The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the preliminary list of 30 nominees for the 2022 African Player of the Year award, which includes the most famous names of the Egyptian Liverpool player Mohamed Salah, the Algerian Manchester City player Riad Mahrez and the Senegalese Bayern Munich player. Sadio. Mane at the ceremony to be held in the Moroccan capital of Rabat on July 21, knowing it has been canceled over the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In addition to Mahrez, Salah and Mane, other African players were nominated for the Best Player award, most notably Frank Kissier (Italy, Côte d’Ivoire), Sebastian Haller (Ajax, Amsterdam, Côte d’Ivoire) , Mohamed Abdel Moneim (“Al-Ahly” from Egypt). , Egypt), Mohamed El-Nani (Arsenal, Egypt), Mohamed El-Shennawi (Al-Ahly, Egypt), Ashraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Yassin Bono (Seville, Morocco), Edouard Mendy (Chelsea, Senegal).