Ghana)
Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria)
Nampalys Mendy (Senegal)
Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria)
LIVERPOOL
Naby Keita (Guinea)
Sadio Mane (Senegal)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
MANCHESTER CITY
Riyad Mahrez (Man City)
MANCHESTER UNITED
Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast)
Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast)
SOUTHAMPTON
Moussa Djenepo (Mali)
Mohammed Salisu (Ghana)
WATFORD
Emmanuel Dennis (Nigeria)
Peter Etebo (Nigeria)
Adam Masina (Morocco)
Ismaila Sarr (Senegal)
William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria)
WEST HAM
Said Benrahma (Algeria)
WOLVES
Willy Boly (Ivory Coast)
Romain Saiss (Morocco)
LEEDS
N/A
NEWCASTLE
N/A
NORWICH
N/A
TOTTENHAM
N/A
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