#africa-cup-of-nations

#africa-cup-of-nations

In losing Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso), Arthur Masuaku (DR Congo), Noah Sadiki (DR Congo), Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco), Reinildo Mandava (Mozambique) and Habib Diarra (Senegal), Sunderland will be without players who have played a cumulative 4,412 minutes and 61 appearances in the Premier League this season a higher total than any other side. Sadiki has missed just 26 minutes in the league this season and looks to be their biggest miss of all.

It has been a hectic few weeks for the 33-year-old, first being benched for three consecutive games by Liverpool boss Arne Slot, before the winger himself blew the story open by telling journalists he'd been thrown under the bus. That led to the winger being omitted from the Reds' travelling squad to face Inter Milan, before crunch talks between the head coach and Salah saw him readmitted to the first team.

After Bournemouth had equalised almost straight from the restart, the Brazilian conceded the free-kick from which James Tavernier scored to put the visitors 3-2 up. To compound matters even further, Casemiro was shown a yellow card for his foul on the Cherries forward. With that being his fifth individual booking of the season, the midfielder must now serve his second suspension of the campaign.

There's lots of potential with Tawanda and hopefully we can get the best out of him,

The tournament kicks off on Sunday, 21 December when the hosts take on Comoros at Rabat's Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium at 19:00 GMT. The pressure is on the Atlas Lions, who are Africa's highest-ranked nation at 11th in the world but have not won Afcon since 1976. Meanwhile, Mohamed Salah, who is still looking for his first title, will hope to captain Egypt to a record-extending eighth continental crown after finishing as a runner-up at the 2017 and 2021 editions.

Marc Brys has denied he has quit as coach of Cameroon, stating that his email was likely hacked and his alleged resignation letter did not originate from him.

I chose to be here in Libya and start this project because from my very first meeting with the board members of the Libyan Football Federation I felt the willingness and how much they believed in me as a person and as a coach.