The Premier League players who have been knocked out of 2023 AFCON
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations has already served up a ridiculous amount of drama. It has been a tournament for the underdogs so far, with a whole host of the continent's big-hitters making early exits from the competition. As a result, some of the Premier League's top performers have already returned to their clubs, ready to put disappointing AFCON campaigns behind them. Here are all the Premier League players who have been knocked out of AFCON. Algeria Algeria didn't even make it out of their group / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/GettyImages The 2019 winners endured a dismal and short campaign, failing to win any of their three group stage games and accumulating just two points. A defeat to lowly Mauritania in their last match put the final nail in the coffin, with two Premier League players exiting the competition. Wolverhampton Wanderers full-back Rayan Ait-Nouri made a swift return to Molineux and even featured in the club's FA Cup victory over Midlands rivals West Bromwich ...