Since 2017, The African Footballer of the Year award, Has been contested between 5 players only.
Interestingly, all 5 of them are now in their early to mid thirties, And all 5 played in the Premier League at the time of the awards,
Mo Salah in Liverpool, Sadio Mane also in Liverpool, Riyad Mahrez in Manchester City, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in Arsenal, And Édouard Mendy in Chelsea,
Interestingly again, 4 of them have left the Premier League,
And Mo Salah remains ... Africa's last man standing in the Premier League,
Now don't get me wrong, There are lots of really good African players in the Premier League,
But good enough to compete for winning, The African Footballer of the Year award?, And even compete for the Ballon d'Or?,
Just like Mo Salah did, I don't think so, At least not today,
Because what Salah achieved, both individually and collectively
All the records he broke, And that helped win 2 of the last 4 best African Player award,
Was no easy task,
His main competitor Sadio Mane, Did not succeed at Bayern Munich, And is on his way to Saudi Arabia,
And neither Mendy, Aubameyang, or Mahrez have played for a long time,
And even if they do very well in the Saudi Pro League or League 1
They won’t be even close to competing with Salah.
Because there's no comparison with the Premier League,
Mo Salah has been training very hard the whole summer, And Liverpool have signed some very interesting players,
So hopefully, it's gonna be a great season for Salah and Liverpool, And the Premier League's most important African player will do great, Do you agree?