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Lammens	MUN	5.0m	101.3%	Very Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	94.5%	Maybe
Foden	MCI	8.3m	89.2%	Maybe
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	96.5%	Maybe
Raya	ARS	5.9m	84.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	88.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	79.5%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	84.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	84.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	84.1%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	81.6%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	80.4%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.8%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	77.0%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	66.7%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	75.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.1%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.7%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	70.0%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	64.2%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.1%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.5%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	62.1%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	56.4%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	54.4%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	50.0%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	52.5%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	48.5%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	41.9%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	47.9%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.7%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	41.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	40.9%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	41.3%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	43.9%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	42.4%	Unlikely

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Rodney	CRY	4.5m	100.0%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	98.7%	Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	98.0%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	95.9%	Maybe
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	95.9%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	95.7%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.9%	Maybe
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	93.5%	Maybe
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	93.7%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	92.9%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	92.1%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	92.4%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.3%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	90.8%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	91.2%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	91.0%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.4%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.8%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	84.0%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	87.1%	Unlikely
Dasilva	BRE	5.0m	80.6%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	84.7%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	85.1%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	84.7%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	84.1%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	84.3%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	85.0%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	82.4%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	83.5%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	82.8%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.2%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	83.0%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	80.7%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	81.9%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	81.6%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	81.2%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	81.5%	Unlikely

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Which AFCON + Asian Cup players could return for Gameweek 22?

22 January 2024 184 comments

Skonto Rigga

By the end of this week, we’ll know which Premier League players taking part in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and the Asian Cup will be in line for a Gameweek 22 return.

That’s because Matchday 3 of both tournaments starts on Monday, with the competing nations contesting their final group stage games.

So, by Thursday evening, we’ll know which countries have been eliminated and which have progressed to the knockout rounds.

Before we summarise what’s at stake, a reminder of how the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) calendar corresponds to the tournaments in Ivory Coast and Qatar:

AFCON + THE ASIAN CUP: CLUB-BY-CLUB GUIDE TO WHO IS AWAY

Here is a club-by-club guide of which Premier League players are representing their nations:

	AFCON	ASIAN CUP
ARSENAL	Mohamed Elneny (Egypt)	Takehiro Tomiyasu (Japan)
ASTON VILLA	Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso)
B’MOUTH	Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso), Antoine Semenyo (Ghana)
BRENTFORD	Frank Onyeka (Nigeria), Yoane Wissa (DR Congo)	Saman Ghoddos (Iran)
BRIGHTON	Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast)	Kaoru Mitoma (Japan)
BURNLEY
CHELSEA	Nicolas Jackson (Senegal)
C PALACE	Jordan Ayew (Ghana)
EVERTON	Idrissa Gueye (Senegal)
FULHAM	Alex Iwobi (Nigeria), Calvin Bassey (Nigeria), Fode Ballo-Toure (Senegal)
LIVERPOOL	Mohamed Salah (Egypt)	Wataru Endo (Japan)
LUTON	Issa Kaboré (Burkina Faso)
MAN CITY
MAN UTD	Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco), Andre Onana (Cameroon)
NEWCASTLE
N FOREST	Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast), Willy Boly (Ivory Coast), Ibrahim Sangare (Ivory Coast), Moussa Niakhate (Senegal), Cheikhou Kouyate (Senegal), Ola Aina (Nigeria)
SHEFF UTD	Yaser Larouci (Algeria), Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia)
TOTTENHAM	Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal), Yves Bissouma (Mali)	Son Heung-min (South Korea)
WEST HAM	Nayef Aguerd (Morocco), Mohammed Kudus (Ghana)
WOLVES	Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria), Boubacar Traore (Mali)	Hwang Hee-chan (South Korea), Justin Hubner (Indonesia)

QUALIFICATION: WHAT’S AT STAKE IN MATCHDAY 3

A reminder that, in both tournaments, 16 of the 24 competing teams qualify from the group stage.

The top two in each group advance automatically, while four of the six third placed teams will also progress.

ASIAN CUP

Country	Premier League players	Current position	Will finish…
Indonesia	Justin Hubner (Wolves)	3rd	2nd with a win over Japan (who are currently 2nd) 3rd with a draw or loss
Iran	Saman Ghoddos (Brentford)	1st (qualified)	1st with a draw or win over UAE (2nd) 2nd with a loss
Japan	Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), Wataru Endo (Liverpool)	2nd	2nd with a draw or win over Indonesia (3rd) 3rd with a loss
South Korea	Son Heung-min (Spurs), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolves)	2nd	1st, 2nd or 3rd, partly depending on how Jordan (1st) fare against Bahrain (3rd) A win or draw over Malaysia (4th) guarantees 2nd at the very least

It’s unlikely that Japan or South Korea will exit at the group stage, as they’re both massive odds-on favourites to win their Matchday 3 fixtures.

The two nations could be on a collision course in the round of 16, however: if South Korea win their group, they’ll play the runners-up in Japan’s group.

That match would take place on January 30, so there is a very decent chance that Son Heung-min (£9.7m) and Hwang Hee-chan (£5.6m) could be back in Gameweek 23 (February 3/4) if they are eliminated then.

AFCON

Country	Premier League players	Current position	Will finish…
Algeria	Yasser Larouci (Sheffield United), Rayan Ait-Nouri (Wolves)	3rd	1st, 2nd or 3rd, partly depending on how Burkina Faso (who are currently 2nd) fare against Angola (1st) A win or draw against Mauritania (4th) guarantees 3rd at the very least
Burkina Faso	Bertrand Traore (Aston Villa), Dango Ouattara (Bournemouth), Issa Kabore (Luton)	2nd	1st, 2nd or 3rd, and could depend on how Algeria (3rd) fare against Mauritania (4th) A win over Angola (1st) guarantees 1st
Cameroon	Andre Onana (Man Utd)	3rd	2nd, 3rd or 4th, partly depending on how Guinea (2nd) fare against Senegal (1st) A win or draw against Gambia (4th) guarantees 3rd at the very least
DR Congo	Yoane Wissa (Brentford)	2nd	1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th, partly depending on how Zambia (3rd) fare against Morocco (1st) A win over Tanzania (4th) guarantees 2nd at the very least
Egypt	Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)	2nd	2nd, 3rd or 4th, partly depending on how Ghana (3rd) fare against Mozambique (4th) A win over Cape Verde (1st) guarantees 2nd
Ghana	Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Mohammed Kudus (West Ham)	3rd	2nd, 3rd or 4th, partly depending on how Egypt (2nd) fare against Cape Verde (1st) A win or draw against Mozambique (4th) guarantees 3rd at the very least
Ivory Coast	Simon Adingra (Brighton), Serge Aurier (Nottm Forest), Willy Boly (Nottm Forest), Ibrahim Sangare (Nottm Forest)	3rd	1st, 2nd or 3rd, partly depending on how Nigeria (2nd) fare against Guinea-Bissau (4th) A win over Equatorial Guinea (1st) guarantees 2nd at the very least
Mali	Yves Bissouma (Spurs), Boubacar Traore (Wolves)	1st	1st, 2nd or 3rd, and could depend on how South Africa (2nd) fare against Tunisia (4th) A win over Namibia (3rd) guarantees 1st
Morocco	Sofyan Amrabat (Man Utd), Nayef Aguerd (West Ham)	1st	1st, 2nd or 3rd, and could depend on how DR Congo (2nd) fare against Tanzania (4th) A win over Zambia (3rd) guarantees 1st
Nigeria	Frank Onyeka (Brentford), Calvin Bassey (Fulham), Alex Iwobi (Fulham), Ola Aina (Nottm Forest)	2nd	1st, 2nd or 3rd, partly depending on how Equatorial Guinea (1st) fare against Ivory Coast (3rd) A win or draw over Guinea-Bissau (4th) guarantees 2nd at the very least
Senegal	Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), Idrissa Gueye (Everton), Fode Ballo-Toure (Fulham), Moussa Niakhate (Nottm Forest), Chekihou Kouyate (Nottm Forest), Pape Matar Sarr (Spurs)	1st (qualified)	1st with a draw or win over Guinea (2nd) 2nd with a loss
Tunisia	Anis Ben Slimane (Sheff Utd)	4th	A win against South Africa (2nd) guarantees 3rd at the very least 4th with a draw or loss

Mohamed Salah (£13.1m) may not kick another ball at AFCON because of injury, although he could return for the final if Egypt get that far.

They first have to get out of the group stage, however. A win over already qualified Cape Verde guarantees 2nd spot in their group, while a draw would be enough to finish 3rd.

The bookies make them roughly 86.5% to qualify for the round of 16, so it looks probable.

Finishing as runners-up would likely see them play Zambia or DR Congo in the round of 16, two nations that feature well outside the top 10 favourites for the entire competition.

Of the African nations listed above, it’s Tunisia who are the likeliest to bow out early (circa 40% chance of qualification): only a win will do for them against South Africa.

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Tsparkes10
1 year, 10 months ago
Salah to Jota a simple free transfer? Leaves me 8m itb to do Solanke, Watkins or Alvarez to Haaland when ready…
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1. 3 Lion Pride
  1 year, 10 months ago
  I did that exact thing last night and have the same forwards to upgrade to Halland when declared fit (9 + mill ITB). It sounds like Salah will be out until week 25/26 so grabbing Jota now makes sense. He is great form and may have double game week in 25.
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Tonyawesome69
1 year, 10 months ago
Brighton XI: Steele, Estupiñán, Hinshelwood, Dunk(c), van Hecke, Gilmour, Buonanotte, Milner, Groß, Welbeck, João Pedro

Subs: Lallana, Lamptey, Baker-Boaitey, Baleba, Webster, Peupion, Moder, Verbruggen, Ferguson

Wolves XI: José Sá, Toti, Kilman(c), Dawson, Nélson Semedo, Doyle, Lemina, Doherty, Pedro Neto, Sarabia, Matheus Cunha

Subs: Fraser, Hodge, Chirewa, Bueno, Bellegarde, Bentley, Griffiths, Mosquera, Bueno
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1. notlob legin
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Thanks Tony
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2. Alan The Llama
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Lamptey on the bench, could do with him staying fit given my horrific subs.
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Atimis
1 year, 10 months ago
How bad it sounds?

Salah Saka Alvarez to KDB Richa Haaland -8
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1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Haaland might not feature at all
  KDB might not get 90.
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  1. Atimis
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Only if we would know that Haaland starts and shouldn’t KDB be fit to start with such a long rest?
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2. HashAttack
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Good change of paying off - I took a -8 this gw and did Salah, Bowen Alvarez to KDB Richa Pedro. Up +8 with Pedro (C) to play
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3. Conners
  1 year, 10 months ago
  I think it's more or less a dead cert that KDB doesn't get 90.
  
  His minutes are being built up gradually, 60 mins or so would be my guess.
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  1. HashAttack
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Can see what happens in the FA cup vs Spurs, but 61 minutes vs Burnley will do just fine
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Gazwaz80
1 year, 10 months ago
Go Groß! Go Pedro! 😀
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It’s gonna Ben Mee
1 year, 10 months ago
I can see Wolves winning this quite comfortably.
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1. g40steve
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Shhhhh, don’t pop their balloon 😉
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2. Atimis
  1 year, 10 months ago
  No way
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  1. g40steve
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Knowsit
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3. ZimZalabim
  1 year, 10 months ago
  after your Liverpool are finished post yesterday, ill take the same wait and see approach if you dont mind
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Mane Mane Mane
1 year, 10 months ago
Salah to which midfielder? Is KDB the best option? Will he play?
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ZimZalabim
1 year, 10 months ago
Most Valuable Poster (MVP) award goes to Mr. TonyAwesome69

No fluff just quality info

Thank you for your service, it is much appreciated.
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1. Wobbles
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Here, here
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Andrew D48
1 year, 10 months ago
What a performance by Equatorial Guinea thrashing the hosts end of Ivory Coast
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1. SM001
  1 year, 10 months ago
  NSUE!!!
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Nate(U)dog(ie)
1 year, 10 months ago
Salah's agent's comments make no sense. Says he's out for 3-4 weeks (tournament is over in less than 3 weeks) but he has a chance of playing again at AFCON if he returns to the UK for treatment?
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1. AC/DC AFC
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Ramy Abbas Issa said: Mohamed’s injury is more serious than first thought and he will be out for 21-28 days, and not two games.
  
  "His best chance at participating in the current AFCON is by undergoing intensive rehabilitation in the UK and rejoining the team as soon as he is fit."
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2. AC/DC AFC
  1 year, 10 months ago
  I guess that's a 21 day recovery?
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  1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Tournament is over in 20 days! Doesn't impact me as I don't have him and was planning on giving him one game at least initially to see how he is on his return before considering, but I'd be curious to see what Klopp says because this timeline doesn't exactly add up
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3. Ron_Swanson
  1 year, 10 months ago
  I’m keeping him. Sounds like he wanted to come home and doesn’t want to go back. I can’t afford to sell him and buy him back so I’ll pop him on the bench
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4. Ron_Swanson
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Agent commenting about fitness sounds a bit dodgy anyway. Let’s hear from the physio, or Klopp
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  1. _Freddo
    1 year, 10 months ago
    Because the managers are more honest? I’m not sure Salah, a proud Egyptian who was desperate to win that competition would cry of sick if he wasn’t actually injured.
    
    Us Europeans underestimate how important that Cup is to them.
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Andrew D48
1 year, 10 months ago
Apologies Ivory Coast could go through in third
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The Pep Revolution
1 year, 10 months ago
Really need Wolves to score and stop Brighton scoring.
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1. Gazwaz80
  1 year, 10 months ago
  No you don’t 😀
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2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Not sure about the latter but I'd certainly expect Wolves to score. Monday nights can often be poor but feel like this has potential for a lot of goals
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Tonyawesome69
1 year, 10 months ago
Sounds like a grade 2 hammy for Salah and high risk of re-injury if rushed back. Probably an easy sell but wait closer to the deadline next week
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_Greg
1 year, 10 months ago
The Salah news is wonderful, even the most stubborn of sellers can't justify it anymore!

Remember Haaland is out until the end of January as well fish memory people 🙂
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1. _Freddo
  1 year, 10 months ago
  You’ll find people who can’t afford to sell and buy him back will go down with the Titanic.
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  1. have you seen cyan
    1 year, 10 months ago
    people will need to sell TAA if they have any hope of getting Haaland and Salah back.
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1NAM
1 year, 10 months ago
Best 3rd placed got to be the dumbest thing in continental tourneys
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1. OverTinker
  1 year, 10 months ago
  Can't have enough teams for knockouts then
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AD105
1 year, 10 months ago
Suggestions? 1FT and 8.8 ITB

Areola
Gabriel Porro Estu
Foden Saka Richarlison Palmer
Watkins Solanke Alvarez

Dubravka Gordon TAA* Taylor*
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1. have you seen cyan
  1 year, 10 months ago
  just save see if anything happens with Haaland.
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