Salah beats Mane to African Player of the Year

[FoxForceFive]

Egypt forward Mo Salah was named African Footballer of the Year for 2017 on Thursday, finishing ahead of his Liverpool team mate Sadio Mane of Senegal and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Salah, 25, polled 625 points from a voting panel made up of national team coaches and captains, plus a selection of officials and journalists, to win the award.
Mane finished second on 507 with Aubameyang third on 311.
Salah helped Egypt reach the African Nations Cup final and qualify for this year's World Cup.
He also made an African record move to Liverpool and scored 23 goals in all competitions for the Premier League club in 2017.

"This is a dream come true for me. 2017 was an unbelievable year for me with the Egypt national team and my clubs. To qualify to the World Cup after 28 years and to have a great season at Roma and Liverpool were special moments in my career," Salah said at the Confederation of African Football awards.
Salah is the second Egyptian to win the award after Mahmoud Al Khatib in 1983.
Salah and Mane were due to fly straight back to Liverpool by charter jet after Thursday's ceremony, which finished at 2200 GMT. Liverpool play local rivals Everton in the FA Cup third round on Friday.

 

[LarryHagman]

Aubam and The Ants.

 

[rurikbird]

Congratulations to both - it's great that LFC is becoming THE place for the best African football talent and in a few months this guy will be joining, apparently he's pretty good:



I think we'll be dominating that podium for years to come.

 

[DHSC]

Would be great if we could get the 3rd best African player too...

 

[Hyena]

Once we get Keita and Mahrez, we should convince them to hold the Awards ceremony in Liverpool...

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Once we get Keita and Mahrez, we should convince them to hold the Awards ceremony in Liverpool...

Liverpool, capital of Africa

 

[Mystic]

With the amount of top quality African based players were signing, surely the commercial guys have cottoned onto the massive potential we have to exploit that market.

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

Keita was in the top 5 too

 

[doctor_mac]

Congratulations to both - it's great that LFC is becoming THE place for the best African football talent and in a few months this guy will be joining, apparently he's pretty good:



I think we'll be dominating that podium for years to come.

He's just got so many strengths. Dribbling, passing, shooting, pace, pressing. He's going to be phenomenal for us.

 

[Insignificance]

We should bring Aubenomanyag too. We would save the transfer fee only on spreading those Private Jets on four instead of Three (when Keita comes).

 

[tombrown]

We should bring Aubenomanyag too. We would save the transfer fee only on spreading those Private Jets on four instead of Three (when Keita comes).

When they all play for the African continental team .... Egyptian, Senegalese, Guinean, Gabonese

 

[6TimesaRed]

With the amount of top quality African based players were signing, surely the commercial guys have cottoned onto the massive potential we have to exploit that market.

Apparently we have done a commercial deal with olay

First product we are advertising:

OLAY TOTAL EFFECTS 7-IN-1 ANTI-AGING DAILY FACE MOISTURIZER

 

[Frogfish]

With the amount of top quality African based players were signing, surely the commercial guys have cottoned onto the massive potential we have to exploit that market.

I'm not sure there's much money to be made in Africa that doesn't involve minerals and precious gems.

 

[Jack D Rips]

Are they back yet?

 

[Frogfish]

Apparently we have done a commercial deal with olay

First product we are advertising:

OLAY TOTAL EFFECTS 7-IN-1 ANTI-AGING DAILY FACE MOISTURIZER

I would make a joke about some African players and their need to use this, but I won't as it could be seen as racist (and clearly will be on here) !

I don't see 'LFC' anywhere on the bottle - fire them.

 

[Frogfish]

Are they back yet?

If they left at 22.00 as suggested then they'd be back in Liverpool at 05.00 sound asleep (again, after napping on the plane) by 07.00, training and tactical talks at 15.00 in preparation for the 19.55 KO.

 

[6TimesaRed]

I don't see 'LFC' anywhere on the bottle - fire them.

Look closer again

 

[6TimesaRed]

FYI

Product was approved in testing

Results with Joseph Minala

Before

After

 

[doctor_mac]

Look closer again

The LFC branding is quite clear when you zoom the picture up like that.

 

[6TimesaRed]

The LFC branding is quite clear when you zoom the picture up like that.

I thought so too.. Clearly missed by @Frogfish

 

[doctor_mac]

Salah was lovely after getting the award. He said he was made up to receive it with his friend (Mane) beside him and that he was sure Mane would get the award soon himself.

 

[beejay]

Salah was lovely after getting the award. He said he was made up to receive it with his friend (Mane) beside him and that he was sure Mane would get the award soon himself.

What about the body language though - any smiles, high-fives? We need to know

 

[doctor_mac]

What about the body language though - any smiles, high-fives? We need to know

Yeah, all good. Complicated high-five meets fist bump going on.

 

[Insignificance]

Salah was lovely after getting the award. He said he was made up to receive it with his friend (Mane) beside him and that he was sure Mane would get the award soon himself.

Only in Afcon a player can "soon" become African Player of the year 2017 after someone else got it first.

 

[6TimesaRed]

It all a con..

Klavan clearly won it..

 

[moron]

Liverpool, capital of Africa

Well ... there is history isn't there ?

 

[6TimesaRed]

Salah was lovely after getting the award. He said he was made up to receive it with his friend (Mane) beside him and that he was sure Mane would get the award soon himself.

That comment was made after Mane allegedly transferred money to Salahs and the organisers accounts via Western Union Money Transfer

 

[kingjulian]

Yep bring Dantes to teach Frogfish a few tips on photography

 

[HC]

Salah got 96% of the fan phase in the vote...

 

[the count]