2019 CAF Player Of The Year: Salah, Kanu Nwankwo React As Mane Wins Award
Egyptian forward, Mohammed Salah has congratulated his Liverpool teammate, Sadio Mane after the Senegalese received the 2019 CAF Player of the Year award on the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh Resort in Hurghada, Egypt on Tuesday.
Salah did no longer attend the awards ceremony in his homeland, where Mane pipped him and Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez to be named Africa’s Player of the Year for 2019.
Salah got 325 votes, Mahrez polled 267 votes and Mane polled 477 votes.
The former Chelsea and AS Roma superstar took to his Instagram page to pay tribute to Mane, posting an photograph of Mane with the award and tagging him along with the words “Congrats bro”.
Also reacting, Arsenal legend, Kanu Nwankwo wrote on his professional Twitter page: “Congratulations Sadio Mane.”
Mane scored 34 desires and registered 12 assists in sixty one appearances in 2019.
“To be honest I will choose to be gambling soccer than speakme in the front of so many people,” stated Mané on the awards rite.
“I’m truely glad and surely proud on the identical time. I will like to thank my family, specifically my uncle who is here today.
“It is a big day for me and I will love to thank all the Senegalese people who’ve been voting for me. I’m from a totally small village referred to as Bambali and I’m sure they may be all looking me tonight.”