Salah has played his last game of 2025 for Liverpool – with debate surrounding whether this could be his last ever game for the club – and he now joins the Egyptian squad for AFCON.
While it is clear that losing their number 11 for a tournament that runs from December 21 to January 18 is a significant blow, the Reds are among those least affected in terms of numbers.
Premier League players called up for AFCON 2025
In fact, there are eleven Premier League clubs who have called up more players for this year’s mid-season AFCON.
Sunderland: 6
Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso), Arthur Masuaku, Noah Sadiki (DR Congo), Reinildo (Mozambique), Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco), Habib Diarra (Senegal)
Manchester United: 3
Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon), Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco), Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast)
Fulham: 3
Alex Iwobi, Calvin Bassey, Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria)
Burnley: 3
Axel Tuanzebe (DR Congo), Lyle Foster (South Africa), Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia)
Wolves: 2
Emmanuel Agbadou (Ivory Coast), Tawanda Chirewa (Zimbabwe)
Nottingham Forest: 2
Willy Boly, Ibrahim Sangare (Ivory Coast)
Everton: 2
Iliman Law, Idrissa Gueee (Senegal)
Men’s City: 2
Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria), Omar Marmoush (Egypt)
Brentford: 2
Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso), Frank Onyeka (Nigeria)
Tottenham: 2
Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal), Yves Bissouma (Mali)
Westham: 2
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Dr. Congo), El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal)
Crystal Palace: 1
Ismaila Sarr (Senegal)
Liverpool: 1
Mo Salah (Egypt)
Brighton: 1
Carlos Baleba (Cameroon)
Aston Villa: 1 standby
Evann Guessand (Ivory Coast)
The five Premier League clubs guaranteed not to see any players leave for AFCON are Arsenal, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Leeds and Newcastle.
When are Mohamed Salah’s matches at AFCON 2025?
Salah will travel to Morocco to meet his Egyptian teammates for final preparations ahead of the tournament, which starts for Hossam Hassan’s side on December 22:
Group stage
• Egypt vs Zimbabwe – December 22
• Egypt vs South Africa – December 26
• Angola vs Egypt – December 29
Knockout phase
• Round of 16 – January 3/4/5
• Quarterfinals – January 9/10
• Semi-finals: January 14
• Third placed play-off: January 17
• Final: January 18
Which Liverpool games will Salah miss for AFCON?
Salah will miss at least three matches for Liverpool during his absence from AFCON, namely:
• Tottenham (A) – Premier League – December 20
• Wolves (H) – Premier League – December 27
• Leeds (H) – Premier League – January 1
The 33-year-old could also be absent for another five matches, including the FA Cup third round with Barnsley:
• AFCON Round of 16 – January 3/4/5
• Fulham (A) – Premier League – January 4
• Arsenal (A) – Premier League – January 8
• AFCON Quarter-finals – January 9/10
• Barnsley (H) – FA Cup – January 12
• AFCON semi-finals: January 14
• AFCON third seed play-off: January 17
• Burnley (H) – Premier League – January 17
• AFCON finals: January 18
• Marseille (A) – Champions League – January 21
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