{"id":297935,"date":"2023-11-23T14:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T14:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=297935"},"modified":"2023-11-23T14:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T14:24:20","slug":"man-united-could-lose-aaron-wan-bissaka-to-afcon-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/man-united-could-lose-aaron-wan-bissaka-to-afcon-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United could lose Aaron Wan-Bissaka to AFCON in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Manchester United could lose Aaron Wan-Bissaka to the Africa Cup of Nations in January with right-back approached to represent DR Congo<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DR Congo have approached Aaron Wan-Bissaka over playing for them<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Africa Cup of Nations runs from January 13 to February 11 next year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Everton players will be fed up with the owners \u2013 listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been approached by the Democratic Republic of Congo to play for them at the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Wan-Bissaka has three England Under-21 caps and has been keen to pursue a senior career with the Three Lions.<\/p>\n<p>But there is huge competition at right back with Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Reece James and Tino Livramento among the players competing for a role at right-back with Wan-Bissaka.<\/p>\n<p>And DR Congo have moved to take advantage of the impasse in the 25-year-old\u2019s international career with England.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/13\/78160415-0-image-a-2_1700747545602.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aaron Wan-Bissaka could play for the DR Congo in the Africa Cup of Nations<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Wan-Bissaka is of Congolese descent and has turned down previous attempts by the African nation to persuade him to commit his international future to them.<\/p>\n<p>The defender, who has played for DR Congo U20s, is yet to make a final decision over whether to accept the offer.<\/p>\n<p>The former Crystal Palace man has been called up by England seniors once before but was forced to withdraw from Gareth Southgate\u2019s party in 2019 but had to withdraw due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>If Wan-Bissaka accepts the offer, United will lose their key defender for a period at the turn of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, which is being staged in Ivory Coast, starts on January 13 and finished on February 11.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12784245\/Aaron-Wan-Bissaka-AFCON-Manchester-United-DR-Congo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United could lose Aaron Wan-Bissaka to the Africa Cup of Nations in January with right-back approached to represent DR Congo DR Congo have approached Aaron Wan-Bissaka over playing for them The Africa Cup of Nations runs from January 13 to February 11 next year Everton players will be fed up with the owners \u2013&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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