Mohamed Salah, Amad Diallo, and Bryan Mbeumo highlight a number of Premier League stars hoping to lead their nations to continental glory as the Africa Cup of Nations kicks off this month in Morocco.

Getty ImagesGabon's Africa Cup of Nations campaign has been dealt a severe early blow with the news that their captain and talisman, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, has been ruled out of the tournament's

Botswana will be competing in only their second Africa Cup of Nations finals when they travel to Morocco in December and had to come through a difficult qualifying campaign to do so.

The Africa Cup of Nations 2025 takes center stage in December and early January, as 24 teams head to Morocco aiming to be crowned AFCON champs. This is going to be a brilliant tournament held in nine stadiums across six cities in Morocco.

Crystal Palace will be represented at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations – which starts this weekend – after Ismaïla Sarr was called up by Senegal for the latest edition of Africa's biggest competition.

Algeria goalkeeper Luca Zidane, son of French World Cup-winner Zinedine, looks likely to start at this month’s Africa Cup of Nations after the injured Alexis Guendouz was left out of the squad announced on Saturday.

Sébastien Haller could miss the CAN!Sébastien Haller / @ less than a week to go before the start of the Africa Cup of Nations, the Ivory Coast national team could be without