African Cup of Nations (EPL)

Here is a list of players in the English Premier League that will be missing for the next month to play for their countries in the African Nations Cup. I tried to get the latest news on who was included and who wasn’t, so if you have better or more recent information, feel free to share:

GROUP A

Algeria:
Nadir Belhadj (Portsmouth)
Hassan Yebda (Portsmouth)
* Kemil Ghilas (Hull) has apparently been left off the squad

Angola:
None

Mali:
None
* Pretty sure Mamady Sidibe (Stoke) was not included in squad

Malawi:
None

GROUP B

Burkina Faso:
None
* Although a couple of prominent Bundesliga players

Ghana
Michael Essien (Chelsea)
Richard Kingson (Wigan)
John Mensah (Sunderland)
John Pantsil (Fulham)
* Don’t think Kevin Prince-Boateng (Portsmouth) was included because of his recent nationality switch. Maybe they felt bad for Portsmouth.

Ivory Coast
Aruna Dindane (Portsmouth)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal)
Salomon Kalou (Chelsea)
Kolo Toure (Manchester City)

Togo
Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City)
Moustapha Salifou (Aston Villa)

GROUP C

Benin
None
* Although, up and comer Reda Johnson plays for Paul Mariner at Plymouth

Egypt
None

Mozambique
None

Nigeria
Dickson Etuhu (Fulham)
John Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
Seyi Olafinjana (Hull)
Kanu (Portsmouth)
Yakubu (Everton)
Joseph Yobo (Everton)

GROUP D

Cameroon
Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Tottenham)
Andre Bikey (Burnley)
Alex Song (Arsenal)
* Don’t think Sebastian Bassong (Tottenham) made the squad, but Geremi (Newcastle) did.

Gabon
Daniel Cousin (Hull), but he hasn’t featured lately for Hull anyway.

Tunisia
None
* Although plenty of guys from the French league

Zambia
None