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CAIRO (AFP) – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Tuesday the final list of candidates for the title of Player of the Year, which included the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, award holder, Senegalese defender Sadio Manet and the Bayer-Imrek Obamyang of Arsenal.
The final list was released Tuesday, one week before the awards ceremony in Dakar, Senegal on January 8th.
The competition will be the strongest between the best African player 2017 and Obamiang, who won the prize in 2015, and Sanet in search of his first crown.
The three are the best players in the Premier League.
Salah and Sané took a big lead in the league after 20 games, seven points behind the Manchester City champion, scoring 13 goals and Sanet added eight goals to 48 for Liverpool.
The 26-year-old was scorers last year with 32 goals and Sané contributed to the Champions League final before bowing 1 to 3 against Real Madrid.
Salah is the first Egyptian to win this award since the start of this award in 1992. He hopes to achieve his second year in a row to match the achievements of Senegalese player Alhaji Diouf (2001 and 2002), Cameroonian Samuel Eto & # 39; o (2003 and 2004) and Yaya Touré (2011 and 2012).
Ubayamiang, also in the Premier League with 13 goals this season,
Obamyang, 29, is on the final list of the best player, a feat equivalent to the record of Ivorian legend Yaya Toure and Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien.
Mania, 26, is on the Tawalia final list for the third year. A third in 2016 that marked the crowning of the Algerian Riyad Mehrez and the second place behind Salah last year. Senegal hopes to become the second player in his country to receive this prize after Diouf.
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