National players leaving their respective clubs for AFCON

AFCON begin on January 14th. In the past Manchester city used to lose midfielder Yaya Toure, who
always went for Ivory Coast as retired from the national team last year, it was also expected that Kelechi Iheanacho would represent Nigeria this year unfortunately failed to qualify for the tournament.

This are the players leaving their clubs for AFCON are as follows;

Arsenal

Mohamed Elneny (Egypt)

AFC Bournemouth

Max Gradel (Ivory Coast)

Crystal Palace

Bakary Sako (Mali), Wilifried Zaha (Ivory Coast)

Everton

Idrissa Gueye (Senegal)

Hull City

Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt), Dieumerci Mbokani (Dem. Republic of Congo)

Leicester City

Daniel Amartey (Ghana), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria), Islam Slimani (Algeria)

Liverpool

Joel Matip (Cameroon), Sadio Mane (Senegal)

Manchester United

Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast)

Southampton

Sofiane Boufal (Morocco)

Stoke City

Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast), Mame Biram Diouf (Senegal), Ramadan Sobhi (Egypt)

Sunderland

Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia), Lamine Koné (Ivory Coast), Didier Ndong (Gabon)

Watford

Nordin Amrabat (Morocco), Adlene Guedioura (Algeria)

West Ham United

Andre Ayew (Ghana), Cheikhou Kouyaté (Senegal).