Who's off to the African Nations Cup?

omgukilledkenny SG

Arsenal

Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue (Ivory Coast), Alexandre Song (Cameroon)

Birmingham

Richard Kingson (Ghana), Mehdi Nafti and Radhi Jaidi (Tunisia)

Blackburn

Aaron Mokoena (South Africa)

Bolton

El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal), Abdoulaye Meite (Ivory Coast)

Chelsea

John Obi Mikel (Nigeria), Didier Drogba and Saloman Kalou (Ivory Coast), Michael Essien (Ghana)

Everton

Joseph Yobo and Ayegbeni Yakubu (Nigeria), Steven Pienaar (South Africa)

Liverpool

Nabil El-Zhar (Morocco), Muhammed Sissoko (Mali)

Manchester United

Manucho (Angola)
Expected to sign for Manchester United in January transfer window.

Middlesbrough

Mohamed Shawky and Mido (Egypt)

Newcastle

Obafemi Martins (Nigeria), Geremi (Cameroon), Abdoulaye Faye and Habib Beye (Senegal)

Portsmouth

Papa Bouba Diop (Senegal), Nwankwo Kanu and John Utaka (Nigeria), Sulley Muntari (Ghana), Lauren (Cameroon)

Reading

Andre Bikey (Cameroon), Emerse Fae (Ivory Coast), Ibrahima Sonko (Senegal)

Sunderland

Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria)

Tottenham

Hossam Ghaly (Egypt), Didier Zokora (Ivory Coast)

West Ham United

John Pantsil (Ghana), Henri Camara (Senegal)

Wigan

Salomon Olembe (Cameroon), Julius Aghahowa (Nigeria)

Aston Villa, Derby County, Fulham, Manchester City currently have no involvement in the African Nations Cup.

felirox SG

wow pompey has alot of their key players participating in the ACN

ghimpheng SG

Teams Hugely Affected

Reading, Portsmouth, Newcastle, Everton, Bolton, Chelsea, Arsenal

This 7 Clubs will be Extremely unhappy as most of the players are either first team players or important Subs For The Clubs

turbo_drift SG

actually Arsenal not really affected. Let's say Eboue move back to RB, he has Sagna and J Hoyte to cover.Actually the only POS that Arsenal will be affected is Centre Back.

Eboue have backups in RM (Hleb, Walcott, van Persie) and RB (Sagna, J Hoyte). Alex Song not really in the 1st team.

So, Arsenal's only blow is Toure. Smile

No offence but I must say Portsmouth and Chelsea suffers the heaviest. Wink

Cheers.

Y_Shun SG

Chelsea GG-ed the most.

stellazio SG

Yeah Chelsea hit the hardest. Crying or Very sad

Pitot SG

Benni McCarthy not involved? Shocked

stellazio SG

If i'm not wrong, he got some dispute with the FA of his country or something like that. Laughing

hiphop2009 SG

me! Laughing

hiphop2009 SG

among the top 4, man utd most heng Laughing

anhydrouscoppersulphate SG

liverpool thank god that sissoko is off Laughing Twisted Evil

ErikaChioBu SG

Embarassed

Pitot SG

i think it will solve itself come 2010. Laughing

gunner77 SG

chelsea the most jialat Laughing

ghimpheng SG

Sissoko: Liverpool can handle my absence

Liverpool midfielder Momo Sissoko believes they can cope with his absence due to this month's African Nations Cup.
The Mali international told liverpoolfc.tv: "That's right.

"Chelsea will lose Mikel, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba, who are all important players for them.

"Then Portsmouth have four or five players who will be in Ghana, including Papa Bouba Diop, John Utaka and Kanu.

"It will probably be harder for these clubs to cope than here at Liverpool, where I am the only African player."

LOL Laughing Joke Of The Decade !!

glacer SG

If Gilberto Silva plays at CB while Toure is on international duty with Senderos as backup, its not such a big blow. Gilberto Silva can play as CB quite well Rolling Eyes

T.Ryousuke SG

By looking at the list can tell that African players r increasing in BPL, I though Arsenal had the most black players, now Chelsea had over take them. Currently young talent r the hottest property, look like the market is very open but not to young Englishmen.

glacer SG

Arsenal has more players who look like Africans(you know what i mean) while Chelsea has more players who are from Africa

turbo_drift SG

forgotten Gilberto can play center back.. Embarassed

my bad.