Ivory Coast are one of Nigeria's group-stage opponents, and they have released their final squad for the tournament
Nigeria's Africa Cup of Nations group stage opponents Ivory Coast have unveiled their final 27-man squad for the tournament, Soccernet.ng reports.
Two weeks ago, 2023 AFCON hosts Ivory Coast unveiled a 54-man provisional squad for the AFCON slated for January next year.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) set January 3rd as the date for the submission of final squads. But coach Jean-Louis Gasset has set the pace by releasing his squad for the competition. And in a shock move, the French tactician has omitted former Crystal Palace star Wilfred Zaha from the list.
Meanwhile, there are some notable inclusions like Nicholas Pepe, Simon Adingra, Sebastien Haller, and Jeremie.
Full List
Yahia Fofana (SCO Angers)
Badra Ali (Sekhukhune)
Ayayi Folly (ASEC Mimosas)
Willy Boly (Nottingham Forest)
Chester Diallo (Hadjuk Split)
Ousmande Diomande (Sporting)
Odilon Kossounou (Bayer Leverkusen)
Evan Ndicka (Roma)
Ghislain Konan (Al Fayha)
Serge Aurier (Nottingham Forest)
Wilfried Singo (Monaco)
Ibrahim Sangare (Nottingham Forest)
Idrissa Doumbia (Ah Ahli)
Franck Kessie (Ah Ahli)
Jean Michael Seri (Hull City)
Seko Fofana (Al Nassr)
Lazare Amani (Union SG)
Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund)
Karim Konate (Salzburg)
Jean Philippe Krasso (Etoile Rouge)
Max-Alain Gradel (Gaziantep)
Christian Kouame (Fiorentina)
Jonathan Bamba (Celta Vigo)
Oumar Diakite (Reims)
Jeremie Boga (OGC Nice)
Nicolas Pepe (Trabzonspor)
Simon Adingra (Brighton).
Look how balance this team are, right numbers of GK, DEF, DFM/CMF/AMF, LW/RW and Strikers.
Our own selection will be so stupid, 3 GK, 6 DEF, 3 DFM/CMF/AMF, the rest will be useless Strikers.
We don’t need more than 2/3 strikers for a tournament, we need more midfielders, 4 stable DFM, 3 creative CMF/AMF that can support the strikers and help in defence. I don’t want to see Musa Ahmed name on the list oooo.