Some 12 star players of the Premier League are out for the 2015 Africa Nations Cup
Readers of African Voice can enjoy full updates on the footballing fiesta courtesy of our correspondents based in Equatorial Guinea.
The 16 teams to reach the finals are Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde, Algeria, Tunisia, South Africa, Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Congo and DR Congo. African Nation’s Cup kicks off on January 17, with the final taking place on February 8.
Here is the list of the Premier League stars already invited to the competition and the countries they represent, while others may still follow:
1. Yaya Toure (Manchester City) – Ivory Coast
2. Sadio Mane (Southampton) – Senegal
3. Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham Hotspur) – Algeria
4. Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham United) – Senegal
5. Cheick Tiote (Newcastle United) – Ivory Coast
6. Youssouf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion) – DR Congo
7. Papiss Cisse (Newcastle United) – Senegal
8. Kolo Toure (Liverpool) – Ivory Coast
9. Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) – Senegal
10. Mohamed Diame (Hull City) – Senegal
11. Wilfried Bony (Swansea City) – Ivory Coast
12. Christian Atsu (Chelsea, on loan at Everton) – Ghana
