Was reading about drogba's knee op and how he'll be fit for the African Nations Cup. got me thinking what a massive miss he'll be for chelsea, then realised there would be quite a few missing from chelsea and a fair few others. chelsea and arsenal will be badly affected, everton, newcastle & pompey get it quite bad too............
South Africa: Steven Pienaar (Everton), Aaron Mokoena & Benni McCarthy (Blackburn Rovers)
Tunisia: Mehdi Nafti & Radhi Jaidi (Birmingham City)
Morocco: Nabil El-Zhar (Liverpool)
Mali: Mohammed Sissoko (Liverpool), Djimi Traoré (Portsmouth)
Senegal: El-Hadji Diouf* (Bolton Wanderers), Henri Camara (West Ham United), Abdoulaye Faye & Habib Beye (Newcastle United), Papa Boupa Diop (Portsmouth)
Cameroon: Geremi (Newcastle United), Andre Bikey (Reading), Alexandre Song (Arsenal), Salomon Olembé (Wigan Athletic), Lauren (Portsmouth)
Nigeria: Joseph Yobo, Aiyegbeni Yakubu & Victor Anichebe (Everton), Dickson Etuhu (Sunderland), John Obi Mikel (Chelsea), N****wo Kanu & John Utaka (Portsmouth), Julius Aghahowa (Wigan Athletic), Celestine Babayaro & Obafemi Martins (Newcastle United)
Egypt: Mohamed Shawky & Mido (Middlesbrough), Hossam Ghaly (Tottenham Hotspur)
Ivory Coast: Kolo Touré & Emmanuel Eboué (Arsenal), Didier Zokora (Tottenham Hotspur), Didier Drogba & Salomon Kalou (Chelsea), Emerse Fae (Reading), Abdoulaye Meité (Bolton Wanderers)
Ghana: Richard Kingson (Birmingham City), John Pantsil (West Ham United), Michael Essien (Chelsea), Sulley Muntari (Portsmouth)
Benin, Zambia, Namibia, Guinea, Angola, Sudan: None
*Diouf retired from international football in October 2007, but was named in the next Senegal squad. Status is unknown.
Benin, Zambia, Namibia, Guinea, Angola, Sudan: None
*Diouf retired from international football in October 2007, but was named in the next Senegal squad. Status is unknown.