2025 Africa Cup of Nations: Which Premier League video games may Mohamed Salah, Omar Marmoush & Nicolas Jackson miss?

Subsequent season’s Premier League fixtures are actually out – discover out which video games your gamers may miss whereas on the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Morocco will host the 24-team event, which was initially scheduled to happen between June and July 2025 to keep away from clashing with European golf equipment’ schedules, just for the brand new expanded FIFA Membership World Cup to place an finish to these plans.

In consequence, it’s going to now happen between December 21, 2025 and January 18, 2026, sooner than the 2023 event that occurred between January and February 2024 because of the last two league video games within the new enlarged Champions League being scheduled for January 20-21 and 28 subsequent 12 months.

And so these Premier League golf equipment shall be lacking numerous gamers for, probably, a number of essential fixtures at an integral a part of subsequent season:

Liverpool

Mohamed Salah will captain Egypt on the event, which means the Premier League champions shall be with out final season’s FWA Footballer of the 12 months for a vital juncture of their title defence.

The ahead contributed an unbelievable 29 objectives and 18 assists to assist Arne Slot’s aspect win the 2024/25 Premier League and given he suffered a debilitating hamstring harm whereas enjoying for Egypt on the 2023/24 AFCONs that significantly impacted Liverpool’s title problem that season, Reds head coach Arne Slot shall be praying his star man comes again match from Morocco.

Both manner, the 33-year-old may miss these top-flight fixtures – relying on how far Egypt go within the event [they were knocked out at the round-of-16 stage in 2024] – together with a probably defining conflict ultimately season’s runners-up Arsenal:

Tottenham vs Liverpool, December 20
Liverpool vs Wolves, December 27
Liverpool vs Leeds United – December 30
Fulham vs Liverpool – January 3
Arsenal vs Liverpool – January 7
Liverpool vs Burnley – January 17

Man Metropolis

Pep Guardiola is ready to be with out each Egypt striker Omar Marmoush and summer-signing Rayan Ait Nouri throughout subsequent season’s AFCON.

Marmoush made an on the spot impression after shifting to the Etihad from Eintracht Frankfurt in January, scoring seven objectives in simply 16 Premier League video games, whereas Metropolis’s new Algeria left-back is predicted to play a key position for Guardiola’s staff subsequent season.

And meaning Metropolis may very well be with out each gamers for these league encounters, together with the Manchester derby at Previous Trafford on January 17, have been both nation to make it so far as the semi-finals:

Man Metropolis vs West Ham – December 20
Nottingham Forest vs Man Metropolis – December 27
Sunderland vs Man Metropolis – December 30
Man Metropolis vs Chelsea – January 3
Man Metropolis vs Brighton – January 7
Man Utd vs Man Metropolis – January 17

Man Utd

United supervisor Ruben Amorim may very well be lacking goalkeeper Andre Onana [Cameroon], right-back Noussair Mazraoui [Morocco] and ahead Amad Diallo [Ivory Coast] all for a key month of his first full marketing campaign in cost at Previous Trafford.

If Bryan Mbeumo does full a transfer from Brentford this summer time, United will even be with out their new Cameroon ahead through the event.

And with Amorim determined to enhance on the membership’s worst-ever Premier League end final season, the Portuguese wouldn’t have wished to be with out that key trio – and possibly occasion quartet – for these doable matches, together with probably pivotal clashes at Aston Villa and Leeds United and residential to Newcastle United and arch-rivals Man Metropolis.

Aston Villa vs Man Utd – December 20
Man Utd vs Newcastle – December 27
Man Utd vs Wolves – December 30
Leeds vs Man Utd – January 3
Burnley vs Man Utd – January 7
Man Utd vs Man Metropolis – January 17

Chelsea

The impression for Enzo Maresca seems much less extreme than for others, with the Blues head coach solely prone to need to make do with out the companies of Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson throughout AFCON.

And whereas the 23-year-old’s 10 Premier League objectives did play a key half in Chelsea securing Champions League soccer final season, the Blues have since signed Liam Delap, who can substitute him in assault through the event for these fixtures:

Newcastle vs Chelsea – December 20
Chelsea vs Aston Villa – December 27
Chelsea vs Bournemouth – December 30
Man Metropolis vs Chelsea – January 3
Fulham vs Chelsea – January 7
Chelsea vs Brentford – January 17

Tottenham Hotspur

New Tottenham supervisor Thomas Frank must make do with out each Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr throughout Mali’s and Senegal’s respective AFCON participations.

And meaning the vital midfield duo will certainly be lacking Spurs’ huge residence recreation with champions Liverpool on December 20, in addition to probably these different Premier League fixtures:

Tottenham vs Liverpool – December 20
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham – December 27
Brentford vs Tottenham – December 30
Tottenham vs Sunderland – January 3
Bournemouth vs Tottenham – January 7
West Ham vs Tottenham – January 17

What about Arsenal and Newcastle?

Arsenal and Newcastle United each seem to have gained a bonus over their different title rivals, with neither staff having any gamers away at AFCON.

The Gunners had been anticipating to be with out Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey for the event, just for the four-time African champions to fail to qualify after ending backside of the Group F, lacking out for the primary time since 2004.

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