Africa football legend, Yaya Toure overlooks Ghana as he picks his favourites heading into the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations slated for early next year.
The 40-year-old has so much experience and participated in six different AFCON tournaments during his playing days and was the captain of the Elephants when they won the title in 2015- beating Ghana via penalty shootouts in the final.
Currently serving as the assistant coach of Saudi Arabia, the four-time Africa's best player has picked his country Cote D'Ivoire, Morocco, Guinea Bissau and South Africa as his favourite coming into the AFCON mainly because of how impressive he was in the qualifiers.
“It’s normal to have a preference for your own country,” Toure, who won the AFCON in 2015, is quoted as saying by Afrique Sports.
“Côte d’Ivoire has a strong team and many talented and experienced players. But if I had to choose the teams I think are favourites, I’d say Senegal, Morocco, Guinea-Bissau, and South Africa. They had an impressive qualifying campaign.”
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations is the 34th edition and will be held in Cote D'Ivoire early next year.
The opening game is slated for January 13, 2024 at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Abidjan between Cote D'Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau.
