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Aubameyang named in Africa Best XI

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been named in the Africa Best XI by the Confederation of African Football.

The award looks to recognise the best performing African players across the world during each calendar year.

The Gabon international has scored 26 goals for us since moving to the club at the start of 2018.

He is one of seven Premier League players to be named in the team, alongside Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Naby Keita, Eric Bailly, Riyad Mahrez and Serge Aurier.

The full team is as follows:

Denis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns/Uganda)
Serge Aurier (Tottenham/Ivory Coast)
Medhi Benatia (Juventus/Morocco)
Eric Bailly (Manchester United/Ivory Coast)
Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli/Senegal)
Naby Keita (Liverpool/Guinea)
Thomas Partey (Atletico Madrid/Ghana)
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City/Algeria)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal/Gabon)
Sadio Mane (Liverpool/Senegal)

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