With 24 hours to the next Glo
CAf Awards, football analysts have been making different permutations with
clear-cut justifications on who deserves to wear the crown of African Player of
the Year for 2013.
Majority of the opinions however
favour Nigerian International and Chelsea Midfielder, John Mikel Obi to win the
Award.
The top three nominees for the
2013 Glo CAF Footballer of the year Award was announced last week by Africa’s
highest football authority, the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The top three lists released
includes Nigeria’s Mikel Obi, Cote D’Ivoire’s Yaya Toure and his country mate,
Didier Drogba of Galasaray.
Drogba plies his trade with
Turkish Club, Galatasaray while, Toure, the defending champion plays for
Manchester City. Mikel Obi is a regular feature for Chelsea FC of London.
According to Mohammed Aderibigbe
of Precise Sports, Mikel Obi holds the ace having won the African Cup of
Nations with the Super Eagles and Europa Cup with Chlesea FC of London.
The same view was corroborated
by Sam Smith of Sports Degrees who opined that Mikel deserves the Award due to
his exploits with Chelsea FC and the Super Eagles, adding that if Mikel
succeeds, Nigeria will be returning to the list of countries producing Glo Caf
Award winners since 1999 when Kanu Nwankwo won the Award.
Chris Abraham, a sports pundit
however differs in opinion. He is tipping Yahaya Toure for the Award. According
to him “Yaya will nick it again, he is the leading contender and the fact that
he recently won the BBC African Player of the Year makes him a clear
favourite”.
However Sports 24, an
on-line Sports Outfit also tipped Mikel Obi outrightly. “ The award goes to
Mikel, a regular in Chelsea line up, European? Champions League winner,
Europa Cup winner and African Cup of Nations Champion, what else? ”
Who wears the crown? All roads
lead to the Convention Centre, Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos on 9th January, 2014
where the king will be crowned.
Source:
Vanguard
1 comment:
Did I hear u saying mikel? Mikel ko kanu ni... Toure is d Man don't disturb ya self
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