Ivory Coast will win Nations Cup 'Wenger

ARSENAL coach, Arsene Wenger says Ivory Coast will win the 2012 Africa Nations Cup due to start this weekend in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.Wenger, considers an Ivory Coast squad boasting a galaxy of stars including Manchester City midfielder and 2011 African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure overwhelming favourites.The Frenchman added that he dared to stick out his neck for the Elephants because top sides like Nigeria and Camroun are missing at the tournament."Ivory Coast are hot favourites because they have an incredible line-up with English Premier League stars like Yaya, Cheik Tiote and Gervinho in the middle of the park."Nobody else has qualified ' Algeria are not there, Cameroun are not there, Egypt are not there and Nigeria are not there," said Wenger, a keen follower of African football.The Arab Spring and blind loyalty to ageing stars contributed to the failure of Egypt while South Africa came second in the same group behind Niger partly because they thought a draw against Sierra Leone would suffice when a win was needed.
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