African Player Of The Year Shortlist Announced: Yaya Touré, Gervinho, Didier Drogba And Adel Taarabt All In The Running
By Alan Duffy
Gervinho and Yaya Touré celebrate
Four Premier League stars have made the shortlist for the 2011 CAF African Player Of The Year awards, with the Ivorian trio of powerhouse Yaya Touré, fleet-footed wideman Gervinho and veteran hitman Didier Drogba all getting the nod along with QPR’s Moroccan schemer Adel Taarabt
However, they’ll be up against four-time winner Samuel Eto’o (FC New Russian Money & Cameroon), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Milan & Ghana), Seydou Keita (Barcelona & Mali), Asamoah Gyan (FC New Dubai Money & Ghana), Andre Ayew (Marseille & Ghana) and Moussa Sow (Lille & Senegal).
The list will be pared down to just three before the winner is announced in December.
So what do you reckon – will Eto’o make it five in a row or will City’s midfield star Touré cap a rather fine year for the big man?
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Toure for me.
Boateng rapping skills FTW
No Tiote?
I would give it to what his name………. oh i remember it now. benni Mccarty for being so fat
I would give it to what his name………. oh i remember it now. benni Mccarty for being so fat
has to be Toure
Yeah, hate to admit it, but it’s gotta be Yaya. Moussa Sow should be second and the rest don’t really deserve a mention in my opinion
Why is Gyan on this list? Plenty of more deserving players out there.
@ Frank: Exactly. Same goes for Eto’o. Feels like in Africa once you’re a star, you’re always gonna be nominated.
Demba Ba?
no one performed beter than etoo in 2010/11. plus he is the only african nomimonated for Balon D’or 2010/2011 IN THE WORLD.
Etoo will get it again. and if his team make it to europe, he will again.
brace yourselves… all etoo haters. just saying.
it’s clear. if you play in europe and you don’t feature in the ballon d’or list, then did you play basketball in europe? why not blame europe for not selecting some of the players for europe’s most pretigious award. why shall we blame CAF if the award still goes to the only man on the short-list? ETO’O. There hasn’t been any outstanding player in europe in europe that people can go crazy that it didn’t go to him last year, if it goes to eto’o again. it’s all money making man’s year again.again. world’s highest paid footballer. no argument. it will be eto’o again. the others will just finish behind him as usual. yaya will be second