Osimhen deserves best African Footballer crown, FCT FA Chairman says

Mouktar Mohammed, the Chairman, FCT Football Association has said that Victor Osimhen deserves to win the African Player of the Year award...

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Osimhen was among 30 players listed for the top prize; CAF African Player of the Year 2023 announced by CAF on Wednesday.Mohammed told NAN that Osimhen had worked really hard in the year under review to earn his place in both Africa and the world football top rankings.

Sunday Oliseh and Kanu Nwankwo were nominated for the 1998 and 1999 Ballon d’Or awards but did not finish in the top 20. “Osimhen was in fine form in the 2022/2023 season, as his 25 league goals helped Italian football royalty Napoli to their first Seria A title in 33 years. He said that Osimhen was also instrumental in the Super Eagles sealing a ticket for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations .

He said that emotions were sometimes involved with the African awards, so one might never know, adding that there have been big surprises in the past. “You also have to consider the sharp regional divide and vested interest. The Anglophone and Francophone dichotomy has always been in existence, so that is another factor from the political angle.

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