The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will return in the new year with the 24 teams now confirmed for the biennial tournament.

Premier League clubs are set to lose a number of names for the mid-season competition, which has been rescheduled from the Northern Hemisphere summer and will now conflict with the European league campaigns.

The 2023 AFCON competition is scheduled to take place between January 13th and February 11th 2024 and we’ve looked at the players Premier League clubs are eligible to lose.

AFCON 2023: Which Premier League clubs will be most impacted?

Arsenal

Mohamed Elneny (Egpyt), Thomas Partey (Ghana)

Aston Villa

Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso)

Bournemouth

Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso), Antoine Semenyo (Ghana), Hamed Traore (Ivory Coast)

Brentford

Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon), Yoane Wissa (DR Congo), Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)

It’s been a dream start to the season for @BrentfordFC‘s Bryan Mbeumo pic.twitter.com/2cASNznfDH

— Premier League (@premierleague) September 7, 2023

Brighton

Tariq Lamptey (Ghana), Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast), Samy Chouchane (Tunisia)

Burnley

Anass Zaroury (Morocco), Lyle Foster (South Africa)

Chelsea

Nicolas Jackson (Senegal)

Crystal Palace

Jordan Ayew, Jeffrey Schlupp (both Ghana), Cheick Doucoure (Mali)

Everton

Abdoulaye Doucoure (Mali), Idrissa Gueye (Senegal)

Fulham

Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi (both Nigeria)

Liverpool

Joel Matip (Cameroon), Mohamed Salah (Egypt)

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Luton

Issa Kabore (Burkina Faso), Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (DR Congo)

Manchester City

None.

Manchester United

Andre Onana (Cameroon), Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast), Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco), Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia)

Newcastle

None.

Nottingham Forest

Serge Aurier, Willy Boly, Ibrahim Sangare (all Ivory Coast), Ola Aina, Emmanuel Dennis, Taiwo Awoniyi (all Nigeria), Cheikhou Kouyate, Moussa Niakhate (both Senegal)

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Sheffield United

Benie Traore (Ivory Coast), Ismaila Coulibaly (Mali), Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia)

Tottenham

Yves Bissouma (Mali), Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)

Yves Bissouma is the only player in Europe’s big-five leagues so far this season with:

◉ 10+ interceptions
◉ 10+ tackles made
◉ 10+ take-ons completed

BOSSoumapic.twitter.com/MyEg3FPtGF

— Squawka (@Squawka) September 4, 2023

West Ham

Said Benrahma (Algeria), Mohammed Kudus (Ghana), Maxwel Cornet (Ivory Coast), Nayef Aguerd (Morocco)

Wolves

Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria), Boubacar Traore (Mali)

Read – Grading every Premier League team’s start to the season

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