{"id":633501,"date":"2025-12-15T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/633501\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T08:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T08:00:35","slug":"11-pl-clubs-worse-hit-by-call-ups-than-lfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/633501\/","title":{"rendered":"11 PL Clubs Worse-Hit by Call-Ups Than LFC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool will lose Mohamed Salah<\/a> for the duration of Egypt\u2019s run at the Africa Cup of Nations \u2013 but there are 11 Premier League<\/a> clubs worse-hit by mid-season call-ups.<\/b><\/p>\n

Salah has played his last game of 2025 for Liverpool \u2013 with a debate over whether it could be his last-ever for the club \u2013 and he now joins up with the Egypt squad for AFCON.<\/p>\n

While it is clear losing their No. 11 for a tournament that runs from December 21 to January 18 is a considerable blow, in terms of numbers the Reds are among those least-affected.<\/p>\n

Premier League players called up for AFCON 2025<\/p>\n

\"LONDON,<\/p>\n

In fact there are 11 Premier League<\/a> clubs who have had more players called up to this year\u2019s mid-season AFCON.<\/p>\n

Sunderland: 6<\/p>\n

Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso), Arthur Masuaku, Noah Sadiki (DR Congo), Reinildo (Mozambique), Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco), Habib Diarra (Senegal)<\/p>\n

Man United: 3<\/p>\n

Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon), Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco), Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast)<\/p>\n

Fulham: 3<\/p>\n

Alex Iwobi, Calvin Bassey, Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria)<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Burnley: 3<\/p>\n

Axel Tuanzebe (DR Congo), Lyle Foster (South Africa), Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia)<\/p>\n

Wolves: 2<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Agbadou (Ivory Coast), Tawanda Chirewa (Zimbabwe)<\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest: 2<\/p>\n

Willy Boly, Ibrahim Sangare (Ivory Coast)<\/p>\n

Everton: 2<\/p>\n

Iliman Ndiaye, Idrissa Gueye (Senegal)<\/p>\n

\"MANCHESTER,<\/p>\n

Man City: 2<\/p>\n

Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria), Omar Marmoush (Egypt)<\/p>\n

Brentford: 2<\/p>\n

Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso), Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)<\/p>\n

Tottenham: 2<\/p>\n

Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal), Yves Bissouma (Mali)<\/p>\n

West Ham: 2<\/p>\n

Aaron Wan-Bissaka (DR Congo), El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal)<\/p>\n

\"LONDON,<\/p>\n

Crystal Palace: 1<\/p>\n

Ismaila Sarr (Senegal)<\/p>\n

Liverpool: 1<\/p>\n

Mo Salah<\/a> (Egypt)<\/p>\n

Brighton: 1<\/p>\n

Carlos Baleba (Cameroon)<\/p>\n

Aston Villa: 1 on standby<\/p>\n

Evann Guessand (Ivory Coast)<\/p>\n

The five Premier League<\/a> clubs guaranteed to not see any players depart for AFCON are Arsenal<\/a>, Bournemouth<\/a>, Chelsea<\/a>, Leeds<\/a> and Newcastle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When are Mohamed Salah\u2019s games at AFCON 2025?<\/p>\n

\"Mohamed<\/p>\n

Salah will travel to Morocco to meet his Egypt teammates for final preparations ahead of the tournament, which for Hossam Hassan\u2019s side kicks off on December 22:<\/p>\n

Group Stage<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Egypt vs. Zimbabwe<\/b> \u2013 Dec 22
\u2022 Egypt vs. South Africa<\/b> \u2013 Dec 26
\u2022 Angola vs. Egypt<\/b> \u2013 Dec 29<\/p>\n

Knockout Stage<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Round of 16<\/b> \u2013 Jan 3\/4\/5
\u2022 Quarter-Finals<\/b> \u2013 Jan 9\/10
\u2022 Semi-Finals:<\/b> Jan 14
\u2022 Third-Placed Playoff:<\/b> Jan 17
\u2022 Final:<\/b> Jan 18<\/p>\n

Which Liverpool games will Salah miss for AFCON?<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

Salah will miss a minimum of three games for Liverpool while away at AFCON, those being:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tottenham<\/a> (A)<\/b> \u2013 Premier League<\/a> \u2013 Dec 20
\u2022 Wolves<\/a> (H)<\/b> \u2013 Premier League<\/a> \u2013 Dec 27
\u2022 Leeds<\/a> (H)<\/b> \u2013 Premier League<\/a> \u2013 Jan 1<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old could also be absent for a further five games including the FA Cup<\/a> third-round clash with Barnsley:<\/p>\n

\u2022 AFCON Round of 16 \u2013 Jan 3\/4\/5
\u2022 Fulham<\/a> (A)<\/b> \u2013 Premier League<\/a> \u2013 Jan 4
\u2022 Arsenal<\/a> (A)<\/b> \u2013 Premier League<\/a> \u2013 Jan 8
\u2022 AFCON Quarter-Finals \u2013 Jan 9\/10
\u2022 Barnsley (H)<\/b> \u2013 FA Cup<\/a> \u2013 Jan 12
\u2022 AFCON Semi-Finals: Jan 14
\u2022 AFCON Third-Placed Playoff: Jan 17
\u2022 Burnley<\/a> (H)<\/b> \u2013 Premier League<\/a> \u2013 Jan 17
\u2022 AFCON Final: Jan 18
\u2022 Marseille (A)<\/b> \u2013 Champions League<\/a> \u2013 Jan 21<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool will lose Mohamed Salah for the duration of Egypt\u2019s run at the Africa Cup of Nations \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[67792,748,393,4884,179,1128,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-633501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-afcon","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-mohamed-salah","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115722537556529853","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}