TOGO: Adebayor to lead Sparrow Hawks

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Unattached Emmanuel Adebayor leads the cast in Togo’s final 23-man squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Adebayor, 32, a free agent since his contract expired with Crystal Palace last summer, will be making his fifth appearance at the tournament.
Veteran goalkeeper Kossi Agassa, 38, is another player currently without a club named in the squad for Gabon.
But coach Claude LeRoy has left out Nigeria-based Joseph Douhadji and Victor Nukafu.
Fulham midfielder Floyd Ayite was included as was another Europe-based forward Ihlas Bebou of German Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf.
LeRoy, who guided Cameroon to the 1988 Nations Cup title and has only failed to reach the quarter-finals once, has also included three players from the domestic league.
Togo reached the quarter-finals for the first time in the 2013 edition in South Africa but failed to qualify for the last tournament in Equatorial Guinea.