Club-by-club round-up of Premier League stars at AFCON 2021 including Mohamed Salah - The Mirror

With AFCON 2021 kicking off this Sunday, a number of Premier League players have already departed their clubs to go and represent their nations at the tournament in Cameroon

The Africa Cup of Nations 2021 tournament begins on Sunday, as 24 countries prepare to battle it out in Cameroon to win the continent's most prestigious trophy.

African giants such as defending champions Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Senegal are just a selection of the teams competing in central Africa over the next month.

And with that comes the departure of some of the continent’s best players from the Premier League, therefore meaning that many of the top flight’s 20 clubs will be worse off over the next four weeks.

World stars such as Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Riyad Mahrez will be on show in the delayed 2021 tournament, which will last from January 9 until February 6.

Here is a club-by-club round up of all the Premier League players in action at AFCON 2021.

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Arsenal

Number of players at AFCON 2021: Five

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), Thomas Partey (Ghana), Nicolas Pepe (Ivory Coast), Mohamed Elneny (Egypt), Omar Rekik (Tunisia)

Aston Villa

Number of players at AFCON 2021: Two

Mahmoud Trezeguet (Egypt), Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso)

Brentford

Number of players at AFCON 2021: One

Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)

Brighton

Number of players at AFCON 2021: Two

Yves Bissouma (Mali), Ulrick Eneme Ella (Gabon)

Burnley

Number of players at AFCON 2021: One

Maxwel Cornet (Ivory Coast)

Chelsea

Number of players at AFCON 2021: One

Edouard Mendy (Senegal)

Crystal Palace

Number of players at AFCON 2021: Three

Cheikhou Kouyate (Senegal), Jordan Ayew (Ghana), Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast)

Everton

Number of players at AFCON 2021: One

Alex Iwobi (Nigeria)

Leeds United

Number of players at AFCON 2021: None

Leicester City

Number of players at AFCON 2021: Four

Daniel Amartey (Ghana), Nampalys Mendy (Senegal), Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria), Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria)

Liverpool

Number of players at AFCON 2021: Three

Mohamed Salah (Egypt), Sadio Mane (Senegal), Naby Keita (Guinea)

Manchester City

Number of players at AFCON 2021: One

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)

Manchester United

Number of players at AFCON 2021: Two

Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast), Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia)

Newcastle United

Number of players at AFCON 2021: None

Norwich City

Number of players at AFCON 2021: None

Southampton

Number of players at AFCON 2021: One

Moussa Djenepo (Mali)

Tottenham

Number of players at AFCON 2021: None

Watford

Number of players at AFCON 2021: Four

William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria), Imran Louza (Morocco), Adam Masina (Morocco), Ismaila Sarr (Senegal)

West Ham

Number of players at AFCON 2021: One

Said Benrahma (Algeria)

Wolves

Number of players at AFCON 2021: Two

Willy Boly (Ivory Coast), Romain Saiss (Morocco)