EPL Stars Who Won’t Return To Action This Weekend Because Of Afcon/asian Cup

A host of players will be unavailable to their Premier League clubs in the coming weeks and will instead be in action for their countries at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and the Asian Cup.

The Asian Cup starts on January 12th and runs through until February 10th while AFCON will take place between January 13th and February 11th.

Arsenal
Mohamed Elneny (Egypt)

Takehiro Tomiyasu (Japan)

Aston Villa
Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso)

Bournemouth
Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

Antoine Semenyo (Ghana)

Brentford
Yoane Wissa (DRC)

Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)

Kim Ji-soo (South Korea)

Saman Ghoddos (Iran)

Brighton
Simon Adingra (Cote d’Ivoire)

Kaoru Mitoma (Japan)

Chelsea
Nicolas Jackson (Senegal)

Crystal Palace
Jordan Ayew (Ghana)

Everton
Idrissa Gueye (Senegal)

Fulham
Alex Iwobi (Nigeria)

Calvin Bassey (Nigeria)

Fode Ballo-Toure (Senegal)

Liverpool
Mohamed Salah (Egypt)

Wataru Endo (Japan)

Luton
Issa Kabore (Burkina Faso)

Man Utd
Andre Onana (Cameroon)

Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco)

Nott’m Forest
Serge Aurier (Cote d’Ivoire)

Willy Boly (Cote d’Ivoire)

Ibrahim Sangare (Cote d’Ivoire)

Cheikhou Kouyate (Senegal)

Moussa Niakhate (Senegal)

Ola Aina (Nigeria)

Sheffield Utd
Yasser Larouci (Algeria)

Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia)

Tottenham
Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)

Yves Bissouma (Mali)

Son Heung-min (South Korea)

West Ham
Mohammed Kudus (Ghana)

Nayef Aguerd (Morocco)

Wolves
Boubacar Traore (Mali)

Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria)

Hwang Hee-chan (South Korea)

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