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Kalou added: “Bony and Aguero up front can do a lot of damage for City, Wilfried’s a powerful striker and he is very good in front of goal.

“In the Premier League that’s the kind of striker you need. He showed he can score for Swansea, now he has to do i t for Manchester City and he can.

“Wilfried and Yaya have known each other for a long time, they have a good chemistry, so that will help Bony adapt.”

Ivory Coast haven’t won the Africa Cup Of Nations since 1992, despite having the nowretired Drogba for over a decade. Kalou insists they have a chance in this competition, which started yesterday in Equatorial Guinea.

Ivory Coast face Guinea in their opening group game on Tuesday.

And he said: “Algeria, Cameroon and Ghana are the main favourites, but we have the team, the players and the mentality to challenge them.

“We can beat anyone on our day. In my country football means more than football so people will go crazy if we win it.”

TUESDAY, KO 7.45 MICHEL VORM has fired a playful reminder to Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino and told him that bringing back No.1 goalkeepers for cup finals doesn’t always guarantee success.

The Dutchman, Hugo Lloris’s deputy at White Hart Lane, has started every game in the Capital One and FA Cups this season and is set to continue between the sticks on Wednesday when Sheffield United visit for the first leg of the League Cup semi-final.

Vorm (above) is confident that Premier League Spurs will beat League One Blades over two games – even though Nigel Clough’s side have claimed several big scalps in the cups in the last couple of years.

And if the north Londoners do make it to Wembley he is hoping Pochettino keeps the faith.

Vorm said: “I know the story of Joe Hart and Costel Pantilimon – in the FA Cup in 2013. Pantilimon played every game and in the final Joe Hart played against Wigan ... and they lost. I know my