Italian football clubs are set to lose
22 players in total in the comings weeks for the Africa Cup of
Nations, which will take place in Ivory Coast from January 13 to
February 11.
Following finalisation of the official squad lists the national
teams playing in the biannual tournament, Serie A clubs are set
to lose 17 players, Serie B clubs 4 players and Serie C team
Alessandria striker Oscar Siafa, who has been called up to play
for Equatorial Guinea.
The most affected clubs are Lecce and Salernitana, which will
lose three players each.
The full list is as follows:
Serie A: Lookman (Nigeria/Atalanta); El Azzouzi
(Morocco/Bologna); Luvumbo (Angola/Cagliari); Kouame (Ivory
Coast/Fiorentina); Banda (Zambia/Lecce); Rafia (Tunisia/Lecce);
Touba (Algeria/Lecce); Bennacer (Algeria/Milan); Chukwueze
(Nigeria/Milan); Machin (Guinea Equatoriale/Monza); Anguissa
(Cameroon/Napoli); Osimhen (Nigeria/Napoli); Aouar
(Algeria/Roma), Ndicka (Ivory Coast/Roma); Jovane Cabral (Cape
Verde/Salernitana); L. Coulibaly (Mali/Salernitana); Dia
(Senegal/Salernitana);
Serie B: Bayeye (Democratic Republic of Congo/Ascoli); Pickel
(Democratic Republic of Congo/Cremonese); Guiebre (Burkina
Faso/Modena); Buyla (Equatorial Guinea/Sampdoria);
Serie C: Siafa (Equatorial Guinea/Alessandria).
Photo: Atalanta's Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman.
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