"First up, we'll start with some of the African players who won't be heading home this Christmas, as their nations did not qualify. Ghana's failure to qualify for the first time since 2004 means Bournemouth will not be missing Antoine Semenyo, while Tottenham's Mohammed Kudus will also be available for Spurs. Brighton will be able to call on Yankuba Minteh after Gambia failed to make it, while Everton forward Beto will not be there with Guinea-Bissau."
"Premier League players set to play at AFCON 2025 Omar Marmoush's Egypt have qualified (Image credit: Getty Images) Arsenal: No African players in first-team squad Aston Villa: Evann Guessand (Ivory Coast)"
"Bournemouth: Amine Adli (Morocco) Brentford: Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso), Frank Onyeka (Nigeria), Brighton: Carlos Baleba (Cameroon) Burnley: Axel Tuanzebe (Democratic Republic of Congo), Manuel Benson (Angola), Lyle Foster (South Africa), Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia)"
AFCON 2025 will be held in Morocco from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026 after a schedule tweak driven by FIFA's expanded Club World Cup. The tournament's placement over Christmas and New Year, combined with extra Champions League rounds at the end of January, creates a tighter calendar and potential availability issues for European clubs. Some Premier League nations failed to qualify, keeping players such as Antoine Semenyo and Mohammed Kudus available. Many Premier League players are set to represent African nations, with confirmed qualifiers including Egypt and listed players across Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton and Burnley. Arsenal and Chelsea have no African players in their first-team squads.
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