The Africa Cup of Nations is ready to take over the festive period with a host of elite Premier League stars set to travel south for the continental event in Morocco.
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Playing top-flight football is one thing, but representing your nation on the big stage is an opportunity not to be missed.
To that end, a number of stars will say their goodbyes to their club fans this weekend and depart in the hunt for international glory.
Squads are being confirmed sporadically throughout the week, and we'll be on hand to build a picture of who will be missing from the Premier League until January.
Sunderland are most likely to feel the pinch in the weeks to come with up to eight stars set for AFCON, while Arsenal, Chelsea and Leeds boast no African players among their ranks.
RadioTimes.com brings you the full list of players confirmed to be going to the Africa Cup of Nations so far.
Premier League players going to AFCON
Confirmed players only. To be updated regularly.
Arsenal
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Aston Villa
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Bournemouth
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Brentford
Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Brighton & Hove Albion
Carlos Baleba (Cameroon)
Burnley
Axel Tuanzebe (DR Congo)
Lyle Foster (South Africa)
Chelsea
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Crystal Palace
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Everton
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Fulham
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Leeds United
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Liverpool
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Manchester City
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Manchester United
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Newcastle United
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Nottingham Forest
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Sunderland
Arthur Masuaku (DR Congo)
Noah Sadiki (DR Congo)
Reinildo Mandava (Mozambique)
Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso)
Tottenham Hotspur
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West Ham United
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (DR Congo)
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.
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