- The average player value (APV) of the top 25 players aged 23 years old or younger participating in the upcoming AFCON tournament in Equatorial Guinea is about €4M
- Some of these players represent true value and could go on to be true world-class professionals for clubs willing and shrewd enough to invest
- Of the top 25 players, 6 are from Algeria, 5 from Ghana, 4 from Ivory Coast, 3 from Guinea, 2 from Cameroon and 1 each from Senegal, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Congo republic and DR Congo
- Serge Aurier (PSG|Ivory Coast) and Sadio Mane (Southampton|Senegal) both have the highest current market value at €10M
- 22 out of the 25 players already ply their trade in one of Europe's top 5 leagues and the remaining 3 all play for Anderlecht in Belgium
- Not taking age into consideration, the top 5 players in terms of current transfer market value participating at the AFCON tournament are as follows (4 out of 5 represent Ivory Coast):
- Yaya Toure - €30M|Ivory Coast|Manchester City
- Seydou Doumbia - €25M|Ivory Coast|CSKA Moscow
- Gervinho - €18.5M|Ivory Coast|AS Roma
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - €17M|Gabon|Borussia Dortmund
- Wilfried Bony - €17M|Ivory Coast|Swansea City (close to signing a deal with Manchester City)
- The APV of the top 17 players participating in AFCON 2015 aged 20 years old or younger is €1.2M
- Chancel Mbemba (Congo DR|Anderlecht) and Abdul Rahman Baba (Ghana|FC Augsburg) have the 2 highest TMVs (Transfer Market Values) in this category at €6M and €3M respectively
- Of the 17 players in this category, 3 represent Cameroon, the most of any one country
Top 25 players aged 23 or younger participating in AFCON 2015
Top 17 players aged 20 or younger participating in AFCON 2015
