Ghana’s group opponents Mali have named a final 23 man squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
The list features Crystal Palace striker Bakary Sako and Monaco Adama Traore as their biggest stars.
Coach Alain Giresse’s squad is overwhelmingly dominated by foreign based players with 21 players in the squad playing for clubs abroad.
The only home-based players in the squad are Stade Malien goalkeepers Soumaila Diakité and Djigui Diarra as the vast majority of the squad ply their trade in the top leagues of Europe.
Mali are preparing for the tournament in Casablanca, Morocco, where they will take on Burkina Faso in a friendly on Saturday.
They will play a local Moroccan side in their final warm-up scheduled for January 10.
The Mali squad will travel to Gabon on January 14 and will face Egypt, Uganda and Ghana in Group D of the competition.
Mali are preparing for the tournament in Casablanca, Morocco, where they will take on Burkina Faso in a friendly on Saturday.
They will play a local Moroccan side in their final warm-up scheduled for January 10.
The Mali squad will travel to Gabon on January 14 and will face Egypt, Uganda and Ghana in Group D of the competition.
They open their campaign at the tournament in Gabon against Egypt on January 17th before facing Uganda and Ghana.
Squad
Goalkeepers:
Soumaila Diakité and Djigui Diarra (Stade Malien de Bamako), Oumar Sissoko (Orléans, France)
Defenders:
Ousmane Coulibaly (Panathinaikos, Greece), Hamari Traore (Reims, France), Molla Wagué (Udinese, Italy), Salif Coulibaly (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Mohamed Oumar Konaté (RS Berkane, Morocco), Mahamadou N’Diaye (Troyes, France), Youssouf Koné (Lille, France)
Midfielders:
Yves Bissouma (Lille, France), Mamoutou N’Diaye (Royal Antwerp, Belgium), Lassana Coulibaly (Bastia, France), Yacouba Sylla (Montpellier, France), Samba Sow (Kayserispor, Turkey), Adama Traoré (AS Monaco, France), Sambou Yatabaré (Werder Bremen, Germany)
Forwards:
Moussa Marega (Vitória Guimarães, Portugal), Kalifa Coulibaly (Gent, Belgium), Moustapha Yatabaré (Karabukspor, Turkey), Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace, England), Moussa Doumbia (Rostov, Russia).
