The African Participant of the Yr nominees have been revealed and there some large names lacking from the ultimate shortlist.
There’s no place for Mohamed Salah, who gained the award in 2017 and 2018 and has featured within the high three of the voting in every of the final 5 editions.
Salah scored 25 targets and offered 14 assists in all competitions for Liverpool final season, although a disappointing Africa Cup of Nations – by which the Egyptian sustained a hamstring harm – has contributed to his omission.
Victor Osimhen, who gained the award final 12 months, can be absent from the nominees, as is Chelsea ahead Nicolas Jackson, West Ham winger Mohammed Kudus and Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface. The latter helped Leverkusen to Bundesliga title and DFB-Pokal success final season and was named Bundesliga Rookie of the Season.
In response to his omission, Boniface took to social media, writing on X: “Rookie of the season, Group of the season. No worries, I no play AFCON. Na why I dey await memes d’or.”
Boniface’s teammate, Edmond Tapsoba, is known as on the ultimate 10-player shortlist. Serhou Guirassy, who completed as runner-up to Harry Kane for the European Golden Shoe, is in rivalry for the prize, with Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman additionally a frontrunner. The Nigerian scored a hat-trick within the Europa League closing as Atalanta gained the competitors final season.
African Participant of the Yr 2024 nominees
- Amine Gouiri – Rennes and Algeria
- Edmond Tapsoba – Bayer Leverkusen and Burkina Faso
- Simon Adingra – Brighton and Ivory Coast
- Chancel Mbemba – Porto and DR Congo
- Serhou Guirassy – Borussia Dortmund and Guinea
- Achraf Hakimi – Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco
- Soufiane Rahimi – Al Ain and Morocco
- Ademola Lookman – Atalanta and Nigeria
- William Troost-Ekong – Al-Kholood and Nigeria
- Ronwen Williams – Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa
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