{"id":10229,"date":"2022-07-13T09:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mane-and-salah-compete-for-best-in-africa"},"modified":"2022-07-13T11:02:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T11:02:58","slug":"mane-and-salah-compete-for-best-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/mane-and-salah-compete-for-best-in-africa","title":{"rendered":"Man\u00e9 and Salah compete for best in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Senegalese Sadio Man\u00e9 and Egyptian Mohamed Salah, former teammates at Liverpool, are among the ten nominees for the 2022 African player title, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced this week.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The two players were the last winners of the award, which was not awarded in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19, with Salah winning the 2017 and 2018 editions and Man\u00e9, who recently transferred to the Germans from Bayern Munich, the 2019 edition. , reported the MSN website.<\/p>\n<p>Among the remaining candidates for the trophy is yet another Liverpool player, Guinean Nabi Keita, and two other players who play in England, Senegalese Edouard Mendy (Chelsea) and Algerian Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City).<\/p>\n<p>The Cameroonian Vincent Aboubacar, who represented Futebol Clube do Porto between 2014\/15 and 2019\/20 and who is currently in the Saudis of Al Nassr, is another of the nominees.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the list of the 10 nominees: Sadio Man\u00e9 (Senegal, Bayern Munich\/Germany), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City\/England), Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon, Lyon\/France), Vincent Aboubacar (Cameroon, Al Nassr\/Saudi Arabia ), S\u00e9bastien Haller (Ivory Coast, Borussia Dortmund\/Germany), Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool\/England), Naby Keita (Guinea, Liverpool\/England), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco, Paris Saint-Germain\/France), Edouard Mendy (Senegal, Chelsea\/England) and Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal, Naples\/Italy).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Senegalese Sadio Man\u00e9 and Egyptian Mohamed Salah, former teammates at Liverpool, are among the ten nominees for the 2022 African player title, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced this week. 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