Players Returning from International Duty Fantasy Football Community

In this article we take a look at players returning from international duty. We focus on every single player that has participated in both the Asia Cup and Africa Cup of Nations, detailing all of the players whom have exited the competitions already and those that are returning to their Premier League clubs and FPL.

The players returning from international duty could have a huge impact on FPL managers plans moving forward. Knowing the returning players could affect things like transfers, captaincy and chip plan for the run of games ahead.

AFCON Participants

The biggest return from AFCON was of course Liverpool’ Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian exited the competition due to an injury which could rule him out for some matches.

Other players that returned to their clubs include West Ham midfielder Mohamed Kudus who picked up a goal contribution immediately upon his return. Leaving the Ghana national team alongside Kudus was Bournemouth’ Antoine Semenyo and Crystal Palace Jordan Ayew.

Below is a full list of players who have departed the Africa Cup of Nations:

Yasser Larouci (Sheffeild United)
Rayan Ait-Nouri (Wolves)
Bertrand Traore (Aston Villa)
Dango Ouattara (Bournemouth)
Issa Kabore (Luton)
Andre Onana (Manchester United)
Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal)
Yves Bissouma (Tottenham)
Boubacar Traore (Wolves)
Sofyan Amrabat (Manchester United)
Nayef Aguerd (West Ham)
Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea)
Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton)
Fode Ballo-Toure (Fulham)
Moussa Niakhate (Nottingham Forest)
Cheikhou Kouyate (Nottingham Forest)
Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham)
Anis Ben Slimane (Sheffield United)

Asia Cup

One of the most noticeable departures from the Asia Cup is favourites Japan who lost to Iran recently. As a result midfielder Kaoru Mitoma returns to Premier League club Brighton. Joining him on the plane home is Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo and Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu.

Other players returning to the Premier League from the Asia Cup is Saman Ghodos from Brentford and Wolves defender Justin Hubner.