Mohamed Salah Not Nominated For African Player Of The Year 2024 Award

Nigeria striker Ademola Lookman and South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams had been amongst 5 stars shortlisted on Monday for the African Player of the Year award. A Confederation of African Football (CAF) assertion listed Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi, Ivory Coast winger Simon Adingra and Guinea striker Serhou Guirassy as the opposite contenders. Lookman scored a hat-trick for Atalanta in a 3-0 UEFA Europa League ultimate victory over Bayer Leverkusen final season and is favoured to win the award. Surprisingly, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has been omitted of the nominees, regardless of having fun with a stellar 12 months once more together with his membership.

Another Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, was voted the 2023 Player of the Year after starring for Napoli. He has since been loaned to Galatasaray.

A ceremony the place awards in numerous classes can be given to the lads’s and ladies’s stars of Africa can be held in Moroccan metropolis Marrakesh on December 16.

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