The 2025 AFCON tournament will be hosted by Morocco, while the 2027 edition will be hosted by three countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
The 2025 CAF Africa Cup of Nations will be held in Morocco and is the 35th edition of the biennial African men’s national team football competition. However, the date has been changed, reports Soccernet.ng.
Following the success of the AFCON 2023 tournament in Ivory Coast, the season in which the tournament will be held has been changed, taking into account complaints regarding the humid weather conditions in the host country.
According to
Morocco World News, the AFCON 2025 tournament will be held from July 20th to August 17th in six Egyptian cities. These cities include Tangier, Rabat, Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, and Fes.
Unlike the previous AFCON tournament, which was postponed to January 2024 to avoid Ivory Coast’s rainy season, the 2025 finals will be held in the northern hemisphere summer.
What impact will this have on African players in the Premier League and Europe?
This news will come as a huge relief to coaches and owners of clubs in European leagues. With the new schedule, club CEOs like Bayer 04’s Fernando Caro of Leverkusen will have less reason to complain about key players leaving their home country midway through the season.
But it will have a big impact on players. Since the tournament is scheduled to start in July, most of these players will miss the pre-season games with their clubs and possibly the first few league games of his 2025/2026 season.
This also means that African players have little or no time to rest. It may be difficult for them to adjust to the club team after the tournament, as they will miss much of the training and rhythm with their teammates.
While most clubs enter the summer transfer window to sign players, some clubs’ boards may be cautious about signing African players for fear of injury during competitions. be. This could also be due to fans not being able to see signed players put into action for the club right away.
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