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2015 Nations Cup: English teams to lose African players, Everton, Leicester affected

By ghanasoccernet.com
Sports News 2015 Nations Cup: English teams to lose African players, Everton, Leicester affected
DEC 22, 2014 LISTEN

[caption id="attachment_277076" align="aligncenter" width="437"] Christian Atsu[/caption] Premier League clubs could lose some of their players for most of January as the Africa Cup of Nations gets underway in Equatorial Guinea. It is that time of year again. No, not Christmas, but the Africa Cup of Nations when the continent's best players take a working sabbatical from their everyday job in order to play for their countries.From Newcastle to Swansea, West Ham to Manchester City, key Premier League players will be heading to Equatorial Guinea for a tournament which was fleetingly in doubt because of the Ebola crisis.Original host Morocco felt unable to fulfil its obligations, which means a hastily-rearranged competition in Equatorial Guinea.But which teams could suffer most while their superstars are strutting their stuff in Africa? And who will be getting away lightly while the party goes on without them?See below who from the Premier League is likely to be heading off to the tournament, with the possibility of missing up to seven games for their club. Crystal Palace

Yannick Bolasie (DR Congo), Adlene Guediora (Algeria) Everton Christian Atsu (Ghana) Hull Mohamed Diame (Senegal) Leicester Riyad Mahrez (Algeria), Jeff Schlupp (Ghana) Liverpool Manchester City

Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast) Newcastle Mehdi Abeid (Algeria), Papiss Cisse (Senegal), Chieck Tiote (Ivory Coast) Southampton Emmanuel Mayuka (Zambia), Sadio Mane (Senegal) Stoke Mame Biram Diouf (Senegal) Swansea Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast)Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast) Tottenham Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria) West Ham Alex Song (Cameroon), Cheikhou Kouyate (Senegal), Diafra Sakho (Senegal) West Brom Youssouf Mulumbu (DR Congo) 

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