Yaya Toure snubs Ghana, names Guinea-Bissau, South Africa and other countries favourite to win 2023 AFCON

African football legend, Yaya Toure has snubbed Ghana from his list of favourites for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) slated to kick off in Ivory Coast next year.

The 34th edition of the AFCON will kick off on January 13 with Ghana hoping to end its 41-year trophy drought.

However, according to the former Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder, Morocco, Senegal, Morocco, Guinea-Bissau and South Africa are the favourites for the tournament.

“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," he added.

Meanwhile, Hughton has submitted a 55-man provisional squad for the upcoming AFCON, with players from the Ghana Premier League dominating the list.

The provisional squad will, however, be cut down to a final squad of 27 before the tournament starts.

Ghana is in Group B for the tournament and will face Cape Verde, Egypt and Mozambique in the tournament which will be hosted in Ivory Coast next year.

The Black Stars of Ghana will first come up against Cape Verde at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan on January 14, 2024, then face Egypt at the same venue four days later and then Mozambique at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium on January 22, 2024.