In recent hours, there has been a shocking leak of the identity of the player who won the African Player of the Year award at a ceremony to be held next Thursday in Morocco, according to what was announced by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
And leaks from the Confederation of African Football revealed the final list of the best players in the brown continent this season.
Leaks have shown that Senegalese star Sadio Mane is closest to winning the title after leading his country to victory at the 2021 African Championship of Nations held in Cameroon earlier this year, in addition to Senegal leading Senegal to qualify for the next World Cup in Qatar. after defeating Egypt in a playoff and decider round to qualify for the World Cup.
The leaks come as a shock to Egyptians as Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah failed to win a title despite his legendary numbers with his Liverpool team last season, making him the top scorer in the English Premier League, tied with South Korean Sun.
According to the leak, the list of nominees for the Continental Player of the Year award is as follows:
1- Senegal Sadio Mane (Bayern).
2- Egyptian Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
3- Senegalese Edward Mendy (Chelsea).
4- Algerian Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City).
5- Sebastian Haller from Côte d’Ivoire (Ajax).
6- Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain).
7 – Cameroonian Vincent Abubakar (Victory).
8-Guinean Naby Keita (Liverpool).
9- Senegalese Kalidou Coulibaly (Naples).
10 – Cameroon Carl Toko Ekambi (Olympic Lyon)
Source: “Egyptian media”