adminsaid on Wednesday.
Adebayor received a warm reception in Togo on Tuesday when it was announced he had gone back on his decision to boycott the tournament because of a row with his federation over unpaid bonuses to the squad after they qualified in October.
“The club can confirm that Emmanuel Adebayor has been called up by the Togo FA for the forthcoming African Cup of Nations,” Spurs said in a statement on their website(www.tottenhamhotspur.com).
Spurs added the 28-year-old would still be available for the clash with London rivals Queens Park Rangers tomorrow.
A spokesman for the club said the forward was due to arrive back in Britain yesterday to prepare for the Premier League clash and he would then fly back to join his Togo teammates.
Togo play their first game of the January 19-February 10 tournament in South Africa against Cote d’lvoire on January 22.
Adebayor was persuaded to compete for the nation by Togo president Faure Gnassingbe after they had spoken in meetings over two days, according to a government spokesman.
“I told him Togo football is sick and must find some medicine,” Adebayor said on Wednesday in a French radio interview.
Meanwhile, Burkina Faso took a gamble on the fitness of key striker Alain Traore by including him in their final squad for the African Cup of Nations finals in South Africa on Wednesday.
Traore had been receiving treatment in France for an adductor injury, missing pre tournament preparations.
However, with the deadline for team submissions just hours away coach Paul Putt has put his faith in the Lorient player recovering in time for the opening Group C game against Nigeria in Nelspruit on January 21.
The country’s football federation said five players had been dropped from the preliminary squad.
In Kinshasa, uncapped Gabriel Zakuani of English Championship strugglers Peterborough United was included in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s squad for the African Cup of Nations Cup on Wednesday.
The final 23-man list, released just before Wednesday’s deadline for the submission of squads, also features a return for former captain Lomana LuaLua. Congo play in Group B at the tournament in South Africa, starting with a match against Ghana in Port Elizabeth on January 20.
In Tunis, Atletico Madrid reserve Abdelkader Oueslati and defender Rami Bedoui from Etoile Sahel were cut from Tunisia’s squad for the African Nations Cup finals as coach Sami Trabelsi settled on his final 23-man selection on Wednesday.
Tunisia, who are training in the Middle East, play Gabon in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
They have another warmup international against Ghana on Sunday before heading to South Africa.
The Tunisians meet Algeria in their opening Group D game in Rustenburg on January 22.
Tunisia Squad
Goalkeepers: Moez Ben Cherifia (Esperance), Farouk Ben Mustapha (CA Bizertin), Aymen Mathlouthi (Etoile Sahel)
Defenders: Aymen Abdennour (Toulouse), Anis Boussaidi (Tavria Simferopol), Khalil Chammam (Esperance), Chamseddine Dhaouadi (Etoile Sahel), Fatah Garbi (CS Sfaxien), Walid Hichri (Esperance), Bilel Ifa (Club Africain)
Midfielfders: Hatten Baratli (Club Africain), Wissem Ben Yahia (Mersin Idmanyurdu), Oussama Darragi (FC Sion), Chadi Hammami (Kuwait SC), Wahbi Kharzi (Bastia), Khaled Mouelhi, Youssef Msakni (both Esperance), Mejdi Traoui (Esperance)
Forwards: Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (CS Sfaxien), Zouhair Dhaouadi (unattached), Hamdi Harbaoui (Lokeren), Saber Khlifa (Evian Thonon Gaillard), Issam Jomaa (Kuwait SC). — Soccernet.
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