Players that will keep our eyes glued to screens as the AFCON kicks off

The AFCON draws was done yesternight in the host country Egypt where it is expected to run from mid-June to July to know the football champion of the continent.

The qualification for the AFCON was concluded during the March international break with the number of teams expanded from 16 to 24.

The tournament runs from June 21 to July 19 in Egypt and will the first to be played in the summer after the CAF decided to move it from being held in January and February.

Mohamed Salah did not feature in the latest internationals for Egypt but, should he be fit, the Liverpool forward will likely feature for the hosts as will vice-captain Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal).

Senegal captain Sadio Mane (Liverpool) is likely to be involved, along with Cheikhou Kouyate (Crystal Palace) and Idrissa Gueye (Everton).

Man City forward Riyad Mahrez should be included by Algeria along with Alex Iwboi (Arsenal), Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester) and Leon Balogun (Brighton) for Nigeria.

Crystal Palace duo Jeffrey Schlupp and Jordan Ayew could make the Ghana squad along with Christian Atsu (Newcastle), while Wilfried Zaha might be included for the Ivory Coast.

Jean Michael Seri (Fulham), Eric Bailly (Man Utd) and Serge Aurier (Tottenham) could also be called up for the Ivory Coast along with Gaetan Bong (Brighton) and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Fulham) from Cameroon.

Romain Saiss (Wolves) should be included for Morocco while Tottenham midfielder Victor Wanyama may captain Kenya.

Group A: Egypt, DR Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Group B: Nigeria, Guinea, Madagascar, Burundi

Group C: Senegal, Algeria, Kenya, Tanzania

Group D: Morocco, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Namibia

Group E: Tunisia,Mali, Mauritania, Angola

Group F: Cameroon,Ghana, Benin, Guinea-Bissau

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