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  • Cole Palmer reveals his vote for Chelsea Player of the Year

    Cole Palmer reveals his vote for Chelsea Player of the Year

    Chelsea star Cole Palmer celebrated a stunning first season with the club by winning two awards at their end of year party.

    However, Palmer remained humble throughout the night, choosing to credit his teammates.

    He took home the Men’s Player of the Season award, while he also winning the Men’s Players’ Player of the Year trophy.

    While he has netted 26 goals in 45 games to lead the club to a Carabao Cup final and close to European qualification in the Premier League, he also singled out teammate Malo Gusto for praise.

    “My vote for players player was Malo Gusto, I love playing with him on the right,” said Palmer after winning the award

    “He’s been amazing this season when he’s played as well.”

  • Saka wins England player of the year award

    Saka wins England player of the year award

    Arsenal Winger, Bukayo Saka has won the England Player of the Year for the second year running.

    Saka  beats Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham to the prize.

    Saka finished top of the voting for the 2022/2023 season with the most votes from fans.

    He made his Three Lions’ debut in October 2020, scored seven goals in 10 games over the last year for England. This includes three goals at the 2022 World Cup.

    He was named player of the match during England’s opening 6-2 win against Iran in Qatar, as well as in the wins over Ukraine and North Macedonia in Euro 2024 qualifiers.

    The game against North Macedonia saw him grab a first career hat-trick.

    Recently, Saka scooped the young player of the year Award at the PFA.

  • Bukayo Saka named England’s Player of the Year

    Bukayo Saka named England’s Player of the Year

    Arsenal star Bukayo Saka has been named England’s Player of the Year for the 2021-22 season.

    The 21-year-old won the award ahead of second-placed Declan Rice, of West Ham, following a public vote.

    Saka was praised for the manner in which he bounced back from the heartbreak of missing the decisive penalty in the shootout of the Euro2020 final.

    The forward made nine appearances for his country in the aftermath of that defeat to Italy, and scored World Cup qualifying goals against San Marino, and home and away to Andorra.

    Tottenham striker Harry Kane came third.

  • CAF Awards: Mane, Salah, Mendy make final shortlist for Player of the year

    CAF Awards: Mane, Salah, Mendy make final shortlist for Player of the year

    The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the final shortlist for the Male category of footballer of the year awards.

    The current holder of the award Senegal’s Sadio Mane and Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala have a chance to retain the titles they won in 2019.

    Recall that the CAF awards haven’t been held since 2019 because of the ravaging pandemic COVID-19.

    The other contenders in the Men’s category are Egypt and Liverpool forward  Mo Salah, and Senegal’s Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy of Chelsea complete the final three.

    Riyad Mahrez, Naby Keita, Vincent Aboubakar, Karl Toko Ekambi, Achraf Hakimi, Sebastien Haller and Kalidou Koulibaly have all fallen by the wayside. 

    The women’s shortlist has also been revealed, with Africa’s most decorated footballer Oshoala, Cameroon forward Ajara Nchout Njoya, and Zambia midfielder Grace Chanda making the final three.

    Barcelona forward Oshoala was named Africa’s best female player three years ago – since when the awards have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

    Caf, African football’s governing body, has also announced the final lists for other men’s and women’s categories including Coach, Young Player, Interclub Player, Club, National team, and goal of the year awards.

    All the winners will be named on Thursday apart from the women’s national team of the year award, which will be announced after the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final on Saturday.

    See Below for 2022 CAF Awards nominees

    Player of the Year (women): Grace Chanda (Zambia & BIIK Kazygurt), Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon & Inter Milan), and Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona).

    Player of the Year (men): Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich), Edouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea), Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool).

    Interclub Player of the Year (women): Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes), Andile Dlamini (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns), Bambanani Mbanie (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns).

    Interclub Player of the Year (men): Achraf Dari (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club), Aliou Dieng (Mali & Al Ahly), Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt & Al Ahly).

    Young Player of the Year (women): Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes), Doris Boaduwaa (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies), Yasmine Zouhir (Morocco & AS Saint-Etienne).

    Young Player of the Year (men): Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire & ASEC/RB Salzburg), Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Tottenham Hotspur), Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia & Manchester United).

    Coach of the Year (women): Desiree Ellis (South Africa), Bruce Mwape (Zambia), Reynald Pedros (Morocco), Jerry Tshabalala (Mamelodi Sundowns).

    Coach of the Year (men): Aliou Cisse (Senegal), Carlos Queiroz (Egypt), Walid Regragui (Wydad Athletic Club).

    Club of the Year (women): AS FAR (Morocco), Hasaacas Ladies (Ghana), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa).

    Club of the Year (men): Al Ahly (Egypt), RS Berkane (Morocco), Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco).

    National Team of the Year (men): Cameroon, Egypt, Senegal.

    The goal of the Year: Zouhair El Moutaraji (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club), Gabadinho Mhango (Malawi & Orlando Pirates), Pape Ousmane Sakho (Senegal & Simba).

  • Bruno Fernandes dismisses Player of the Year call

    Bruno Fernandes dismisses Player of the Year call

    Manchester United ace Bruno Fernandes has dismissed talk of winning Player of the Year.

    The midfielder has been a huge success since arriving at Old Trafford in January for £55m from Sporting Lisbon and is a key part of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side that has emerged as potential title challengers.

    “If we win trophies, it is the most important thing,” Fernandes told MUTV.

    “Of course, it’s good for a player to win individual awards and I will never say I don’t want to be the best player in the league or I don’t want to be the PFA Player of the Season. I want to be [that] but I want to be [that] if the team wins trophies.

    “If the team does win trophies, for me, it’s the same. For me, the most important thing is to help my team-mates to also be Player of the Season. That’s the most important thing because, if someone from the club is Player of the Season, it means that we do very, very well this season.”

  • Ndidi, Osimhen miss out in CAF final list for 2019 African Player of the Year

    Ndidi, Osimhen miss out in CAF final list for 2019 African Player of the Year

    The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed the final 10 nominees for the 2019 African Player of the Year award.

    CAF had initially released a list of 30 players.

    But the Nigerian duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Victor Osimhen have been dropped.

    Two-time reigning champion Mohamed Salah has once again been nominated, alongside his Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane.

    Algeria, who won this year’s AFCON, have three players that were included: Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez, AC Milan midfielder Ismail Bennacer and winger Youcef Belaili.

    Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who lifted the crown in 2015, also made the cut, with Ajax duo of Andre Onana and Hakim Ziyech.

    Senegal’s Kalidou Koulibaly and Nigeria international Odion Ighalo will also compete for the award.