The 10 players Premier League clubs should be watching at Afcon 2013

By Jay Jaffa

The Africa Cup of Nations begins this Saturday (January 19) just a mere 12 months after the last enthralling edition of the continental tournament that saw Zambia defeat Ivory Coast in one of football's great fairytales.

Since then, the Premier League has witnessed a number of players move to England after excelling in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Take Morocco's Karim El Ahmadi (Aston Villa) and Oussama Assaidi (Liverpool) or Mali's Samba Diakite (QPR) and Modibo Maiga (West Ham), not to mention Emmanuel Mayuka, Afcon winner with Zambia, now at Southampton.

It has proved over the years to be a fine place to spot and sign emerging talent and Goal.com has put together a list of 10 players to look out for in South Africa.

1. 

   1. Younes Belhanda

2. 

   2. Christian Atsu

3. 

   3. Dieumerci Mbokani

4. 

   4. Cheick Diabate

5. 

   5. Wilfried Bony

6. 

   6. Ryad Boudebouz

7. 

   7. Nosa Igiebor

8. 

   8. Ryan Mendes

9. 

   9. Jonathan Pitroipa

10. 

    10. Youssef Msakni