Information gathered by Townflex Sports has it that Senegal’s forward, Sadio Mane is set to be crowned as the winner of the CAF 2022 men’s player of the year awards.

Sadio Mane together with his national colleague and Chelsea’s Goalkeeper, Edouard Mendy, as well as his former Liverpool clubmate, Egypt’s Mohamed Salah were named on the final three-man shortlist for the 2022 African Men’s Player of the Year award by CAF.

The awards is however scheduled to come off today, Thursday night, July 21 2022 in Morocco.

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According to a post by an award-winning Ghanaian sports Journalist, Gary Al-Smith shared via his verified Twitter account, Mane has a better chance of winning the award.

Understanding from Gary’s Twitter post, Sadio Mane already has the highest number of votes ahead of Salah, and Mendy.

Gary Al-Smith wrote “Just in: Sadio Mané 🇸🇳 will be crowned Men’s African Player of the Year 2022 tonight in Morocco. Got the highest number of votes ahead of Mo Salah and Edouard Mendy #JoySports #CAFAwards2022”

See His Post.

Just in: Sadio Mané 🇸🇳 will be crowned Men's African Player of the Year 2022 tonight in Morocco.
Got the highest number of votes ahead of Mo Salah 🇪🇬 and Edouard Mendy 🇸🇳 #JoySports #CAFAwards2022 pic.twitter.com/CrRfbPVKM7
— Gary Al-Smith (@garyalsmith) July 21, 2022

Well, whoever wins deserves it, as they have all worked very hard to reach where they are today.

Check out the complete list of nominees for the CAF 2022 African Player of the year awards below.

Player of the Year (Women); Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon & Internazionale Milano), Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona), Grace Chanda (Zambia & BIIK Kazygurt).

Player of the Year (Men); Edouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea), Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool) and Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich).

Interclub Player of the Year (Women); Andile Dlamini (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns, Bambanani Mbanie (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns), Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes).

Interclub Player of the Year (Men); Achraf Dari (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club), Aliou Dieng (Mali & Al Ahly), and Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt & Al Ahly).

Young Player of the Year (Women); Doris Boaduwaa (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies, Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes), and Yasmine Zouhir (Morocco & AS Saint-Etienne).

Young Player of the Year (Men); Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia & Manchester United), Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire & ASEC/RB Salzburg), and Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Tottenham Hotspur).

Coach of the Year (Women); Bruce Mwape (Zambia), Desiree Ellis (South Africa), and Jerry Tshabalala (Mamelodi Sundowns), and Reynald Pedros (Morocco).

Coach of the Year (Men); Aliou Cisse (Senegal), Carlos Queiroz (Egypt), Walid Regragui (Wydad Athletic Club).

Club of the Year (Women); AS FAR (Morocco), Hasaacas Ladies (Ghana), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa).

Club of the Year (Men); Al Ahly (Egypt), RS Berkane (Morocco), and Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco).

National Team of the Year (Men); Cameroon, Egypt, and Senegal.

Goal of the Year; Gabadinho Mhango (Malawi & Orlando Pirates), Peter Ousmane Sakho (Senegal & Simba), and El Moutaraji (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club).

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