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Which players could be selected? As well as Salah and Mbuemo, several other important players could be called up by their countries for this year's could also call up Salah's international team-mate Omar Marmoush of Manchester City, while Brentford's Yoane Wissa could feature for the Democratic Republic of striker Nicolas Jackson is a Senegal international, as are Everton midfielders Iliman Ndiaye and Idrissa United goalkeeper Andre Onana may be called up by Cameroon., while Tottenham midfielders Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr could play for Mali and Senegal, respectively. Which clubs are affected the most? Sunderland have seven players from African nations in their squad who could all receive call-ups to Forest, who will also have European football to also negotiate this season, have six players who may feature at are the only club to have multiple African players that cannot feature at AFCON due to the players' nations not Aston Villa, Leeds and Newcastle are the four clubs who currently do not have an African player in their squads. Which nations are best represented? Of the 24 nations at Afcon, 15 have at least one player from their country at a Premier League Coast and Senegal are the most popular African nation in the Premier League, with eight players each currently at Premier League are the next most popular nation with seven, closely followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Morocco who have four Faso, South Africa, Tunisia, Algeria and Mozambique all have one player each at Premier League clubs. Full list of Premier League players who could feature at AFCON Bournemouth: Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso), Hamed Traore (Ivory Coast)Arsenal: No African players in current first-team squadAston Villa: No African players in current first-team squadBrentford: Yoane Wissa (Democratic Republic of Congo), Frank Onyeka (Nigeria),Brighton: Carlos Baleba (Cameroon), Abdallah Sima (Senegal), Malick Yalcouye (Ivory Coast)Burnley: Axel Tuanzebe (Democratic Republic of Congo), Manuel Benson (Angola), Lyle Foster (South Africa), Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia)Chelsea: Nicolas Jackson (Senegal)Crystal Palace: Ismaila Sarr (Senegal), Cheick Doucoure (Mali), Chadi Riad (Morocco)Everton: Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal), Idrissa Gueye (Senegal)Fulham: Calvin Bassey (Nigeria), Alex Iwobi (Nigeria)Leeds: No African players in current first-team squadLiverpool: Mohamed Salah (Egypt)Manchester City: Omar Marmoush (Egypt), Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria)Manchester United: Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco), Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast), Andre Onana (Cameroon), Bryan Mbuemo (Cameroon)Newcastle: No African players in current first-team squadNottingham Forest: Ibrahim Sangare (Ivory Coast), Taiwo Awoniyi (Nigeria), Emmanuel Dennis (Nigeria), Willy Boly (Ivory Coast), Ola Aina (Nigeria), David Carmo (Angola)Sunderland: Blondy Nna Noukeu (Cameroon), Habib Diarra (Senegal), Ahmed Abdullahi (Nigeria), Reinildo Mandava (Mozambique), Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco), Noah Sadiki (Democratic Republic of Congo), Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast)Tottenham: Yves Bissouma (Mali), Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)West Ham: El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal), Maxwel Cornet (Ivory Coast), Nayef Aguerd (Morocco), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Democratic Republic of Congo)Wolves: Marshall Munetsi (Zimbabwe), Boubacar Traore (Mali), Emmanuel Agbadou (Ivory Coast), Tawnda Chirewa (Zimbabwe)African players whose countries have not qualified for Afcon: Antoine Semenyo (Ghana and Bournemouth), Tariq Lamptey (Ghana and Brighton), Yankuba Minteh (Gambia and Brighton), Beto (Guinea-Bissau and Everton), Mohammed Kudus (Ghana and Tottenham)This article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team. 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