Arsenal, Man United, Liverpool and More - Complete List of Premier League Clubs and their Players heading to AFCON or AFC Asian Cup

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The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) and the AFC Asian Cup are set to start within a couple of days.

The continental tournaments in the middle of a regular European domestic season means clubs will have to deal with the absence of certain players due to national duty, and Premier League clubs are going through it.

A total of 39 players have left across 17 Premier League clubs to take part in either AFCON or the Asian Cup. Three clubs of the top-tier English league have no representatives, but some big names will concentrate on their country for the upcoming few weeks.

Among the 39 players who have left the Premier League for national duty, only 8 will be playing in the AFC Asian Cup which is being held in Qatar, while the remaining 31 have gone to Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) to take part in the AFCON.

Nottingham Forest have most representatives

It is neither Manchester United or Chelsea or Arsenal - it is Nottingham Forest who have the most number of players leaving to play in the tournaments. Six Forest players have left, all of them will take part in the AFCON.

Three Cote d'Ivoire players are in their squad, while two will represent Senegal and a solitary player from Nigeria.

Manchester City have no AFCON or Asian Cup players

Manchester City are among three Premier League clubs who don't have any AFCON or Asian Cup representatives. Along with Man City, Burnley and Newcastle United are the other teams to not have any players in the two competitions.

Manchester City and Newcastle United have no African or Asian players in their squads. Burnley striker Lyle Foster is from South Africa, who didn't qualify for the AFCON, whereas their Moroccan winger Anass Zaroury was not selected in the squad.

Complete List of Premier League Players in AFCON and AFC Asian Cup

Arsenal

Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) - AFCON

Takehiro Tomiyasu (Japan) - Asian Cup

Aston Villa

Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso) - AFCON

Bournemouth

Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso) - AFCON

Antoine Semenyo (Ghana) - AFCON

Brentford

Yoane Wissa (Congo DR) - AFCON

Frank Onyeka (Nigeria) - AFCON

Saman Ghoddos (Iran) - Asian Cup

Kim Ji-Soo (South Korea) - Asian Cup

Brighton

Simon Adingara (Cote d'Ivoire) - AFCON

Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) - Asian Cup

Burnley

NONE

Chelsea

Nicolas Jackson (Senegal) - AFCON

Crystal Palace

Jordan Ayew (Ghana) - AFCON

Everton

Idrissa Gana Gueye (Senegal) - AFCON

Fulham

Calvin Bassey (Nigeria) - AFCON

Alex Iwobi (Nigeria) - AFCON

Fode Ballo-Toure (Senegal) - AFCON

Liverpool

Mohamed Salah (Egypt) - AFCON

Wataru Endo (Japan) - Asian Cup

Luton Town

Issa Kabore (Burkina Faso) - AFCON

Manchester City

NONE

Manchester United

Andre Onana (Cameroon) - AFCON

Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco) - AFCON

Newcastle United

NONE

Nottingham Forest

Serge Aurier (Cote d'Ivoire) - AFCON

Willy Boly (Cote d'Ivoire) - AFCON

Ibrahim Sangare (Cote d'Ivoire) - AFCON

Ola Aina (Nigeria) - AFCON

Moussa Niakhate (Senegal) - AFCON

Cheikhou Kouyate (Senegal) - AFCON

Sheffield United

Yasser Larouci (Algeria) - AFCON

Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia) - AFCON

Tottenham

Yves Bissouma (Mali) - AFCON

Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal) - AFCON

Son Heung-Min (South Korea) - Asian Cup

West Ham United

Mohammed Kudus (Ghana) - AFCON

Nayef Aguerd (Morocco) - AFCON

Wolves

Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria) - AFCON

Boubacar Traore (Mali) - AFCON

Justin Hubner (Indonesia) - Asian Cup

Hwang Hee-Chan (South Korea) - Asian Cup