You, our readers, have had your say on which Premier League club will be most affected by the African Cup of Nations exodus - and it seems that Chelsea are expected to be hit hardest by the tournament in Ghana.

There will be 35 players from 16 top-division teams missing until the end of January at least - and potentially two weeks into February.

Chelsea and Portsmouth will be without four players apiece while Arsenal and Everton have to make plans for the absence of three.

A massive 18,000 of you voted on our poll for these four teams: and the boys from the Bridge garnered 44 percent of the opinion.

Not only are they missing over a third of a team, but those players are key members of Avram Grant's Chelsea line-up: super striker Didier Drogba and versatile attacker Salomon Kalou to the Ivory Coast, midfield maestro Michael Essien to host nation Ghana and hard man John Obi Mikel to Nigeria.

Level-pegging on 26 percent are Arsenal and Pompey. The south coast club must make do without Nigeria veteran Nwankwo Kanu, speedy success-story John Utaka - also to Nigeria - Ghanaian trickster Sulley Muntari and Senegal's Papa Bouba Diop.

The Gunners' squad has been decimated not only by the call-ups of defenders Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue to the Ivory Coast and midfield youngster Alexandre Song to Cameroon, but also by injuries.

Swiss centre-halves Johan Djourou and Phillippe Senderos in particular, along with Dutch striker Robin van Persie, exacerbate the problems.

That fact also holds true for Chelsea, who were already without key men John Terry, Frank Lampard and Andriy Shevchenko before the departure of their African heroes.

You reckon, however, that Everton should do all right - despite losing goal hero Yakubu and defensive rock Joseph Yobo to Nigeria as well as midfield schemer Steven Pienaar to South Africa.

Only three percent of you fear for the Toffeemen's season as the carnival approaches in Africa.

Jonathan Symcox / Eurosport