Who will miss vital Premiership action:

ARSENAL Kolo Toure; Emmanuel Eboue (both Ivory Coast); Alex Song (Cameroon).

ASTON VILLA None.

BIRMINGHAM Richard Kingson (Ghana); Mehdi Nafti; Radhi Jaidi (both Tunisia).

BLACKBURN Aaron Mokoena (South Africa).

BOLTON WANDERERS El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal); Abdoulaye Meite (Ivory Coast).

CHELSEA Michael Essien (Ghana); Didier Drogba; Salomon Kalou (both Ivory Coast); John Obi Mikel (Nigeria).

DERBY None.

EVERTON Joseph Yobo; Yakubu (both Nigeria); Steven Pienaar (South Africa).

FULHAM Diomansy Kamara (Senegal).

LIVERPOOL Ibrahim Sissoko (Mali); Nabil El-Zhar (Morocco).

MANCHESTER CITY None.

MANCHESTER UNITED Mauricio Goncalves (Angola).

MIDDLESBROUGH Mohammed Shawky; Mido (both Egypt).

NEWCASTLE Obafemi Martins (Nigeria); Geremi (Cameroon); Habib Beye; Abdoulaye Faye (both Senegal).

PORTSMOUTH Suley Muntari (Ghana); Papa Bouba Diop (Senegal); Kanu; John Utaka (both Nigeria); Lauren (Cameroon).

READING Emerse Fae (Ivory Coast); Andre Bikey (Cameroon); Ibrahima Sonko (Senegal).

SUNDERLAND Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria).

TOTTENHAM Hossam Ghaly (Egypt); Didier Zokora (Ivory Coast).

WEST HAM John Pantsil (Ghana); Henri Camara (Senegal).

WIGAN Salomon Olembe (Cameroon); Julius Agahowa (Nigeria).

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