The African Cup eliminates the 5 major leagues

The Africa Cupto be played between January 13 and February 11, will strip the five major European leagues (France, Italy, Spain, Germany and England) with the loss of possibly 226 footballers within a month.

That is the number of African players who at some point became international in one of the 24 teams that could participate in the tournament and build their careers in the best European leagues.

Without a doubt, this is a difficult setback for the clubs, which, to a lesser or greater extent, will lose important people in their plans within a month. And, the diaspora map caused by Africa Cupit will be harder on some teams than others.

The club that could lose the most players is Metz of Ligue 1. The France team has up to 11 players called up by their national teams on several occasions. Oh Jallow, Traoré, Candé, Maïga, Camara, Tetteh, Mbaye, Diallo, Oukidja, Van den Kerkhof and Sabaly.

Some of these are key this season to Metzwhich cannot rely on the contribution of marking names such as Jallow, Diallló or Sabalywho scored eight, seven and six goals this year, respectively.

The second most affected team on the continent could be Nottingham Forest. Up to seven players (Auier, Kouyaté, Sangaré, Aina, Boly, Awoniyi and Niakhaté) can miss a month of Premier League. like Aurier is recovering from an injury, but can come in time to be summoned by Ivory Coast. But, the release that definitely hurts the technician the most Nuno Espírito Santo it will be in Nigerian Awoniyiwhich accumulates 12 goals by 2023.

Xabi Alonsowithin Bayer Leverkusen, will have to continue their good streak in the Bundesliga without five names. If they are called up to their national teams like on previous occasions, they may lose Tapsoba, Kossounou, Boniface, Adli and Tella. Undoubtedly, the Nigerian march Bonifacewho scored 16 goals this season, will be the most difficult for the Spanish coach.

In the Spanish LaLiga EASports, the Almeria and The Palmswith four possible absences, is the most affected in a competition where only the Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Getafe and Osasuna They will not lose any of their footballers. The case of Almeria, underwater in the fight not to be defeated in the category, is more serious. You have to endure pulling without Baba, Lopy, Mendes and Marciano. Kone, injured, he would have been the fifth man, but he had no chance to play Africa Cupin.

while, The Palms can’t hope Kaba, Saúl Coco, Munir and Mfulu, as long as they are cited for their choices. The rest of the teams were spared the bleeding and almost all would lose one or two players at most. Iñaki Williams (Athletic), Reinildo (Atlético), Baby and Pathe Ciss (Rayo Vallecano), Sadiq and Traoré (Real Sociedad) or En-Nesyri (Sevilla)are some of the important names of The league They may be gone for a month.

In Italyhe Udinese and the Salernitana They have five Africans who can participate in the competition and have been internationals on several occasions. They are the most affected in Serie A, where the big teams like Milanhe Naples or the Rome They will lose two of their players each (Bennacer, Samu Chukwueze, Anguissa, Victor Osimhen, Ndicka or Aouar).

That’s the list by club, but the losers don’t always have the best and most wanted players Salah (Liverpool), Boulaye Dia (Salernitana), Marmoush (Eintracht), Guirassy (Stuttgart), Guilavogui (Lens), Moffi (Nice), Nuamah (Lyon), Magri (Toulouse), Kudus (West Ham) or Haller (Dortmund ) ) They will be out of the major leagues for a few weeks.

Undoubtedly, the Ligue 1 It will be the most affected, with 88 possible losses; later, at 48, there will be Premier League; The A series may not have 37 players; The EA Sports League no 27 and the Bundesliga no 26. In total, up to 226 maximum players will strip the five major leagues to participate in Africa Cup to be discussed in Ivory Coast and its journey is about to begin