Fortune fell out with Mashaba

Mark Fish and Quinton Fortune have been left out of South Africa's preliminary squad for next year's African Nations Cup finals.

The England-based duo were missing from the 39-man squad announced by Bafana Bafana coach Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Fish, the 29-year-old Charlton Athletic defender, has been left out of the South African side for the last three years.

Manchester United midfielder Fortune seems to have paid the price for his refusal to play in recent matches.

Fortune did not respond to call-ups for games against England, the Ivory Coast and Burundi in the last three months.

He also had a fall out with the coach after being branded "disloyal" for pulling out of a match against Jamaica in April with injury and then playing for United a day later.

Mashaba said Fish, who has won 60 caps for South Africa, was not part of his plans for Tunisia 2004.

But the outspoken coach said the list was "not cast in stone, but would form the nucleus of my squad".

A final 22 will be picked on the eve of the Nations Cup finals in January.

Squad:
Goalkeepers: Andre Arendse (Mamelodi Sundowns), Brian Baloyi (Kaizer Chiefs), Emile Baron (Lillestrom, Norway), Moeneeb Josephs (Ajax Cape Town)
Defenders: Matthew Booth (FC Rostov, Russia), Bradley Carnell (Borussia Moenchengladbach, Germany), Tony Coyle (FC Rostov, Russia), Jacob Lekgetho (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia), Mbulelo Mabizela (Tottenham Hotspur, England), Sphiwe Mkhonza (Lamontville Golden Arrows), Aaron Mokoena (Racing Genk, Belgium), Thabang Molefe (Le Mans, France), Nasief Morris (Panathinaikos, Greece), Cyril Nzama (Kaizer Chiefs)
Midfielders: Delron Buckley (VfL Bochum, Germany), Josta Dladla (Aarhus, Denmark), Stanton Fredericks (Kaizer Chiefs), Clement Mazibuko (Mamelodi Sundowns), Jabulani Mendu (Kaizer Chiefs), Benson Mhlongo (Wits University), Bennett Mnguni (FC Rostov, Russia), Tebeho Mokoena (Jomo Cosmos), Steven Pienaar (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), Jabu Pule (Kaizer Chiefs), Godfrey Sapula, Isaac Shai (both Mamelodi Sundowns), MacBeth Sibaya (Rubin Kazan, Russia), Benedict Vilakazi (Orlando Pirates), Sibusiso Zuma (FC Copenhagen, Denmark), Japhet Zwane (FC Rostov, Russia)
Strikers: Shaun Bartlett (Charlton Athletic, England), Mabhudi Khanyeza (Lamontville Golden Arrows), George Koumantarakis (Preston North End, England), Patrick Mayo (Kaizer Chiefs), Benedict McCarthy (FC Porto, Portugal), Nkosinathi Nhleko (Dallas Burn, USA), Siyabonga Nomvete (Udinese, Italy), David Radebe (Kaizer Chiefs), Abram Raselemane (SuperSport United).

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