Who's heading for Tunisia...

14 April 2012

The 24th African Nations Cup runs from 24 January until 14 February, but under FIFA rules players will link up with their squads two weeks before the tournament.

The Premiership players set to go to Tunisia are:

CAMEROON: Geremi (Chelsea), Eric Djemba-Djemba (Man Utd), Salomon Olembe (Leeds)

DR CONGO: Lomana Tresor LuaLua (Newcastle)

MALI: Frederic Kanoute (Tottenham)

NIGERIA: Jay-Jay Okocha (Bolton), Kanu (Arsenal), Joseph Yobo (Everton), Celestine Babayaro (Chelsea), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Portsmouth)

SENEGAL: Amdy Faye (Portsmouth), El-Hadji Diouf (Liverpool), Salif Diao (Liverpool), Aliou Cisse (Birmingham), Henri Camara (Wolves), Lamine Sakho (Leeds)

SOUTH AFRCIA: Mbulelo Mabizela (Tottenham)

The African Premiership players who won't be at the tournament:

CAMEROON: Lauren (Arsenal) retired from international football in December 2002.

IVORY COAST: Kolo Toure (Arsenal) misses out because his country failed to qualify.

SOUTH AFRICA: Shaun Bartlett (Charlton) quit international football last October in a bid to secure his future at Charlton.
Quinton Fortune (Man United) left out of the squad after angering coach Ephraim Mashaba by skipping international commitments last year.
Lucas Radebe (Leeds) retired from international football last May and sidelined with a hamstring injury anyway.

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