Preparations are in top gear as Garbon is set to host the 31st edition of the biennial international men's football of Africa. The tournament will begin on 14th January and culminates on 5th February, 2017.
Even though the three times champions, Nigeria failed to qualify, the tournament promises to be an exciting one as 26 premier league players are expected. Thirteen Premier League teams are affected as five of them will have to play about four matches without three of their first team squad members. Here are the names of EPL players expected in Garbon:
Arsenal-
Mohamed Elneny (Egypt)
Bournemouth-
Max Gradel, (Ivory
Coast)
Crystal
Palace- Wilfried Zaha, (Ivory
Coast), Bakary Sako (Mali)
Everton-
Idrissa Gueye (Senegal)
Hull
City- Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt), Dieumerci Mbokani (DR Congo)
Leicester-
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria), Islam Slimani (Algeria), Daniel
Amartey (Ghana)
Liverpool-
Sadio Mane (Senegal)
Manchester
United-Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast)
Southampton-
Sofiane Boufal (Morocco)
Stoke-
Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast), Mame Biram Diouf (Senegal), Ramadan Sobhi (Egypt)
Sunderland-
Lamine Kone (Senegal), Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia), Didier Ndong (Garbon)
Watford-
Nordin Amrabat (Morocco), Adlène Guedioura (Algeria)
West
Ham- Cheikou Kouyate (Senegal), Andre Ayew (Ghana)
Hull city- Dieumerci Mbokani (DR Congo), Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt).
Algeria, Senegal, Ghana, Egypt, Ivory Coast and Tunisia have been described as the favourites for this tournament. Congratulations in advance to the would-be winner of AfCON 2017!
Ivory Coast for me is the favourite
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