Senegalese super star Sadio Hair heads a checklist of 10 candidates for the African Footballer of the Year honor, to be given out later on this month for the very first time in 3 years, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has actually revealed.
Hair, that won the last honor in 2019, will certainly be favoured to win once again after a period in which he aided Senegal to their initial Africa Mug of Nations title plus credentials to the Globe Mug in Qatar.
He additionally had mug success with Liverpool at club degree yet has actually because relocated to Bayern Munich.
His previous colleagues Naby Keita and also Mohamed Salah are additionally amongst the 10 candidates, in addition to Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez. Salah won the honor in 2017 and also 2018 and also Mahrez in 2016.
The COVID-19 pandemic and also the choice to switch over the credentials duration from the fiscal year to the 2021-22 period is the reason that there has actually been no honor for the last 3 years, CAF authorities informed.
The victor will certainly be determined by an evaluating panel composed of participants of CAF’s technological board, press and also instructors and also captains of Africa’s 54 nationwide groups and also will certainly be revealed at a gala in Rabat, Morocco on July 21.