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African Nations Cup: Draw, groups, Premier League players involved and more
THE African Nations Cup creates a biennial headache for Premier League managers - so here's who is likely to be involved and for whom.
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Where is the African Nations Cup?
Gabon in west Africa will host the 31st edition of the competition.
Libya had originally been schedule to have the competition but Confederation of African Football changed the venue on August 2014 due to an ongoing war in the country.
Bournemouth
Max Gradel (Bournemouth)
Burnley
None
Chelsea
None
Crystal Palace
Bakary Sako (Mali), Pape Souare (Senegal)
Everton
Idrissa Gueye & Oumar Niasse (Senegal), Yannick Bolasie (DR Congo)
Hull
Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt)
Leicester
Riyad Mahrez & Islam Slimani (Algeria), Daniel Amartey & Jeff Schlupp (Ghana)
Liverpool
Joel Matip (Cameroon), Sadio Mane (Senegal)
Manchester City
None (Yaya Toure of Ivory Coast has retired from international football)
Manchester United
Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast)
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Middlesbrough
None
Southampton
Sofiane Boufal (Morocco)
Stoke
Mame Biram Diouf (Senegal), Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast), Ramadan Sobhi (Egypt)
Sunderland
Lamine Kone (Ivory Coast), Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia), Didier Ndong (Gabon), Papy Djilobodji (Senegal)
Swansea
None (Mo Barrow's Gambia did not qualify)
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Tottenham
None (Victor Wanyama's Kenya did not qualify)
Watford
Nordin Amrabat (Morocco), Adlene Guedioura (Algeria)
West Brom
Allan Nyom (Cameroon)
West Ham
Cheikou Kouyate & Diafra Sakho (Senegal), Andre Ayew (Ghana), Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria)
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