GABON TOURNAMENT BUILD-UP
Mahrez one of five players to watch in Cup
Here are five footballers worth keeping a close eye on when the biennial 16-team competition starts
Libreville — New African Footballer of the Year and Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez tops a cast of stars heading to Gabon this week for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Here are five footballers worth keeping a close eye on when the biennial 16-team competition starts on Saturday: Pierre-Emerick Aubame-yang (Gabon): The 27-year-old striker has been averaging a goal a game this season for Borussia Dortmund to top the Bundesliga scorers’ chart going into the mid-season break. After being crowned 2015 African Footballer of the Year, the France-born son of a Gabonese father and Spanish mother finished runner-up to lethal Leicester City weapon Mahrez in the latest poll. He will be keen to do well for Gabon as his failure to convert a shootout penalty condemned the 2012 Cup of Nations cohosts to a quarterfinals defeat by Mali. Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast): The 24-year-old Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) defender was in the media spotlight in 2016, but many of the headlines had little to do with footba...
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