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Chelsea young gun Traore named in Burkina Faso squad

Chelsea teenager Bertrand Traore becomes the third player from the club to make it over to this year's African Cup of Nations tournament.

The 16-year old midfielder has been named in the Burkina Faso squad for the competition which kicks off on January 21 and will be held in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Traore, who won his first cap for his country in a friendly match in September, joins Ivory Coast pair Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou as Blues players away from their club for the African Cup. He will become the third youngest player ever to appear in the tournament, at 16 years, four months and 16 days old if he is selected to take on Angola on January 22.

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