Which Premier League Players Going to AFCON 2025: Full Confirmed List

Premier League Players Heading to AFCON 2025-26: Full Confirmed List

A total of 32 Premier League players have been confirmed to represent their national teams at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco. 


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Club with the most departures: Sunderland is missing the highest number of players, with 6 stars called up.

Nation with the most PL representation: Senegal features the largest contingent from the Premier League with 6 players.

Clubs with no players departing: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Leeds, and Newcastle are not losing any players to the tournament
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Here's the full club-by-club list of confirmed Premier League players selected (based on official squad announcements):

2025 AFCON: Premier League Players by Club

Sunderland

Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco)

Habib Diarra (Senegal)

Reinildo Mandava (Mozambique)

Bertrand Traoré (Burkina Faso)

Arthur Masuaku (DR Congo)

Noah Sadiki (DR Congo)

Fulham

Alex Iwobi (Nigeria)

Calvin Bassey (Nigeria)

Samuel Chukwuze (Nigeria)

Manchester United

Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon)

Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast)

Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco)

Burnley

Axel Tuanzebe (DR Congo)

Lyle Foster (South Africa)

Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia)

Everton

Idrissa Gueye (Senegal)

Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal)

Tottenham Hotspur

Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)

Yves Bissouma (Mali)

Brentford

Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)

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Manchester City

Omar Marmoush (Egypt)

Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria)

Nottingham Forest

Ibrahim Sangaré (Ivory Coast)

Willy Boly (Ivory Coast)

West Ham United

Aaron Wan-Bissaka (DR Congo)

El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Tawanda Chirewa (Zimbabwe)

Emmanuel Agbadou (Ivory Coast)

Brighton & Hove Albion

Carlos Baleba (Cameroon)

Crystal Palace

Ismaïla Sarr (Senegal)

Liverpool

Mohamed Salah (Egypt)

Summary:

Host: Morocco

Dates: December 21, 2025 – January 18, 2026

Total UK-based players: 62

Total Premier League players from this list: 32

This list is updated with the latest confirmations—squads can have minor injury replacements. The tournament starts with Morocco vs Comoros on Dec 21. Which club's absences worry you most?


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