Eight things about the Premier League Africans

Mzalendo_Mkweli · 2016-09-05T06:05:53+00:00

The English Premier League has released the official list of 25-player squads for the 2016/17 season. The BBC's Stanley Kwenda looks at seven things about the African players in the Premier League. Nine per cent There are 46 African players plying their trade in the Premier League this season - that's an increase of one from last season. This is around 9% of the total of 500 players. Full suit Every club in the league has an African player Team Senegal Senegal has the largest contingent of players in the league, with eight, followed by Ivory Coast with six, Nigeria with five, Algeria four while Ghana has three. Image caption Senegal's captain Cheikhou Kouyate plays for West Ham The country can almost make its own premier league team. It has a fine balance of wingers, strikers and defenders: Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham United) Diafra Sakho (West Ham United) Pape Souare (Crystal Palace) Idrissa Gana (Everton) Oumar Niasse (Everton) Sadio Mane (Liverpool) Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) Papi Djilobodji (Sunderland) All they need is a goalkeeper. No goalkeeper Strangely, there is no African goalkeeper among the 45 African players in the premier league. Well, unless you want to count Steve Mandanda, the DR Congo-born Crystal Palace goalkeeper who plays his international football with France. Leicester 5 - Sunderland 5 Image caption Ahmed Musa boosted the African presence in Leicester City Image caption Ghana's Andre Ayew joined West Ham from Swansea City over the summer Premier League champions Leicester City and Sunderland have the highest African representation with five players each. Everton, Watford and West Ham United follow closely with four players each: Sunderland has a rich African history. It has been home to some of Africa's greatest footballers such as Cameroon's Patrick Mboma, Ghana's Asamoah Gyan and John Mensah, Zimbabwe's Benjani Mwaruwari and Morocco Talal El Karkouri. Last year Crystal Palace had the highest number of African players, with five in total but it has since gone down to three. Two firsts Equatorial Guinea and Libya have their first Premier League players this season in the form of Middlesbrough defender Emilio Nsue and Manchester United's Sadik El Fitouri, respectively. Costly defender Ivory Coast Defender Eric Bailly is one of the highest profile African players to join the Premier League this season. His £30m ($40m) transfer fee ranks him among the most expensive defenders. Source : Eight things about the Premier League Africans - BBC News

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Start date Sep 5, 2016

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