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CL Watch Thread for today’s games.

Zenit vs Chelsea 3-3 FT

Zenit

Mikhail Kerzhakov, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Dejan Lovren, Wilmar Barrios, Douglas Santos, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Wendel, Daler Kuzyaev, Claudinho, Malcom, Sardar Azmoun.

Subs: Danila Khotulev, David Byazrov, Magomed Ozdoev, Kirill Kravtsov, Daniil Odoevskiy, Danil Krugovoi, Artem Dzyuba, Alex Sutormin, Aleksandr Erokhin, Daniil Kuznetsov, Andrei Mostovoy.

Chelsea

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Andreas Christensen, Malang Sarr, César Azpilicueta, Saúl Ñíguez, Ross Barkley, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Reece James, Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner, Mason Mount.

Subs: Marcus Bettinelli, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Hakim Ziyech, Antonio Rüdiger, Thiago Silva, Édouard Mendy, Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic, Marcos Alonso.

Match Updates :

2’- Werner opens the scoring for Chelsea

38’- Claudinho equalises for Zenit

41’- Azmoun provides Zenit the lead

62’- Lukaku equalises for Chelsea

85’- Werner provides Chelsea the lead

90+4’- Ozdoyev equalises with a great volley

Juventus vs Malmö 1-0 FT

Juventus

Mattia Perin, Leonardo Bonucci, Daniele Rugani, Koni De Winter, Arthur, Rodrigo Bentancur, Adrien Rabiot, Alex Sandro, Federico Bernardeschi, Moise Kean, Paulo Dybala. Subs: Manuel Locatelli, Álvaro Morata, Fabio Miretti, Giorgio Chiellini, Carlo Pinsoglio, Wojciech Szczesny, Cosimo Marco Da Graca, Juan Cuadrado, Matthijs de Ligt, Mattia De Sciglio.

Malmö

Ismael Diarra Diawara, Lasse Nielsen, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Martin Olsson, Niklas Moisander, Innocent Bonke, Anders Christiansen, Erdal Rakip, Jo Inge Berget, Antonio-Mirko Colak, Veljko Birmancevic.

Subs: Johan Dahlin, Adi Nalic, Sergio Peña, Franz Brorsson, Eric Larsson, Sebastian Nanasi, Melker Ellborg, Peter Gwargis, Malik Abubakari.

Match Updates :

18’- Kean opens the scoring for Juventus

Benfica vs Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 FT

Benfica

Odisseas Vlachodimos, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, André Almeida, João Mário, Pizzi, Julian Weigl, Alejandro Grimaldo, Gilberto, Roman Yaremchuk, Rafa.

Subs: Ferro, Morato, Everton, Adel Taarabt, Paulo Bernardo, Darwin Núñez, Helton Leite, Valentino Lazaro, Goncalo Ramos, Diogo Go

Hello everyone!

Today’s PL matches watch thread.

Man United vs Man City - 0-2 FT

Man United

David de Gea, Eric Bailly, Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelöf, Fred, Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay, Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mason Greenwood.

Subs: Diogo Dalot, Marcus Rashford, Alex Telles, Anthony Martial, Nemanja Matic, Jesse Lingard, Donny van de Beek, Jadon Sancho, Dean Henderson.

Man City

Ederson, Rúben Dias, John Stones, João Cancelo, Kyle Walker, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Ilkay Gündogan, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus.

Subs: Scott Carson, Fernandinho, Zack Steffen, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Raheem Sterling, Riyad Mahrez, Cole Palmer, Nathan Aké, Jack Grealish.

Match Updates :

7’- Bailly scored an own goal to open Man City’s scoring

45’- Silva doubles Man City’s lead

88’- Man City penalty shout against Man United

Chelsea vs Burnley - 1-1 FT

Chelsea

Édouard Mendy, Thiago Silva, Antonio Rüdiger, Andreas Christensen, Jorginho, N'Golo Kanté, Ben Chilwell, Reece James, Kai Havertz, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ross Barkley.

Subs: Trevoh Chalobah, Hakim Ziyech, Malang Sarr, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mason Mount, Saúl Ñíguez, Christian Pulisic, Kepa Arrizabalaga, César Azpilicueta.

Burnley

Nick Pope, Ben Mee, James Tarkowski, Charlie Taylor, Matthew Lowton, Josh Brownhill, Ashley Westwood, Dwight McNeil, Johann Gudmundsson, Chris Wood, Maxwel Cornet.

Subs: Wayne Hennessey, Nathan Collins, Ashley Barnes, Jack Cork, Jay Rodriguez, Matej Vydra, Erik Pieters, Connor Roberts, Kevin Long.

Match Updates :

33’- Havertz opens the scoring for Chelsea

79’- Vydra equalises for Burnley

Palace vs Wolves - 2-0 FT

Palace

Vicente Guaita, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Tyrick Mitchell, Joel Ward, Cheikhou Kouyaté, James McArthur, Conor Gallagher, Christian Benteke, Odsonne Édouard, Wilfried Zaha.

Subs: Jack Butland, Nathaniel Clyne, Jairo Riedewald, Luka Milivojevic, James Tomkins, Jordan Ayew, Martin Kelly, Jeff Schlupp, Michael Olise.

Wolves

José Sá, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Max Kilman, João Moutinho, Rúben Neves, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Nélson Semedo, Raúl Jiménez, Hwang Hee-Chan, Francisco Trincão.

Subs: Adama Traoré, Louie Moulden, Ki-Jana Hoever, Willy Boly, John Ruddy, Fábio Silva, Luke Cundle, Daniel Podence, Leander Dendon

We finally have club football back!

Bread recipe for this week- Home made cheese bread recipe

Crystal Palace vs Spurs 3-0 FT

Crystal Palace

Vicente Guaita, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Tyrick Mitchell, Joel Ward, Cheikhou Kouyaté, James McArthur, Conor Gallagher, Christian Benteke, Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha.

Subs: James Tomkins, Martin Kelly, Nathaniel Clyne, Jack Butland, Luka Milivojevic, Will Hughes, Jairo Riedewald, Odsonne Edouard, Michael Olise.

Spurs

Hugo Lloris, Eric Dier, Japhet Tanganga, Sergio Reguilón, Emerson, Oliver Skipp, Harry Winks, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Lucas Moura.

Subs: Ben Davies, Matt Doherty, Pierluigi Gollini, Joe Rodon, Tanguy Ndombele, Tobi Omole, Dilan Kumar Markanday, Bryan Gil, Dane Scarlett.

Match Updates:

12’- Dier injured and replaced by Rodon.

53’- Zaha and Tanganga yellow card

58’- Second yellow card for Tanganga

60’- Davies replaces Winks.

76’- Zaha scores penalty

83’- Edouard making his Palace debut.

84’- Edouard scores within 27 seconds of his debut

90+3’- Edouard scores another one on his debut

Watford vs Wolves- 0-2 FT

Watford

Daniel Bachmann, Francisco Sierralta, William Troost-Ekong, Peter Etebo, Danny Rose, Jeremy Ngakia, Juraj Kucka, Moussa Sissoko, Emmanuel Dennis, Ismaïla Sarr, Joshua King.

Subs: Robert Elliot, Craig Cathcart, Tom Cleverley, Christian Kabasele, Ozan Tufan, Ken Sema, Adam Masina, Cucho Hernández, Imran Louza.

Wolves

José Sá, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Max Kilman, João Moutinho, Rúben Neves, Fernando Marçal, Nélson Semedo, Raúl Jiménez, Adama Traoré, Francisco Trincão.

Subs: John Ruddy, Willy Boly, Leander Dendoncker, Daniel Podence, Hwang Hee-Chan, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Ki-Jana Hoever, Fábio Silva, Yerson Mosquera.

Match Updates:

74’- Sierralta scored an own goal, Wolves leading.

83’- Hwang scores on his debut for Wolves

Brentford vs Brighton- 0-1 FT

Brentford

David Raya, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Kristoffer Ajer, Vitaly Janelt, Shandon Baptiste, Christian Norgaard, Rico Henry, Sergi Canós, Ivan Toney, Bryan Mbeumo.

Subs: Álvaro Fernández, Mathias Jorgensen, Yoane Wissa, Mathias Jensen, Saman Ghoddos, Marcus Forss, Mads Roerslev, Frank O

Fifa regulations stipulate that players must be released by their clubs on 27 December – 13 days before the tournament’s first match (before GW 20).

There is a possibility that some could be given dispensation to join up with their national squads at a later date, depending on what can be agreed with their clubs.

With the delayed 33rd edition of the continental showpiece due to begin in Cameroon on 9 January, plan ahead for the absence of up to 40 players.

Players potentially selected:

Arsenal: Thomas Partey (Ghana) Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) Nicolas Pepe (Ivory Coast)

Aston Villa: Mahmoud Trezeguet (Egypt) Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso) Marvelous Nakamba (Zimbabwe)

Brentford: Julian Jeanvier (Guinea) Frank Onyeka (Nigeria) Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Ghana)

Brighton: Yves Bissouma (Mali)

Burnley: Maxwell Cornet (Ivory Coast)

Chelsea: Edouard Mendy (Senegal) Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) **

Crystal Palace: Cheikhou Kouyate (Senegal) Jeffrey Schlupp (Ghana) Jordan Ayew (Ghana) Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast)*

Everton: Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Ivory Coast) Alex Iwobi (Nigeria)

Leeds United: None

Leicester City: Daniel Amartey (Ghana) Nampalys Mendy (Senegal) Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria) Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria)

Liverpool: Mohamed Salah (Egypt) Naby Keita (Guinea) Sadio Mane (Senegal)

Manchester City: Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)

Manchester United: Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast) Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast)

Newcastle United: None

Norwich City: None

Southampton: Moussa Djenepo (Mali) Mohammed Salisu (Ghana)

Tottenham Hotspur: None

Watford: Peter Etebo (Nigeria) William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria) Adam Masina (Morocco) Ismaila Sarr (Senegal) Emmanuel Dennis (Nigeria)

West Ham: Said Benrahma (Algeria)

Wolves: Romain Saiss (Morocco)

(Lifted mostly from the talk sport web page)

*Zaha has requested not to be selected for the Ivory Coast team.

**Hakim Ziyech hasn’t received any international call-ups since his infamous fallout with Moroccan national team head coach Vahid Halilhodzic.

The AFCON quarter-finals are on January 29 and 30, the semi-finals are on February 2 and 3 and final/third-place play-off is on February 6.

The Premier League returns on the midweek of February 8 and 9 (GW24) after the winter break.

I found these on Pulse Nigeria. No idea how accurate they are but it may help. Not all teams listed as of yet; I can add them as they come in.

[i]= flagged as injured/covid. Serge Aurier is suspended for 1 game. Ismail Bennacer is flagged as suspended. There is a rumor that Mahrez won't start GW1 because he just returned from his wedding.

Equatorial Guinea have 16 COVID cases.

Burkina Faso have several COVID cases.

The entire The Gambia team is suspected to have COVID cases.

Sierra Leone

Mohamed Kamara; Osman Kakay, Umaru Bangura, Steven Caulker, Yeami Dunia, Saidu Mansaray; John Bankole Kamara, Mohamed Kamara, Kwame Quee; Kei Kamara, Alhaji Kamara.

Mali

Ibrahima Mounkoro; Falaye Sacko, Senou Coulibaly, Moussa Sissako, Charles Traore; Amadou Haidara, Yves Bissouma; Adama Traore, Adama Noss Traore, Moussa Djenepo; Ibrahima Kone.

Tunisia

Farouk Ben Mustapha; Mohamed Drager, Dylan Bronn, Montassar Talbi, Ali Maaloul; Ellyes Skhiri, Aissa Laidouni, Ferjani Sassi; Naim Sliti, Seifeddine Jaziri[i], Wahbi Khazri.

Cote d'Ivoire

Badra Ali Sangare; Serge Aurier[S], Willy Boly, Eric Bailly[i], Ghislain Konan; Franck Kessie, Ibrahim Sangare, Jean Michael Seri; Nicolas Pepe, Sébastien Haller, Wilfried Zaha.

Algeria

Rais M’Bolhi; Youcef Atal, Aissa Mandi, Djamel Benlamri, Ramy Bensebaini; Ramiz Zerrouki, Ismail Bennacer[S], Sofiane Feghouli; Riyad Mahrez, Baghdad Bounedjah, Youcef Belaili.

Guinea Bissau

Jonas Mendes[i]; Nanu, Opa Sangatte, Marcelo Djalo, Fali Cande; Jaquite, Alfa Semedo, Moreto Cassama; Jorginho, Frederic Mendy, Piqueti.

Egypt

Mohamed El Shennawy; Akram Tawfik, Mahmoud Hamdy[i], Ahmed Hegazi, Ahmed Fatouh; Mohamed Elneny, Abdallah El Said, Amr Al Sulaya; Mohamed Salah, Mostafa Mohamed, Omar Marmoush.

Nigeria

Maduka Okoye; Ola Aina, William Troost-Ekong, Chidozie Awaziem, Zaidu Sanusi; Wilfred Ndidi, Joe Aribo; Samuel Chukwueze, Alex Iwobi, Moses Simon; Kelechi Iheanacho.

Gabon

Jean-Noel Amonome; Lloyd Palun, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sidney Obissa, Johann Obiang; Denis Bouanga, Andre Biyogo Poko, Guelor Kanga, David Sambissa; Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Aaron Boupendza.

Comoros

Ben Salim Boina; Kassim Abdallah, Nadjim Abdou, Kassim Mdahoma, Bendjaloud Youssouf; Said Bakari, Fouad Bachirou, Yacine Bourhane, Youssouf M'Changama; Mohamed El Fardou, Faiz Selemani

Ghana

Jojo Wollacott; Andy Yiadom, Alexander Djiku, Jonathan Mensah, Baba Rahman; Mubarak Wakaso, Thomas Partey, Andr

This is an update to an earlier thread

• Part 1

....

AFCON runs 9 January to 6 February 2021

Between 30-40 Premier League players may not be available.

Players may be subject to a 5-10 day quarantine on their return.

A press release announcement by CAF today confirmed that players can be released late by clubs up until Jan 3, 2022 alleviating fears of some clubs and fans expecting the worst.

....

AFCON dates

• Group stage
  Jan 9 - Jan 20

• Round of 16
  Jan 23 - Jan 26

• Quarter-finals
  Jan 29 - Jan 30

• Semi-finals
  Feb 2 - Feb 3

• Final match + Third place match
  Feb 6

....

AFCON call-ups

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

They’re on standbi

BamBOO!

Pilot on me!!

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

Or would that be too forward thinking?

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

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There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me my jokes aren't stale

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

Why

Hello everybody!

Champions League watch thread for today’s matches.

Salzburg vs Wolfsburg- 3-1 FT

Salzburg

Köhn - Kristensen, Onguene, Wöber, Ulmer (c) - Sucic, Camara, Seiwald - Aaronson - Okafor, Adeyemi

Subs: Mantl, Walke, Okoh, Capaldo, Adamu, Bernede, Kjaergaard, Diambou, Simic, Ludewig, Guindo, Bernardo

Wolfsburg

Casteels (c) - Mbabu, Lacroix, Brooks, Roussillon - Vranckx, Arnold - Baku, Lukebakio, Steffen - L. Nmecha

Subs: Pervan, Klinger, Bornauw, Van de Ven, Otavio, Philipp, F. Nmecha, Ginczek

Match Updates :

3’- Adeyemi opens the scoring for Salzburg

15’- Nmecha equalises for Wolfsburg

65’- Okafor scores Salzburg’s second goal to take the lead

77’- Okafor doubles Salzburg’s lead

Barcelona vs Dynamo Kyiv - 1-0 FT

Barcelona

Marc-André ter Stegen, Clément Lenglet, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Óscar Mingueza, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Gavi, Luuk de Jong, Memphis Depay, Sergiño Dest.

Subs: Sergio Agüero, Philippe Coutinho, Neto, Samuel Umtiti, Sergi Roberto, Ricard Puig, Iñaki Peña, Yusuf Demir, Ansu Fati, Álex Balde, Nicolas Gonzalez.

Dynamo Kyiv

Georgiy Bushchan, Oleksandr Syrota, Illia Zabarnyi, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Tomasz Kedziora, Vitaliy Buyalskiy, Mykola Shaparenko, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Vladyslav Supriaha, Carlos De Peña, Viktor Tsygankov.

Subs: Denys Garmash, Denys Boyko, Benjamin Verbic, Oleksandr Karavaev, Oleksandr Andrievsky, Eric Ramírez, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Vodolmyr Shepelev, Artem Shabanov, Bogdan Lednev, Vitor Naum, Ilia Shkurin.

Match Updates :

36’- Pique scores Barcelona’s first goal in CL this season

Lille vs Sevilla - 0-0 FT

Lille

Ivo Grbic, Tiago Djaló, José Fonte, Reinildo Mandava, Zeki Celik, Amadou Mvom Onana, Benjamin André, Jonathan Bamba, Renato Sanches, Burak Yilmaz, Jonathan David.

Subs: Adam Jakubech, Jonathan Ikoné, Yusuf Yazici, Xeka, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Angel Gomes, Timothy Weah, Cheikh Niasse, Isaac Lihadji.

Sevilla

Bono, Karim Rekik, Diego Carlos, Marcos Acuña, Jesús Navas, Fernando, Óliver Torres, Thomas Delaney, Rafa Mir, Lucas Ocampos, Suso.

Subs: Ivan Rakitic, Erik Lamela, Alejandro Gómez, Marko Dmitrovic, Ludwig Augustinsson, Munir El Haddadi, Joan Jordán, Gonzalo Montiel, José Carmona, Óscar Rodríguez, Alfonso Pastor, Iván Romero.

Match Updates :

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Hello everyone!

Thread for today’s premier league games.

Chelsea vs Norwich - 7-0 FT

Chelsea

Édouard Mendy, Thiago Silva, Antonio Rüdiger, Trevoh Chalobah, Mateo Kovacic, Jorginho, Ben Chilwell, Reece James, Kai Havertz, Mason Mount, Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Subs: César Azpilicueta, Marcos Alonso, Ross Barkley, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Saúl Ñíguez, Hakim Ziyech, Andreas Christensen, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Malang Sarr.

Norwich

Tim Krul, Ben Gibson, Grant Hanley, Ozan Kabak, Kenny McLean, Pierre Lees-Melou, Mathias Normann, Dimitris Giannoulis, Max Aarons, Teemu Pukki, Joshua Sargent.

Subs: Lukas Rupp, Angus Gunn, Kieran Dowell, Milot Rashica, Jacob Lungi Sorensen, Brandon Williams, Adam Idah, Andrew Omobamidele, Christos Tzolis.

Match Updates :

8’- Mount scores the opener for Chelsea

18’- Hudson-Odoi doubles Chelsea’s lead

42’- Reece James scores Chelsea’s third goal

57’- Chilwell scores Chelsea’s fourth goal

62’- Aarons scores an own goal making it five goals for Chelsea

65’- Gibson shown red card (second yellow)

85’- Mount scores penalty for Chelsea to it six

90+1’- Mount’s hattrick to make it seven for Chelsea

Palace vs Newcastle - 1-1 FT

Palace

Vicente Guaita, Marc Guehi, Joachim Andersen, Tyrick Mitchell, Joel Ward, Conor Gallagher, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Christian Benteke, Odsonne Édouard, Michael Olise.

Subs: James Tomkins, Jordan Ayew, Nathaniel Clyne, Wilfried Zaha, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Jack Butland, Will Hughes, Jeff Schlupp, Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Newcastle

Karl Darlow, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Emil Krafth, Sean Longstaff, Isaac Hayden, Matt Ritchie, Javier Manquillo, Callum Wilson, Allan Saint-Maximin, Ryan Fraser.

Subs: Miguel Almirón, Mark Gillespie, Jeff Hendrick, Dwight Gayle, Jacob Murphy, Fabian Schär, Joelinton, Jamal Lewis, Joe Willock.

Match Updates :

56’- Benteke opens the scoring for Palace

65’- Wilson equalises for Newcastle

87’- Benteke’s goal disallowed by VAR

Leeds vs Wolves - 1-1 FT

Leeds

Illan Meslier, Pascal Struijk, Liam Cooper, Diego Llorente, Stuart Dallas, Jamie Shackleton, Jack Harrison, Mateusz Klich, Dan James, Raphin

The Athletic ran an article today about AFCON

I've expanded on it to list nations, dates, team schedules, and include some players they missed (recent call-ups).

....

AFCON runs 9 January to 6 February 2021

Between 40-50 Premier League players may not be available.

Players may be subject to a 5-10 day quarantine on their return.

Exemptions for a late release on January 3, 2022 may not happen if they can not be applied equally to all leagues and all AFCON nations. Negotiations are happening.

Per FIFA rules, teams are currently required to release players by December 27th.

....

AFCON dates

• Group stage
  Jan 9 - Jan 20

• Round of 16
  Jan 23 - Jan 26

• Quarter-finals
  Jan 29 - Jan 30

• Semi-finals
  Feb 2 - Feb 3

• Final match + Third place match
  Feb 6

....

AFCON call-ups

Arsenal

Thomas Partey (Ghana)

Mohamed Elneny (Egypt)

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)

Nicolas Pepe (Ivory Coast)

Aston Villa

Mahmoud Trezeguet (Egypt)

Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso)

Marvelous Nakamba (Zimbabwe)

Brentford

Julian Jeanvier (Guinea)

Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)

Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Ghana)

Brighton

Yves Bissouma (Mali)

Burnley

Maxwel Cornet (Ivory Coast)

Chelsea

Edouard Mendy (Senegal)

Hakim Ziyech (Morocco)

Crystal Palace

Cheikhou Kouyate (Senegal)

Jeffrey Schlupp (Ghana)

Jordan Ayew (Ghana)

Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast)

Everton

Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Ivory Coast)

Alex Iwobi (Nigeria)

Leeds United

None

Leicester City

Daniel Amartey (Ghana)

Nampalys Mendy (Senegal)

Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria)

Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria)

Liverpool

Mohamed Salah (Egypt)

Naby Keita (Guinea)

Sadio Mane (Senegal)

Manchester City

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)

Manchester United

Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast)

Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast)

Newcastle United

None

Norwich City

None

Southampton

Moussa Djenepo (Mali)

Mohammed Salisu (Ghana)

Tottenham Hotspur

None

Watford

Peter Etebo (Nigeria)

William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria)

Adam Masina (Morocco)

Ismaila Sarr (Senegal)

Emmanuel Dennis (Nigeria)

West Ham United

Said Benrahma (Algeria)

Wolves

Romain Saiss (Morocco)

Willy Boly (Ivory Coast)

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