Salah Among 3-Man Shortlist For African Player of the Year

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has been nominated for the final three-man shortlist for the 2019 CAF African Player of the Year award.

The Confederation of the African Football (CAF) has finally revealed the final shortlist, which included the iconic Egyptian star Mo Salah, the Senegalese Sadio Mane and Algeria's and Man City's star Riyad Mahrez.

[caption id="attachment_98750" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] The Iconic Egyptian Star Won Fifa Club WC Best player Award[/caption]

The 27-year-old Egyptian star won the Premier League top scorer award in 2019, as well as the Uefa Champions League, Uefa Super Cup and recently the Fifa Club World Cup titles with Liverpool.

While Mane guided his national team to reach the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, before suffering a 0-1 defeat from Algeria.

[caption id="attachment_82650" align="aligncenter" width="4096"] Sadio Mane is planting the ball into the net[/caption]

He also claimed the Uefa Champions League, Uefa Super Cup and recently the Fifa Club World Cup trophies with Liverpool.

Mahrez smashed a number of records during 2019 as he led his national team to lift the Africa Cup of Nations title.

[caption id="attachment_98747" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Riyad Mahrez won the Africa cup of nations[/caption]

He also claimed four titles with the Citizens; the Premier League, EFL Cup, FA Cup, and FA Community Shield.

The 28th edition of CAF annual football awards is set to be held on Tuesday, 7 January 2020, at Citadel Azure, Hurghada, Egypt.

Noteworthy, Salah won the African Player of the Year award in the last season for the second successive year.