The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations is set to be light up from 14th of January at the 40,000-seat capacity Stade de l'Amitié in Libreville, Gabon.
Here are some of the African stars who will not be adorning their Fatherland colour at the 31st Africa mundial despite their country flag being hoisted in the West Africa nation.
There are different reasons that these stars will not be participating at this year footballing showpiece which is also part of the Africa Cup of Nations 60th Anniversary. While some were due to injuries and some were not called up, others pulled out due to club commitments.
Here are the names of some of these players and the country they represent;
Carl Medjani(Leganes/Algeria), Sofiane Feghouli (West Ham/Algeria), Adam Ounas(Bordeaux/Algeria), Ishak Belfodil(Standard Liege/Algeria), Kwadwo Asamoah(Juventus/Ghana), Jeffrey Schllup(Leicester City/Ghana), Adam Kwarasey(Rosenborg/Ghana),
Benik Afobe(Bournemouth/DR Congo), Yannick Bolasie(Everton/DR Congo), Allan Nyom(West Brom/Cameroon), Eric Choupo-Moting(Schalke 04/Cameroon), Ibrahim Amadou(Lille/Cameroon), Joel Matip(Liverpool/Cameroon), Younes Belhanda(Nice/Morocco),
Pape Souare(Crystal Palace/Senegal), Diafra Sakho(West Ham/Senegal), Brice Dja Djedje(Watford/Cote d'Ivoire), Gervinho(Hebei China Fortune/Cote d'Ivoire), Abdoulaye Doukoure(Watford/Mali)
The tournament runs from January 14th through 5th of February 2017 in four different venues across the nation.
