Players leaving for African nations

Arsenal Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Eboue (Ivory Coast), Alex Song (Cameroon)Aston Villa NoneBirmingham Richard Kingson (Ghana), Mehdi Nafti, Radhi Jaidi (Tunisia)Blackburn Aaron Mokoena (South Africa)Bolton El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal), Abdoulaye Meite (Ivory Coast)Chelsea Michael Essien (Ghana), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast), John Obi Mikel (Nigeria) Derby NoneEverton Joseph Yobo (Nigeria), Ayegbeni Yakubu (Nigeria), Steven Pienaar (South Africa)Fulham Diomansy Kamara (Senegal)Liverpool Momo Sissoko (Mali)Manchester City None Manchester United Manuco Goncalves (Angola) Middlesbrough Mohammed Shawky (Egypt) Newcastle Obafemi Martins (Nigeria), Geremi (Cameroon), Habib Beye, Abdoulaye Faye (Senegal)Portsmouth Sulley Muntari (Ghana), Bouba Papa Diop (Senegal), Nwankwo Kanu, John Utaka (Nigeria)Reading Emerse Fae (Ivory Coast), Andre Bikey (Cameroon), Ibrahima Sonko (Senegal)Sunderland Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria)Tottenham Didier Zokora (Ivory Coast)West Ham John Pantsil (Ghana)Wigan None

Arsenal and Chelsea are pretty badly hit. With Drogba injured they depended on Kalou but now he is obviously off aswell. Now Chelsea must put their Striking responsibilities with Shevchenko and Pizzaro. Oh Dear.

Arsenal Loe half their Defence but Eboue has been playing On the wing lately and that could mean Hleb could go back to Right wing or he could retain his place and Walcott could come in. Obviously we've got Sagna at right back who has been doing really well lately and Phillip Senderos and Gallas hould provide a Good team while Toure i away. Also Djourou has been called back so that should provide cover should Senderos gets injured. As or song, He is more of a sub and League cup player so i don't think we will miss him terribly.

Portmouth are also a badly hit club. They lose a strong Midfielder in Papa Bouba Diop and their bet Strikers as well. They will have to rely on David Nuegent lol.

As for the rest Manchester United are losing a player I've never heard of and Liverpool are losing Sissoko but they have Mascha now. Everton are losing a couple key players. They are losing key players in different roles. Yobo is a solid Centre Back, Pienaar is a very talented Centre Mid that likes to go out to the wings and does very well there. And Yakubu is also a big loss. He has been a big influence on Everton lately. Man City are lucky as they have no African players to worry about so they might hold on to fourth spot over the nine weeks.

And I think Ivory coast or Nigeria will win the Tournament. Nigeria are always around the top 5-4 and Ivory coast have an amazing squad. The likes of Toure, Eboue, Kalou, Drogba, Zakora, Meite and Fae is enough to make those Africans shake in their boots

 

Liverpool don't miss out

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DDRickyDD @ Jan 4 2008, 08:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Liverpool don't miss out </div>

this is pool's last chance to make a comeback for the league "in case" the dirty chavs,manure or arsenal happen to drop points. Toure will be missed but we still got adebayor thanks to togo not qualifying for the ANC.

 

Thank god they didn't qualify.

 

I feel bad for Chelsea LOL

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kobe23 @ Jan 8 2008, 12:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I feel bad for Chelsea LOL</div>


Lol well i Obviously don't. But Drogba is there best player so they are going to have to buy the league without him.

 

Chelsea will fall further in the title race because of this cup. Arsenal maybe drop points because Toure is there best defender. Man Utd are not missing no-one except the new player Manucho, but he isn't playing untill next season.

 

Well, now Chelsea may have resolved a bit of their differences with a 15mil transfer for Anelka. Gallas can fill Toure's spot well.

 

I don't know how Portsmouth will survive without at the least 5 players leaving. Rednapp will need to do some revamping.

 

They have good player to come in though: Nugent, Taylor, Etc

 

I wouldn't rely on Nugent.

 

Yea ****ing Pizzaro, luckily we bought Anelka to fill in . Our Midfield looks really weak right now with no Essien or Lampard.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hustler @ Feb 5 2008, 09:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yea ****ing Pizzaro, luckily we bought Anelka to fill in . Our Midfield looks really weak right now with no Essien or Lampard.</div>

Yeh without Essien, Drogba, Kalou and Lamps Chelsea have no depth.

But for Arsenal, Togo didn't qualify so good for us