Nigeria
and super eagles captain John Obi Mikel has been excluded from the
final list of five African players that will vie for the 2016 African
player of the year award.
The lack of playing time of Mikel Obi this season at Chelsea has
caused the Super Eagles of Nigeria captain, John Obi Mikel to be
excluded from the final list of five African players that will vie for
the 2016 African player of the year award.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) made available the list
of the 5 finalist on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at the body’s
headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
A statement by CAF reads:
'The top five was decided by votes from the members of the CAF
Media Committee, CAF Technical & Development Committee and half of
the 20-member Panel of Experts (10 persons).
No comments:
Post a Comment