AFCON

After keeping his country waiting, it seems as if Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will accept his latest national team call-up rather than call time on his international career.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been called up by Gabon but the national team manager is not sure he will accept given his recent comments about retiring and the problems he’s had with his nation.

Fans didn’t let Mo Salah’s injury absence get to them when the Egyptian team landed at Matsapha International airport, swamping Mohamed Elneny instead

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is on a ‘mission’ for Gabon when they face South Sudan on Tuesday in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

Nigeria’s manager Gernot Rohr won’t call up any replacements for Alex Iwobi, Ola Aina and William Troost Ekong, who all withdrew from the Super Eagles squad for their AFCON qualifier.

Arsenal won’t have to worry about losing Mohamed Elneny or Alex Iwobi to the Africa Cup of Nations from its next staging in 2019.

Mohamed Elneny broke the deadlock with a clever finish from close-range but ended up with a runners-up medal as Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar broke Egyptian hearts minutes before extra time beckoned.

Despite missing Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final match against Morocco with a calf strain, Mohamed Elneny managed to make the bench for their semi-final win against Burkina Faso.

Mohamed Elneny will undergo tests in the ‘coming days’ after the midfielder picked up a calf strain that ruled him out of Egypt’s 1-0 win over Morocco in the AFCON quarter final.

If we were thinking it might be nice to have Mohamed Elneny back in the Arsenal set-up soon, we might be out of luck after the midfielder picked up a calf-injury, ruling him out of the quarter final against Morocco.

Mohamed Elneny is currently away with Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Gabon and his country have managed to progress to the quarter-finals.

Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny is currently away on international duty with his native Egypt, as they aim to secure a record eighth Africa Cup of Nations trophy this year.

Ismael Bennacer has received an international callup for Algeria to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations after another player withdrew because of injury.

Arsenal Ladies’ reserves won their second game of the season, 4-0 away to Yeovil, and have moved up four places in the Development League.

The Arsenal forward scored four goals in Nigeria’s 6-0 win against Mali in their first group game.

Arsenal will have to do without Mohamed Elneny in January as Egypt head to the Africa Cup of Nations just about when Arsenal’s injury crisis should be in full swing.