Best XI – PL Players Currently Starring In AFCON Including Legendary Red Mo Salah

Best XI – PL Players Currently Starring In AFCON Including Legendary Red Mo Salah

There are 31 Premier League players who have joined up with their national teams for AFCON.

Some clubs have been more affected by the call-ups than others. Nottingham Forest have 6 stars on international duty, while the likes of Manchester City, Burnley and Newcastle United have nobody at the tournament.

In this post, we have decided to draw up a starting eleven using the list of players who are currently away with their countries at AFCON.

Press the next page as we pick what we believe is the best lineup.



David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.