Which PL players are absent in January for AFCON & Asia Cup?

Teams yet to announce squads:

AFCON (the final 27-player squads must be selected by Jan 3): Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Zambia and Tanzania

Asia Cup (the final 26-player squads must be selected by Jan 2): Bahrain, Iran, Japan, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Uzbekistan

What are the key AFCON and Asia Cup dates?

Africa Cup of Nations

Group stages: January 13 to January 24

Round of 16: January 27 to January 30

Quarter-finals: February 2 to February 3

Semi-finals: February 7

Third-placed play-off: February 10

Final: February 11

Asia Cup

Group stages: January 12 to January 25

Round of 16: January 28 to January 31

Quarter-finals: February 2 to February 3

Semi-finals: February 6 to February 7

Final: February 10

Arsenal

Image: Arsenall will lose Takehiro Tomiyasu when he joins up with Japan
  • Mohamed Elneny (Egypt)
  • Thomas Partey (Ghana)
  • Takehiro Tomiyasu (Japan)

Aston Villa

  • Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso)

Bournemouth

  • Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

Brentford

  • Yoane Wissa (Congo)
  • Ji-Soo Kim (South Korea)
  • Saman Ghoddos (Iran)
  • Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)

Brighton

  • Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast) – injury doubt
  • Tariq Lamptey (Ghana)
  • Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) – injury doubt

Burnley

No players.

Chelsea

  • Nicolas Jackson (Senegal)

Crystal Palace

  • Jordan Ayew (Ghana)

Everton

  • Idrissa Gana Gueye (Senegal)

Fulham

  • Fode-Ballo Toure (Senegal)
  • Calvin Bassey (Nigeria)
  • Alex Iwobi (Nigeria)

Liverpool

Mohamed Salah during Egypt's World Cup play-off first leg with Senegal
Image: Liverpool will have to make do without key forward Salah when he captains Egypt
  • Wataru Endo (Japan)
  • Mohamed Salah (Egypt)

Luton

  • Issa Kabore (Burkina Faso)

Man City

No players.

Man Utd

Andre Onana
Image: Man Utd No 1 Andre Onana will represent Cameroon
  • Andre Onana (Cameroon)
  • Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco)
  • Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast)

Newcastle

No players.

Nottingham Forest

  • Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast)
  • Willy Boly (Ivory Coast)
  • Ibrahim Sangare (Ivory Coast)
  • Cheikou Kouyate (Senegal)
  • Moussa Niakhate (Senegal)
  • Ola Aina (Nigeria)

Sheffield United

  • Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia)
  • Yasser Larouci (Algeria)

Tottenham

Son Heung-min was given a hero's welcome in Wales
Image: Son captains South Korea
  • Pape Sarr (Senegal)
  • Heung-Min Son (South Korea)
  • Yves Bissouma (Mali)

West Ham

  • Nayef Aguerd (Morocco)
  • Mohammed Kudus (Ghana)

Wolves

  • Hee-Chan Hwang (South Korea)
  • Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria)
  • Boubacar Traore (Mali)
  • Justin Hubner (Indonesia)

Source : Sky Sports