Billiat in AFCON SQUAD

Raymond Jaravaza
HE might have failed to catch the interest of top clubs around the world for a dream move that has eluded him for years but star player Khama Billiat managed to catch the attention of a renowned British publication that picked him among Africaa��s best.

DailyMail a�� a respected daily British Newspaper a�� picked Billiat in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations team of the tournament.

The player was picked ahead of some of the superstars at the tournament such as Gabon captain, Pierre-Emrick Aubameyang as well as Liverpoola��s Senegalese star, Sadio Mane.

While Billiat did not make it into the newspapera��s first eleven, he did get a place on the substitutes list.

Last month, a sports writer with the publication Jonny Singer also suggested that Billiat was one of the players he thought had the attributes to play in the English Premier League.

Christain Bassogog is the newspapera��s Best Player of the Tournament while Senegal mentor, Aliou Cisse is the Coach of the Tournament.

Cameroon goalkeeper, Fabrice Ondoa takes the number one spot for DailyMail, while Harrison Afful of Ghana won a place in defence.

Burkina Faso, who lost to Egypt in the semi-finals, have three players in the first eleven with Bakary Kone, Yacouba Coulibaly and midfielder Charles Kabore.

Riyad Mahrez, who scored two goals for Algeria at the tournament, is not on the list, while Youssef Msakni of Tunisia was named in the reserves together with Billiat.

While Billiat has been receiving rave reviews, he is curiously still stuck in Africa with no firm offers coming from Europe for his services.

The Mamelodi Sundowns star had targeted this tournament as a stepping stone to the biggest leagues in Europe.
Team of the tournament:

Ondoa (Cameroon); Afful (Ghana), Hegazy (Egypt), Kone (Burkina Faso), Coulibaly (Burkina Faso); Siani (Cameroon), Kabore (Burkina Faso); Bassogog (Cameroon), Salah (Egypt), Bouanga (Gabon); Kabananga (DR Congo)

Subs: El-Hadary (Egypt), Ngadeu-Ngadjui (Cameroon), Fai (Cameroon), Billiat (Zimbabwe), Keita (Senegal), Atsu (Ghana), Msakni (Tunisia)