Cairo, EGYPT
Liverpool pair Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, plus Riyad Mahrez from Manchester City, were named as the three candidates for this year’s African Footballer of the Year award, to be decided next month.
Senegal talisman Mane will be the favourite
for the award ahead of his Egyptian club mate after Liverpool won the Champions
League. However, he faces stiff opposition from Mahrez, who won the Premier
League with City and also captained Algeria to the Africa Cup of Nations title
in mid-year.
The nominees were named on Sunday after being
selected by a panel of technical experts from the Confederation of African
Football plus former players and media.
The coaches and captains of the 54 African
national teams will now vote for the winner, to be announced on January 7 at a
ceremony at Hurgada in Egypt.
Salah has been African Footballer of the Year
for the last two years while Mahrez was the winner in 2016.
Sane was third in 2016 and runner-up to Salah
the last two years. - Africa
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