Africa-Press – Ghana. AFCON gets underway today with Africa’s best players set to battle it out to bring their nations continental glory.
The tournament is brimming with star quality, with plenty of Premier League talent having travelled to Cameroon.In fact, 34 Prem stars have been called up to take part.
They include superstars like Sadio Mane, Mo Salah, Riyad Mahrez and Edouard Mendy.
Arsenal have the most players that have been called up by their countries.
The Gunners will be represented in Cameroon by Thomas Partey, Mohamed Elneny, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Nicolas Pepe and youngster Omar Rekik.
Leicester and Watford both have four players in apiece in Cameroon – while Liverpool and Crystal Palace have received three call-ups each.
Hosts Cameroon take on Burkina Faso in the opening game this afternoon.Aston Villa’s Burkinabe star Bertrand Traore will be the only Premier League player involved.
Only Norwich, Leeds and Newcastle are without a single player at the tournament – although Spurs’ only call-up is currently out on loan.
Here, SunSport runs you through the full list of Prem call-ups.
ARSENAL
Thomas Partey (Ghana)
Mohamed Elneny (Egypt)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)
Nicolas Pepe (Ivory Coast)
Omar Rekik (Tunisia)
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