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Egyptian strike, Mido of Middlesbrough, the player who could not complete CAN 2006 because of indiscipline, will again miss the trip to Ghana, but due to injury this time. Similarly, Beni McCarthy, the top South African striker who plays for Blackburn Rovers, has not been selected by coach Carlos Alberto Perreira of Bafana Bafana.

 The two players have for some time not had very good relationships with their coaches and countries but they will definitely be missed during the 26^th African Cup of Nations scheduled to take place in Ghana from 20 January to 10 February 2008.

 Other key internationals may also miss this important football rendezvous for various reasons, including allegedly feigned injuries amidst rumours that some top European clubs are doing everything possible, fair or foul, to lure them away from the continental tournament.It would be recalled that Michael Essien of Ghana and some other promising stars were conspicuously missing in Egypt (CAN 2006) allegedly because of injuries but with whispers that they attached more importance to their European club commitments to those of their countries of birth